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   Scarlett

   March 27, 2011 at 1:27 am | # | Reply

   The early films where very good. Snow White even won some Oscars. In my opinion they seem to have lost something when they did Hercules. Just didn’t like it at all. And I was a pretty big Disney fan up to that point. Of course that’s also right around the time that I started getting much more into Anime. But I agree, with you, sometimes things deserve a second look with an open mind.
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   bman (The Underfold)

   March 27, 2011 at 6:13 am | # | Reply

   It’s funny… I think I’m the same way. I only remembered the stuff about him being a kid… Maybe it’s worth another watch. Great review. Thanks!
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   melchar

   March 28, 2011 at 4:41 pm | # | Reply

   By the time ‘Bambi’ made it into the theatres on re-release in the 60’s, I had read the book. I wanted to know why they left out Gobo [Feline’s brother] – but I still enjoyed the movie. It’s been a favorite of mine for years. If you want to trace Disney’s suckification, it began with ‘101 Dalmations’ – when Disney made its villains into fools and buffoons.
   Now Malificent may have -hired- buffoonish minions, but SHE was pure and wonderful evil. Beating a buffoon at movie climax robs the viewer of any feeling of triumph.
   With ‘Bambi’ there was never a question that people were scary and bad for nature. Bambi’s mom explains this – and then falls victim. This was a scary thought and if it didn’t put some kind of empathy into people for the natural world, then IMO they lacked souls.