Hey everybody, does anybody know what the main theme or message of Bugs is?? I mean like whats the message the story wants you to pick up.
I think itâs telling us to stand up against someone who tells you what to do when you know they have no authority to.
But someone can probably elaborate on that.
It doesnât really have a message, from what I understand. Itâs just a movie to be enjoyed, IMhO.
Itâs about refusing to be bullied and knowing your own potential.
I think the message is to stand up for yourself and/or for your friends/family. The grasshoppers were âbullyingâ the ants and Flik stood up for them. Later, towards the end of the movie, the ants fought together and defeated the grasshoppers.
So, there might be two messages. The one I mentioned before and âtogether you can do everythingâ.
There are no guarantees that everything is correct.
HMMM, Iâd have to say knowing your own potential in life and not letting someone tell you what you are or are not capable of. Also, like the others have stated, âtogether we can do anythingâ and âstand up for yourselves and what you belive in.â There are many messages in the film, but I think standing together stands out the most (pardon the pun )
Yeah, Iâve got to go with the general consensus here and say that the main messages are that no matter how strong the oppressor, you can overcome them with bravery and determination.
This doesnât actually always work in real life, but hey, itâs a nice message to send. Thereâs also the message of being able to grow- a lot of the characters, mainly Dot and Atta, mature throughout the film and settle into their roles, so to speak. In Dotâs case, the message seems to be, âdonât try and mature too quickly, as everything will happen in its own timeâ, and in Attaâs case, itâs more something along the lines of, âdonât try to avoid maturing, as although growing up does cause changes, the changes are usually for the betterâ.
Thereâs also the idea that your enemies arenât always obvious. I mean, the grasshoppers could be considered the âbad guysâ of the film, but really, most of the ant colony were just as bad in rejecting Flick and his strange ideas. But he wasnât afraid to stand out, and with a smile on his face and a feeling that no matter what, everything would be alright, he overcame everyone that was against him.
I found a couple of themes in this book.
THere is strength in numbers.
Stand up for yourself, and your loved ones.
It is okay to be a little unique.
Give it some time, you are still a seed, waiting to grow.
DO NOT LIE!!!
There is a lot of themes iin the movie. I hope htis helps.
I got one. How about standing up to Bush and Chenny. Thereâs not much difference between them and Hopper, except in attitude.
IMO like all Pixar films there a quite a few messages and it can be open to interpretation.
It seems to have a bit of an anti-conformist message, but at the same time, a message about safety in numbers, which seems a bit contridictoary (I really canât spell today) on the outset. Having said that, maybe itâs trying to say that it is better to be individuals with our own talents in a group, like how the circus troupe are, rather than a) be alone, or b) be all the same.
The message that stands out that most people can relate to though is the moral of âif at once you donât succeed, you try and try againâ. Like, Flik keeps messing up, bless him, and he thinks he canât do anything right, but he still doesnât give up. And he realises that Atta is like him in the respect that sheâs insecure about her position too. It comes to the rock/seed symbolism, that things take time to grow and things need to develop before they work. The bird worked-temporarily, at least-because everybody chipped in and helped out, whereas the inventions that didnât work failed because he didnât seek help to make things right. I donât know how Iâm putting this; if you were to build a house, youâd have builders to build, architects to design, painters to paint and electrictions to wire. You canât do things on your own, no matter how much you might want to, but itâs your idea that could make all the difference.
I think when Dot comes back and convinces Flik and the other bugs to fight is probably the bit where the films pace changes, because Dot knows that nobody other than Flik would dare stand up to Hopper, like he did at the start of the film. And when the blueberries canât get the bird to fly, and heâs like âYou can do it! Youâve got to make it work!â, I think that sums it up for me.
Anyway, rambling on, apologies for that!
I always just thought it was to be yourself. But, IMO, that wasnât crammed into our heads like some other movies did, so itâs easy to find it hard to find the moral. Thatâs good, though! because then the moral can be more subjective, and just whatever we want it to be.
Donât be afraid to reach for your dreams, and I kind of got from the movie that thereâs a power in numbers lesson.
I thought it was also about not being opressed by a dictator type leader, but I could be imagining that.
Yeah, well thatâs part of it.
Well, I see what you mean. It pretty much goes under what you said. Sorry; I just look too much into stuff like that, while not looking into whether somebody already said it.
Stand up for yourself, and witness your own potential is pretty much the general verdict on the message. When i found this thread, i thought it was an overall idea of the movie, such as domination, survival of the fittest, natural selection and neglect!
I think the message is to stand up right on next to what you believe in and forget what anyone else has to say because in the end, you know in your heart that youâre right; you being right is all that matters.
After all, you may still be just a seed, but a seed will always grow into something beautiful. It just needs something to look after it; that something is:
Confidence and faith.
Stand up for yourself and if you do you can overcome anything.
Good morale message
My sis just finished watching Arthur and the Minimoys at the moment and the credits song goes something like âItâs the little things that make a differenceâ. Same thing for ABL. And also a message for the underdogs that if people work together they can fight great enemies.
Also one thing I learned from ABL is that Ladybugs arenât always Ladies. (Kudos to Frances )