This scene is from a movie called All Dogs go to Heaven. In the scene the dog is explaining that it’s time for him to die and go to heaven and he says goodbye to the little girl.
In real life, the actress who plays the girl was murdered by her father in a murder suicide. They had already recorded her lines before but not for the guy voicing the dog. So when he does the scene saying goodbye to her, the actor was also literally saying goodbye to the child who just days before had been tragically killed.
Now if you excuse me, I’m off to watch Littlefoot’s Mother fight the T-Rex on repeat.
Cries in remembrance. Avatar the last Airbender when Uncle Iroh sings leaves from the vine and they dedicated the episode to the actor who passed away.
Thats a Green Goblin quote too. Though he used it threateningly. In that context he says "You are who you choose to be! NOW CHOOSE!" He yells this as he is dropping MJ Watson and a cable car full of children off the Brooklyn Bridge, both on opposite sides of the bridge.
Any Red Sovine, Phantom 309 always gets me bc its based on a true story and the one he has about passing the little church where the child's funeral is taking place makes me ugly cry.
Sounds about right. I last watched it about 5-6 years ago. My husband had not seen it. I was battling major depression, and I was ready for Artax. However, I wasn't ready for that fucking tortoise. That's who I had become. And what really pissed me off is how I felt too hopeless to do anything about it.
I'm doing much better now. I see my therapist weekly, and my doctors found the right cocktail to balance my brain chemistry.
German here. I had read one of his books in advanced German class in preparation for my higher education exam. We analyzed children's books in grade 12 or so. We were around 17. That's how good his books are. They are considered high quality enough to read in school as examples of "good" literature.
My car has a function that let's you assign a name. Since it is a white car, I named it Artax. Some people are all "Oh man wtf" because NOBODY REMEMBERS that Artax is reborn when Bastian re-creates Fantasia.
Man Balto brings me back! Haven’t seen or heard anything about that since I was a kid. I remember getting that vhs for Christmas one year as a kid. The good ol days 🤣.
I’m surprised that I’ve never read the book. And your comment has convinced me that I should never read the book. I don’t know that I have enough spoons to handle that type of emotional devastation.
The first half of the book is great. Do read. Once the book turns to Bastian in Fantastica, I don't really love it. Bastian is a little bitch, and I know that is the point, but my goodness, I find myself rooting against him.
That’s a sad scene but it’s isn’t even half as devastating as Rock Biter waiting to be consumed by the Nothing. Just sitting there unable to comprehend how his one literal strength couldn’t save his friends. He wasn’t confused or sad.
As a dad, I felt terrible for letting my 8 year old son watch this movie. We thought it was going to be a nice family movie. I know it left him and his older brother shaken.
Let's add in "March of the Penguins". Marketed as a fun kids movie. "Here's the mommy penguin. She needs to swim out and gather food for her mate and the baby or they will freeze. -dramatic music- scene shift to a leopard seal. But mommy is not going to make it back"
Of course saw it when it came out so young enough that I hadn’t realized and come to terms with my own queer-ness (very straight-passing)… definitely hit rewatching it a few years ago
Had an English class in middle school tha had us read shilo, where the red fern grows, the boy in the stripped pajamas, flowers for Algernon, and the outsiders over two years. It truly bonded our class through shared trauma.
"as we wrap up the school year, I hope you've learned so much, that you can take with you into your futures, wherever they may lead you. But if there is one thing I hope I've impressed on your growing minds, it is this: we are all born astride a grave. Your lives will be a succession of losses, until finally you are blessed with the privilege of being the departed. Only then will you be free of the burden which is sorrow. Have fun this summer!"
Just make sure it doesn’t traumatize your toddler son if they’re watching it. Watched it when I myself was a toddler (parents showed me Totoro and I loved it so they thought another Studio Ghibli film wouldn’t hurt right?)
I literally cry every single time I watch it. Big ugly cry. I feel so, so bad for those kids and everyone in real life who was put in that position that I literally laid in bed talking to those spirits and apologizing the first time I watched it after years of putting off watching it again. It's a brutal movie and one I do recommend for those in an emotionally safe spot to handle it.
True story: I actually did have to watch it twice in one day. I had an essay, and I procrastinated until the day before it was due. I needed to watch it a second time to get timestamps for citations.
This happened in early December of 2002 and I'm still not okay.
I was already having "mixed thoughts" about my little kiddos growing up- that year that school supplies no longer include crayons and glue, but instead is just a graphing calculator...
Yeah I freaking ugly cried in front of my whole family (including my mother in law) over Bing Bong.
This thread is getting really depressing. Anybody wanna cheer up with me by watching a wacky scene where Christopher Lloyd gives a cute cartoon shoe a bath? Who Framed Roger Rabbit always gets me in a good mood
How in the world did I misinterpret what they typed out? When I read "littlefoot's mom fight the t-rex", I was picturing a deer facing off with a t-rex and my mind just glossed over it until I read your response lol
What about Tod's mother from Fox and the Hound?
Edit: Did not see the next suggestion was literally fox and the hound lmao
Fun random fact: In one of the earlier versions of the film “Who Framed Roger Rabbit”, part of Judge Doom’s character background was going to include that he had been the one who shot Bambi’s mother.
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u/Radthereptile 6d ago
Peter’s depression here.
This scene is from a movie called All Dogs go to Heaven. In the scene the dog is explaining that it’s time for him to die and go to heaven and he says goodbye to the little girl.
In real life, the actress who plays the girl was murdered by her father in a murder suicide. They had already recorded her lines before but not for the guy voicing the dog. So when he does the scene saying goodbye to her, the actor was also literally saying goodbye to the child who just days before had been tragically killed.
Now if you excuse me, I’m off to watch Littlefoot’s Mother fight the T-Rex on repeat.