Why are they doing this to themselves?


This looks absolutely awful. I'm confident that no one outside of Christianity will see this movie. What were they thinking?

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That Jonah did pretty well and that the Veggie Tales show and merchandise is making tons of money.

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Jonah actually busted the company finacially, along with a lawsuit against them at the time (which has since been overturned, though the damage was already done). Report is, Jonah paid the bills for the distributor, but no funds made it back to BigIdea. Even Classic Media (the company that purchased BigIdea from Vischer) was forced to sell recently. This movie was probably a make or break (as Jonah was, with the result of 'break'). Vischer himself is primarily working on an a new online outlet for his ideas, and is just a contract player with the veggies anymore.

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This is probably the lamest thing I ever heard "The Pirates who don't DO anything." Parents I don't think you have to check any disclaimers. I got nothing against positive messages for the youth, (especially these days) but I not sure if this is how we should go about it. Other than that I really can't complain about the movie because I haven't seen it just voicing my concerns.

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First, I can't find any current numbers, but back in 2002, Veggie-Tales had already sold more than 25 million videos. I was certainly skeptical when I heard the concept of Veggie-Tales, but after seeing my first one with my oldest son, we were hooked. "The Pirates Who Don't Do Anything" comes from a running joke in the videos (which is a favorite segment). However, they cleverly work it in to movie. How much would a matinee cost you? Sure, you're skeptical. Go buy a ticket and come back and write an update. I'd love to hear what you think about the actual movie.

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That's the thing, it's still a great series of videos, and the movie was very cute...but I think what will hurt it is the fact that they had to wait so long for production and release. Sadly, they simply aren't as popular as they were back when Jonah came out.

I personally liked it, I loved the original segment, and when they did it at Dollywood a few years ago.



A laugh can be a very powerful thing. Why, sometimes in life it's the only weapon we have.

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I have to say, I've been watching VeggieTales since I was younger, used it in Sunday school classes and Summer kid programs. Have been buying them for my own children, who are 5 and 4. However, I have been disappointed by the latest ones as they seem to be more mature/less pure fun...lot of parodies on secular stories rather than Biblical themes. And some are amazing like the Snoodles' Tale, but others (lord of the beans and now this one) have been too old.

We just took our kids to this movie this afternoon, and they were scared actually. My son ended up leaving the theater with his Dad because the carnivorous cheese curls and Pirates (bad guys) freaked him out. He didn't even make it to the rock monsters and other scenes. My 4 year old daughter kept saying "I don't like this" when the scary scenes came on, but didn't ask to leave. Hindsight I probably should have taken her out too.

And we went through a whole lot to get any glimpse of a moral message, which I am not sure really young kids will be able to filter out past the scary scenes. Yeah, my kids are a bit sensitive...but I thought this was going to be a fun movie. The only people I heard laughing in the theater were adults. But I did hear some kids crying and exclaiming in fright at the scary scenes. I was really disappointed.

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My child also didn't like this movie. We were very excited about it and even took her on her birthday. She was scared of the monsters and all of us felt it missed the charm of the earlier Veggie works. We have a huge Veggie Tales library, but this movie was nothing like any of those classics.

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Odd, my wife and I took our 3 year old son to this movie and he could not keep his eyes off the screen, and laughed during most of it. The "scary" scenes didn't really phase him at all, and he normally doesn't watch anything remotely scary. And my wife and I both really enjoyed it as well, even though it was semi-lacking in Christian themes, but whatever.
I know that every child is different, I just wanted to post an opposing view here.

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It should be noted that Phil Vischer does not, and has not, owned Big Idea for some years. In fact, the people that bought Big Idea from him after the bankruptcy do not, technically, own them anymore. IN FACT, the people that bought the company that bought the company may lose the company. It is no great mystery that the quality and message of the VeggieTales has been altered.

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To be more precise, the company that bought Big Idea (Classic Media) bought it from the bank, not Phil Vischer. Big Idea filed bankruptcy protection and all assets and debts reverted to their bank, who auctioned the company. The funds from the sale went to pay off creditors.
Since that time, Phil has been an on again/off again consultant to the company. He still writes VeggieTales scripts (Lord of the Beans, Wizard of Ha's) and provides voices.

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Great Movie. Lived, Loved, Laughed. One of my favorites.

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