Bambi

1942 "A great love story."
7.3| 1h10m| G| en| More Info
Released: 14 August 1942 Released
Producted By: Walt Disney Productions
Country: United States of America
Budget: 0
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Official Website: http://movies.disney.com/bambi
Synopsis

Bambi's tale unfolds from season to season as the young prince of the forest learns about life, love, and friends.

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Donnie Dunagan as Young Bambi (voice) (uncredited)
Peter Behn as Young Thumper (voice) (uncredited)
Cammie King as Young Faline (voice) (uncredited)

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lazycrazy-27606 First of all, the animation is gorgeous, it's really beautiful, everything is amazingly drawn. I'm not a fan of computer animation so i loved hand-drawn landmarks in this. The story is very simple. It's not really as sad as people say it is, i think it's because i never watched this as a child. Plot is almost non-existent, nothing really important happens, just slice of life i have to admit in the end i was really bored and i skipped a lot. This movie could easily be shorter. But i loved the ending. If you want an interesting, engaging movie - it's not. If you want a simple slice of life growing-up movie without nearly any plot - it is.
tomgillespie2002 When Snow White and the Seven Dwarfs was released back in 1937, Walt Disney proved not only that there was vast commercial potential in animation, but that it was also a credible art-form. Disney, the great innovator, toyed with surrealism in Pinocchio and created a sublime blend of music, dance and visual splendour in Fantasia, both released in 1940. With Bambi, Disney observed the quiet balance of the natural world and the troubling emergence of man. While it may contain an ensemble of cutesy talking animals with kids' voices and scenes that will have you saying "awww!" out loud, Bambi is pretty heavy stuff at times.We begin with the birth of a young prince, the wide-eyed, white- tailed deer Bambi (Donnie Dunagan), and while this opening may ring a bell with anyone who has seen The Lion King (1994) - which is everybody - Bambi is not near-mythical royalty with a destiny laid out for him. He is viewed with extreme curiosity by the other woodland animals, including enthusiastic young rabbit Thumper (Peter Behn), and they giggle as they watch the awkward deer try to stand up. As his protective mother teaches him of the dangers of the forest, his new friends teach him how to leap over fallen trees and ice-skate. Bambi doesn't so much have a plot with a beginning, a middle and an end. Instead, it's simply a portrayal of life, and the discovery, learning and danger we all come to face.The seasons change along with the film's tone and Bambi's increasing maturity, and the colder it gets, the closer you get to that scene. A few near-misses practically confirm that the doting mother isn't going to be around for long, but the moment still packs a punch even on repeat viewings. Brutally, the incident happens off-camera, and Bambi is informed of her death matter-of-factly by his stoic father. It's an incredibly brave and creative approach, and one that deals with the harshness of real life with incredible maturity. It also sums up Bambi perfectly - observational, unpatronising and thoughtful - but it will certainly warm your heart as well. Disney is frequently criticised for sugar-coating and over-simplifying our world, but I would point anyone in the direction of the corporation's earlier works, particularly Bambi, for elevating animation to a cinematic art-form.
SnoopyStyle Bambi is a newborn deer heralded as the Young Prince by the other animals of the forest. He is befriended by precocious young rabbit Thumper. Together and with Bambi's mother, he explores the forest. As winter descends, Bambi and his mother survives on bark. Then a hunter kills his mother. He learns to be like his father, the leader. They survive wolves and fires accidentally set by campers. In the end, it is the circle of life.This is a real Disney classic for the youngest kids. Thumper is adorable and Bambi is cute. The music score is brilliantly set to the movie. It also has some tough life obstacles told with respect that can be absorbed by the little one. The old fashion animation is beautiful. This is one of the best.
Adam Peters (68%) One of Disney's better remembered early classics plays very much a similar note to one of their more recent classics "The lion king", as the circle of life is the overriding theme here. Although this is much more of a simple plotted watch in which tells its basic, yet captivating tale of nature against the odds placed by man. Some have tamely attacked the negative depiction of man as being too simplistic, too black and white; but the fact remains this is very much taken from the view of a wild deer so how else exactly can man be shown as anything other than a cold killer with a smoking gun is hard to imagine. This isn't one of my top pick Disney outings as I favour their more light-heated features, but I will admit that the animation is fantastic and it has aged very well over the decades becoming more than a little bit timeless.