[firewalk]

bttt

[jwalsh07]

They can't help themselves but granddaughters loved it.

[Gil4]

...in a G-rated movie bound to be seen by every young kid in America

I can name 5 who aren't going to see it. (All mine)

[HitmanLV]

That's just a joke, don't sweat it. A recent script I am working on (a modern day hope & crosby movie) has a scene where our protangonists ride their camel past a terrorist camp, singing a song and acting pretty much like idiots.

Anyway, Osama and 2 cronies see them singing the film's closing tune, and Osama remarks, with subtitles to help us understand, "Americans!" exhales a disgusted Osama. His #1 crony resonds with "But they make great entertainers, though!" The third terrorist in the frame is reclining, reading The Daily Racing Form.

Is it anti american? Nah, not at all. Is it funny - well, you will have to decide, but everyone I have showed it to gets a laff from that one.

[joesnuffy]

sharks as anti -American..did they have French accents?

Of course in real life the little son of a fish
would have been eaten by his own father

[Pan_Yans Wife]

The sharks are wrong. We don't own everything, we just pay to clean up the messes that belong to others.

[hoot2]

"God, the Hollywood left frosts me. Sorry. I just had to vent. "

what about the "alleged christian", parents, that send their kids to "support hollyweirds" bad habits?

the last movie i saw was "weird als uhf..."

[latrans]

Expect about anything from the "Disney Fags".
Usually it is of a sexual nature.

[liberalnot]

i stopped watching tv or going to hollywood movies over 10 years ago.

i read books, newspapers, surf the net, and actually have time for friends.

when more people stop going to hollywood movies, they will change.

[whoozit]

I heard it, but dismissed it. The movie was incredible. Perhaps the best from Pixar studios thus far. My kids (8 and 11) LOVED it, as did I. Without Pixar, Disney would be up a creek

[sauropod]

Oh come on, Mace! I saw it last weekend, and i thought the send up the three sharks did of an AA meeting was hilarious and very anti-PC.

I heard the "American" comment too, but thought it was far outweighed by the whole sharks's act.

[mdittmar]

Then another says: "ESPECIALLY THOSE AMERICANS."

Now this would ruin the movie for me,I can see that comment coming from a snail(escargot),but a fish?

Totally unbelievable.;)

[glory]

I agree I got my haunches up over that one, but you know what--it came from despicable, blood thirsty sharks(who, when they weren't blood thirsty, were stupid and neurotic--in fact if I remember it came from one of the sharks that appeared to be a complete idiot). So perhaps the real comment is American haters are desicable, neurotic idiots;-)
Overall, we enjoyed the movie. So much action and pretty clean when all was said and done.

[TopQuark]

Thanks for the update, Maceman: I would not have learned about this without you.

That line about Americans was totally unnecessary, and did absolutely nothing to advance the dialog or the plot.

But this line will do marvels verywhere else in the world, where the anti-American sentiment is rampant.

I am curious, however, about the origin of the remark (the origianl script from outside Disney?). If it has originated at Disney, I would consider contacting the company for a explanation.

[theFIRMbss]

>"Those humans think they own everything." Then another says: "ESPECIALLY THOSE AMERICANS."

Well, never forget
that most of the world only
knows America

by our media
and by all our globalist
businessmen jetting

all around the globe.
If those were the only views
of America

you ever received,
you'd probably think badly
of the US, too.

(I can say I was
embarassed and ashamed at
the weird, bizarrely

biased and unfair
"pro" American TV
coverage "we" got

from ESPN
at the French Open grand slam.
The American

guys and women were
constantly talked up as "gods,"
when everyone knew

nearly all the men
were big losers [and they lost],
and the Williams girls

were obnoxious brats
[as Serena, in fact, was].
I swear, if I lived

anywhere but here,
and I saw media stuff
like that constantly,

then I -- anyone! --
would hate the source of the stuff.
But there's nothing we

can do about how
media or globalist
businessmen tarnish

the image of real
America for the world
that never sees us...)

[lepton]

It was clearly just a tease - intended for Americans.

[MonroeDNA]

Thanks for the heads-up.

Communist propaganda never went away.

[Darheel]

My fave:

The only thing worse than dragons...Americans". (Reign of Fire).

[Zetman]

the Hollywood left frosts me. Sorry. I just had to vent.

Actually, technically speaking, it is not the Hollywood left per se (I am being picky and "tongue in cheek" here). Pixar is located in a suburb of Oakland called Emeryville (I just drove past their facilities last Sunday and took a digital photo - if I knew how to post it with this reply, I would). They are located almost right next to the east end of the Oakland Bay Bridge. At the other end of that bridge lies San Francisco. The town right next to Emeryville is Berkley. 'Nuff said!!

Having said all that, I am thinking of taking my 4 year old daughter to see this one. I am sure "the references" will go right over her head. Plus, I am reassured by the positive posts I am seeing here. She really liked Pixar's last movie, Monsters, Inc., plus this would be her first trip to a movie theater. We'll see what happens.

[RWG]

Sorry. I just had to vent...save it for something important.