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I remember Jeff Goldblum talked about taking his son to see "Bambi," and when his son asked "Where's Bambi's mom?" he went into this lengthy talk about how sometimes parent go away, but that doesn't mean they don't love their children, and his son didn't have to worry about mommy or daddy going away, and even if they did have to go away, grandma and grandpa would still be there to take care of him. The son seemed satisfied with that answer. Later, Jeff Goldblum took his son to see "Bambi" again but this time with one of his son's little friends. When the little friend asked "Where's Bambi's mom?" his son just said "She's dead."
That almost sounds like a bad joke.
@@dinodisneylover1 It kind of is. Goldblum got a big laugh from David Letterman and the audience when he told the story.
God, the reality hit the childhood of that kid 😂
I think that was Al Franken.
The boy who voiced Bambi became a drill sergeant in the US Marine Corps, and fought in Vietnam. One time he was in a theater watching the movie he was heard quoting the father telling him to get up.
not only that. he never told anyone he voiced baby un the army due to him believeing that 'he wont be taken seriously'
Well..that Is ispiring
They going to make Live A Bambi modern . How ? I'm guessing for starters they are going to make Flower (The Skunk) Gay , Then the father will die instead of the mother cause mother die is Classic Disney, Then bambi mother is going to rule the forest cause she's a strong independent female. The hunter wasn't seen before but it will be shown to be a grizzly masculine White male.Oh the wise Owl probably some crass black female voice . .. I can see some body 'positive' she writer giggling thinking this is a good idea already . Walt Disney would be screaming in his grave .
@@BundalabaDon’t let Disney see this before they implement these ideas 😂
@@Bundalaba Black female voices are not all crass. I've heard plenty of crass white female voices. I am white, by the way. Your guess about making Flower gay is probably wrong; and gay people do exist, and it is not immoral to be gay. I am not gay, either. The father dying is probably more realistic, as hunters like to go after those bucks with the big antlers.
This movie movie took 50draftsmen and 37 animators 5 years to complete the over 100,000 drawings to make this movie. I think all of these great Disney movies should be treated as works of fine art. My personal favorite out all of them is the Jungle Book
Jungle book is among the best 👍👍😊😊
This, Snow White, and Sleeping Beauty were absolutely works of art, and took a lot of effort to make
@@Grizzlox and Cinderella I think
@@Blandina11 absolutely
I believe The Jungle Book was the last movie Walt personally oversaw.
I love the story of how Thumper went from just a generic bunny to a major character. They were auditioning kids to do the voices of the little bunnies who gather around the newly born Bambi, and when one of the kids read his line with that unique inflection that Thumper has, he was immediately rejected. However, when listening to the audition tapes, Walt Disney loved loved the sound of that kid's voice and thought it had so much personality that he wanted to build a character around it. Thus, the kid was hired, and Thumper was born.
How did thumper become a major character he has no effect on the story?
@@lampad4549 Well by that logic nobody is a major character. Nobody has an effect on the story this is a story that happens to the characters, not the other way; it's a story about nature and experience.
If you think about the fact that they created this movie in the early 1940s and it is so unbelievably well made. Such a beautiful work of art!
Timeless is the right word
29:20 That's the lesson we learn from Bambi. No matter how hurt we are, no matter how bad things are, we have to get up. In that scene The Great Prince isn't helping his son up as much as he wants to because he knows his son has to learn to get up by himself - if he doesn't learn how to do that on his own then he'll die. No matter how bad things are we have to learn to get up. That's throughout the whole movie - there's the rain and the thunder but the sun comes out, winter is long but won't last forever, Bambi's mother died but the spring still came, the fire burned the forest but it started to grow back. Sometimes it takes a long time, but things do get better. But we have to learn to get up
All great children’s stories have dark moments and life lessons.
I just realized when Flower was a kid, he was always told that he smelled and was labeled as a creature to stay away from because he's a skunk. So, he often stayed near flower beds to smell a bit better.
I imagine he was rather lonely, so when Bambi called him a flower, he didn't want him to think of him as a stinky skunk so he said he didn't mind being called one. A flower is something pleasant that most people think as lovely, so it was a compliment.
Being called 'pretty' or something pleasant made him happy and I imagine not getting compliments often, he gets bashful easily from them.
It's kind of sad to think of. That's why I think he named his kid after Bambi. He was the first animal to think of his as something other than a stinky skunk.
I like your explanation and that makes sense.
After, for naming his son after Bambi, I akways tought it was because he's one of his best friend
The little boy from SON OF FRANKENSTEIN (1939), Donnie Dunagan, did the voice for Bambi. He later became a drill instructor in the Marines.
This was my grandfather’s favorite Disney movie RIPower. This movie came out near his 11th birthday…he loved it until he passed at 90 years old 💖 I loved watching the old vhs when I spend the weekend with my grandparents.
Deer are amazingly strong and resilient for their size. Years ago on a camping trip we were sitting around a fire when we heard a loud fuss across the river. We grabbed our flashlights and waded across to investigate. We found a yearling deer tangled in a huge pile of old barbed wire. The more we tried to unwind it the more the deer struggled and tangled itself up worse. We finally decided the only way to help was to dive in and hold the deer still while we removed the wire. It didn't understand that we were trying to help and it took 4 grown men to hold it down. We all ended up with wounds from being kicked and bitten but finally got him freed. It jumped into the cold river and nested down against the edge. We decided the cold water was helping the pain from all the cuts. We went back to camp and checked on it periodically and after a few hours it climbed out and went back in the direction it had come from. Tough little critter.
I guess "The fox and the hound" would be the next Disney movie to progress from after this one then xD
They actually brought deer into the Disney studio for the artists to use as reference.
This was the reaction video I never knew I needed! This was so sweet to watch with you two! Feel free to watch more of these Disney movies (Dumbo, Cinderella, etc), or ANY old movies, there was so much great romance and glamour back then, and it's great to see you react to all that. Anyways, thank you! What a surprise! "Bambi"! I never would have even thought to suggest this, but I'm so happy you did this! I cried watching YOU cry! :D
There’s a handful of Disney movies I only watched once. Not because they were bad but because they were sad! The Fox and the Hound and Bambi were great movies but they made me bawl my eyes out.
The music and songs from early Disney will never be matched. So good.
Been dying to see someone react to the fox and the hound
@@jakedull2553 There is one decent recent reaction by a dude who's channel is called NickFlix if you haven't seen that one already.
Who was the mean person that got Ellie to watch Bambi without giving her warning,everyone knows how easily she cries her eyes out 🦌+bullet=Ellie 😭😭
could of been worst, may of been, When the wind blows or the original Watership down
@@nigelmacbug6678 Forget it! If Ellie was to ever watch Watership Down, she’d be scarred for life. Or that cartoon show from the 90s “The Animals of Farthing Wood”. Now that was proper hardcore.
@@nigelmacbug6678 There's a dog loose in the wood. Words that will haunt me forever.
@@mattp6089 your reminded me of another horrifying animation, The plague dogs
She had warning. She thought that Bambi was going to be killed.
As soon as Bambi's mother said " New spring grass" I was like "Oh,....................here we go!"
It sucks that they stopped making these masterpieces with such effort
yep, Pixar CGI Toy Story era happened.. Thank them for that... Ever since Pixar CGIed Disney dominated the screens, I stopped watching them since Frozen became popular after Toy Story
3d animation is a grueling process as well, don't be mistaken
This film is one of the classics that has stood the test of time. I'm happy to see modern audience watching the originals rather than newer sequels or remakes that just aren't the same. I'm 25 and I've been watching this movie since I was at least 3 years old. I even still have the old vhs tape in my home. The old Disney classics are irreplaceable and incomparable. You girls should watch Pinocchio, the Jungle Book and The Fox and the Hound; Oh yeah and Aladdin 1992!!!
Don't forget Little Mermaid and Beauty and the beast, The Great Mouse Detective, Rescuers 1-2, Dumbo, Pinocchio, Alice in Wonderland, Snow White and Fantasia.
My favorite Disney movie of all time. When I was younger my parents would always play it for me. They had a bunch of Disney movies on VHS and they played them all for me but I never watched any other Disney movies except for Bambi. I hooked up my old vhs and found Bambi I watched it again 5 times in a row . Bambi was the only one I liked and I still do to this day. And out of all the Disney films I have seen to this day Bambi is my favorite and my favorite character. That movie or that little fawn will always be in my heart forever.
Michele : "that can't be true it's a kid's movie !"
Rewatch the old Disney, you can count the deads
In the US Hunters only hunt deer during fall/winter when the spring deer fowls are old enough to care for themselves.
In the US, however, you could also drive to the nearest supermarket and buy yourself a vegan burger.🤷♂️
@@yasminesteinbauer8565 In the US we would be overrun with deer out the wazoo without the short few-week hunting season. After thousands of deer kill soccer mom's in highway accidents across the nation, then you might think of human life.
@@zedwpd thank you! I live in the country and pass 20 to 30 deer every night. I’ve lived there 21 years now and just on my country road there are a few accidents every year. A motorcyclist was killed hitting one last year. Hunting greatly decreases such accidents.
@@yasminesteinbauer8565 but also gross, and not nearly as healthy just look at how much sodium those things are packed with. Wild meat is much healthier and tastes better.
Facts but of course you have the heartless hunters that give others bad names and hunt out of season or kill doe when the fowl are still babies
Bambi is the tragic story of a hunter who came up empty one hunting season.
🤣😂🤣😂🤣🙈
🤬 hunters.
That’s definitely one perspective
Those poor, hungry children...
Veal won't put itself on the menu!
That's why they call it "hunting."
Seeing you two cry was hard... Disney's early movies are definitely the best! If you haven't seen The Rescuers and The Aristocats, you should! Disney best era in my opinion!!
Well, in my opinion, The Rescuers was fine...but The Aristocats was just insignificant.
Surprisingly, the 70s era of Disney was the worst compared to all the other eras. You can tell in the animation. This was after the death of Walt Disney in the 60s, so the movies after were trying to find their footing again in the 70s. It wasn't until 1989 when a certain mermaid hit the big screen that Disney came back on top again.
@@misskat7567 , 1989
Its very hard to see Ellie and Michelle cry , byt it's ok to cry and let it out
However they both show all that raw emotions because Michelle, Ellie and all the homies girls are all genuine , beautiful , kind , caring, thoughtful people imo , That understand what is happening and express themselves with great, beautiful, raw emotions because they all clearly care about everything and everyone in the world.
That is why I will always support, respect and love all the homies girl , but Michelle and Ellie especially. Ellie is my favourite because she really does show so much raw emotions on every video she reacts to and I love Michelle just as much aswell because there both cool and Awsome girls. Ellie is marriage material imo though and personally I would happily and definitely date and marry Ellie 🥰😍😘❤️ any day, no doubt about that.
Almost 69 years old man and I can’t remember watching the whole movie. So I bought a Blu-ray copy off eBay and watched it today. Some may wonder if I cried at that certain moment and the answer is yes.
After seeing their intense relief when they survived the first hunter, I thought, "Oh man, much like Bambi's mom, these chicks are about to get slaughtered."
In New England we don’t hunt deer in the late winter/spring. We only hunt in the late fall/early winter (depending on your zone and the weapon you’re hunting with.) You’re not supposed to shoot a doe with a fawn or yearling either, it’s heavily frowned on. The “hunter” in Bambi was a poacher.
I was tempted explain the necessity of hunters but no one watching Bambi is likely to want to hear it
Yes. When hunters are respectful of nature and act legally and responsibly, their efforts are important to conservation.
Say rather the necessity of predators. I've read stories of park elk starving to death from overpopulation because they killed all the wolves. They were forced to shoot elk to bring the population to manageable levels.
@@Caseytify that’s how I was made aware of the need for hunters I used to live on the border of a National park where they had a problem with deer overpopulation because Man had wiped out the natural predators and deer would starve during the winter. Though the park service would put out bales of hay to help alleviate the problem
I think the hunter that killed Bambi’s would also be hated by hunters since it is unspoken that you don’t kill a doe with her fawn
@@MrSophireThis film is enviromental without being preacy. Wich is quite an achievement in amd of itself!
The other buck that bambi fought was actually Ronno from Bambi II
The moment I saw it was Bambi I knew Ellie would be in floods of tears. I was dreading the part where they both see what happens to Bambi's mum.....nature is so beautiful but can be so cruel.
As soon as I saw it on the bottom ticker I was like why they watching Bambi that is sad
@@antoineporche-rideaux4841 Well...they liked it anyway, so who cares ?
Ah yes, the classic children movie designed to break hearts.
Good review but don’t be hating on the hunters. People that grow up in the city or in countries that can’t hunt very much may not realize it but I’m from Missouri and here in the Midwest of the US is the deer Mecca. If you didn’t have hunters the deer would be a serious problem in just 2-3 years. Farmers would get pathetic yields on crops and vehicle collisions with deer would be more common than they already are and we don’t let anything go to waste. We eat the meat which is healthier than fattier beef or pork and states have programs where you can donate the meat to feed the less fortunate which I have also done. Bambi is still a classic though.
Poachers still suck, tho. :(
@@Caseytify Very true!
@@gavinford9055, yes you have a good point, but in this movie, the hunter committed a huge No No, you don’t shot does/ hinds that have young, I personally know hunters that treat their quarry with respect, waste nothing & don’t do crap like harming does that have fawns with them. Personally I have no problem with hunters ( I’m a country girl myself & believe in living in balance with nature as much as possible), as long as they follow the rules & don’t harm animals who are sentient beings, just for the fun of it.
I wish you & your loved ones well 🙏
"Your feet are not the same!"
Historical Fact: This is a big reason why the Shackleton Antarctic expedition never reached the South Pole, but the Amundsen Expedition did...Shackleton relied on dogs, ponies, and snowmobiles for transportation -- while Amundsen relied exclusively on dogs. Engines froze, and ponies' hooves were bad at gripping ice. Also the ponies didn't have thick fur.
Disney was THE maker of movies for kids, even though sometimes the stories got dark. I remember the family heading to the drive-in to watch the latest release. Loved your reaction. Peace!
18:57
Yes it was very sad when they stopped drawing the deer
I look at movies like this the same way I look at something like a Cathedral. We generally don't make things this way anymore, because it isn't efficient or cost effective. These hand animated movies are incredibly beautiful, and should be cherished.
Animation, art, colors, choreographies, script… all masterfully done, this is high art crafting from the early 40's, to be exact just in the half span time of World War II.
"I don't know how hunters live with themselves knowing the killed an animal"
They live with full bellies and respect for the animals and forest in which they hunt.
But they aren't allowed to kill mothers and their babies. That's just heartless.
@@Mothobius well they shouldn't kill does and there is no reason to kill fawns... maybe winter has been rough and they haven't had any other food. that's the only good excuse I can come up with
@@artsysabs just get some other type of meat then. If your a hunter that kills a mother with fawns or a fawn with a mother your a worthless bum.
"I don't know how hunters live with themselves knowing they kill animals."
Might i suggest that in order for you to survive many many animals have died for your comfort. Hunters just don't lie themselves.
With full bellies of deer and elk meat. Yummy 🤗🤗🤗
In Europe deer's natural predators would be wolves and bears. In North America you can add mountain lions to those other two.
Both of you are watching my one of my childhood memories.....at 57 I still get teared up by watching this classic..
Amazing fact is that voice for Young Adult Bambi was John Sutherland. Reason for being amazing is he was married to the woman who voiced Bambi's mother, Paula Winslowe. They were married from 1939 to 1996 until her death at the age of 85. John died in 2001 at age of 90.
Years ago, I had a skunk as a pet named Peanut. How my family gotten the skunk is that some lady given Peanut to my mom. Peanut's scent glands were surgically removed, but he still had his smell very faint. Properly taken care of, skunks can be good pets. I know some would say that skunks are meant to be in the wild. I agree with them. But Peanut was awesome! His coat is very soft. Fact is that skunks will give a warning before they released their spray by thumping their front paws.
Cats and dogs are soft, too. THAT is no excuse for keeping wild animals as pets.
@@BlackavarWD It would be wrong to dump him in the wild once they de-scented him.
@@Caseytify
Who said anything about dumping?
Shoulda never been de-scented.
@@BlackavarWD do you know how many captive bred skunks there are my guy? It's the same deal with dogs and cats. Most aren't caught from the wild.
@@Mothobius
"Wild" animals are not domesticated.
It doesn't mean they were taken from the wild.
The 1 Disney movie that focuses on the Prince rather than the Princess
My father died three days before my fourth birthday. Bambi and the Lion King made me feel like I wasn’t alone
10:08 I'm a hunter and it is about knowledge. Something that PETA would rather you not know is that in the wild, no white-tailed deer has ever died in a hospital bed with vets asking him how he's feeling. Out in wilderness he's life either ends from some horrible disease that he's body is to old to fight, he starves to death because of the deep snow or coyotes slowly chew him to death while he is tripping over his own intestines. So dying from a .243 round to the chest is not that bad of a way to go compared to those other ways.
14:27 Hey I resent that.
18:47 Hunting season starts in September and ends at the beginning of December. For the recorded by the time there is snow Bambi would have been 60% of his mother's size, he would have a small bump by each ear and his newborn spots would be gone.
30:13 Meerkat? Those are raccoons.
In the book, Bambi had a friend that was raised by humans and returned to the wild.
And hunters hunt to eat. Venison tastes better than beef. Predators also kill to eat, and humans are not at the top of the food chain.
Fire is also natural - some plants' seeds can't germinate unless exposed to fire first.
Besides, deer and wild pigs are nuisances, especially when there are no natural predators in the area. They can destroy crops at an alarming rate, as well as be a danger to humans.
Just because humans are made out to be the villains of Bambi doesn't necessarily make them villains in real life. Everyone is the 'villain' in *somebody's* story.
And part of the reason we always see bad wildfires in California is because they do absolutely nothing to maintain them, such as controlled burns.
Hunters maintain the population of deer and ducks.
Hunting them is actually very regulated. You can only hunt certain deer at certain times of year, only certain amount, using only certain weapons.
Without human hunters, partly because we've suppressed predator populations, the deer would breed themselves into starvation, in an endless cycle of suffering.
Yep, Nature doesn't give a fuck if you're a pro-vegan or Pro-Eco dude, it's brutal and harsh. The Circle of Liiife!
Not to mention proper hunters teach the ethics of hunting, such as not leaving a wounded animal to suffer. "One shot, one kill" is the standard.
It’s not even partly it’s the whole reason cus people keep messing with food chain predators that hunters are needed to do their jobs now
@@murasamekaini8786 yeah cause you know before humans everything was just balanced and ok.....................
Duck season!! Wabbit season!!
There's a second bambi that came out in the 2000s
Its actually a really touching movie about a Single daddy deer raising his son
This is by far my favorite animated film ever. I loved seeing you watch and enjoy it. Thank you.
"I don't know how hunters live with themselves, knowing they kill animals."
That might be the most basic and shallow thing you've ever said.
*Hunters also just wanna survive, by using meat for food, pelts for warmth, or selling it to others that need these things. Quit demonizing hunters for doing the same thing other animals do to each other, except much quicker and less painful.*
Hunting is far more humane than factory farming, where the animals have no life at all. Also without hunters, wildlife conservation would not exist in the first place. Hunters respect wildlife more than you probably know, and they contribute to the conservation of wildlife and habitat more than anyone and anything.
Yet there are hunters that try to shoot the weaker ones, eat and enjoy their catch and then shoot another when they runnout of meat after a few months.
And there are hunters that like to get "the big one" and proudly pose with the freshly shot leader of the herd.
I kindof partially respect one group a little bit. But I absolutely do not respect the second
@@Widdekuu91 Exactly, hunting for food is one thing, but when you go out of your way to hunt for trophies, and have pictures proudly standing over the hunted it’s just, I don’t know, it just doesn’t feel right.
@@shylogik Research has also shown that if you take the bigger ones out of the group (whether it be deer, carp or other animals) you're taking away the leaders.
People used to think that little fish needed to be thrown back and that you had to leave the young ones alone, but the old tough ones are the animals that defend the group and make up the rules. You'll take the protection away and leave the young, unexperienced to deal with any issues and that usually leads to more deaths in the herd.
I almost screamed when I saw this pop up just now!! Love this movie!
The Fox and the hound has got to be next
you can hate on hunters, I get it; but it is an entire culture 'round here.
One thing you asked who hunt's in the winter it depends on where you are because the hunting season where I live lasts past the first good snowfall, the other 2 possibilities are poachers ( they're the bad ones) & people who live a subsistence lifestyle ( hunt for all their own food)
99% of the deer hunters I've met eat their kill. They don't hunt for the heck of it.
...Sad truth is, nature is a very nasty, dark place. Disney made it seem warm & cuddly, but that's not the case.
BTW, over 90% of forest fires are started by lightning strikes...
@@Caseytify True about the hunters etc you can only hunt during the season i know hunters like that. I was never into hunting im more into fishing but most exp fisherman toss back the female fish back into the water we she can reproduce etc and its not good when Fishermen fish out a lake or even a canal cause then no more fish smh
@@Caseytify I live in southern California and when we get fires out in the hills etc most of those fires are not caused by lighting. Alot have to do when people drink beers and the glass bottles or broken glass bottles left out there during summer time it gets so hot out here the sun reflects off the glass and anything dry can start a 🔥 fast. I heard that from firefighters out here. But yeah makes sense glass beer bottles then a hit sun all it needs is to light up a dry bush or tree...
When you see Bambi rubbing against the tree, he's rubbing velvet off his antlers.
I think Bambi and Fantasia had such detail in the backgrounds they set a level hard to match.
Fun fact when they were making the movie Walt had actually went to get real live animals to study their behavior so they can draw it. If you don’t believe me than check out the behind the scene of the making of this movie.
*they actually had this when you play the old vhs after the finishing watching the movie*
What got to me was the scene where they zoom out to show the whole Forrest fire and that was a message that should still be taught about caring for our Forrest and it wonderful animal that live in it
If you look closely at Bambi's fawns they're not 100 % the same. One of them has Bambi's brown fur while the other has Faline's beige color, the first have brown eyes and the other blue eyes.
Tyrus Wong was a Chinese-born American artist. He was a painter, animator, calligrapher, muralist, ceramicist, lithographer and kite maker, he drew, bambi.
be sure to see Pinocchio ( 1940 only)
14:31 Some reckon those were poachers or would be if they were set in America today - nowadays at least there are laws against firing at doe's or baby deer. And apparently no licensed hunter would leave a fire unattended like they did.
I think it was a poacher in the book. For some reason changed to just "hunter" in this movie.
But as this is from the animal's perspective, a hunter is a hunter even if they follow their fellow human's laws or do what they want.
@@donkfail1 I don't think the word "hunter" is in the movie. The animals just say "man."
Don't hate hunters, hate poachers.
Nothing wrong with good hunters, this movie is a little over dramatic for effect. Great film one of my favorites along with the Fox and the Hound.
Yea, usually they only shoot for all that is needed, and spare those who have young. So both the future of the Hunter and the Prey is assured
@@TaskForce-ql3bx the ones who don't respect the animals and shoot the deer to take the antlers or head and take "trophy photos" are the hunters we don't need. And sport hunters. We don't need those types either.
@@Mothobius yea meanwhile we got lion farms in enclosed area’s so people can shoot them from a distance and collect the trophy. Dumb ass world we got
@@TaskForce-ql3bx yea. Even if it was for food I don't think LIONS should be something people should eat. It's a little bit different with this.
Hunting was WAY less reglemented back then, which must be one of the reasons.
My parents took me to see this in the theatre when I was a toddler in the 1950s. I do not remember seeing it then. However, I had a Flower stuffed animal as a toy. When I was old enough to think through what was in my room, I thought it was a bit odd I had the skunk and not Bambi or Thumper. I don’t know if I or my parents chose Flower. It is entirely possible that I took a liking to Flower during the movie and that is how I ended up with a skunk as a toy. My mother died when I was 6 yo. I can relate to the death of Bambi’s mother. However I was 8 before the impact of her death dawned on me. I was too young when she died to understand what happened.
I had a Flip Wilson doll when I was little. It wasn't until I was older that I realized how out-of-place it was. My parents don't remember it so... no idea where it came from.
There are three films from the early Disney days that refuse to age and are so easy to revisit: "Pinocchio", "Fantasia" and "Bambi". The fact that they came at a time when both sound and color were still being figured out by Hollywood (in terms of how best to use them) makes what these animators did tower over most everything else from 1940-1942.
I notice how unique "Bambi" is from their previous films. Apart from one or two people it wasn't the same team of story writers as before, so you get a different pacing and atmosphere in how the story is presented. One of the new guys working on the story was Ralph Wright, who decades later wrote/drew a lot of material for "Winnie the Pooh" and even voiced Eeyore. The backgrounds in "Bambi" also didn't have the usual people in charge: they promoted a low-level employee named Tyrus Wong who turned out to be a genius with watercolors.
You forgot Dumbo.
Sound & color? Both were already mastered by the film industry since the 30's, Bambi is from 1942.
Rest assured I didn't forget Dumbo, I just didn't include it. Once you've learned the production process of Dumbo, it's hard to unsee its lower sense of ambition compared to the films surrounding it in Walt's catalogue. A good film? Yes. Economically crafted? Yes. Deep, or insightful, or bursting with extravagant beauty? No.
As for your claim that the industry "mastered" things in the 30s: bear in mind that "Bambi" came 11 years after the last non-Chaplin silent feature from Hollywood, and the industry was still limited to mono soundtracks ("Fantasia" was the first to harness stereo sound). "Bambi" also came 7 years after "Becky Sharp", an artistic fiasco where live-action filmmakers couldn't make the actress' makeup look natural in full color. The leaps and bounds of work like "The Wizard of Oz" and "Gone with the Wind" were still fresh in people's minds in 1942, and Walt (with his head start) was still leading the charge of full-color aesthetic while other studios still clung to black & white.
YOU"RE DOING BAMBI!!! This is awesome!
I know the death of Bambi's mom was tragic. But it was necessary. There is not enough food for the entire deer population; the heard must be thinned. There are a number of predators in the forest. A human hunter offers a quick death; wolfs and cougars offer a much more painful death. But starving the only thing worse that than starving to death is watching your child die that way.
The hunters that shot at everything that moved and started the forest fire are the worst! Starting a forest fire through negligence is bad! Just be aware that forest fire is not a bad thing; it is part of the natural cycle of the forest. That was not understood when Bambi was made.
No killing a mother deer or baby deer is illegal
23:08 If only it were that easy in real life...
19:56, there's a midquel(?) Bambi 2, describing the missing months.
Bambi is so cute 🥰
It's so cute how emotionally invested you get 🥰 do you know there's also a sequel? Many probably don't like it, I think it's pretty good though for a direct to DVD movie
You think this movie tears _you_ up?
Let me take you back to when it was made... 1942... WWII is raging... we just came out of the Great Depression; there are a _lot_ of people who lost loved ones, including their mothers, during the depression and the early days of the war. Bambi's mother dying hit a lot of them hard, close to home.
(my maternal grandmother had one of her children die during the Depression as an infant... he starved to death).
I think the message a lot took away from Bambi, maybe are supposed to take away is... life goes on.
My mom was a kid when this movie came out she is 70 now and im glad to have been raised on this classic beautiful creation. Bambi is the reason i love the forest and deers
I heard a theory that Bambi's mum said "Don't look back! Keep running!" because she knew she was buggered and she didn't want him to see her die
That makes sense
I just wanna jump in and comfort you both :) You are so lovely. Always a pleasure watching your reaction to great classics like this one :) I hope you will do "The Land Before Time"
I vaguely remember when I was about 5 or 6 a local theater showed all the classic Disney movies for a few nights in the summer. This was around 1985 or '86. We had the VHS tapes at home, but my parents wanted us kids to experience these movies on the big screen (except for my older sister, who was around 9 or 10 at the time) like they did. I don't remember crying with Bambi, but with Dumbo I did.
25:34 Elli totally just did a Mortal Kombat reference
We'll never see animation be any better than what was being done in 1930's and 40's by the animators of that era because high standards and quality it took to bring animation to life.
...And the lower labor costs. If we used the same techniques today the cost would be astronomical.
@@Caseytify My dad was a animator back after WW2 ended. He went to the Rhode Island School of Art & Design right after H.S. He graduated in 1942 but enlisted into the USAAF until wars end. He was a B-24 navigator when in the service and a B-26 pilot also.
Here is some English deer vocabulary for you (in case you don't already know). Male deer is buck or stag. Female is doe. Baby is fawn. :)
30:13 Meerkats are in Africa. Those are Raccoons :D
Edit: This was the first VHS I ever owned when I was little. Watched it many times :D The forest preserves around Chicago (closest to my house is Schiller Woods), we have tons of White-Tailed Deer (what Bambi is).
The Antagonist is "Man", some unknown hunter who shot Bambi's mother. When Bambi grew up, "Man" returned with more hunting mates. The movie ends with a good ending because "Man" is dead. He obviously didn't learn proper fire safety because his camp fire not only burned the forest, but also killed him in the process . . .
In the book there is a powerful scene when the Great Prince shows Bambi the body of a dead hunter and says,"He isn't all powerful as they say. He's just like we are."Bambi then realizes that,"there is Another who is over all of us."
I live on Vancouver island and we have a dwarf species of deer. The adult females are the size of fauns on the mainland, and the fauns are the size of mid-sized dogs. They are everywhere and groups of them sleep in my backyard.
Hunting season is in the fall, and Does with young are not hunted. I don't know of anyone who hunts Island deer as they are too small.
4:15-4:16 King? Close. Proud dad right there
It is so wild watching someone watch this for the first time. I’ve known the plot since before i can remember, since before i was old enough for the death to make me sad.
I love these women, their hearts are so child-like.
Fun Fact: In the book Bambi and Faline are cousins.
12:55 “flower is a guy?” Lol 😂🤣😂🤣😂🤣
I think people forgot where food comes from🤣
“That’s not a flower!” 😄🌸🐰
Hunting season is in November. Even as far south as Arkansas it is possible there is snow on the ground in November even though it is still Fall. This is very true for 1942. When I was in high school in the late 1960s and early 1970s it snowed every October and November. It rarely accumulated in October, but frequently in November. My senior year homecoming was delayed by 2 inches of snow on the ground in the middle of October.
This movie was created by the Pioneers of Animation by creating techniques still being used by today's creators. With the creators, there were also Pioneers of voicing this movie too
I think movies like this make us all dislike hunting, however, ya gotta remember it’s a movie and animals don’t talk or think this way. Lol I hunt myself and there are certain rules to hunting responsibly and morally. Some of those rules include not killing something unless you intend to eat it and use it! Another rule is you don’t shoot a baby of anything or a mother with her babies. Does need to be thinned out or they outnumber the bucks in the herd by too much. Trust me when I say, there’s no shortage of deer where I come from. And you get fined a big amount if you are caught poaching, hunting out of season or where you’re not allowed to hunt. There are certain parks that are safe for animals that protect them year round. There has to be predators that keep the balance of the herds or they will overrun the forest. It’s all in how you do it though. Some ppl just hunt for horns or trophies which I don’t agree with at all.
Thank you for putting this here, you pretty much said everything I was going to say.
Hunting can actually be important to conservation in many ways when done legally and responsibly. Many areas don't have a good balance of natural predators, so humans need to fill that role carefully.
Ah, the first traumatic movie in my life. Still remember that breakdown like it was yesterday, and I was maybe five. I’m 43 now.
I am a hunter, and I do not shoot a doe with a fawn with spots.
Old disney are so good.
I just looked it up and to answer Michelle's question, in the Meadow usually garter snake and foxes are the predators that live there.
Yes but fox doesn’t eat deer
This was my favorite movie when I was little! Still love it to pieces!
As an adult now, I hunt deer. But I don't like to kill does. NO hunter who knows better would EVER shoot a doe with a fawn! That is downright cruel! Sadly, some hunters don't care about ethics and Bambi looking for his mom still makes me cry. I hunt because we need the meat, and if we didn’t, the deer would get overpopulated and the fawns would starve with nothing to eat.
We have two spotted fawns in our backwoods right now, and they are SOOO cute!!!☺️
I hope these two realize that bucks fight each other, sometimes even to the death.
The amount of respect and deciation in the creation of this cartoon filled with life and wisdom back in the 1942 is unmatched nowadays.
Chandler: "yes, i was very sad when they stopped DRAWING THE DEER"
So, you all should read the source novella _Bambi, a Life in the Woods._ Number one, human hunters used to, and still do, hunt for sport. And setting forest fires to drive the animals out of the woods was a not uncommon practice.
Second, one of the themes in the book is about the relationship between the animals and man. First of all, the animals in the book believe men are like gods. They almost never see them in person and do not believe they can die. And also, the animals who are domesticated by man meet with bad endings.
One is a deer that is cared for by a good human, but not knowing that men are dangerous, he approaches hunters unwittingly and is shot dead. Another is a hunting dog that is confronted by the animals in the forest who pleads to the animals in the woods that man feeds and nurtures the dogs, but the animals shout at the dog for its ignorance of what men do to the animals of the forest.
When I was 5/6 I knew about Disney's Bambi and read the full story in a book of Disney stories. I remember the book said,"Based on the novel by Felix Salten." At age 11, I read the book(and Dad took us all to the movie about that time). At age 12 I read the slightly disappointing sequel by Salten;"Bambis's Children." I wonder how many people learn the original stories behind Disney movies?