Top Ten Things that Would've Made Zootopia a Better Movie

The Top Ten
1 Not being so heavy on the sociopolitical commentary

"It was being honest" Well, I'm going to be honest and say it wasn't necessary. There are enough sources for sociopolitical rhetoric without Disney getting in on it.

Both sane demos and conservs (75% of america) say talking about politics in innapropiate places (Family movies, theme parks) is bad.

Family films and Disney films don't even need political commentary at all.

It was being honest

2 Not trying so hard to be relevant

Heavy social political commentary and excessive pop culture references. I've seen (recent) "Simpsons" episodes try less hard to prove how "with it" the writers supposedly are.

Thanks whoever put this one. Now I don't have to choose between "not being so heavy on the sociopolitical commentary" and "fewer pop culture references" since trying so [very] hard to be relevant is why it was so heavy on the social commentary and why there are less pop culture references in any episode of Robot Chicken.

You know the trope "we're still relevant dammit"? This is that trope:the movie.

This also would have improved the Wreck-It Ralph sequel that hardly felt like a sequel.

3 Fewer pop culture references

I agree. The target audience of Disney is too young to even think about pop culture.

GTFO, B1ueNew! Fans like you are why I will never love this overrated trash! by the way, the first Wreck It Ralph didn't have "way more pop culture references", Ralph Breaks the Internet did.

So what. Wreck it Ralph and Lego movie had way more pop culture references.

Okay, what kid going to get "Breaking Bad"?

4 No censored naked animals

What was the point of that? Honoring nudists which I heard what it was about? Or pandering to furries who draw disgusting furry porn on websites like E621 (and I had the displeasure of coming across porn of those two wolves yesterday)? If the latter, SHAME ON YOU DISNEY. I saw this in the trailer and was like "what? " hat was one reason I chose not to see this film. I hope they also didn't make censors in a way so it looked like they had boobs or...you know. I've read hentai doujinshi that's more appealing, plus I've even found ones that weren't disgusting, and at least they're rated adult only!

It's sad that a lot of "family" films nowadays have stupidly pervy moments in them like this. Shows how much our generation is...

Just watch the older Disney films instead, it's clear that Walt and Roy are spinning in their graves.

Buried comment that didn't need to be buried under a weak defensive one: Why does a movie, especially as so often brought as a defense a "kid's movie" HAVE TO reflect Real Society?

Actually, animals were meant to be naked. I mean, I know humans are also animals, but this right here makes a huge difference. At least Disney didn't add the inappropriate parts to the naked body of the animals.

Don't care how many times this was posted before, it deserves not to keep getting buried: "What was the point of that? Honoring nudists which I heard what it was about? Or pandering to furries who draw disgusting furry porn on websites like E621 (and I had the displeasure of coming across porn of those two wolves yesterday)? If the latter, SHAME ON YOU DISNEY. I saw this in the trailer and was like "what? " hat was one reason I chose not to see this film. I hope they also didn't make censors in a way so it looked like they had...you know. I've read hentai doujinshi that's more appealing, plus I've even found ones that weren't disgusting, and at least they're rated adult only!
It's sad that a lot of "family" films nowadays have stupidly pervy moments in them like this. Shows how much our generation is...
Just watch the older Disney films instead, it's clear that Walt and Roy are spinning in their graves."

5 No racism

But we shouldn't have had to "address modern concerns", especially "in a child friendly manner". Believe it or not, some of us (regardless of skin color, what's between our legs, what we want our spouses to have between our legs, what deity we worship if any, etc.) do not worry about those things all the time and may actually watch cartoon movies to escape the constant talk thereof and the pressure to become activists. And kids should just be kids, society has been chipping away at childhood innocence enough. Let's not get them involved in all this socio-political arguing.

"Children SHOULD learn the world's not sunshine and rainbows". Oddly enough, there are ADULTS who actually would rather NOT stress over politics and social justice (whatever that's supposed to even mean these days) every second every minute every hour of every day, and don't think their kids (if they have them) should, either.

"But it was just ADDRESSING racism! " Don't care; if this movie had had nothing whatever to do with racism and it wasn't such a big deal, it would have been a better movie.

Argue schematics all you want; racism was very much a theme here. And this movie cared more about addressing racism than plot or character development.

6 Fewer animal puns

"Wreck-It Rhino", "Let It Goat", The Beagles... it all got real old real fast, and a lot of those puns were real stretches.

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7 If the songs were original songs with Disney charm instead of unoriginal mainstream songs.

I liked songs like "Just Can't Wait to be King" (from Lion King) and "Nobody Else But You" (from A Goofy Movie) because they were original and had a Disney feel to it. The songs on Zootopia are songs that I hear on the radio all the time, and they do not really have a Disney feel to them.

8 No Gazelle or her dancers

Over-sexualized character trying to be hip and cool

9 Not using the word "cute" as a racial slur

Unfortunately, it's only a matter of time before that happens for real. The word "mayonnaise" and its abbreviation "mayo" have become racial slurs in recent years; who knows what other "innocent" (possiblity even "innocent" itself) will become racial slurs?

This truly was one of the stupidest ideas I've ever seen used for a film, as "cute" is not a disgusting, reviled word like the n-word is. - SailorSedna

10 Not just being "Wreck-It Ralph" but with an (allegedly) more relatable cast/setting and more "fortutitous" timing

Misunderstood " bad guy" befriending a cute widdle misunderstood female? "Wreck-It Ralph" had that. That lovely Message (TM) about prejudice? "Wreck-It Ralph" had that. Too bad it took place in an arcade and the characters were video game characters and since not everyone's a gamer (p.s. this why sadly WiR 2 is going to see the arcade shut down and take place within- *groan*- the Internet) but of course "everyone" just loves talking animals... Also WiR came out at a time people weren't as overly sensitive about race, gender, etc. and there wasn't a bigot running for president/in office, so everyone wasn't so hung up on what Important Issues WiR or any other movie from before 2015/2016 addressed. Shame, because WiR was BY FAR the better movie.

Too bad this movie went on to influence the second "Ralph" movie, what with it being laden with pop culture references and virtue signaling just like "Zootopia".

That said, I have no idea how a sequel to Zootopia will be even more annoyingly "relevant" than Zootopia itself, as was the case with WIR's pathetic joke of a "sequel"- and I'm scared to find out.

The Contenders
11 Being more kid-friendly

The movie is already kid-friendly, it's just PG rated, that's all. And I think they did the right to rate it as that, because the movie can be teaching kids about illegal stuff, and kids underaged will misunderstand about it.

That's one reason I liked the movie it dealt with some really serious topics

12 No sloths

Yeah, you complain about sloths in Zootopia but you are fine with lemmings peeing in Norm of the North.

I actually thought the sloth scene in the trailer was funny, funnier than anything else in the film. - SailorSedna

But without them, the movie would be less comical and pointless. (You don't need to agree, no no)

It would have been even more hilarious if they got killed.

13 Bellwether not being a villain

She is also in that terrible Zootopia dark ride in Shanghai Disney as the main villain, where her sole motive is kidnapping Gazelle, which is just pathetic. I really have to criticize that because it would have been better if Duke Weaselton was the main villain of the ride instead since well it could have given him more spotlight and it seems more in character for him to something like that then Bellwether.

By the time she showed up, Disney's habit of making "nice, lovely-behaved people turning into a devious menace at the close-end of the movie" had gotten old.

She fits as a villain, actually. I like seeing nice, lovely-behaved people turning into a devious menace at the close-end of the movie.

14 Having a racism metaphor that actually makes sense

Is it supposed to be Prey Lives Matter or Predator Lives Matter? The movie was never clear on which.

Considering the main character is a cop...

15 Judy Hopps not getting as insulted as she was.

I feel like the twist of somebody not fitting in a city has already been done many times

16 No cringey lines
17 Not pandering to SJWs
18 Ahmed Best as Officer Benjamin Clawhauser

His voice is hilarious!

19 Chief Bogo as the villain

I agree he was the closest the film had to a bad and corrupt police officer but instead of using this opportunity to make a interesting villain they instead decided to portray the police in a completely positive light and merely make him a harsh and strict police officer what a huge missed opportunity there.

20 No Mr. Big
21 Not being made by Disney

Yeah, this was Disney trying to emulate Dreamworks, specifically Dreamworks from a time they were actually a threat to Disney's animated children's entertainment stronghold. Which given the successes of "Tangled", "Wreck-It Ralph" (which despite what it may seem actually beat Dreamworks's "Rise of the Guardians" at the box office), "Big Hero 6", "Inside Out", and yes "Frozen" wasn't necessary.

Was this seriously made by the same Disney who prefers that their films be timeless (no, timeLESS is not the same thing as timeLY) and leave the pop-culture laden, veiled (or not) political statement type stuff that'll be dated in a year to Dreamworks or Blue Skies or whoever?

This is more in tune with something Blue Skies or Dreamworks would have made.

Nope. There's no toilet humor in this movie. It doesn't feel like a Dreamworks movie at ALL.

22 Not having the song “try everything”
23 Animals with chains and tattoos
24 A "rocks fall, everyone dies" ending
25 Having a pro-racism message

Liberal messages are racist to orange people

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