Anti-knife message in movie?

It's not as if using keys to cut something is an idea way out of left field. This seems to be a pretty common practice. That it works well enough most of the time is yet another reason folks don't carry knives as much as we may like.

Of course, the boy did have a knife, but may have been too inexperienced/inept to figure out an application for it.
 
Maybe due to some arthritis the old man couldn't open a knife. I've seen my grandmother open boxes, mail, and a ton of other things with a key. She was never anti-knife it's just what was available right then. Don't make too big a thing of it.
 
Woah, woah; it's just a kids movie! I don't remember any knives in 'Finding Nemo' either - I don't think that was an attempt at denouncing knife usage either :p
 
I am sure the editors of the movie had to edit that scene. They were probably going over the screenplay (or whatever it is called) and said "well, that knife is a little intimidating especially for our young viewers. We had better use a more (ahem) reasonable tool for cutting something -How about a key! great idea! we will save the children's precious little minds and use a cute little key."

At least we still have Peter Pan. That is probably the most knife friendly children's movie around. Lets just hope they don't remake it in 3-D computer animation and replace the swords and knives with wiffle-ball bats.
 
I'm sure I know what happened, one of the writers wanted to use an Izula, another wanted a SAK....the exec. producer wanted to use his MOP pen knife, the young kid that runs out for sandwiches wanted to use a Spyderco.....a terrible fight ensued.....the union jumped in...asked Tom Hanks what he wanted, he said his Tony Bose Norfolk.....PITA got involved because it had animal bone handles.......when the dust settled.......there was this key on the floor........
 
The Government said:
I am sure the editors of the movie had to edit that scene. They were probably going over the screenplay (or whatever it is called) and said "well, that knife is a little intimidating especially for our young viewers. We had better use a more (ahem) reasonable tool for cutting something -How about a key! great idea! we will save the children's precious little minds and use a cute little key."

At least we still have Peter Pan. That is probably the most knife friendly children's movie around. Lets just hope they don't remake it in 3-D computer animation and replace the swords and knives with wiffle-ball bats.
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or giant keys lol
 
rayban said:
I'm sure I know what happened, one of the writers wanted to use an Izula, another wanted a SAK....the exec. producer wanted to use his MOP pen knife, the young kid that runs out for sandwiches wanted to use a Spyderco.....a terrible fight ensued.....the union jumped in...asked Tom Hanks what he wanted, he said his Tony Bose Norfolk.....PITA got involved because it had animal bone handles.......when the dust settled.......there was this key on the floor........
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Hahaha, Well said :D

That MUST've been what happened!
 
And they could have cast people instead of cartoons! This is an anti-people movie!

:-)

Just kidding. The movie is terrific and I recommend it. I don't think it's "anti-knife" at all. They use a pocket knife in the movie. If anything, it demonstrates how useful a knife is in the hands of a responsible owner.
 
jackknife said:
It got to a part where the old guy wanted to come down in altitude, and to do this he cuts some balloons loose by cutting the cords to them. And just what does he use?

He takes a key, and saws away at the strings to the balloons and the strings fray apart and break. He uses a key, he keeps on the shelf to be handy for that. No knife. A key to saw away with. A frigging key!:confused:

How often have you seen some person using a key or a pen to try to punch through something?

This was not lost on my grandson, who looked up at me from his place on the floor and asked me,"Granddad, why would you use a key, and not have a pocket knife on you?"
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My kids would react in exactly the same way. Dad always carries a knife, and it's sharp.

I got them a rather large toy for Christmas, and one of the kids running the register had to go and cut the barcode from another that was boxed to scan it into the cash register. He starts sawing with a key, so I pull out my stockman, and said, "Let me." Sliced it out nice and neat for him. He asked me, "You always carry a knife?" I replied, "Yes, where I was raised, all men do. Why don't you?" No good answer, just a shrug of the shoulders. But the point was made.
 
"...How often have you seen some person using a key or a pen to try to punch through something?..."
- jackknife

not just any old key, but perhaps one of those swisstech key blades...that actually cuts!
 
Honestly, i think your being a bit picky on this. I don' t think that scene was any kind of "message" against knife carriage, or that the animators actually thought about anything in particular when creating that scene, it just seemed handy to them(as others have already said).
 
lol, I was expecting something about Eden Lake, There's a movie to spur anti-knife legislation.
 
Yeah, I don't think Up will be rousing any rabble against the knife industry anytime soon. Even a movie like The Hunted tends to be regarded (sensibly, I might add) as entertainment, the political implications being secondary.

Besides, I loved Up.

:eek: SQUIRREL!!! :eek:
 
I agree with the people saying that maybe the producers/writers/animators were not anti-knife on purpose, if they had included some statement in the scene like "I don't need a knife because it is dangerous", then I'd concur with an anti-knife message.

Fortunately there are still some good shows for childs that can teach useful lessons: I have a little daughter and the other day I was watching with her an episode of the "Backyardigans, it was about a race around the world going through snow, water and desert; one of the characters (a kangaroo) carried a little bag on his belt with band-aids, a bottle of water, a hook (which proved to be useful at some point) and was helping the other "unprepared" runners with those items. At the end they needed to cut the band at the finish line, I was expecting to see a SAK... but alas, the kit in his bag only contained a pair of scissors (at least that kangaroo used a proper tool and proved to be smarter that the old man at the film referenced in this thread).

My daughther devised her own EDC bag to carry a plastic canteen which has a toy compass attached, and all-plastic Victorinox toy SAK and her Tinkerbell cellphone, hopefully she will replace those with actual items in a few years.
 
hlee said:
More likely, a key probably seemed the most obvious choice to illustrators, artists, and directors that have never seen a pocket knife.
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FWIW, I'm an artist, and I've seen my share of pocketknives. :D Not all artists are "sheeple". There are plenty of pro-knife/ pro-gun artists out there. But they're not the ones calling the shots on such things.
 
hlee stands up and looks around, embarassed...

"Hi, my name is [hlee]... and I have opened a box with a key. Recently."
 
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