I broadly agree with this. Before Shrek, there were some kids movies that would insert a more adult joke or two into the movie. A little nod to the parents watching, that's all.
But then Shrek comes along and completely bulldozes any of that subtlety. Can't tell if it's a kids movie that pretends to be an adult movie, or the other way around. It's not even that I'm "offended" by the adult jokes or anything. It's just they're not actually funny in and of themselves. Their humor is supposed to be in "oh ho we're not supposed to tell THIS kind of joke in a kids movie! We're so naughty aren't we!" and after the 50th adult reference it gets a bit old.
I broadly agree with this. Before Shrek, there were some kids movies that would insert a more adult joke or two into the movie. A little nod to the parents watching, that's all.
But then Shrek comes along and completely bulldozes any of that subtlety. Can't tell if it's a kids movie that pretends to be an adult movie, or the other way around. It's not even that I'm "offended" by the adult jokes or anything. It's just they're not actually funny in and of themselves. Their humor is supposed to be in "oh ho we're not supposed to tell THIS kind of joke in a kids movie! We're so naughty aren't we!" and after the 50th adult reference it gets a bit old.
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