This is some bullshit right here

[meganew]

My grandparents gave Ollie The Land Before Time because apparently they hate us and of course he found it and was all "I WATCH DINOSAURS!!!"

You guys, it is so fucking sad! The mom, him seeing his shadow and thinking it's her, carting that tree star around- whhhyyyy??? This is a kids movie! Why would they make a kids movie so ridiculously depressing?!

Of course this was also my favorite movie growing up, which makes sense considering my favorite children's book was The Little Matchstick Girl : /

[meganew]

Oh, and of course every time he hears his moms voice or sees her in the cloud my little kid turns around and says "Where his mommy go?" And it breaks my fucking heart.

Fuck you, movie makers.

[Deleted]

Well you were quite the macabre child.

[meganew]

Feb 26, 2014 20:54:22 GMT -5 11d said:

The first time I read The Little Matchstick Girl, I was working at a recreation centre and was helping build a library for the preschool. I kept going back over to the manager and asking why the fuck that was appropriate for preschool and daycare ages. I was BAWLING.

They laughed at me and said there was good lessons in there. WHERE? TELL ME WHERE?

Don't be poor? I don't know man. I just remember reading it and then crying myself to sleep every night.

And now when it's my turn to pick the movie I always choose shit like Schindlers List or The Impossible. It ruined me.

[jaycee]

It is such a different experience watching these kids movies as an adult. Gah. So many are depressing. I'm thinking of Fivel singing "somewhere out there" and looking for his family.

[karinothing]

Feb 26, 2014 20:55:23 GMT -5 @booby said:

This is why I haven't watched a kids movie since I was 8. My mom took me to see the lady and the tramp and I had nightmares for months. I was really affected by it.

This sounds like I am joking but i'm not.

Oh, and when I was a tween, I went to see that movie 'the bear' and it killed me. Killed me. So, I refuse to watch movies about animals now too. (and now you will all understand why I dislike animals now - I can't take the heart break).

I think I saw this movie. Was there a scene where The Bear ate some hallucinogenic berries?

[meganew]

Feb 26, 2014 20:58:25 GMT -5 frkls said:

oh no. no no no. between LBT and dumbo...i swear

Oh I forgot about Dumbo.

I'm sending a banned movie list to the grandparents right now.

[teacup]

Oh, I won't watch Dumbo. Or Bambi. Fucking Disney.

[TrickyBob]

All Dogs go to Heaven is a terrible movie for children as well. That movie rips my heart out.

[Deleted]

I watched so much Disney when I was a kid. H didn't and keeps saying every Disney movie is either dark or really depressing. I'm finding it really hard to contradict him and wondering why these movies didn't seem to affect me this much as a kid.

My son's favorite movies at the moment: Finding Nemo, The Lion King, and All Dogs Go to Heaven.

[pinkpinot]

Feb 26, 2014 20:58:19 GMT -5 Que? said:

Feb 26, 2014 20:55:23 GMT -5 @booby said:

This is why I haven't watched a kids movie since I was 8. My mom took me to see the lady and the tramp and I had nightmares for months. I was really affected by it.

This sounds like I am joking but i'm not.

Oh, and when I was a tween, I went to see that movie 'the bear' and it killed me. Killed me. So, I refuse to watch movies about animals now too. (and now you will all understand why I dislike animals now - I can't take the heart break).

I hear you. I can watch Dexter no problem, Ice Age? Fuck no.

Seriously! I root for Dexter to murder people but fucking Free Willy brings me to tears when he's calling for his family while in captivity. So many feels.

[lilac05]

Ugh, I'm constantly amazed at how many kids' movies are sad. Even DS got sad/upset at Dumbo. "Mom! They are just not being nice. We don't talk to people like that!"

Bambi? Up? Yikes! Disney, knock it off!

Old kids' rhymes & songs, too! Rock-a-bye baby?? Come on, people!

[anlo]

LBT and Dumbo are the WORST.

[MrsPenny]

When I was a kid my step-grandma gave me Where the Red Fern Grows for my birthday. Still not over it.

[poppyseed]

I was obsessed with LBT as a kid. Made me cry every single time.

[W.T.Faulkner]

OMG I forgot all about that.

[spitforspat]

This stupid movie breaks my stupid heart.

[karinothing]

Feb 26, 2014 21:07:28 GMT -5 @booby said:

Feb 26, 2014 20:59:25 GMT -5 karinothing said:

I think I saw this movie. Was there a scene where The Bear ate some hallucinogenic berries?

I think so. It was some filmmaker who documented a bear's life from afar for years. It was boring bc there was no dialogue (like the wolf movie from years later) but it was really sad at some point. Too sad for me, I guess.

Hmm. Yeah, I remember that. I was looking it up - www.imdb.com/title/tt0095800/ and it is weird becuase I don't remember the plot line that wiki has at all, but I can't imagine there were two bear movies? But I guess it has been a long time since i saw it. It was sad though.

[agnes]

I LOVED Land Before Time when I was kid. I haven't watched it as an adult, though.

I still have my stuffed animal Little Foot. I let my nieces play with it when they come over. My dog growing up chewed off his ears.

[UMaineTeach]

hate that movie, hated it when  I first saw it and still remember being annoyed when I had to watch it again in 2nd grade.

[Deleted]

Feb 26, 2014 20:53:19 GMT -5 meganew said:

Oh, and of course every time he hears his moms voice or sees her in the cloud my little kid turns around and says "Where his mommy go?" And it breaks my fucking heart.

Fuck you, movie makers.

Yeah. I ducking hate that movie.

[BaliHai]

Feb 26, 2014 21:15:11 GMT -5 anlo said:

LBT and Dumbo are the WORST.

I'm gonna have to toss The Fox and The Hound onto this pile, as well.

[dramallama]

All Dogs Go to Heaven.

LBT makes me sob, too.

[shostakovich]

Fact: I have not seen all of Land Before Time, because I couldn't get through the first twenty minutes or whatever before absolutely sobbing, so my mom would just turn it off.

Dumbo nearly destroyed me as a child.

[elleblue]

Feb 26, 2014 21:02:04 GMT -5 teacup said:

Oh, I won't watch Dumbo. Or Bambi. Fucking Disney.

Yeah Disney kids movies are what I call the Cavalcade of Matricide. No mothers are safe. 

But really, if you think about it for a moment, it makes sense as to why that's a commonly used plot device. Basically it's reflecting how we as a society believe that the worst thing that can happen to a child, the most difficult obstacle they'll face, is losing their mother. 

[flex]

I went to see Bambi with my mom when I was 4. I clearly remember being absolutely traumatized when Bambi lost his mother and that was 50 years ago!! What was she thinking???

[Captain Serious]

Don't even get me started on how many kids' movies, especial from Disney, include a parent dying or loss of family. It never really stood out to me until we adopted.

[elleblue]

Feb 27, 2014 0:00:17 GMT -5 Captain Serious said:

Don't even get me started on how many kids' movies, especial from Disney, include a parent dying or lots of family. It never really stood out to me until we adopted.

[mandy0810]

Disney must have just been a cynical guy! Almost all of his movies has either no parents or one parent + evil stepparent. It's pretty depressing.

I liked the LBT. I disliked Sarah...a lot.

[Deleted]

Feb 26, 2014 23:39:38 GMT -5 @licia said:

You're all forgetting The Fox and the Hound.

Or as I like to call it "Fuck that movie."

When I was in HS my ap Chem teacher would have our sub play this movie. Every. Single. Time. She missed a lot of school due to blood disorders. I had ap Chem at 750am. It ruined my day to see FATH