Uploaded September 2017 | Updated September 2026, 1 hour ago
I know I've made a lot of Zootopia fanvids in the past but, upon rewatch, I can't help but feel like the anti-racial element is pretty much the only really strong element in the film. I mean, it has likable leads, one likable supporting cast member, some creativity in the jokes and world, and nice animation but, apart from those little things, there's just nothing that special about it apart from it's message and that's the only thing it seems like most people (aside from the Zootopia fandom, which is really just a vocal minority at the end of the day) seems to talk about in regards to the movie.
Not the characters, the story, or anything that really happened in the movie, just...its message. And it's great, in this political climate, that children have a movie that tells them racism is bad, I'm just not sure I agree that a movie saying racism is bad is enough to turn it from okay to a masterpiece, no matter what the political climate is. I mean, Hunchback and Pocahontas had the same message but they didn't get a 98% Rotten Tomatoes rating or make a billion dollars at the box office so why is Zootopia treated any differently? Would it have been treated differently if it didn't come out when Donald Trump was running for President and there was a huge backlash against people like SJW's and the Black Lives Matter groups?
That being said, if you love this movie, more power to you, it's just that, thinking about it more, there's not that much to it besides the message (also, I realize the irony in using Swan Princess, a franchise that I think most agree has just been okay at best) but the clip fits.
I know I've made a lot of Zootopia fanvids in the past but, upon rewatch, I can't help but feel like the anti-racial element is pretty much the only really strong element in the film. I mean, it has likable leads, one likable supporting cast member, some creativity in the jokes and world, and nice animation but, apart from those little things, there's just nothing that special about it apart from it's message and that's the only thing it seems like most people (aside from the Zootopia fandom, which is really just a vocal minority at the end of the day) seems to talk about in regards to the movie.
Not the characters, the story, or anything that really happened in the movie, just...its message. And it's great, in this political climate, that children have a movie that tells them racism is bad, I'm just not sure I agree that a movie saying racism is bad is enough to turn it from okay to a masterpiece, no matter what the political climate is. I mean, Hunchback and Pocahontas had the same message but they didn't get a 98% Rotten Tomatoes rating or make a billion dollars at the box office so why is Zootopia treated any differently? Would it have been treated differently if it didn't come out when Donald Trump was running for President and there was a huge backlash against people like SJW's and the Black Lives Matter groups?
That being said, if you love this movie, more power to you, it's just that, thinking about it more, there's not that much to it besides the message (also, I realize the irony in using Swan Princess, a franchise that I think most agree has just been okay at best) but the clip fits.
