Quote - If the goal is to SELL -- then you give the people what they want.  Not what your ideology informs you that they should want.  That's a perception problem which a lot of people have trouble with.

Unfortunately, some of it is pretty self fulfilling. Studios think that the audience wants kiddy G movies, so they produce them and promote them up the wazoo. People go see such movies because there isnt anything else on tap and they dont even realise you can have anything else. So of course the movie does well and the studios think the audience wants... and so on.

It is changing though as several hyped movies of this sort have flopped recently. Ant Bully was one big one that fell. Also polar express and that haunted house one. Happy feet got awards but it also barely did a profit. Flushed away, open season, also did mediocre business. The only one doing well consistently have been of course Pixar, but they produce the least kiddy fare of them all. Or if it is kiddy, the quality of their work makes up for it cause they rely more on deeply moving stories then snap talking animals doused in pop culture.

Also here's an interesting look at the whole thing... When you compare the largest online message boards:

Largest Online Boards

The largest one, a 7.5 million strong forum, is an anime themed board. There is nothing even close for all hollywood animated movies combined. Makes you wonder why some hollywood type isn't going after this market.