One of the selling points many children's films strive for is appeal for adults. If parents are going to be convinced to sit through films with their kids, and especially if they're going to endure bits and pieces of the endless repeated viewings that are inevitable once the DVD is purchased, they figure they need to throw a little bone to the older crowd. Unfortunately, these usually come in the form of endless in-jokes and pop culture references that, even when they are sporadically funny, tend to be completely incongruous with the surrounding material. And you're left with green ogres delivering fart jokes and making references that are destined to be dated in a year, let alone 20, or 50. more ›