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[ladymirth]

Here's something Interesting:  The 26 Most Disturbing Kid Movies Ever. 

I don't know about the rest but GODDAMN IT, I've spent seventeen years suppressing my memories of Watership Down and now this thing has to go and dreg it all up again. MY INNER CHILD IS GOING TO HAVE NIGHTMARES TONIGHT, I HOPE YOU'RE HAPPY. 

Seriously, that movie scared seven kinds of hell out of me when I was a kid. I watched it when I was about four and didn't have enough grasp of English to quite follow the plot, but there was shooting and frothing dogs and thunder and lightning and goddamn is those weren't the scariest fucking bunnies I'd ever seen. It scarred me for life. The sheer trauma made me grow up regarding rabbits with great suspicion. I had nightmares of being chased by a psychotic Bugs Bunny till I was ten. 

Weirdly though, I didn't remember the soundtrack "Bright Eyes" at all until Stephen Gately's version came out when I was in my early teens. And then I fell in love with both versions of the song. I thought it was sweet and mellow and romantic, until some wise ass informed me that it was the soundtrack to the Scary Bunny Movie. It was then that I made the connection.

"Bright eyes, burning like fire...." 

The song I had pegged as a bittersweet melody about a dearly beloved being lovingly remembered against the backdrop of a romantic sunset, was actually about the glowing orbs of rabid psycho bunnies that had plagued my childhood. 

My life is such a farce sometimes. 

Speaking of cartoons, I have a confession to make. Everytime I watched Loony Tunes, I cheered on Sylvester Cat. Everyday I would tune in with the vain hope that maybe today the gods would relent and Sylvester would finally be able to out-smart that goddamn irritating bird and snack its puny yellow ass (Shut up, I was seven). Sylvester wasn't a bad cat, he was just underfed by his cruel owners and what person with a beating heart could blame him for wanting to eat that smug little featherbrain who kept braining him with things? I grew very disillusioned when this didn't happen. Years later, I still went out of my way to punch Tweetie Bird in the face whenever we passed the soft toy aisle of the toy store. Die you goddamn bird, die! 

And before you ask, you don't even want to know what I wanted to do to that fucking Road Runner. 

ETA: Can anyone tell me why The Song of The South is said to be racist? I don't get it. 

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[starrylites.livejournal.com]

Song of the South...first of all, I've never seen the whole thing. I've read the little golden books, I've watched all the musical numbers, and I've seen all the cartoons, so in essence I've seen and know it, but I've never been able to watch it from start to finish since it's on the black list.

Personally, I don't think it is racist, but because Disney has gone blasted politically correct over the years and has enveloped itself in its own stupid rule, it's been dubbed racist. No one ever told them it was racist, they decided for themselves that it was. I think someone got it in their head that it showed slavery in a good light. That's ludicrous when you think about the fact that the Brer Rabbit stories are all about the slaves outsmarting their owners, but whatever.

And as long as prestigious critics and film historians like Roger Ebert agree with Disney's move to keep the film blacklisted in the US, it will remain blacklisted.

Of course, it's been released everywhere else except the US (and Canada, I think) because it'll corrupt the American youth but not anyone else? While I was in Europe I was hunting everywhere for it. If I'd had more time I would've made a trip over to Euro Disney because I know they sell it. It's just funny because Disney is still obviously proud of the film seeing as it's still honored for its special effects for being 1946, of course Zip-a-Dee-Doo-Dah won the Oscar so they still play it to death, Splash Mountain is Brer Rabbit with 3 of the songs mushed together in a 7 minute ride, and most still consider Uncle Remus one of Disney's coolest characters.

...but no it's racist. It's just as stupid as in Saludos Amigos the fact that on the Goofy cartoon they animated out the cigarette in Goofy's mouth at the beginning of the cartoon. It's just a ridiculous over precaution that really is pointless.

Can you tell it bothers me? Hah.

[just-ruth.livejournal.com]

When Song of the South was first released in 1940-something it was not considered racist. If you see any movie from that time period, the remarks that constituted comedy and the smoking are striking in light of what has become considered "acceptable."

What is even funnier about the song "Bright Eyes?" It comes on the radio in Wallace and Gromit's truck in "The Case of the Were-Rabbit" during their stake out.

What is hysterical is that I recognized it and had to explain to Jack why I was laughing.

[judosas.livejournal.com]

*wibbles*

But Tweety is so sweet and cute! ;)

I always watched for the chase. As a kiddo, I prefered to watch Tom and Jerry. Me and my grandmom were always in stiches over them *g*