Saturday, November 03, 2007

We got the movie Monsters Inc. recently and I have decided that I hate it. When I first saw it in the theater, I loved it. I enjoyed the plot and the characters, and was suitably impressed by the animation. Now, however, all I can think about is that those two monsters have no idea what to with a child, and somewhere on the other side of that door are some very worried parents. Also, this kid can say about four words and yet she's already potty trained - is there something wrong with her speech development? How old is this kid, anyway? And, speaking of potty trained, she comes through the door around 6pm, and doesn't have to pee until late the next morning. I can't go more than two hours without peeing, so I somehow doubt a toddler is going to make it fifteen hours or so. She never once wonders where her parents are, either. I can't go down to the garage and rotate the laundry without Thomas checking on me to make sure I'm not doing something fun without him (he's convinced that there are clowns and ponies lurking around every corner, and I sneak away to frolic madly whenever he's distracted or asleep). And she gets Fruit Loops for dinner - and it's the only meal she has during the entire movie! The sugar rush! The tummy ache! The perservatives! Motherhood has clearly ruined movie watching for me. Who thinks about this during a cartoon? I mean, seriously, the kid doesn't exist, and I'm worried about her nutrition, hygiene, and development, and obsessed with how terrified her mom and dad must be that she's disappeared from her bed (because, honestly, is that not one of the most frightening things a parent can imagine?). What is wrong with me? Or is this really a horror movie cleverly disguised as children's entertainment? Think your little one is safe in bed? Nope! No matter what you do, if you aren't actively staring at your child, they can just vanish! Sure, the kid in the movie gets returned with nothing worse than an empty belly, some soggy underoos, and a weird habit of saying "Mike Wazowski," but her parents don't know that!!
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2 Comments:

Neen said...

I've often wondered about those things myself. I am glad to see that I was not alone. Then again it seems almost all Disney movies are really messed up in one way or another.

2:49 PM  
Theoretical Grammatarian said...

You're right. Disney movies seemed so innocous before I became a mom, but now they are some of the most disturbing films out there.

9:55 PM  

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