#Thumper bambi 1942 movie

It’s hilarious, because as Owl is explaining it, it does seem like the worst thing in the entire world. I don’t know about all of you, but I think I was introduced to the whole idea of love through Twitter-pating. I do want to talk about one other thing, and that’s the whole thing that happens when they’re grown up.

It adds to the mystery that surrounds his father, and I kinda like it.

At the same time, I understand why they didn’t. There were apparently parts in the book that had Bambi with his father.

I almost wish that we had seen a few scenes of him with his father growing up (yes, I know there’s a mid-quel… but I doubt it’s good nor I doubt it follows the original source material…). He’s something to be reckoned with, and everyone knows it. He’s the oldest deer in the forest, so they call him the “great prince of the forest.” I love that Bambi is his ONLY offspring (because seriously, with a rack (antlers) like he has, he should be siring ALL the babies – sorry, I am a biology person). I know he’s barely there and barely says two words the entire movie, but I LOVE that he’s just sort of this enigma. It’s sad and all, but emotionally scarring? not really… Mufasa was much worse. I can understand how it would affect a lot of people, but I dunno, I always had a sort of “Chandler Bing” reaction to it (Yes, it was all very sad when they stopped Drawing the deer…)(yes, I’m a giant Friends fan…). That scene is synonymous with horrible death scene in our culture and with scarring your childhood. Is it scarring for children? uh… i really don’t think so. This is part of the reason it is so sad when she is eventually shot by the hunter. She’s patient and teaches him the important things in life that he must know. She loves her son, and she’s always there to keep him safe and answer his questions.

#Thumper bambi 1942 movie

I think Disney was trying to change people’s minds about skunks.īambi’s mother is possibly the best mother in all of Disney – dom (probably partially because she’s one of the few mothers that’s actually IN a disney movie that we get to sort of know…). We don’t get to know him much, but he’s adorable. We also have a skunk named Flower, and he’s just… sweet. Sometimes he wants to eat the flower on the clover first. Sometimes he says things that aren’t nice. But at the same time he’s super innocent too. He has a good heart, likes to have fun, but is a bit of a troublemaker. Thumper, on the other hand, almost is the kid we all knew. He’s shy and naive, and almost represents the innocence of childhood and the innocence that is in all of us. More people seem to remember Thumper than Bambi, and it’s with good reason. Like Dumbo, I really feel like there could have been more character development, or more personality given to Bambi. It reminds us that there is beauty in EVERYTHING. In a time and age where technology reigns and people are so rushed, I believe this movie becomes even more important. Things that we overlook are painted in such beauty that we can’t help but be mesmerized. This movies takes its time to show you the beauty of a leaf falling to the ground, or something so simple as a spring storm. The backgrounds of the forest are beautifully painted. Having never read the book, I believe this movie does it justice. The book was touted as the first environmental novel published. It puts the humanity into common animals. He gives us a glimpse into our own childhood, and what nature can do for our curiosity. But what Disney does in the process is gives us a glimpse not only into the beauty of the forest, but the beauty of discovery. It gives us a glimpse into something so simple: the life of a simple deer in the forest. That is part of the charm, and part of the reason I think people really love this movie. We follow him through childhood as he learns about the forest, through hardships as he loses his mother, and into adulthood as he finds a mate and deals with the great villain that is “man.” While this is a kids movie, it can be argued that, like Fantasia, this is one of Walt’s more dramatic masterpieces, suitable and understood more by adults than children.īased on the book Bambi: a Life in the Woods by Austrian author Felix Salten, It, like the movie, follows the life of a white-tailed deer named Bambi, starting with his birth in the forest. The rest of it, until I was an adult, I found myself falling asleep during. mostly they were the parts with Thumper, because he’s awesome. Like Dumbo, there are only certain parts that I remembered as a kid. When I was a kid, watching this movie was like torture.