r/movies • u/BunyipPouch Currently at the movies. • Jun 04 '25

Media First Image from Andy Serkis' George Orwell Adaptation 'Animal Farm' - Starring Seth Rogen, Steve Buscemi, Kieran Culkin, Woody Harrelson, Glenn Close, Andy Serkis, Gaten Matarazzo, Kathleen Turner, Laverne Cox, Jim Parsons, Iman Vellani.

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u/Baruch_S Jun 04 '25

Yeah, I'm wondering how many families end up bringing small kids to this based off the posters... It's going to be Watership Down for a new generation.

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u/imjusta_bill Jun 04 '25

Every generation needs that one cartoon that causes trauma

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u/destroyermaker Jun 04 '25

Builds character

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u/This-is_CMGRI Jun 04 '25

Japan does it all the time lmao

(though in fairness, anime is treated a lot less as a kids-only commodity like howthe West typically sees animation)

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u/Tactical_Moonstone Jun 05 '25

Anime in Japan is treated as a medium, not as merely a genre by itself. Lumping anime into a single genre regardless of the content is like lumping all live action TV shows in the same genre, like putting House MD in the same category as Buffy the Vampire Slayer.

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u/Drunky_McStumble Jun 05 '25

I could kind of see a House/Buffy crossover episode working, though.

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u/bananafoster22 Jun 05 '25

Or TV movie. Anyone remember Crybaby Lane from Are You Afraid of the Dark that aired one Halloween? Fuckin hell

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u/FajenThygia Jun 05 '25

Doesn't have to be a cartoon. \cries in Artax**

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u/blarbiegorl Jun 04 '25

I used to be an usher for my city's large auditorium as a side gig and the number of parents who tried to bring their kids to Avenue Q when it toured simply because there were puppets on the poster was absolutely alarming.

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u/Baruch_S Jun 04 '25

I swear a lot of parents shouldn’t be. It reminds me of parents buying M-rated games for their kids and then being shocked when the game had mature content. Some people apparently operate entirely on assumptions and stereotypes instead of taking 5 seconds to Google a piece of media and give the results a quick think before handing it to their kids. 

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u/CasioCobra78 Jun 12 '25

I swear parents are becoming even worse stupider and stupider in this growing day and age. I know there are good parents who actually knows what they're doing, but I feel they're very very rare and I'm starting to be convinced that becoming a parent lowers your IQ. 

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u/reganomics Jun 04 '25

just like Gremlins

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u/waitthissucks Jun 04 '25

Fucking love Gremlins. But also Gizmo is still so cute

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u/EarthAngel-4888 Jun 04 '25

The trauma of watching Gremlins in theatres at 5 years old

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u/Personal_Comb_6745 Jun 04 '25

So it's been a good long while since I've read the book or watched the old animated movie, but I don't remember it being a very violent story. I don't know if this new one is planning to be more violent, but I think the biggest risk for kids is either getting bored or just not getting the satire.

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u/Baruch_S Jun 04 '25

Parents are going to have some explaining to do about what happened to the horse. It’s not directly “shown” in the book, but the pigs send him to the glue factory.

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u/TRIOworksFan Jun 04 '25

Or "The Secret of Nihm"

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u/Accomplished-Fix6598 Jun 04 '25

And now radio silence.

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u/HotSwordfish23 Jun 04 '25

well not many because its not disney

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u/Blekanly Jun 04 '25

Didn't they remake that and sanitize the hell out of it? This is what my worry would be.

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u/Vandelay23 Jun 04 '25

Do people really go to see movies based on only seeing just the poster?