Why are movies for little kids better than movies for teenagers in general?

[ButterflyBlood]

Case in point: Wall-E

Now let's compare that to last week's two teen-orientated releases: Get Smart and The Love Guru.

It appears that studio heads think that your taste actually at first gets worse when you start maturing.

[Iggo]

1. My guess is...

...it's because parents go to movies with little kids. So the studios know they have to impress the adults to keep 'em coming back.

Teenagers are easy to impress, and the parents don't attend movies with teenagers.

Anyway, that's my theory.

[Frank Cannon]

5. That's exactly right

Different target demographic entirely.

[rug]

2. The teen movies always have artificial attitude.

[hobbit709]

3. Little kids are smarter

Once the hormones kick in, they get dumber for a few years before they smarten up again.

[leeroysphitz]

4. You said it. n/t