Pride (of Lions) and Prejudice
How Zootropolis isn’t just another talking animal flick “Isn’t that a bit of a children’s film?” That’s what my mother had to say when I told her I had told her I had seen the latest Disney feature film twice over the weekend. In a way, this is understandable. The premise of Zootropolis (also known as Zootopia in North America) is that there is a city populated by evolved, civilised animals living harmoniously together. That certainly sounds like a children’s film, doesn’t it? Animated movies featuring anthropomorphic animals have become a staple of children’s entertainment, with all the major studios producing franchises around the concept; Dreamworks has just released the third entry to their Kung Fu Panda franchise, and 20th Century Fox are to release a fifth Ice Age movie this summer. As these movies increase in number year by year, there also seems to be a decrease in the quality of the humour. While Kung Fu Panda 3 didn’t suffer from this, the trailer would lead y...