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FlowersFriend
March 11th, 2005, 09:30
If you have never seen the movie Bambi you may not wish to view this thread, and might would rather wait until you watch the movie to find out what is going to happen. Just thought I would be nice and tell you.

Anyways here is the scene.

Okay it's during one of those points when Man is in the forest and the animals are very afraid. In the Scene you see 3 Pheasant's. This is what happens. Pheasant 1 says "Listen! He's coming!" Pheasant 2 says " Hush " Pheasant 3 says "Be Quiet" Pheasant 1 says "he's coming closer!" Pheasant 2 says "Stay calm,don't get excited." Phesant 1 says "We'd better fly" Pheasant 2 says "No.No,don't fly. Whatever you do,don't fly!" Pheasant1 says "He's almost here" Then Pheasant 1 screams "I can't stand it any longer!" Pheasant flies up in the air, you hear a gunshot and see Pheasant one fall dead to the ground.

I remember when I was a child and saw this scene for the first time ever how the terror seemed to hit me like lighting !! This scene did not scare me like some other scenes in movies had done. I rather felt the terror that this bird felt. I had no reason to be afraid for myself, but yet I had every reason to be afraid for this bird.

Even today when I watch this scene it still hits me at times. There are very gory scenes in horror movies, but in a way this scene from Bambi seems way more terrifying !!! If you watch this scene really close you might can see how terrifying this scene can be. Sometimes when I watch it I don't think too much of it, but other times when I watch this scene it can really hit me. I think it's one of those scenes where with some people it's terrifying with others its not. With some people it might depend some times it might seem terrifying to them other times it might not.

I think some of the reasons this scene seems so terrifying is because well it's clear that this bird was truely terrified. As the scene keeps going her terror keeps growing, it's like it just does not stop. Plus you know and she knows that man is coming closer and closer and closer to where this bird is, but you can't see man which makes it even more terrifying. This bird knows man is coming and she knows something awful might happen to her and she knows that it might happen soon, but I think you kinda sense that she is not really sure what awful thing might happen to her and when it will happen which makes it even worse for she just knows it's awful and it could happen and it could happen soon.

In fact her terror grows so great that it turns against her. She can't handle this intense terror it's just too great. This causes her not to listen to reason when she was told not to fly. For she flies right in the open air and that is when she is seen by man and man kills her. Plus you never saw this bird happy or calm. The first time you saw this bird she was unhappy and in terror and she stayed that way the whole time you saw her.

Also after seeing this scene I felt like their was no escape for her anyway. The terror she felt was beyond her control, because of this there was nothing that she or anyone else could have done to save her. Another words even before she flies I feel that she is allready beyond all hope. She is going to die and their is nothing that she or anyone else can do for her, because the terror she felt was so powerful that she could not handle it.

Those people really did a good job with this scene. It's a very dark scene, but it's good because they got their point across. I am curious if anyone on these boards finds this scene to be truely terrifying. Disney has had some pretty intense scenes in some of their films, but in a way I feel this is one of the most intense and terrifying scenes in any disney film, in fact In a way I find it to be one of the most intense and terrifying scenes in any movie that was ever made.

Dawn
March 11th, 2005, 09:43
I can't watch Bambi exactly because of that. The horror of seeing that as a little kid put me off seeing it ever again. I have the video sitting with the rest of the Disney stuff but the shrinkwrap is still on the tape. :notlook:

FlowersFriend
March 11th, 2005, 09:56
Yes Dawn I know what you mean. I like this scene and yet I hate it. I hate it because I hate the fact that awful things happen to innocent animals, I like it because this scene tells the truth and this can help us to make choices in life that will help out these innocent animals in real life that we share the planet with. Every animal no matter if they are cute or not is innocent so I do the best I can to help them out.

OKWTink
March 11th, 2005, 13:46
No hyperbole when I say that scene scarred me for life. I think it did an entire generation. Gave birth to the "Bambi Killers" epithet that is bandied about during hunting seasons over here. :sorry:

It was and still is an incredibly powerful scene and movie overall. I've not watched it since childhood, but keep thinking I will. I love so much about the rest of it, and I suppose I can fast forward through the terrible parts.

Cindernaenae
March 11th, 2005, 14:59
I bought it, and I haven't had the time so sit and watch it yet. I honestly don't remember that scene. So, it must not have scarred me.

I grew up around lots of people who hunt, and I've seen lots of cars damaged by deer. My step-grandpa had an accident on a motorcycle involving a deer crossing the road. I'm in the it's OK to hunt it if you're going to eat it category. Can't imagine how bad the deer would be if we weren't allowed controlled hunts every year. :eek:

BevW
March 11th, 2005, 15:16
I'm with Renae here...we've got so many deer here that there's not really enough food for them during the winter, and so they fight...deer can be very mean. I've seen them chase off baby deer trying to eat with the adults.

Dawn
March 11th, 2005, 15:34
Yeah but in a movie aimed at young children. Bambi is the only horror movie ever made for 3 year olds. :notlook:

Cindernaenae
March 11th, 2005, 15:37
Oh, don't get me wrong, I totally see your point. I'm not one for horror movies at almost 10 times that age.

BevW
March 11th, 2005, 15:40
I don't know Dawn...I mean, what's that growing out of Steven's head? :lol:

FlowersFriend
March 11th, 2005, 15:56
Bambi was made for 3 year olds ? That is funny I am 28 and I enjoy this movie and have some shirts with Flower the Skunk and a shirt with Bambi on it. I have Stuff Animals of Flower and looking for more to sleep with :) I know children love this movie but its also a movie for adults :)

Dawn
March 11th, 2005, 16:04
Nah, I was speaking hypothetically. Although some people out there in the real world think that Disney is just for little kids. :unsure: :wink:

FlowersFriend
March 11th, 2005, 16:21
A lot of these horror movies are cool and yes intense. But some of them are so fake and you know its not like people believe them. Bambi though is not fake it's for real. So that is one reason it could seem more intense to some people. Walt Disney said it well when he said he loved nature and respected nature and felt man can learn from watching nature.
Felix Salten and Walt Disney should be Praised :) They where able to tell a story full of horror and that was for real, but yet do it in such a way that even Children could read it or watch it. The Disney movie makes a few changes from the book but it still keeps the spirit of the book. It's full of charm but also full of darkness. Bambi both the book and movie does not sugar-coat the poison.

Now I am not going to start saying that Walt Disney was trying to tell us to become a Vegetarian, because I don't even think he was a Vegetarian, but I could be wrong . Walt Disney and Felix Salten I feel where just trying to say that when animals are used for sport, food , clothing ect. that it's not something that is fun for the animals. I think they just wanted us to look at the other side. Also no matter if it's a Deer in the forest or a Cow on a farm they don't want to die even if it's only for food.

FlowersFriend
March 11th, 2005, 16:23
Dawn I know what you meant. I was just kinda being funny in my post lol > I know most people hear know that Disney movies are just as much for adults as they are for children :) Also you are right a lot of people do think they are only for little children :)

Okay well I am off to bed :)

OKWTink
March 11th, 2005, 19:54
This wasn't meant to be a thread to debate hunting. :) It was simply a statement that the film, Bambi, could be seen as having influenced many children's opinions of hunting. Nothing more intense than that.

I remember my mother being pretty shocked that it was so graphic, because it was a Disney film.

Johnie
March 11th, 2005, 20:00
The older Diseny films especially always had some sort of violent death or near death scene.

I don't watch the killing scene in Bambi, it's too difficult to watch. Did you really expect any of us to say we enjoyed it?

FlowersFriend
March 12th, 2005, 05:40
The older Diseny films especially always had some sort of violent death or near death scene.

I don't watch the killing scene in Bambi, it's too difficult to watch. Did you really expect any of us to say we enjoyed it?

YAWN , I just had to copy and past this statment. Where in my post did you get the impression that I expected someone to say they enjoyed this scene. I was asking who all found this scene to be truely terrifying not asking who all found this scene to be enjoying.

O yes Tink was right this thread was not meant to be a hunting debate, though I know how it sorta started to turn into one. So that is why I posted about a Cow on a farm that is killed for food in another one of my post. Some people who buy meat at a Grocery Store get very upset at hunters when they kill for meat. I myself make the choice not to eat any animal so I am a Vegetarian, I will not even drink Cow's Milk, or eat honey, or buy products tested on animals ect. so I am also a Vegan :)

Johnie
March 12th, 2005, 06:35
YAWN , I just had to copy and past this statment. Where in my post did you get the impression that I expected someone to say they enjoyed this scene. I was asking who all found this scene to be truely terrifying not asking who all found this scene to be enjoying.



This is how you copy and paste.

It was sarcasm.

FlowersFriend
March 14th, 2005, 23:19
It was sarcasm you say, okay that is cool :) I did not pick up on it lol, but thanks for pointing that out.

Meezers
March 15th, 2005, 00:26
Bambi....can't watch cause of above mentioned scene

Dumbo....can't watch cause they take the baby away from Mama Jumbo

Fox and Hound....can't watch the first 10 minutes cause the Mama Fox get caught by the hunters

42 years old....still can't watch these....so I don't...cause I get very upset....

ukwdwnut
March 15th, 2005, 00:30
dont find the above bad at all :)

people they are just films :wink: :lol:

Kitten
March 15th, 2005, 01:11
I can't watch that scene from bambi, we'll i couldn't when I was a child, I have bambi here, I haven't watched it since it was re-released, maybe I will give it ago later on.

And I'm just going to bite my tounge on the rest of what I would say...... if this wasn't a family forum. I don't wish to offend anyone.

sajetto
May 27th, 2005, 23:31
Don't get me wrong b/c I am definitely a disney fanatic but of all the films made this is my LEAST favorite. I saw it once when I was 6 and I was so scared from that scene w/ the pheasant and sad when Bambi's mother was killed that I could never watch it again. I love the skunk and thumper though.

Sweet_girl99
June 15th, 2005, 07:44
some of the disney movies can be a bit violent. Even beauty and the beast can be a bit violent.

Blackie Pueblo
July 19th, 2005, 12:12
That scene from Bambi is very intense for a Disney cartoon. Was it terrifing, I don't know. For children definitly, but for adults, it's definitly intense.

This film was drawn beautifully, but with scenes like that... this is the hunters worse enemy... ha ha...:lol:

Blackie Pueblo

FlowersFriend
July 20th, 2005, 00:48
That scene from Bambi is very intense for a Disney cartoon. Was it terrifing, I don't know. For children definitly, but for adults, it's definitly intense.

This film was drawn beautifully, but with scenes like that... this is the hunters worse enemy... ha ha...:lol:

Blackie Pueblo

I know what you mean lol. But still Bambi is not a film against hunters. I think Walt just wanted to show a film from the Animals point of view. Another thing also is many people might be quick to think about why hunters kill deer,rabbits ect. even if it is for food, but might turn a blind eye to pigs,cows,chickens. I mean I am on the side of anyone that wants to help out anykind of animal, I am just saying many times people seem to turn a blind eye to animals such as Rats,Mice,Chickens, Lobsters are there problems, but yet they feel sorry for Deer, Cat's, Animals that might go extinct ect. >

I love and adore all animals which is why I am a Vegetarian, well it's not the only reason it's just the main reason he he. Also I am one of the few people who believe Rats and Mice are really Cute Animals :) I feel Rats and Mice have a right not to be tested on and there is no purpose to even test on them in the first place. I don't think humans are going to advance with animal testing. But wow this was just about hunters and look where I ended up lol.