Yeah, these innocent Disney flicks will do it every time. I loathed Lion King.
Joanna
Max B. Sawicky wrote:
I was in front of my PC with my daughter in the next room watching Bambi. At one point she started screaming, "Kill Bambi kill!!"
mbs
Just recently I sat with my ten year old and watched an old Swedish film "My Life as a Dog," a great movie that tells the story of a boy whose mother is dying of TB and who is farmed out to various relatives. My daughter loved the movie (despite the subtitles), wished it could go on for ever, and watched it a few more times in the following days.
It's strange that one of the most gruesome (almost pornographic) maternal deaths on film: that of Bambi's mother, is not only a piece of movie-making that every kid winds up watching, but a made-for-kids Disney package. Maybe it's not so strange. I think a lot of Disney films are loathsome.
Joanna
