Dear God, Disney, why?

[RoyWill Rumble]

I wanted to believe in Disney, I really did. The general majority of their movies have been superb, but this is just... AND GEORGE LOPEZ, WHY? That man is the comedic equivalent to... well, shit.

[apsham]

Ugh, one of the most annoying dog breeds gets a movie?

[OGpistolpete]

What happened to making 2D cartoon movies?

[LUKIE]

Disney has lost a lot of it's charm.

Watching old 1940's - 60's Disney cartoons, I found them to be much better then some of the stuff they have produced in the past 15 years.

[OGpistolpete]

They just keep spitting out these CGI animated movies every three months which really kills all of them and makes none of them memorable.

[maddog]

My sister owns a crapwawa...

I think I'm going to be conned into seeing this...

[zero]

Disney has lost a lot of it's charm.

Watching old 1940's - 60's Disney cartoons, I found them to be much better then some of the stuff they have produced in the past 15 years.

Nothing more charming than 1946's "Song of the South!"

[ROC]

Disney has lost a lot of it's charm.

Watching old 1940's - 60's Disney cartoons, I found them to be much better then some of the stuff they have produced in the past 15 years.

Nothing more charming than 1946's "Song of the South!"

Hmmm...I wonder if Disney's ancestors had a financial hand in The Birth of a Nation....

[Plankton]

My wife loves dogs and we have a rat terrier/chihuahua mixed breed, so we'll probably end up owning this and watching it several times.

Sons of bitches.

Although chihuahuas typically really do not like children, so a lot of parents are going to buy their kids chihuahuas because of the cute movie and a bunch of kids will get their faces bitten. So at least there's that.

[The Third Dukes]

Disney has lost a lot of it's charm.

Watching old 1940's - 60's Disney cartoons, I found them to be much better then some of the stuff they have produced in the past 15 years.

Nothing more charming than 1946's "Song of the South!"

You laugh, but have you actually seen "Song of the South"? I have, and I think the reaction to Uncle Remus and the main story is a bit overblown. Yes, I'm not comfortable with the racial undertones of the story at all and I can see why Disney would want to keep this one away from general consumption, but it's actually a well-done piece and a good story. Plus, how can you NOT like Brer Rabbit?

I'm not a racist, before anyone jumps on me for it. I just think the movie gets unfairly slagged. It's not like they had people in blackface or anyone getting lynched -- they just portrayed a "magical negro" type character. Yeah, slavery's bad, mmkay, but too much is made of that.

[DMN in the House]

NEGROES ARE MAGICAL?

No wonder white people kept them as pets!

[ROC]

Listening to some SModCast this morning, Disney also did a cartoon in 1948 on Johnny Appleseed. The real Johnny Appleseed was like many others of his time (the late 1800s) of that which I mean he's a horrible racist who also probably drank a lot.

Edited May 18, 2008 by ROC

[AnnIQ Edison]

Oh Come on. How can you not go for this movie.

Chi-Wah-Wah!

[gunnar hendershow]

Disney has lost a lot of it's charm.

Watching old 1940's - 60's Disney cartoons, I found them to be much better then some of the stuff they have produced in the past 15 years.

Nothing more charming than 1946's "Song of the South!"

And let's not forgot those wonderful Jive-talking Gorillas in "The Jungle Book".

[Chris the Human]

Songs of the South was awesome as a kid. Didn't notice or care about any racist undertones it might have had. Brer Rabbit was the shit.

[Nerf]

They can't ever beat goose-stepping hyenas.

[TGC]

Rule of thumb. Anytime you feel the need to say, in thecourse of a story, "I'm not a racist or anything..." you just might be a racist.

[GA!]

But... I have black friends!

[Colly]

Ron Atkinson: But I signed Dalian Atkinson! I can't be racist.