A kid's film?


In the DVD commentary, Bakshi calls "Wizards" his first "family film" and that it would be something to speak up to kids. I get what he means about speaking up to kids, but what he's showing is sexual dresses, hacking and decapitating, guns and blood, and vulgar language that you don't usually hear in a cartoon or a fantasy film much. Bakshi is overall an animator for adults and older kids; I don't see how it appeals to families. Most parents would see this film and forbid their little ones to see it.

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My entire family loves it. We had it on tape when I was a kid and we watched it more times than I can count.

What's right for some kids isn't for others.

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If Wizards is a family film then so is pulp fiction. Just because some of you like the film does not make it a family film. I like Wizards and I like pulp fiction. However, I would not let my children watch either of them.

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That's obviously your prerogative, but jeez - the gap in content between 'Wizards' and 'Pulp Fiction' is humungous. So much so that nobody is debating whether or not 'PF' is family friendly and this thread exists.

My two cents: 'Wizards' has less innocence-shattering, childhood-ending, mind-corrupting, debauchery-inducing content than most prime time television commercials or a random episode of 'The Simpsons.' I can't imagine it would merit more than a PG-13 rating today.

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Yeah, it still has a PG. When it's shown on TV, it gets TV-14.

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In an interview I read, the interviewer questioned him about it being intended for kids. He said he saw the film when he was 14 and Ralph replied: "Exactly, you were a kid."
So it's apparent that he still knew he was making a film that you wouldn't show toddlers, you also have to remember that he's not Disney and even criticized Don Bluth for making very tame Disneyesque films.

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Indeed.

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Considering the fact I wouldn't let a kid much younger than 12 watch this movie, I would not call it a kid flick.

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I wouldn't pick this one for a family film, honestly. Seems like it's one of those movies people would be into in college... or maybe if they're high.

As a 10 year old, it would've really freaked me out.

I was scared of "The Black Cauldron", and even kind of put off by "The Last Unicorn". It was because of evil magic stuff, not violence. But that's just me. My mom wasn't super vigilant about what we watched (she didn't want us watching "The Simpsons" but dad let us watch it anyway). She drilled modest dressing and not cursing into my head, so 10 year old me would've turned it off because of that. The blood and violence probably wouldn't have bothered me much, but the freaky rotoscoping would have. It still freaks me out and I'm in my 20s.

tl;dr — Definitely preview it for your own family. Some kids will like it, some kids will be freaked out, and some will get bored and want to watch "Shrek" for the 72nd time.

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Definitely not: blood, violence, and too much sexual innuendo. Elinor was so buxom and underdressed she was popping out of her costume, to say nothing of the fact that I can't imagine those wings being sufficient to lift her to fly.

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I was what, 14-15 when the film came out, and I was oddly obsessive about it at the time. While it ran in theaters I'd ride my bike to the theater* and spend most of my week's allowance on a matinee ticket, I think I saw it eight times when I was first released. I was a nerdy sci-fi loving kid, and at the time I thought that it was the only movie I'd ever seen that captured the feelings of the sort of cheesy Fantasy novel that I loved.

God knows what I'd think of it as an adult, but it could fairly be called a film for... most ages. Mid-sized children and teens if they have geeky tendencies, and adults might like it.


* Yes, when I was a kid small children and teens were allowed to bike anywhere and everywhere, with no adults along, and if they asked for a ride they were called fat and lazy.


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That's awesome.

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Oh please! This isn't a children's film by any stretch of the imagination! Even as a teenager, I found parts of it shocking and dark. This is most certainly an adult cartoon, and should be treated as such.

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