Not a game - changer in the genre of stop - motion animation, but I think this is a good introduction to horror and
zombie films for kids.
Now, at the time, Disney made
safe films for kids to not have to think too hard about, and while «The Jungle Book» (1967) does play it safe in some regards, the harsh fight sequences and undertones of race really does come through for older viewers and may have kids hiding their eyes every once in a while.
So rarely
do films for kids explore themes of mortality and isolation with such delicacy and depth.
Director Chuck Russell of «A Nightmare On Elm Street: The Dream Warriors» fame helmed the film and successfully blended absurd cartoonish special effects into a live - action reality, offering a visual treat and overall
fun film for kids and adults alike.
Petit's amazing feat also became a Caldecott Award - wining children's story by Mordecai Gerstein and has now been adapted into an animated
short film for kids by director Michael Spon.
But just as the oil spill is wreaking havoc along the Gulf coast, perhaps it will be necessary to re-imagine the rosy underwater world so often depicted
in films for kids.
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But this is
a film for kids, and when viewed with the appropriate sense of fun and frivolity, the movie really works.
But by the end of the film things calm down and we are reminded that this is indeed
a film for kids, as we have a life lesson forced upon us which most adult viewers could no doubt do without.
Or an adults»
film for kids?
Grave of the Fireflies, because it was such a bleak, dark film, and it dealt with the subject of war with such uncompromising detail, that you couldn't believe it was
film for kids.
Is this a kids» film for adults or an adults»
film for kids?
This is not
a film for kids, it's a film for big kids.