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April 11, 2008

As much as I love my brother, I do find it annoying that he has to be so elitist and snobbish when deciding what DVD to watch.

My brother would say, "What say you we see Natural Born Killers tonight? No? How about American Psycho? A Clockwork Orange? Raging Bull? Scarface? Goodfellas? Fight Club (yet again)? Babel? Do The Right Thing? 2001 Space Odyssey?"

I have concurred with him often, though sometimes the more apt phrase is "surrendered to him". I’d prepare myself to talk to him for hours about what we feel for the film. Most of the time, he’d just rant, about how dystopian the world is now, and about how movies today are not as good as they were in the past. And then he’d look the films up in wikipedia and peruse their reviews from rottentomatoes, while I’d nag, "Why are you so obsessed with what these high brow film critics think of these films? Are you unable to evaluate them on their own terms, and without knowing what others think?!" And then we’d have a few bouts of shouting. And then we’d be at peace. And then we’d watch another movie, and everything would repeat.

Perhaps I was in a sour mood last week when I lashed out:

"Dammit bro! Just why do we always have to see these award-winning, controversy-stirring movies all the hot-damned time? Can’t we watch cartoons for once?"

He shrugged, but that didn’t stop me from watching Babe while he was sleeping. If you don’t know what Babe is about, you can read the synopsis here as I’m too lazy to rewrite it in my own words.

I first saw Babe when I was 11 years old. Although I enjoyed it then, I only had recollections of how cute it was. So, aside from needing a respite from my brother’s obsession to heavy ass movies, I watched it to see if I’d still like it.

To my surprise, I liked it more than before. Reason is that Babe is populated with animals that actually brim with personalities. They’re not simple wisecracking fodder Dreamworks is so wont to use. They have so much character, that they even have individual ways of speech. It’s hard to believe that, with lolcat being too popular now, people used to bother making anthropomorphic animals sound smarter and less predictable. And maybe this is irony, but they’re a lot cuter when they speak like humans, and not like bulk e-mails.

Family movies of now are pretty bad. Instead of being heartfelt, they feel like soulless corporate drivels that only care for box office figures, and have forgotten what it’s like to have an imagination. Heard of Madagascar? Shark’s Tale? Meet the Robinsons? Home in the Range? Back when they were just out, everyone was all suckered to them because everyone just had to, I dunno, freaking guzzle every crap that looks trendy. Who can tell me now, with a straight face, that they remember these movies’ stories and messages? And yet, we keep seeing kid flicks that aren’t about telling a good story, but are more concerned with shiny ass CGs. Or artsy fartsy gothic stupidities. Or loquacious Zebras. Or longwinded fight scenes. Or selling Linkin’ Park soundtracks, Burger King toys, PS2 videogames, and ring tones.

I urge you to see Babe, and get some Kleenex so you can weep for the cartoons they play now.

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hey, i remember Madagascar!

Posted by liz at April 11, 2008, 1:46 pm

I remember seeing it (the second time) while I was leaving New York and going back to Philippines. Seeing all these beautiful sceneries I was just leaving from = cruelty.

But really, Madagascar blew. My parents fell asleep watching it and for once I didn’t reprimand them. And it has the most pointless ending this side of Evangelion and Karekano.

Posted by nightdreamer at April 11, 2008, 1:56 pm

I agree that most family movies these days are piles of CG crap. Not like *all* the old films were classics, but a lot of them had heart, at least… these days, i can hardly sit through one with my son without wanting to smash something out of disgust or falling asleep out of sheer boredom. much the same way that the old Warner Brothers cartoons could entertain kids and adults alike, that same quality of writing and approach has been totally lost except possibly by pixar, and even their stuff is hit or miss.

…and if you liked Babe, did you like Milo & Otis?

Posted by Brad at April 11, 2008, 4:55 pm

Yeah, I’m not among the snobbish “oldie” group who talk down on everything modern and bemoan the state of entertainment now, like how everything is much better back in the good ole days. But the old films definitely had heart, in that people making them actually bothered being resourceful. As opposed to these CG crap, which couldn’t even differentiate itself from videogames *cough* Advent Children *cough*.

I haven’t seen Milo & Otis. In fact, I’ve only heard of it now. Is it any good?

And which Pixar movies do you think are misses? I personally didn’t like Cars that much. Cars with man-face always weird me out.

Posted by nightdreamer at April 11, 2008, 5:01 pm

OMG. Babe is not only a good movie, it means a lot to me as well.

It was the first movie I watched with Tito Matty (Castanos, my grandmom’s friend). I really loved Tito Matty. That jolly old man who supplied me with Lego sets. He died a couple of years ago. The last time I saw him alive was when I was 9 years old. I miss him.

Lol, Im not making any sense.

Posted by J at April 11, 2008, 9:35 pm

Not that I mind. It’s good to know how much this movie meant to some people.

Posted by nightdreamer at April 11, 2008, 10:14 pm

Lol, Im not making any sense.

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