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Bambi (Disney Special Platinum Edition)
List Price: $29.99 Our Price: $19.49
DVD - 01 March, 2005
Buena Vista Home Vid
G (General Audience)
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Director: David Hand
Number of Media: 2
Features: - Animated
- Color
- Closed-captioned
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| DVD Description It always comes up when people are comparing their most traumatic movie experiences: "the death of Bambi's mother," a recollection that can bring a shudder to even the most jaded filmgoer. That primal separation (which is no less stunning for happening off-screen) is the centerpiece of Bambi, Walt Disney's 1942 animated classic, but it is by no means the only bold stroke in the film. In its swift but somehow leisurely 69 minutes, Bambi covers a year in the life of a young deer. But in a bigger way, it measures the life cycle itself, from birth to adulthood, from childhood's freedom to grown-up responsibility. All of this is rendered in cheeky, fleet-footed style--the movie doesn't lecture, or make you feel you're being fed something that's good for you. The animation is miraculous, a lush forest in which nature is a constantly unfolding miracle (even in a spectacular fire, or those dark moments when "man was in the forest"). There are probably easier animals to draw than a young deer, and the Disney animators set themselves a challenge with Bambi's wobbly glide across an ice-covered lake, his spindly legs akimbo; but the sequence is effortless and charming. If Bambi himself is just a bit dull--such is the fate of an Everydeer--his rabbit sidekick Thumper and a skunk named Flower more than make up for it. Many of the early Disney features have their share of lyrical moments and universal truths, but Bambi is so simple, so pure, it's almost transparent. You might borrow a phrase from Thumper and say it's downright twitterpated. --Robert Horton |
| Reviews from Customers
Animal Forest Adapted from the story by Felix Salten by Walt Disney for America and the world of 1942. It opens on a gray murky world that soon changes to bright colors. Small furry animals appear, without any cares of concerns. What an idyllic world! How different from the events in front of the screen. This colorful land has only happy times. There is no unemployment, poverty, or hunger. The April showers are followed by the sun's warmth.
Bambi soon learns that there are places that are not safe, like the meadow (no mention of the danger). The scenes of the animal movements show artistic excellence; they must have cost a fortune. A flight of crows signal an alarm, and the deer flee into the forest. The danger is "man in the forest". [Isn't this just brainwashing young children?]
The snows of winter arrive. More scenes of animal movements pad out this story. The tough times show the deer stripping bark from the trees; the deer are hungry. Shots ring out, and Bambi's mother is gone. Spring brings singing birds in preparation for the summer. Bambi has grown antlers, and has matured. He battles and wins his mate. But men have come into the land, and there is danger. A pack of hounds chase poor Feleen. Bambi arrives to save her, and they escape. But a shot hits Bambi, and he falls. Fire spreads from the camp into the forest, destroying their habitat. Most of the animals escape to an island in the lake. Bambi is reunited with Feleen, and twins are born.
The excellent draftsmanship doesn't mask a weak storyline. I saw this as a child over 60 years ago, but remember little. This story was designed to be anti-hunting, and anti-human. Is such a perverse film fit for children? The depiction of those dangerous dogs may disturb some pet owners. What does this say about Walt Disney?
I miss the old disney do you think walt disney shoud come back? I do now disney went from disney to teen disney.they made up somting called ''zoog disney''.it's a bunch of teeny bops with love problems like that's so raven.you can hardy tell it's disney.and american dragon jake long is so....I don't know. trixi's words like when she talksI can't tell what shes saying. and spud? what kind of name is that?.the animals on the shows talk like brandy and mr. wishkers.brandy acts like a snob .it is bad childern.they are useing words like tottlay,she ya,boo ya,any hoo.what does that mean? I think zoog disney can move it's ass to abc famliy and walt disney is back.
Really - some people have got some nerve! I can take it when someone says that the movie 'Bambi' is boring and so on, but I can NOT take it when that person goes as far as to accuse parents who show it to kids of bad parenting, and so on. Apparently, some people have some problem against being sad when an animal dies. It's retarded for a kid to cry when a mother deer dies? Please... Me? I just don't like this movie. Anyways, the DVD sucks, but if you like it, you can get it. |
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