Have kid's movies gotten more or less mature?

It's interesting for me to see kid's films these days and how a lot of people seem to protect their kids against everything in films like they can't handle it. I don't want to generalize, but more parents in the U.S that I have noticed seem to be more worried about their kids seeing nudity than violence. I remember the kid's films I grew up with like Watership down, Return to oz, Dark Crystal, The Sword in the stone, The Pagemaster, Space Jam, Labyrinth, Muppet Treasure Island, Fantasia, and Time Bandits. Maybe I'm just too nostalgic.

Less mature.

I've gone back and watched some movies I watched as a kid, and all I could think was "wow. You would never get this in a family movie today."

Less.

Anybody remember The Hunchback of Notre Dame?

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=EyS3weMlxLAWhat the hell happened to you, Disney?

Kids movies tend to go through circles of high maturity to low maturity.

Currently were on the lower side, but Pixar and even dreamworks (on occasion) can produce quality.

And kids movies made outside US (Japanese anime or European animation like Secret of the kells) can be very mature especially animation

I miss the good old days of disney renassance and early dreamworks and in general 2D US animation:cry:

Old kids movies are much better than new ones, and that's not just nostalgia talking. The villians were actually scary and there were frightening scenes; they were exciting and fun to watch. These days the villains are just stupid, and end up being defeated because of their clear lack of intelligence. And that's if there is even a villain at all. Anything that might be seen as exciting isn't allowed in kids movies anymore, and so the product we're left with is a bunch of fart jokes and lessons about friendship. harashawn

I was terrified of Snow White when I was young. When it was released on blu-ray, I watched it and finally enjoyed it properly, all the while thinking that they wouldn't dare try and depict death or murder in family movies now.

And I saw Free Willy recently. Apparently, even back in 1992, you were allowed to use the work "Crap" in a movie that kids would watch. (The line was "We have to sort out what he can eat from the cheap crap they buy him.") but for some reason, you can't do that today.

[QUOTE="harashawn"]Old kids movies are much better than new ones, and that's not just nostalgia talking. The villians were actually scary and there were frightening scenes; they were exciting and fun to watch. These days the villains are just stupid, and end up being defeated because of their clear lack of intelligence. And that's if there is even a villain at all. Anything that might be seen as exciting isn't allowed in kids movies anymore, and so the product we're left with is a bunch of fart jokes and lessons about friendship. BuryMe

I was terrified of Snow White when I was young. When it was released on blu-ray, I watched it and finally enjoyed it properly, all the while thinking that they wouldn't dare try and depict death or murder in family movies now.

And I saw Free Willy recently. Apparently, even back in 1992, you were allowed to use the work "Crap" in a movie that kids would watch. (The line was "We have to sort out what he can eat from the cheap crap they buy him.") but for some reason, you can't do that today.

I haven't watched any kids movies in a while so I dunoo :( But kids these days watch a lot of anime which iis quite mature compared to cartoons we used to watch. So I guess kids like mature stuff these days and movie industry is acting on it.

The villians were actually scary and there were frightening scenes; they were exciting and fun to watch.harashawn

Definitely. My friend had issues watching Anastasia because it gave her nightmares :P

theres pixar but not is about it :P (maturity wise :P)

More mature.

Toy Story 3, WALL-E, Up, How to Train Your Dragon, Ratatouille, Finding Nemo, the Incredibles, etc.

Depends on what you're gauging maturity on. Movies like The Lion King and Hunchback of Notre Dame were more mature because of their themes (Death, romance.) and nowadays it's shifted to things like Madagascar and Monsters Inc. which lack any real moral lessons or important topics. As for humor, I think they're about the same, the current ones definitely have more fart jokes though lol. Nickn4me

[QUOTE="harashawn"]Old kids movies are much better than new ones, and that's not just nostalgia talking. The villians were actually scary and there were frightening scenes; they were exciting and fun to watch. These days the villains are just stupid, and end up being defeated because of their clear lack of intelligence. And that's if there is even a villain at all. Anything that might be seen as exciting isn't allowed in kids movies anymore, and so the product we're left with is a bunch of fart jokes and lessons about friendship. BuryMe

I was terrified of Snow White when I was young. When it was released on blu-ray, I watched it and finally enjoyed it properly, all the while thinking that they wouldn't dare try and depict death or murder in family movies now.

And I saw Free Willy recently. Apparently, even back in 1992, you were allowed to use the work "Crap" in a movie that kids would watch. (The line was "We have to sort out what he can eat from the cheap crap they buy him.") but for some reason, you can't do that today.

Today's kids movies are a plumit in maturity.

Kids movies these days are often really immature.

Modern kid's movies seem to vary a lot in the maturity department. When comparing them to movies from the 80's and 90's, some are on the same level while others are far less mature and dumbed down.