This is why you read to kids and talk about life experiences that you've had with them in order to model more behaviors and goal setting. Otherwise, if you let your kids get raised on the television set, then that person is a bad parent.
This is nonsensical. Yes, you should sit down with your kids to read, and you should talk to them about life lessons. However, that doesn't mean "letting them watch TV makes you a bad parent." You can let them watch television, or even better, watch it WITH them, and explain any questions they have, or explain why something is bad in the show.
For example:
I watched Courage the Cowardly Dog when I was younger. That show had strangling a dog, and one character used to scream "YOU STUPID DOG!" at least 5 times an episode.
Did this make me go out and strangle people and/or dogs and call people stupid? No. My mother (single parent) told me that calling anything stupid is not correct, and I would get in trouble for doing so, and I wasn't stupid enough to go out strangling someone.
People don't give kids enough credit. They are smart (to an extent). With a little parental guidance, it doesn't matter how many violent video games a kid plays, or how "suggestive" things in television shows are. You just need to teach them wrong from right.
What's your point? He's saying Pixar are the best US animators. He didn't want to say "best animators" because some other countries have better animators (Miyazaki, etc.).
I might watch this movie but I already skimmed the Wikipedia article so I might not bother.
No way. The weakest Pixar movie has got to be all their forgettable ones: Ratatouille and UP. All their other films have so far been big successes (at least in terms of children's merchandise).
Just saw it (traditional format). It was very, very good - surprisingly good. I'd place it as being better than the second, but not quite as good as the first. The themes worked very well on all levels, with excellent comedy and real tragedy. Its characters felt natural, not stretched too thin with overdevelopment as sometimes happens with stories that are continued beyond their original intent. Writing was good, soundtrack was alright: sometimes good, sometimes overbearing.
As always with me, a couple nitpicks.
I felt that Lotso not pressing the Emergency Stop button was a very good thing, as him doing so would feel very much out of character. Unfortunately, as written this left our heroes sliding toward their doom with no way out until saved by an outside force, which I think was intentional for the purpose of the Claw gag. But for me it made for bad storytelling, having this bit of a deus ex machina come in for the purpose of having a happy ending. It's especially bad as Woody and Buzz got to the ladder, too, and could probably have climbed up themselves if they'd wanted. In some way, at least, it could fairly easily have involved one of them hitting that button.
My other complaint is the overly long approach to the burning center of the furnace with the reaching out to each other and holding hands bit. It's the cotton candy sort of aggressively sweet yet ultimately unsatisfying emotional grab that I feel children and family targeted movies by all makers go to entirely too much lately and, until now, Pixar's managed to avoid. And it went on for so long, when other scenes felt somewhat rushed (the return home in particular).
Please... please tell me this is a joke. I really hope you are honestly kidding about this.
That scene was the best scene in the entire movie. Bar none. For most of the movie, Pixar had your heart over a blender. Then that scene comes, and it drops it in, and hits "Puree."
I can't believe you didn't get an emotional kick out of that, because every person who I have talked to, and every forum poster I have seen, and many critics I have seen go into spoilers all say that was one of the most heart-wrenching scenes they have ever seen.
The looks on their faces as they were to accept death showed more raw, human emotion (in toys!) than many actual human actors I have ever seen. The whole point of the scene was to make you feel as if they were actually going to kill them off. To make you feel the implications of that. It's not "just to make a claw gag." It's to make you see the true fear in the eyes of these toys, and their acceptance of death.
What an absolutely fantastic film, and an absolutely fantastic ending to the trilogy.
I was 3 years old when the first Toy Story came out. I was in pre-school. And now, just like Andy, I'm going off to college. I can't even begin to tell you what it is like to have something like this trilogy so very close to my heart end. But I can tell you that Pixar handled it absolutely masterfully. I couldn't have thought of a better ending myself.
My entire theater tonight was packed (both the 3D and 2D were sold out) with people my age, all awaiting to see the final chapter of this epic story that Pixar started 15 years ago, and boy were we in for a treat. It was filled with laughs, peril, and warm fuzzy moments.
It never ceases to amaze me how well the people at Pixar make movies. They really know how to tug on the heart strings of their audiences. They know the emotions people feel, and the emotions kids feel. They know kids aren't stupid, and that adults don't want to take their children to see a stupid kid movie (here's looking at you Marmaduke). They know exactly the perfect mix to make it enjoyable to anyone, from ages 3 to 100. I'm so glad to have such a wonderful animation studio during my time on this planet; To have people who care so much about their craft, and the hours upon hours they put in to make each of their movies so magical.
I can absolutely without a doubt saying that they encapsulated the same feelings I had when I first saw Toy Story in 1995 and brought it home with this film. These movies were my childhood, and they were my present. And now, just like Andy, my journey through life is going to continue to infinity and beyond.
Title: Dear John
Casts: Amanda Seyfried
Channing Tatum
Summary: about a soldier (Channing) who falls for a conservative college student (Amanda) while he's home on leave.
My Review: Over all I love the movie. I like how the Amanda and Channing portrayed the role. I honestly got carried away! I feel the pain the characters felt.
It showed how "True Love" and "Responsibility" affect one another!
My Rating: 9/10
(_Nothing Beats with my all-time fave movie "The Notebook"_)
This is a joke, right?
In any case, I just got back from the midnight showing of Toy Story 3. Holy crap.
If there's a thread, I'll post my full reaction to it, but, all I can say with a short blurb is GO SEE THIS MOVIE.
Nintendo riding the old franchises to success yet again what a surprise.
They are almost as bad as Blizzard is at making new franchises.
This argument is so moronic, and it infuriates me so much whenever someone says it.
Why would Nintendo not make games from their old IP's? Each of their previously established IP's makes them millions upon billions of dollars. Why would they stop making them? There is absolutely no reason to stop making new games with the same characters. They are consistently good, and people will consistently buy them.
Also, a Kid Ikarus game hasn't been made in at least 10 years (when was the GBA re-release of the NES?), so you can hardly say they're "falling back" on that.
The thing that gets me the worst about that argument, however, is that if Nintendo DID go about making new IP's, people would go "WTF, WHERE'S MY ZELDA GAME. WHERE'S MY MARIO GAME." People WANT the same IP's, and Nintendo would be absolutely out of their mind to stop making them.
Edit: A couple of first party titles for the 3DS that I can't remember coming up during the presentation: Animal Crossing 3DS, Mario Kart 3DS and Paper Mario 3DS. Good stuff.
Harsh, dude. Is it any opinion that may be contrary to your own that you shoot down with a vengeance, or just some of them?
I might as well ask the question: What do you think will happen, assuming such a miraculous even should occur, if Israel stopped everything and said "eff it, let's just share, we're not going to keep you anywhere you don't want to be"? Would all the violence stop?
Sadly, I think the answer is no.
No, it is the opinion of someone from the country that is in the wrong right now that I do not trust. I would not trust a German saying they know more during the times of the Holocaust (yes, an extreme example, but it stands).
The fact is, when a country is in the wrong, they will do whatever it takes to take as much blame off of themselves as they can (US included).
As for your other question? The violence will not end until there is a significant development, whether it be from the UN, or another country. I can not see the future, so I don't know.
This is nonsensical. Yes, you should sit down with your kids to read, and you should talk to them about life lessons. However, that doesn't mean "letting them watch TV makes you a bad parent." You can let them watch television, or even better, watch it WITH them, and explain any questions they have, or explain why something is bad in the show.
For example:
I watched Courage the Cowardly Dog when I was younger. That show had strangling a dog, and one character used to scream "YOU STUPID DOG!" at least 5 times an episode.
Did this make me go out and strangle people and/or dogs and call people stupid? No. My mother (single parent) told me that calling anything stupid is not correct, and I would get in trouble for doing so, and I wasn't stupid enough to go out strangling someone.
People don't give kids enough credit. They are smart (to an extent). With a little parental guidance, it doesn't matter how many violent video games a kid plays, or how "suggestive" things in television shows are. You just need to teach them wrong from right.
What's your point? He's saying Pixar are the best US animators. He didn't want to say "best animators" because some other countries have better animators (Miyazaki, etc.).
You did NOT just call Ratatouille forgettable.
Please... please tell me this is a joke. I really hope you are honestly kidding about this.
That scene was the best scene in the entire movie. Bar none. For most of the movie, Pixar had your heart over a blender. Then that scene comes, and it drops it in, and hits "Puree."
I can't believe you didn't get an emotional kick out of that, because every person who I have talked to, and every forum poster I have seen, and many critics I have seen go into spoilers all say that was one of the most heart-wrenching scenes they have ever seen.
I was 3 years old when the first Toy Story came out. I was in pre-school. And now, just like Andy, I'm going off to college. I can't even begin to tell you what it is like to have something like this trilogy so very close to my heart end. But I can tell you that Pixar handled it absolutely masterfully. I couldn't have thought of a better ending myself.
My entire theater tonight was packed (both the 3D and 2D were sold out) with people my age, all awaiting to see the final chapter of this epic story that Pixar started 15 years ago, and boy were we in for a treat. It was filled with laughs, peril, and warm fuzzy moments.
It never ceases to amaze me how well the people at Pixar make movies. They really know how to tug on the heart strings of their audiences. They know the emotions people feel, and the emotions kids feel. They know kids aren't stupid, and that adults don't want to take their children to see a stupid kid movie (here's looking at you Marmaduke). They know exactly the perfect mix to make it enjoyable to anyone, from ages 3 to 100. I'm so glad to have such a wonderful animation studio during my time on this planet; To have people who care so much about their craft, and the hours upon hours they put in to make each of their movies so magical.
I can absolutely without a doubt saying that they encapsulated the same feelings I had when I first saw Toy Story in 1995 and brought it home with this film. These movies were my childhood, and they were my present. And now, just like Andy, my journey through life is going to continue to infinity and beyond.
This is a joke, right?
In any case, I just got back from the midnight showing of Toy Story 3.
Holy crap.
If there's a thread, I'll post my full reaction to it, but, all I can say with a short blurb is GO SEE THIS MOVIE.
100/100 (because it deserves more than 10).
I'm expecting a $200-$250 pricetag.
That's because you CAN'T film it.
That's like saying "I can't find a bootleg of Avatar in 3D, man, what the hell."
This argument is so moronic, and it infuriates me so much whenever someone says it.
Why would Nintendo not make games from their old IP's? Each of their previously established IP's makes them millions upon billions of dollars. Why would they stop making them? There is absolutely no reason to stop making new games with the same characters. They are consistently good, and people will consistently buy them.
Also, a Kid Ikarus game hasn't been made in at least 10 years (when was the GBA re-release of the NES?), so you can hardly say they're "falling back" on that.
The thing that gets me the worst about that argument, however, is that if Nintendo DID go about making new IP's, people would go "WTF, WHERE'S MY ZELDA GAME. WHERE'S MY MARIO GAME." People WANT the same IP's, and Nintendo would be absolutely out of their mind to stop making them.
http://press.nintendo.com/E32010/3DS/FACT_E3_UpcomingGames_3DS.pdf
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EVERYTHING.
I wish they could make one for the PS3, since I know they re-released the first 2 for PSP.
No, it is the opinion of someone from the country that is in the wrong right now that I do not trust. I would not trust a German saying they know more during the times of the Holocaust (yes, an extreme example, but it stands).
The fact is, when a country is in the wrong, they will do whatever it takes to take as much blame off of themselves as they can (US included).
As for your other question? The violence will not end until there is a significant development, whether it be from the UN, or another country. I can not see the future, so I don't know.