One of the great things about the movie is how children are portrayed. When the sea plane pirates take a bunch of kids hostage at the beginning of the movie, you don’t see any parents panicking. The kids are relaxed. The pirates clearly understand the social contract where they can’t split up the kids from their friends.

It’s such a different take from modern parenting and today’s anxiety filled culture.

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autoexec a day ago | parent | next [-]

> It’s such a different take from modern parenting and today’s anxiety filled culture.

There has to be a happy medium between "I can't let my kids play outside or walk to school" and "Pirates took them? No need to panic. It'll probably work out."

	▲	rags2riches 19 hours ago \| parent [-]
		It's a movie with children in the intended audience. It's not parenting advice. At least not in the literal sense.

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BrtByte a day ago | parent | prev | next [-]

I think part of what makes that scene work is that Miyazaki doesn't treat children as fragile little adults

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brohoolio a day ago | parent | prev [-]

Obviously the movie for all its strengths and beautiful flying is still sexist. When showing it to my kids I simply disclosed it’s how things used to be and it wasn’t right and things are better now. And we need to keep them better.

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mitthrowaway2 a day ago | parent | next [-]

Doesn't seem like a sexist movie to me, despite the fact that it depicts sexism. Maybe you didn't notice the difference?

	▲	BarryMilo a day ago \| parent [-]
		Just saw the movie for the first time recently. If anything the movie toned it down for the sake of modern audiences.

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socalgal2 a day ago | parent | prev [-]

What is the sexist part? That two men have a fight to marry a female airplane engineer/mechanic? That a woman runs a restaurant and is holding out for some man?

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ga_to a day ago | parent [-]

Framing a woman as a prize that is to be competed for does do some heavy objectification in the movie. So, yeah, that.

	▲	yvdriess a day ago \| parent \| next [-]
		That's a superficial reading. Said women repeatedly calls out that behavior. The pointlessness and harm caused by macho culture is a theme throughout the movie.
	▲	unrented7977 14 hours ago \| parent \| prev \| next [-]
		The movie is pretty clear in its intent to show this as a bad thing. To the point of stating it out loud several times. The climactic fight ends with both men losing and nearly killing each other. If you think it's objectifying and sexist, that's a you problem.
	▲	soco a day ago \| parent \| prev [-]
		If that would be the only view of said woman, I'd wholeheartedly agree to this point. The movie (and generally life) is so much more and more complex, with good and bad sides which all belong on the screen to be watched and criticized.