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Originally Posted by guyy
I really disagree with this. The standard formula for stuff like this is to play to the kids while throwing their parents and/or grandparents enough bones to make sure they will take the kiddies. Adults are always part the equation in kids movies. The message is what got us to the theatre in the first place. Grandma read several overly-generous reviews touting it's anti-consumerist message, and she proposed the night at the theatre.
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That's true ... but not with regard to the heavy-handedness of the message.
If you (as an adult) already subscribe to the train of thought that was "the message" in the movie then there is no need for you to see it. You might take your KIDS to see it, but then the message was intended for THEM.
If you (as an adult) DO NOT subscribe to the train of thought that was "the message" in the movie then you won't be swayed by it at all because of the way it was presented. You will probably still take your kids to see it, and again perhaps the message will reach them in some small way.
Modern animated films sometimes do throw in things for adults (especially Pixar), but it's usually in the form of some kind of covert innuendo, inside joke, or reference to our youth. It's rarely "the message" itself.