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“Which Disney Movie Has The Worst Message?”: 30 People Don’t Hold Back Any movie which pushes marrying someone you just met.

Final score:

98points

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Chilli 3 months ago

the moral of snow white is 'be pretty, or stay dead'

50points

Saxman8845 , Walt Disney Pictures Report

“Which Disney Movie Has The Worst Message?”: 30 People Don’t Hold Back I have a running joke with my wife that Aladdin is about a young man who lies to and gaslights a woman, but she doesn't care because he has a cool car.

Final score:

97points

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dremetrius 3 months ago

To be fair, I'd tolerate a lot of s**t for access to a flying carpet. OTOH I wouldn't have bothered tolerating it for long, what with this total stranger who showed up out of nowhere that nobody cares about suddenly pops in to offer me a ride and now I have a fast, portable corpse disposal unit where I can drop a body literally anywhere in the world He doesn't even tell anyone else about it. And he clearly snuck in to see her, so nobody knows where he is or expects him back.

18points

cupidslament , Walt Disney Pictures Report

To find out how this thread started in the first place, we reached out to Reddit user Nebraskabychoice, who posed the question, "Which Disney movie has the worst message?"

"I started the conversation because I felt that Disney movies had the reputation of just being good entertainment for kids, and I wanted to see what people's opinions were," they told Bored Panda. "Specifically, a bad message can be disguised with pretty visuals."

“Which Disney Movie Has The Worst Message?”: 30 People Don’t Hold Back Not sure if it still holds but for the longest time, all Disney hero’s had American accents and villains had foreign accents. Even when they were from the same culture. Remember kids - foreigners are scary.

Final score:

88points

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Ray Ceeya (RayCeeYa) 3 months ago

Ain't that the truth. This isn't just a Disney trope though. Maybe it's a throwback to WWII but you see a character with a German accent, they the bad guy.

29points

“Which Disney Movie Has The Worst Message?”: 30 People Don’t Hold Back Live Action Mulan: Be born special and just be better than everyone else by default. That's the only way you can succeed as a woman.

BladeSoul69:

Someone correct me if I am wrong, but didn't the 2020 Mulan remake ruin the original message that a woman can be the same as a man with the same training by making her naturally gifted with Chi.

No more hard work, you just have to be born special.

shino4242 , Walt Disney Pictures Report

Final score:

87points

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Magenta Blu 3 months ago

Mulan live action ruined the original Disney Mulan

46points

SandStoneVox , Walt Disney Pictures Report

“Which Disney Movie Has The Worst Message?”: 30 People Don’t Hold Back For me it's The Little Mermaid. Change everything about yourself for a guy? No thanks.

Final score:

78points

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Magenta Blu 3 months ago

For a guy who doesn't even have the slightest idea that you existed in the first place...

34points

AnimatedCarbonRod , Walt Disney Pictures Report

We were also curious to know which films the author believes share questionable messages.

"I think the worst messages, unfortunately, can be found in the older movies. Racism in Song of the South or the Jim Crows in Dumbo are obvious, but even the superficiality of Snow White - saved by a prince because she is pretty - sends unfortunate messages," they shared. "Similarly, the live action Mulan remake removed the original good message of hard work and ingenuity."

Raya and the Last Dragon is another that many readers commented on, but Nebraskabychoice noted that they haven't seen it.

“Which Disney Movie Has The Worst Message?”: 30 People Don’t Hold Back The Little Mermaid - an underage girl with body issues is trafficked by an older woman and objectified by an older man.

Final score:

73points

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Mingey 3 months ago

Read the real story 😔😔😔

38points

“Which Disney Movie Has The Worst Message?”: 30 People Don’t Hold Back The Lion King is my favorite movie about running away from your life's problems until you are old enough to k*ll your uncle.

cperdue , Walt Disney Pictures Report

Final score:

63points

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Susie Elle 3 months ago

Also "My uncle killed my dad!" Timon and Pumbaa: "Have you tried just not worrying about it?"

34points

“Which Disney Movie Has The Worst Message?”: 30 People Don’t Hold Back Cinderella.

Poor woman with no hope in sight meets rich man, spends part of an evening dancing with him, neither of them have any idea who the other person really is, but when he finds her again, they are instantly married and just when the real story and character development could take place, that's the end, of course happily ever after.

Boys: your goal is to be a wealthy provider, and then you'll be happy because you'll have a pretty woman...

Girls: find a rich, charming man and he will take care of you and you'll be happy the rest of your life.

And neither are going to do well in relationships if they internalize this message.

FelixTook , Walt Disney Pictures Report

Final score:

59points

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Magenta Blu 3 months ago

Who the hell cares about the dance and the glass shoe?? The disfuncional family is sickening! And blame the evil stepmother. Not any single kid will even try to accept dad's new wife because of this.

17points

JxSparrow7 , Walt Disney Pictures Report

On the other hand, we wanted to know which Disney movies convey the best messages.

"I enjoy the movies Mulan and Princess and the Frog," they shared. "[Their] messages show the value of honor, hard work and ingenuity. I also enjoy Beauty and the Beast because it shows how people can change and the value of kindness. My favorite Disney film remains The Lion King, but that is really just a retelling of Hamlet with stellar visuals and an amazing voice cast."

#10

“Which Disney Movie Has The Worst Message?”: 30 People Don’t Hold Back I'm going to make a very controversial pick and say "Inside Out". But with a heavy caveat. Only in regards to boys/men. The emotions of women when shown are complex and deep. The male counterparts were gag jokes and stereotypes.

Final score:

57points

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Susie Elle 3 months ago

I so agree, especially at the end where Riley bumps into a boy and his emotions are all ABORT MISSION ABORT MISSION GIRL GIRL GIRL, while she just shrugs, as if girls that age all have it figured out or can't be heavily interested in boys as well.

14points

#11

“Which Disney Movie Has The Worst Message?”: 30 People Don’t Hold Back They had to repeatedly assure people the message of The Hunchback of Notre Dame was not, "Be grateful for the pretty girl's friendship and step aside for your handsome friend, because that's clearly the best you can hope for."

jimes00 , Walt Disney Pictures Report

Final score:

51points

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TotallyNOTAFox 3 months ago

I wouldn't see how it would be better if they came together, the way it goes makes his character development so much better (he risks his life to save her despite there being no romantic reward at the end)

21points

Squirrelkid11 , Walt Disney Pictures Report

#12

“Which Disney Movie Has The Worst Message?”: 30 People Don’t Hold Back "Wish", easily.

copper-feather:

I believe this movie would have worked better if they had tried to go with the message "Not every wish should be granted".
Instead they went with the message "There are no bad wishes, only bad genies".

Final score:

45points

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GhostlySnail (she/her) 3 months ago

That movie was so sad to see. The animation was bland, none of the side characters (like the friends) were memorable or interesting, so the main character had no interesting interactions. The main character (what was her name again?) had a personality copy-and-pasted from pretty much every other princess, except she had no backstory or explanation for why she was the way she was. The king was like “I see how you care about those around you” but it never even showed how she fit into that community at all, and when she had her whole dramatic song about wanting something more, all that had been shown of her life was pretty much great. Also the villain was barely evil. It makes me sad because it could have been so much better as well, they just played it safe and didn’t include anything “bad”. I’m not a Disney hater, I love disney and wish they would do better.

4points

RedsChronicles , Walt Disney Pictures Report

As for what Nebraskabychoice thought of the replies to their post, they enjoyed most people's reasonings.

However, they added that a lot of people missed the point of certain movies. "In Beauty and the Beast, there is no Stockholm Syndrome as we understand it. Rather, this movie is about the Beast learning and changing until he becomes loveable."

"Similarly, The Princess and the Frog is not about Tiana's need for a rich boyfriend, but about her balancing her ambition with human connections," the author explained. "And similar to Beauty and the Beast, the prince is not loveable until he learns the value of work."

#13

“Which Disney Movie Has The Worst Message?”: 30 People Don’t Hold Back I'm not a fan of the end of Encanto, where the message seems to be forgive your narc Abuela even though she made everyone miserable.

Final score:

43points

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Kiki’sNotLookingBack 3 months ago

UPVOTE IF YOU THNK ABUELA IS THE REAL ANTAGONIST OF ENCANTO!

64points

People_Blow , Walt Disney Pictures Report

#14

“Which Disney Movie Has The Worst Message?”: 30 People Don’t Hold Back Though it was my fav growing up, Sleeping Beauty should probably be on this list.

Takeaway messages:

A) The gifts the fairies are bestowing upon infant-Aurora are all superficial (until the last one). Being pretty > being smart, kind, healthy, etc

B) It's a-ok for a dude to kiss an unconscious woman. In fact, it makes you a real man, a hero even.

Final score:

42points

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cadena kuhn 3 months ago

I believe in the original he does more than kiss her

23points

NothingOk648 , Walt Disney Pictures Report

#15

“Which Disney Movie Has The Worst Message?”: 30 People Don’t Hold Back Sleeping Beauty for making it seem like the princess’s only role is to be rescued by a prince, which can feel pretty outdated.

Final score:

42points

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Kiki’sNotLookingBack 3 months ago

I mean, it was released in 1959, so…

36points

Finally, Nebraskabychoice added, "I think first of all, these movies are meant to be entertaining. Disney did not create the message of Snow White but used pre-existing folk tales. But in the context of creating entertainment, I think it is important to be aware of what is being put into the world."

#16

“Which Disney Movie Has The Worst Message?”: 30 People Don’t Hold Back Does Rise of Skywalker count?

After Last Jedi set up a message of "It doesn't take being born special or being part of a certain bloodline to make a difference," Rise of Skywalker went "LOL NEVERMIND, ONLY THE SUPER SPECIAL PEOPLE BORN INTO THE SUPER SPECIAL FAMILIES CAN BE COOL, AND PEOPLE WILL ONLY LISTEN TO THE FAMOUS CELEBRITIES IF YOU NEED HELP!!!"

God what a sh**show of a movie.

TheBrianJ , Walt Disney Pictures Report

Final score:

41points

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Magenta Blu 3 months ago

Yeah, forget about learning journey and auto sacrifice for a great cause... Just born special and you automatically deserve everything because of your special breed, blood, and race. Great

11points

V_is4vulva , Walt Disney Pictures Report

#17

“Which Disney Movie Has The Worst Message?”: 30 People Don’t Hold Back A lot of them are bad, but I've always struggled with The Princess and the Frog.... *Amazing* hard working woman, so close to achieving her dreams, has to learn to....calm down on her bad*ss work ethic to make room for a guy who hasn't worked a day in his life? Don't love it. I *expect* the classics to be awful. It's more jarring when the main character is fully competent and prepared to make her dreams come true without a man.

Final score:

39points

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Susie Elle 3 months ago

Doesn't she tell him so? That he's a freeloader who never did anything except chase girls and spend money, and that's what makes him step up and better himself? In the end, she DOES make her dreams come true without Naveen, he's just there on the sideline if I remember correctly.

36points

OneHumanPeOple , Walt Disney Pictures Report

#18

“Which Disney Movie Has The Worst Message?”: 30 People Don’t Hold Back Pinocchio. People think the message is “don’t lie,” but Pinocchio is punished for lying when he’s actually telling the truth as he understood it. Meanwhile, people are luring children, then trafficking them as slaves after turning them into donkeys. That guy doesn’t get punished, neither does the man who tries to abduct Pinocchio for his traveling puppet show. People won’t believe you and the world is filled with criminals who will exploit you and get away with it. That’s the message. Later, Pinocchio saves Gapeto from a fish, thereby proving his selflessness and the blue faire turn him real. The message there is clear. The only way you’ll be rewarded is to obey your parents even if you have no clue how the world works, and don’t expect anyone to guide you, especially not a useless cricket.

Final score:

36points

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Magenta Blu 3 months ago

Well.. op just described the world exactly as it is..

18points

OddConstruction7191 , Walt Disney Pictures Report

#19

“Which Disney Movie Has The Worst Message?”: 30 People Don’t Hold Back Not really a message, but Parent Trap was just creepy to me.

A couple is married and the wife has twins. Then they get divorced soon after the births. Each gets custody of one child and move far apart from the other. Not only do the girls have zero contact with their other parent, they aren’t even told they have an identical twin sister.

Final score:

32points

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Alewa 3 months ago

That story is from a children's book of the 1930s, and the author (Erich Kästner) was a big advocates for children's rights.

34points

QuickMolasses , Walt Disney Pictures Report

#20

“Which Disney Movie Has The Worst Message?”: 30 People Don’t Hold Back Individually the messages of Wreck It Ralph and Wreck It Ralph 2 are fine. Together it's incoherent. Why does Ralph have to learn to accept his position in life but Vanelope get to live her dream in a different game? The two movies have diametrically opposing messages and it drives me insane.

Final score:

31points

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Magenta Blu 3 months ago

Because Venelope is a princess. She DESERVES to get her dreams come true. Who cares about anyone else?

16points

#21

“Which Disney Movie Has The Worst Message?”: 30 People Don’t Hold Back Everyone's going for the classics, here's a more recent one:

Raya and the Last Dragon.

You should have faith and trust everyone, even the woman who stabbed you in the back and has shown repeatedly that she cannot be trusted.

MysteryGirlWhite:

Raya was apparently "you have to learn to trust others", even though the movie has her being betrayed over and over again

Praesil , Walt Disney Pictures Report

Final score:

30points

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BeesEelsAndPups 3 months ago

I don't think that was the message. The message was that everybody is governed by fear and distrust. Villains are not just evil people. They are normal people who happen to be on the other side of a dispute. In order to really understand the world, you have to recognize that about each other, and be able to see the world from the other person's perspective.

19points

amyloudspeakers , Walt Disney Pictures Report

#22

“Which Disney Movie Has The Worst Message?”: 30 People Don’t Hold Back Tinkerbell in Peter Pan, what a mean girl bully.

Final score:

27points

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Lost Penny 3 months ago

She hangs out with Peter, who is an a*****e. I'd be surprised if she were kind & friendly.

28points

Human-Independent999 , Walt Disney Pictures Report

#23

“Which Disney Movie Has The Worst Message?”: 30 People Don’t Hold Back Little Mermaid.

She left her family and her world and sacrified too much for someone she didn't even know because he was handsome.

Final score:

26points

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Lost Penny 3 months ago

She was 15 (originally; she was 16 according to Disney). Acting the way she did was in her job description.

11points

givebusterahand , Walt Disney Pictures Report

#24

“Which Disney Movie Has The Worst Message?”: 30 People Don’t Hold Back Beauty and the beast. Stockholm Syndrome at its finest.

Final score:

25points

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glowworm2 3 months ago (edited)

It's NOT Stockholm Syndrome though. Belle starts to genuinely like the Beast after he rescues her from the wolves--which he did because he was worried about her, not because she ran away. He also starts (unknowingly) changing for her because he genuinely cares about her. An abductor wouldn't do that. Also, Belle comes back to save him because she really did love him. She was also being blackmailed into something she didn't want from Gaston, but she still came back to save him afterwards.

38points

YamiNoMatsuei , Walt Disney Pictures Report

#25

“Which Disney Movie Has The Worst Message?”: 30 People Don’t Hold Back Wasn't Cars 2 the one where the disabled were the villains?

Lisija123:

Yes, the "lemons" were demonized throughout the entire movie for using fossil fuel. Even though that's not their fault, that's just how their body works. They didn't choose to be born (built?) as lemons.

Final score:

22points

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René Sauer 3 months ago

does Lisija123 think Lighting McQueen and Mater are electric or what?

13points

sketchysketchist , Walt Disney Pictures Report

#26

“Which Disney Movie Has The Worst Message?”: 30 People Don’t Hold Back Coco and Encanto tells you that your family will immediately and substantially change their negative behaviors if given logic information.

Final score:

21points

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BeesEelsAndPups 3 months ago

I didn't get that from either of those movies. Maybe I am stupid though

10points

#27

“Which Disney Movie Has The Worst Message?”: 30 People Don’t Hold Back Hot take, but Encanto.

People who are mistreating you are simply under pressure, misunderstood, and/or doing what they think is best for everyone. Redemption and forgiveness is always possible.

As someone who has lived for far too long around families like this, I can tell you that Abuela's character arc was completely unrealistic and unbelievable. If they replaced Abuela with Mother Gothel from Tangled, it would be such a better movie.

Valcyor , Walt Disney Pictures Report

Final score:

21points

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WindySwede 3 months ago

This movies must be bad, third time on here now!

6points

HardBoiledOne , Walt Disney Pictures Report

#28

“Which Disney Movie Has The Worst Message?”: 30 People Don’t Hold Back Oliver and Company: The best way to free yourself of money payments is not to learn how to be better with handling money but to k*ll your creditor. You just gotta make it look circumstantial.

Final score:

17points

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Ray Ceeya (RayCeeYa) 3 months ago

It's a cartoon version of Oliver Twist and I have no problem with unaliving (love that BP censorship) predatory money lenders. Plus the Huey Lewis centered sound track slaps.

20points

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#29

“Which Disney Movie Has The Worst Message?”: 30 People Don’t Hold Back I love, love, love Up, and think it has great messages about love, unlikely friendships and giving people a chance. But just lately, “scientists are the villains” didn’t do the world any favors. Also, trophy hunters were right there if they needed a villain who hunts the last rare bird.

heynatastic , Walt Disney Pictures Report

Final score:

16points

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StPaul9 3 months ago

The villain of Up ceased to be a scientist. He keeps skulls of people of come by. He's become a hunter.

12points

BookerTeet , Walt Disney Pictures Report

#30

“Which Disney Movie Has The Worst Message?”: 30 People Don’t Hold Back Blank Check.

bruingrad84:

Taught me to spend all my money fast before the authorities take it back…. The dumb And dumber philosophy.

Final score:

15points

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SageHare37 3 months ago

Plus isn't this the one where a fully grown woman kisses him on the lips at the end? It's been a long time, but I thought it was disturbing.

8points

gokusforeskin , Walt Disney Pictures Report

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“Which Disney Movie Has The Worst Message?”: 30 People Don’t Hold Back Someone once pointed out that the lion king is a very pro monarchy authoritarian story but in the original the animation is so beautiful you can look past that. But in the remake you’re forced to realize what the story is like.

Final score:

14points

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Lace Neil 3 months ago

Umm, it's the cartoon version of hamlet.

27points

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#32

High school musical 2: be jealous of your friend whose hard work is paying off for them. Whine and b***h that he didn’t get to come to your cookout because he was being recruited by a college basketball team, and, as a group, put a lot of pressure on him to feel guilty. Be even more pissed off because someone you don’t like has connections, and he’s able to take advantage of those connections. Bring him down to your level!

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Final score:

12points

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Magenta Blu 3 months ago

Yeah. Just be mediocre so friends don't fell hurt for not being capable of hardworking

3points

#33

“Which Disney Movie Has The Worst Message?”: 30 People Don’t Hold Back Chicken Little.

It effectively amounted to 'People will only believe you if you are popular and successful regardless of the truth.' That may have not been their *intended* message, but it's what it amounted too. Though so much of that was also having one of the worst dads in Disney history as a major character.

Snowtwo , Walt Disney Pictures Report

Final score:

10points

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StPaul9 3 months ago (edited)

The tomboy, if upstart, villain gets brainwashed into being girly in a terrifying dark void-the aliens offer to change her back and- and is last seen been taken away as a 'perfect' girlfriend against her will by another character. You know, kid's film!

6points

#34

The actual message of Frozen is good, but the song Fixer-Upper stands out as something they really should have been cut in favor of more storytelling. Replace that song with a scene of Anna regaining her memories or at least learning the truth about her past from the trolls and suddenly the whole movie is a 10 instead of an 8.

"Our son kind of sucks but you can fix him" is just a terrible song and it's played for laughs on purpose so take my ranting with a grain of salt.

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Final score:

10points

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Geekymummy 3 months ago

I don't know about this one. If you listen to all of the lyrics, it's basically saying that the negative things about him (and her in the end) are superficial and that people sometimes behave badly when they're sad or scared or stressed but if you support someone they can learn to become their best selves. They even say "We're not saying you can change him because people don't really change".

12points

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#35

I think most Disney and Pixar movies promote extreme individualism over collectivism, which I’m not much of a fan of. Many also promote this fallacy of a “true self” and self actualization over the reality that our selves are mutable, complex and constantly changing. To be fair these points tend to be the default western philosophy, but I’d love to see a feel-good Disney movie that espouses the importance of social cohesion and the dangers of self-worship and extreme individualism.

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Final score:

10points

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Tara Noe 3 months ago

Cars. McQueen is a narcissist who learns other people and community matter

9points

#36

The disney movie about superheros and sidekicks, Sky High, is basically about class warfare and eugenics. "Youre either born a sidekick or a superhero" is kinda enough.

SleepyCalacas Report

Final score:

9points

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maswartz 3 months ago

Does this count because they actively point out by the end that it's wrong?

5points

#37

Worst literal message: The Fox & the Hound boiled down to, "It's cute if you want to be friends but let's face it, some differences are insurmountable and ultimately there's just less conflict with segregation, amirite? Let's just agree to like each other while being very, *very* segregated."

Worst overall message: Tomorrowland (because it was f*****g incomprehensible).

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Final score:

8points

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Spencer's slave no longer 3 months ago

WTAF? It's about a foxhound pup used to hunt foxes, making friends with a fox kit, wanting to be friends and keep each other safe. Making it about segregation is ludicrous. It's about kids making friends. That's it. End of.

14points

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#38

I'm sorry in advance, I swear this is not a contrarian take; but the message in "Soul" always rubbed me the wrong way. It always seemed tantamount to a billionaire telling a homeless person "money doesn't buy happiness pal." I mean, it's a movie made by successful film makers and writers telling people who aren't able to accomplish their dreams often due to just s****y luck and circumstance to just be content with their lives. It's like the barber that fell into his job because he couldn't afford veterinary school but he's happy anyway because...he's just learned to accept his life and enjoy it...okay? I'm sure that's a comfort to people stuck working in jobs that they hate through no fault of their own consuming 90% of their lives.

I get it's trying to say that everyone has a reason to live, even if it's just to spend every day eating pizza and collecting leaves or something innocuous like that. We find out that 22 doesn't feel she deserves to be alive because she isn't talented or special with a traditional "spark" and she learns that she doesn't need to be, to be given life, just being herself is enough. Joe learns that after he achieves his "dream" and lives his spark and feels empty and unfulfilled that it's not the be all and cure all for sadness and depression....

Nevermind...I think I answered my own question...I believe I just might like this movie now...

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Final score:

7points

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Lost Penny 3 months ago

Anyone else got an impression that the author was stoned when they wrote this? Or is it just me...?

10points

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#39

“Which Disney Movie Has The Worst Message?”: 30 People Don’t Hold Back Mr. Magoo. They got so much backlash from the blind/visually impaired community that they had to put a disclaimer at the beginning saying the character did not accurately represent people with poor eyesight.

SailorVenus23 , Walt Disney Pictures Report

Final score:

7points

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Ray Ceeya (RayCeeYa) 3 months ago

I forgot this one existed. I'm old enough to remember the original cartoons. I have no idea how anyone would think this would fly in the 21st century.

3points

#40

'Dumbo' sends an outdated and insensitive message about exploiting physical differences for entertainment.

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Final score:

6points

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tuzdayschild 3 months ago

I watched Dumbo once as a kid and never wanted to see it again. So much meaness.

1point

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#41

Inside out 2 was basically : You can treat your longtime friends like complete garbage to impress newer ones. And when you'll realize you f****d up and feel terrible they'll instantly run to comfort you and forget everything.

And this by betraying them, publicly mocking them, and physically hurting one of them and not even checking to make sure they're fine afterwards. The movie was still visually beautiful but hard to get over how little consequences there was for Riley's behaviour.

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Final score:

6points

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#42

“Which Disney Movie Has The Worst Message?”: 30 People Don’t Hold Back The live action remake of The Jungle Book, human kids should just stay in the jungle.

Monsterlover526 , Walt Disney Pictures Report

Final score:

5points

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R.A. Haley 3 months ago

No movie has ever been as good as the Kipling stories. Not even the old, old, old one with Sabu.

0points

HeroToTheSquatch , Walt Disney Pictures Report

#43

“Which Disney Movie Has The Worst Message?”: 30 People Don’t Hold Back If you look at the original story behind Pinocchio and keep it in mind while watching, the moral is that Italians treat each other poorly at any given opportunity. .

Final score:

5points

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Did I say that out loud? (he/him)cis/het 3 months ago

So,Italians are just like everyone else?

11points

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#44

Tomorrowland.

The whole planet is going to burn/melt/freeze/drown but if we can convince random people with 'hope' to come join our cult, we can probably save it.

Not physicists or engineers or anything like that. Final scene shows hotel cleaning staff, kids busking with guitars - that's who is going to save us from ecological disaster.

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Final score:

5points

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BeesEelsAndPups 3 months ago

I didn't see it that way. I saw it as, so long as media tells us that there is no hope, we won't do anything about it, because there's nothing we can do. But if we can get enough people motivated for change, then maybe we can still stop tragedy from happening. MY issue with the movie is that it's a techno-optimist fantasy. We will not technology our way out of this problem in time. We will need actual changes to our policies and the way we live our lives to make this happen.

2points

#45

Distributed by Walt Disney Pictures, so I think it counts. The short, Boundin.

I mean seriously... It's the sheep version of "just lay back and enjoy it."

It's the grossest message I've seen. They're going to come out here, steal your dignity (And your property), and you need to just accept that and be happy about it!

Eff that.

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Final score:

3points

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glowworm2 3 months ago

I saw it as ignore how others think about yourself and embrace your flaws. The sheep was taught that being sheered shouldn't be an embaressment. Also, it was directed by Bud Lucky, he did a bunch of awesome Sesame Street songs!

4points

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#46

Why is no one talking about Zootopia? The whole movie is about institutional racism and corrupt law enforcement. But they don't solve anything. In fact, at the end, the career criminal becomes a cop. While it is probably the most realistic Disney movie, the moral ends up being "Everybody sucks at least little bit so let's have a party.".

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Susie Elle 3 months ago

I thought it was about forgiveness and bettering yourself lmao

21points

#47

Turning Red is supposed to be a metaphor for Puberty but she literally starts selling her body at 13 years old and then her whole family condones her selling her body at the end so they can pay for the millions of dollars of damage they did to Toronto. I think this is obviously problematic and strongly outshines any points about family acceptance.

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Susie Elle 3 months ago

She's not selling her body, she's monetizing a talent.

16points

#48

Song of the South.

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The movie is actually set after the Civil War, in the Reconstruction era - presumably pre-1877 when the full-on Jim Crow era commenced. The ex-slaves are continuing to work as sharecroppers on their old plantation because they consider it their home, it's basically the only career open to them, and their strangely progressive ex-mistress apparently manages it justly.
The kid protagonist is staying at his grandmother's plantation (and hearing Uncle Remus' tales) with his mother, because his father is editor of an apparently pro-Republican newspaper and is under threat of KKK violence.
The movie definitely dances around the issues of slavery and race relations -- It doesn't broadly support the idea that "Slavery wasn't so bad", but also works hard to not step on any toes of 1946 white southern movie audiences who presumably largely bought into the "Lost Cause of the Confederacy" narrative. The sympathetic portrayal of the plantation-owning grandmother and her benevolent treatment of her former-slave sharecroppers is probably the most contentious thing about it.
The ending has some possibly ambiguous overtones -- the protagonist apparently recovers from a bull attack after calling semi-consciously from his convalescent bed for his friend Uncle Remus to tell him another story. Once he's later up and walking with Remus and his other friends, they're joined by the animated characters from the tales -- possibly raising the question of whether he actually survived after all...

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LonelyLittleLeafSheep 3 months ago

Finally! Wondered when this one would make the list, as it's the most offensive, racist film Disney ever made.

3points

#49

I have to say, Monsters University sends a pretty disheartening message. The movie essentially tells us that no matter how hard you try, you can't always achieve your dreams. This is evident through Mike's journey. Despite his passion and relentless effort to become a scarer, he ultimately fails because he simply doesn't have the innate ability for it. Instead of promoting the idea that hard work and determination can help you achieve anything, the film suggests that some goals are just unattainable no matter how much effort you put in. While it's a dose of reality, it's not exactly the inspiring message I was hoping for from a family movie. I might have got it wrong tho.

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Tara Noe 3 months ago

His dream might have been to be a scarer, but he was failing to see what his true talent was as a leader. Most kids will aim for the well-known and popular career options, but somewhere along the way may realise, actually, I wanted to be a TikTok influencer but my favourite part of it all is lighting and sound, and I'm really good at it. I don't have to be a celebrity to excel or be happy.

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How important is it for Disney movies to have a positive message for kids?

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Alewa 3 months ago

To be fair, most Disney movies are rip offs of old folk tales from around the world. Big surprise, we might not agree with the morales from 500 years ago.

28points

V 3 months ago

It sounds like a lot of adults overthinking kids movies.

30points

mandy the capibara 3 months ago

Thing is that in most cases, the horrible morales actually stem from the alterations. Old fairy tales were terribly dark to convey a message. We might not like it, but these stories had a purpose. Then Disney and co came along and decided that they would rip off the first halves of these stories, but plonk a romantic and happily ever after end after it, and hey presto, you suddenly get really toxic relationships

5points

BeesEelsAndPups 3 months ago

Moral of the original fairy tales went like this: Avoid doing this or the king will kill you. Eat a stranger's food and the owner will kill you. Basically, f**k around and find out. Those were the necessary lessons for that time.

4points

Mystery Kitteh 3 months ago

OMG. These are movies for little kids. Not psychology majors. Vibrant colors, cute characters and some semblance of a story line. Kids are not looking to analyze a movie made for them. Back off you pretentious, "look at me I'm so woke" adults. I've watched all these movies as a child and as an adult. They are for entertainment.

15points

Marnie 3 months ago

If you analyze it, you're not going to be affected by it. Kids learn from every single thing they see and hear and experience.

0points

Bilja M 3 months ago

Some of these movies are indeed 60+ year old so those were different times. And some of them are based on stories that are even older, dating from early 1900 and earlier. It just wasn't possible to make them any better. Original Cinderella story is so horrible it scares the c**p out of me. they did what they could but it was still just bad.

11points

BeesEelsAndPups 3 months ago

Most of the Grimm tales also made ZERO sense. Hey buddy, turn yourself into a church so we can hide from this crazy guy. Sure no problem, one church coming right up. Eat this pigeon's spleen and turn invisible, makes sense to me. Also, in Grimm stories the evil characters can win, and the "good guy" might just end up dead. I remember one where the Devil makes a deal for a guy's soul, and while dude wins his soul back from the Devil, he does so by providing him with two other souls. Who really won that one?

4points

Tucker Cahooter 3 months ago

I guess Disney should just put out a movie of paint on a wall drying

8points

firecrackershrimp 3 months ago

But what color paint ? And how fast can it dry? Do we intercede with a fan ? How did we afford the paint and fan ? People will always take the simplest things and turn them into controversy.

4points

evelyn rabitor 3 months ago

They are just movies. They are learning much worse from all the news and other things

2points

Randy Mertl 3 months ago

Wow. That’s the problem with people today, you always want to look for the bad instead of just trying to enjoy what was made to be good. Soo many karens.

1point

Mark Kelly 3 months ago

ok, with Mrs Doubtfire, the premise is so ridiculous no one will think it teaches a bad lesson.

1point

John Jameson 3 months ago

This whole post was because Adelaide Ross has a hate for Disney. It ignores the millions and millions of people who love the stories and the animation. It is a collection of Karens that want to nit-pick and create hate where none exists. Most normal people do not view a Disney move and think, "OMG, was that princess so duped! The prince was perv and the king reminded me of my father, what a douche." I will get down voted and maybe banned by the gods of BP. But is because there is more hate here than love or understanding. If you think that your daughter comes out of Beauty & the Beast or Chicken Little questioning their future decisions in life, then it is you that has the problem. Not your daughter.

1point

The explanation 3 months ago

Worst bored panda last for a while

1point

deletemyaccount 3 months ago

I dont know of any disney movie that has a good message.

1point

Spencer's slave no longer 3 months ago

You obviously don't watch many Disney movies then. They're not all animations of "fairy stories" from centuries ago. Good grief.

1point

Richard Rice 3 months ago

How important is it for Disney movies to have a positive message for kids? The problem today is whose message?

1point

Pam 3 months ago

I don’t know I saw most of these 40 to 50 years ago and I was looking for life lessons in them. Then were just entertaining. Why is it so bad now to just let kids be kids. This of course only applies to all movies except Song of the South. All the copies of that racist trash should be burned and if the creators are still alive they should be lined up and slapped.

1point

Aaron Parker 3 months ago

🤣 Imagine a handful of geriatrics being lined up to be slapped

2points

Kalevra 3 months ago

This was the most feminist/lack of accountability post on BP i have seen to date. Subject matter didnt help but the number of posters that were clearly women is undeniable.

0points

Mark Kelly 3 months ago

I watched all these. In hindsight you can find fault but I'm not a lying, narcissistic, a*****e even though I watched these.

0points

Marnie 3 months ago

I banned my son from watching the Disney channel around age 8. Too much violence, bias, stereotypes, tropes. The channel was full of shows of kids misbehaving and the end of the show was the parents realizing the kid misbehaved because the parents were human and not perfect, so the parents apologized and everything was good. (I absolutely believe parents should apologize to their kids when they really mess up, but that's not what this was.)

0points

Mark Kelly 3 months ago

but then when these remakes go woke the message still isn't better.

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Alewa 3 months ago

To be fair, most Disney movies are rip offs of old folk tales from around the world. Big surprise, we might not agree with the morales from 500 years ago.

28points

V 3 months ago

It sounds like a lot of adults overthinking kids movies.

30points

mandy the capibara 3 months ago

5points

BeesEelsAndPups 3 months ago

4points

Mystery Kitteh 3 months ago

15points

Marnie 3 months ago

If you analyze it, you're not going to be affected by it. Kids learn from every single thing they see and hear and experience.

0points

Bilja M 3 months ago

11points

BeesEelsAndPups 3 months ago

4points

Tucker Cahooter 3 months ago

I guess Disney should just put out a movie of paint on a wall drying

8points

firecrackershrimp 3 months ago

But what color paint ? And how fast can it dry? Do we intercede with a fan ? How did we afford the paint and fan ? People will always take the simplest things and turn them into controversy.

4points

evelyn rabitor 3 months ago

They are just movies. They are learning much worse from all the news and other things

2points

Randy Mertl 3 months ago

Wow. That’s the problem with people today, you always want to look for the bad instead of just trying to enjoy what was made to be good. Soo many karens.

1point

Mark Kelly 3 months ago

ok, with Mrs Doubtfire, the premise is so ridiculous no one will think it teaches a bad lesson.

1point

John Jameson 3 months ago

1point

The explanation 3 months ago

Worst bored panda last for a while

1point

deletemyaccount 3 months ago

I dont know of any disney movie that has a good message.

1point

Spencer's slave no longer 3 months ago

You obviously don't watch many Disney movies then. They're not all animations of "fairy stories" from centuries ago. Good grief.

1point

Richard Rice 3 months ago

How important is it for Disney movies to have a positive message for kids? The problem today is whose message?

1point

Pam 3 months ago

1point

Aaron Parker 3 months ago

🤣 Imagine a handful of geriatrics being lined up to be slapped

2points