Childrens' Movies For Adults

In this BBC article, a BBC news reporter analyzes a new target in modern film which was previously directed at children... By broadening the audience spectrum, are producers signaling the demise of naive childrens' films in the traditional sense?

CHILDREN MAY NOT NOTICE...

The Lion King: echoes of Hamlet

Chicken Run: loose parody of The Great Escape

Wall-E: Wall-E and shiny white robot Eve make noise like Apple Mac booting

The Incredibles: discussion of dangers of baddies 'monologuing' and allowing hero to escape

Up: the old man is styled to look like Spencer Tracy

Finding Nemo: seagull scene echoes Hitchcock's The Birds