Which movie do you think is most appropriate for children?
The 1982 version contains a bit of language, a drunk woman, and women dancing with cleavage.
The 1999 version is the only one that is rated G.
And the 2014 version is less satisfactory than the first two, though not as offensive as the 1982 version.
I got a feeling most of you are gonna say the second choice (1999).
What age group are you imagining?
shareThe 1999 was made for tv so it would have been G-rated or close to it. As for 1982 having language and cleavage indicates you don't watch any movies because that's been the standard for a few decades now.
I'll always enjoy the 1982 version as this was before actor appearance took priority over their ability and it really shows in these type of movies.
Come on, the 2014 version was produced by Jay-Z. Did you actually think it was gonna be any good?
Actually before the production code, a lot of films pre-1935 showed a lot of cleavage. Post-1958 it started coming back.
-Nam
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Appropriate for children?
Um who cares?
Annie is a beautiful musical for all ages, the 1982 is full of amazing talent and is watchable for the acting and music.
It's a musical! Musicals are supposed to have talent and good singers....and realism. Hence very convincing drunk Carol Burnett.
When they don't have the talent needed, it's totally distracting and unpleasant to watch.
The 1999 version which was a pleasant take as well because it had the original stage songs
such as N-Y-C.
1999 was my fave for that reason.
I saw it on TV the other day. I ENJOYED IT VERY MUCH! I've seen the 1982 version probably TWENTY times! (younger sister) ....... and I've seen the stage play in Chicago in the early 1980's.
This is the updated version. For new 2014 eyes. It's a cute film.
Other than that, Life is a bowl of Palmolive, and I'm soaking in it.
The disney version is the best for children but the 1982 version is the best version and the new one eh. If you want to make a musical get poeple who can actulally sing.
shareThe original comic strip was often dark, violent and filled with peril as it was created for adults reading their daily newspaper. Only the 1982 film respects the source material.
shareThe average TV sitcom has cleavage. Give me a break on that line of criticism. Little Orphan Annie was a comic strip aimed squarely at adults.
shareI'm American so I can say the following without being accused of xenophobia: Americans are far too concerned with cleavage. Sure we're not as worried about it as the Middle East or Asia but if we weren't so obsessed with keeping children away from it everyone would be a bit more stable emotionally about women (both men and women). Also, like someone else said, everything has cleavage now.
My other point about this question: you grew up with those two options and you're no worse for wear. Children learn far worse things on the internet and with their friends and in real life these days than they used to and our movies for kids have gotten more dumbed down and "innocent". I think shows can still have an optimistic and positive message and reflect a slightly better world but to tell them that the world is rainbows and unicorns might not hurt them (truly) but they're smart enough to realize that movies like this aren't real and won't accept them as readily.
One more thing, and it's more of a question than anything else: which is the one that planned to kill Annie and then they didn't because Ms. Hannigan had a change of heart?
Not for that reason alone, but that's my favorite version. It shows that Hannigan really WASN'T a bad person, just lazy and selfish. That whole "evil wins when good men do nothing" mentality.
That was the 1982 version and that was only at the end when she ripped up the check and pissed Rooster off because he was a con-man all about money. And yes, Hannigan was never really a bad/evil person because she never wanted any of the kids dead, she just wanted a job and money and the orphanage gave her that. So as much as Annie got under her skin, yes, when her brother threatened to kill Annie for destroying the check, she tried to stop him, and it showed just how bad he was because he hit her when she tried to physically stop him. There was no redeeming him, but Hannigan? Yeah, she became a better person at the end.
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I saw the first one as a child and the other two as an adult. I still love the first one. I also like the 1977 Broadway version.
-Nam
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