Zootopia

[Northern Son]

loved it

 

[Mook]

with all the racism and stereotyping out now, im still like wow that a disney movie of all things really put it into perspective like this

Yo the movie was so racial it's crazy.

 

[HipHopStan]

Still my favorite movie of the year. Who would have thought that movies that came out in March and February would end up being favorites of the year.

 

[Dillah810]

 

[SuikodenII]

I really liked this movie....... but uh.......



...things change

 

[NotAnFBIagent]

Movie was lit

 

[Sunalmighty]

I'm a grown ass man and I love zootopia

 

[FruitOfTheVale]

I really liked this movie....... but uh.......



...things change

Eh the movie isn't really framed as an allegory of post-colonial society, the movie never touches on colonialization/forced occupation at all in any context or even the idea of an ancestral homeland for that matter. As a matter of fact the film never really delves into ethnography and only marginally into nationalism.

One critique I do agree with though is that the film brings up biology in a context that doesn't make much sense neither as social commentary or in the context of the movie world. Predators are predators irl for the sole purpose of population control. Clearly the movie tried to comment on stereotyping and bigotry but like the video said predators are literally biologically different for a reason and thus the prey have a biological reason to fear them. Interestingly the movie puts it out there that in its world prey outnumber predators 10:1... it lowkey begs the question what the predators are eating exactly Prey grow their food in the countryside which makes sense because they eat fruit and vegetables but then again predators live on the countryside too. Foxes are omnivores irl (they can eat berries, grass, etc.) but what about the predators that are pure carnivores? The movie plays up biology as a metaphor for bigotry just enough that it creates some significant plot holes that unfortunately are kind of at the heart of the plot. How did they actually establish order in a city where the carnivore population can't eat meat? lol


Lowkey this film would've been a lot more interesting if there had been a delineation between carnivores and omnivores and the omnivores had to chose between or

 

[FruitOfTheVale]

Thinking about it some more the racism angle would have been a lot stronger if they had three groups (herbivores/omnivores/carnivores) instead of two and actually reconciled the story with the real biology of the animals.

Imagine if Zootopia was about an "idyllic" city where omnivores are brainwashed by prey from birth to only eat fruit and vegetables and to look at carnivores as savages. All while still lowkey being 2nd class citizens and being stripped of their meat eating history. The only way they move up in status is by marrying into a prey family which in and of itself is taboo Prey bytches stay curious about that predator dikk though

Pure carnivores are contained on the outskirts of town and they're kept poor and uneducated by the prey elite. The only value this Zootopian society gives pure carnivores is their brute strength which they're encouraged to demonstrate in the local factory... or basketball court And for the sake of fukkery Zootopia feeds the carnivores themselves mystery meat courtesy of the prey government



EDIT: Or what if the prey committed a carnivore genocide and they kept omnivores around to be the laborers but instead of outright oppression they give them prey deities to worship and rewrite history as if they saved the omnivores from themselves If the omnivores don't submit fully to the prey god's will they will lose their way and devolve into carnivore savages Praise prey's Jesus brehs

 

[pete clemenza]

Late, late, very late pass.. Just saw this on Netflix and it was Funny too

 

[Devilinurear]

Eh the movie isn't really framed as an allegory of post-colonial society, the movie never touches on colonialization/forced occupation at all in any context or even the idea of an ancestral homeland for that matter. As a matter of fact the film never really delves into ethnography and only marginally into nationalism.

One critique I do agree with though is that the film brings up biology in a context that doesn't make much sense neither as social commentary or in the context of the movie world. Predators are predators irl for the sole purpose of population control. Clearly the movie tried to comment on stereotyping and bigotry but like the video said predators are literally biologically different for a reason and thus the prey have a biological reason to fear them. Interestingly the movie puts it out there that in its world prey outnumber predators 10:1... it lowkey begs the question what the predators are eating exactly Prey grow their food in the countryside which makes sense because they eat fruit and vegetables but then again predators live on the countryside too. Foxes are omnivores irl (they can eat berries, grass, etc.) but what about the predators that are pure carnivores? The movie plays up biology as a metaphor for bigotry just enough that it creates some significant plot holes that unfortunately are kind of at the heart of the plot. How did they actually establish order in a city where the carnivore population can't eat meat? lol


Lowkey this film would've been a lot more interesting if there had been a delineation between carnivores and omnivores and the omnivores had to chose between or

Movie didn't mention it but the predators would have been eating bugs.

 

[TOAD99]

Just caught this on Netflix. Great flick. Good plot and pretty funny.the sloth at the end had me weak

 

[Art Barr]

for a child of this gen...
this movie is as important a movie as can be.


art barr

 

[Poetical Poltergeist]

Maybe i missed em, but where were all the birds?

 

[HipHopStan]

Maybe i missed em, but where were all the birds?

During story development, there were other districts in the city of Zootopia that were developed but not used in the film. These include Outback Island, The Meadowlands, The Nocturnal District, The Burrows, The Canals and Happytown. The Burrows may have been a precursor of Bunnyburrow, and Happytown (actually a slummy district) seems particularly geared toward the darker, more dystopian versions of the story that were later abandoned.

Some existing cities in the diverse world of Zootopia had to get cut out of the film, although some remain on the map, as seen in the film. Those include the Meadowlands, which is all sheep; an Australian district named Outback Island; and the Nocturnal District, a city of caves. There were cities for reptiles and birds[7]—classes of animals also not present in the film—as opposed to Zootopia's all-mammal population.

There's still a lot left to discover for the sequels if they ever get to one.