In Media Studies class our teacher had us watch a Disney classic- Bambi. I hadn't watched the whole movie since I was kid, so I was excited to see it again. Everyone probably knows, or at least heard of the story of Bambi. It's been around since 1941, and now that it is digitally remastered the artwork and animation look as fresh as any modern day equivalent. For those of you don't know the story (shame on you) it's about a clumsy baby fawn who becomes friends with a rabbit, (Thumper) and a skunk (Flower). He experiences family tragedy, grows up to fall in love and be a hero of a sort.
There are so many reasons to love this film. It's got beautiful images and music to go along with the story. There are some moments that are genuinely funny, like when the owl is talking about "twitterpation". The biggest reason to love this movie is how realistic it is. It is still kid friendly but it has a lot of truth to it. Winter is a hardship not a time to frolic, the deers' family dynamic is different from humans. There is a scene where older Bambi fights another male over the girl deer, and that's how it would happen in nature. It also shows the deers' ever present threat- man. Even though the woodland creatures are cutesy-wutesy, speak fluent English, and have an orchestra to play music for every move it actually does a decent job of portraying nature.
I have a few small critiques but even those aren't worth changing a classic for. They didn't portray hunters correctly. The hunters in the movie shot willy nilly at every kind of animal. In real life any hunter with a brain wouldn't shoot at mice and scare away the deer. I guess they needed to over-dramatize the hunters since man was the antagonist. Also the hunters used approximatley 7 dogs which I thought was over kill.
We watched the VHS version so they may have fixed this on the DVD but I hope not. After the fire and the animals are coming out of the water the racoon on the left is licking her babies and all of sudden she just eats one! I'm kidding but it does randomly disappear. It was funny, we rewinded it and watched it again.
Would I recomend this movie to people who have never seen it? No, and I'll tell you why. If they haven't seen it by now they clearly didn't have a proper childhood and are too serious, and wouldn't appreciate this film. If you saw it when you were young, watch it again. It's amazing how much you remember. And if you're wondering if you should let your child watch it, that depends. If you want them to be a normal functioning member of society then yes. If you're one of those parents who sanatizes everything, only reads politically correct fairytales, and doesn't let them watch TV for fear of corruption then no. Bambi is too real-life for your sheltered child.
There are so many reasons to love this film. It's got beautiful images and music to go along with the story. There are some moments that are genuinely funny, like when the owl is talking about "twitterpation". The biggest reason to love this movie is how realistic it is. It is still kid friendly but it has a lot of truth to it. Winter is a hardship not a time to frolic, the deers' family dynamic is different from humans. There is a scene where older Bambi fights another male over the girl deer, and that's how it would happen in nature. It also shows the deers' ever present threat- man. Even though the woodland creatures are cutesy-wutesy, speak fluent English, and have an orchestra to play music for every move it actually does a decent job of portraying nature.
I have a few small critiques but even those aren't worth changing a classic for. They didn't portray hunters correctly. The hunters in the movie shot willy nilly at every kind of animal. In real life any hunter with a brain wouldn't shoot at mice and scare away the deer. I guess they needed to over-dramatize the hunters since man was the antagonist. Also the hunters used approximatley 7 dogs which I thought was over kill.
We watched the VHS version so they may have fixed this on the DVD but I hope not. After the fire and the animals are coming out of the water the racoon on the left is licking her babies and all of sudden she just eats one! I'm kidding but it does randomly disappear. It was funny, we rewinded it and watched it again.
Would I recomend this movie to people who have never seen it? No, and I'll tell you why. If they haven't seen it by now they clearly didn't have a proper childhood and are too serious, and wouldn't appreciate this film. If you saw it when you were young, watch it again. It's amazing how much you remember. And if you're wondering if you should let your child watch it, that depends. If you want them to be a normal functioning member of society then yes. If you're one of those parents who sanatizes everything, only reads politically correct fairytales, and doesn't let them watch TV for fear of corruption then no. Bambi is too real-life for your sheltered child.
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