{"id":20348,"date":"2014-04-23T20:25:16","date_gmt":"2014-04-24T01:25:16","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.thisblogrules.com\/?p=20348"},"modified":"2014-04-20T20:30:07","modified_gmt":"2014-04-21T01:30:07","slug":"disneys-dark-side","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/thisblogrules.com\/disneys-dark-side\/","title":{"rendered":"Disney\u2019s Dark Side and Maleficent"},"content":{"rendered":"
We\u2019ve previously shared with you a list of not widely known Disney short films<\/a> and animations that are unlike what you would expect or at least\u2026 well, weird. But the weirdness stems from originating somewhere into the past while the things they addressed have considerably changed in the meantime.<\/p>\n What we want to talk about today is a different trend in Disney movies that seems to be ongoing and growing: Disney is getting darker, it seems. Some see this as something to be concerned about, since the movies are meant for children, while others are enthusiastically embracing the change, arguing that the Disney movies haven\u2019t been solely for children for a long time now.<\/p>\n First of all, let us all take a moment to remember Bambi (1941). After witnessing his mother killed by the hunter, Bambi cries and just wanders through the forest, in the snow, calling for his mother, until he runs into his dad. The dad then says: \u201cYour mother can\u2019t be with you anymore\u201d. The end. Bambi is literally the go-to nickname nowadays when one wishes to call someone a sad, sad, sad face. The countless pop culture references to the heart-breaking deer all speak of how kind of horrible the movie was. And that was only the beginning. Disney didn\u2019t stop there, oh no it didn\u2019t.<\/p>\n <\/a><\/p>\n How about The Hunchback of Notre Dame (1996)? Sure, it\u2019s based on one hell of a book that included many cruel and sad scenes in the first place, but Disney managed to not tone it down as much as one would expect from a company producing children\u2019s movies. The beginning of the movie features Frollo killing Quasimodo\u2019s mother in a pool of blood and attempting to drown him in a well like \u201cthe demon\u201d that he is. How lovely, right?<\/p>\n <\/a><\/p>\n But nothing is quite as depressing as Up (2009): in the 4 minutes opening the film, a couple falls in love, marries, dreams of children and adventures and travelling together, only to have their hopes crushed by miscarriage and heartbreak, followed by the wife\u2019s illness and dying. If that\u2019s not enough to plant the seeds of commitment issues in the new generation, I don\u2019t know what is.<\/p>\nDisney\u2019s Dark Side<\/h2>\n