Paddington 2 Is The Most Anti-Cop Movie Of The Modern Era
I missed the Paddington train the first time around. I'd read the books as a child, but there was something about how quaint and British the movies seemed that made me dismiss them out of hand. I'm of the opinion that you can never be too old for a movie, and by the time you're reading this I will have already seen Pixar's new Turning Red, but for whatever reason, Paddington slipped the net. It's only because I'm going to see Paddington 2 writer Simon Farnaby's latest film, The Phantom of the Open, next week that I bothered to check it out at all. What I found in Paddington 2 was one of the staunchest anti-cop movies I have come across in some time.
Most children's movies are made with some consideration for the parents or guardians in mind - an understanding that when kids go to see these flicks in the cinema, they are dragging along dear old grandpa for the ride. For that reason, they often have jokes and references that will go over the children's heads, as well as bringing storylines and themes that resonate with us all. It's why you can never really outgrow a film, only see it in a new light. Of course, when you write about movies a lot, you often feel the need to over-intellectualise things. To explain that the reason you love hyper violent movies is not because you just love blood and guts and excitement, but because Gangster #3 having his intestines pulled out is a metaphor for the trials and tribulations of the tax system. Sometimes it's just okay to say you like stuff because it's cool. And it's okay to just like children's movies because they're nice. But there is more to it with Paddington 2.
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