Watching The Fox and the Hound (1981) FOR THE FIRST TIME!! || Movie Reaction!
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Back when children's movies used to be ✨traumatizing✨
Now we need some Pinocchio up in here 😂
Back when being a kid was supposed to prepare one for _life._
Not everyone gets a ribbon. And it's up to us to make our own _happily ever after._
••✺●✺••
Watership down and All dogs go to heaven.
That's all I have to add.
This movie is so amazing and funny
Not hardly but it was bittersweet😭😭
To this day I cannot watch that scene where the lady leaves todd in the woods, without bawling my eyes out. The poem about how she needed him as much as he needed her, because she was lonely. Its such a sacrifice for her, and hes so scared and doesn't understand and probably thinks he did something wrong. Its just heart breaking.
Great comment. That scene is as beautiful as it is traumatizing.
My mother love this movie and I watched it with all The time as a kid and she would always cry so much at that scene where she leaves him in The Woods. I found this movie online last year and watched it with her again for the first time in 12 years and she still cried like a Child 😂 i loved it and joined it lol
I watched this while pregnant, husband found me bawling in bed.
The saddest thing about it is because Todd doesn't understand why she's leaving him there.
Yeah it’s an amazing scene I cry each time too
People are always going on with Bambi's mom. For me, it was the Fox and the Hound that broke me. And it makes me cry even today, so I feel with you. Yes, especially the scene were they seperate. I still find it worse than Lion King. In Lion King Mufasa is dead, that's it, but here? They know the other is still alive and they still can't see each other again. And they can only hope the other is doing well.
Yep, I love this movie but avoid watching it because it's hard to watch. The green mile same thing, watched it once broke my heart.
Yes the ending is what got me, everything else didn’t phase me. Such a powerful ending.
Yeah, I hadn't seen this movie in like... at least 25 years and I still teared up at the "dropping Tod off at the preserve" bit like I always did.
The amount of loss in this film is tangible. Many people can experiences these forms of loss in some way, whereas the murder or Mufasa or Bamibi’s mom may not be all that common. The Fox and the Hound always makes me cry without a doubt. Have a great day :)
That scene and "Baby Mine" from Dumbo make me cry every time.
"Watching fox and the hound for the first time"
My reaction: poor guy, he's got no idea what's on the way
The poor lad had no idea one of the saddest moments in movie history was on the horizon
Ikr
He really had no idea.
At least it has a better ending than the book! 🥺🥺🥺 the book is…worse actually! 😔😔
is that not the truth?!? ☹️
As a kid I hated this ending with them not being together as friends but now as an adult I get it. Life is about moving on and while things won't always be like when you were young with friends playing and hanging out all the time you can still remain friends even if you only see each other in the occasional passing
Compared to the original story, it's practically a Teletubbies episode.
(Original story has Vixie and Tod's kids die of smoke inhalation by Slade, Chief killed by the train, Copper chasing Tod until the fox dies of exhaustion and then Slade, when he's old and has to go to a retirement home, putting Copper down by shooting him in the head(they didn't allow animals and Copper was sickly after chasing Tod). Fun bedtime story, right?
@@phousefilms Not even just Todd and Vixen's kids. See, he tries again with another female fox after losing Vixen. And Slade also kills all of *them* too.
He doesn't try again after that, and pretty much lives out what's left of his life alone and miserable in a world that is turning increasingly more hostile and unfamiliar thanks to modernization. All that remains from the life he used to know is getting chased by Slade and Copper, and because of that it becomes something he oddly looks forward to.
As a kid, I assumed my sisters and I were outliers for not catching up with our old friends from our previous schools. It's only when I got older that I realised we were perfectly normal.
Reminds me of the Winter Hymnal:
I was following the pack
All swallowed in their coats
With scarves of red tied round their throats
To keep their little heads
From falling in the snow
Then I turned round and there you'd go
And Michael you would fall
And turn the white snow red
As strawberries in the summertime
@@ARCtheCartoonMasterI know a lot of people who kept in touch with their friends from middle and high school …. I guess both experiences are common
Poor mama fox
every one remebers bambis mother but not this hero..
she literally saved her sons life
Mama Fox's death reminds me of Po's mom..
So did bambi's mom? Literally took a bullet for him.
@@prixe12 yeah? I literally said everyone remembers her 🙄
can you not read
They remember her "sacrifice and how she saved him"
but this momma actually hid her son then she went back in the open to lead them away from him.
Bambi was in front of his mother, that's was she was shot instead of him simple as that
@@Thebeezzkneezz. Since foxes are normally monogamous, it’s also likely that Tod’s dad likely sacrificed himself by giving his mate enough time to escape. Plus, since foxes never have just one kit, it’s likely Tod was the only survivor of the litter.
A great thing to emulate, the sacrifice...Now that's character. She didn't even have a single line, but her actions spoke louder than any disney original film in the last 10 years ever did. (Yes I'm including Zootopia, I'm not that biased)
One of the most depressing Disney movies ever. Everyone talks about Kurt Russell being in this movie, but I love that the woodpecker's voice is Tigger
And the porcupines voice is piglet!!
And young Copper is Corey Feldman.
and Amos Slade is Grandpa Joe from Willy Wonka
And the book is even more depressing
@@EvripidouM yep
"-we'll always be friends forever, won't we?
-Yeah forever" hit different when you are an adult already
Like Big Mama said, "Forever is a long long time, and time has a way of changing things."
You know, for the longest time, that bear was the scariest Disney villain for me.
I like your profile picture
Ikr?!? That monstrosity was the Bear of Hell, or something.
Yessssss!
That bear and that fucking pike from Sword in the Stone, man. Haunting my goddamn memories.
@@KazumiKuwabara oh my god I forgot about the pike you've awoken old memories 😂
That song, "Goodbye May Seem Forever", is the perfect song for saying goodbye to a beloved animal.
shit that song itself still makes me cry. =| FUCK YOU FOX N' THE HOUND YOU GAVE ME MUSIC-PTSD
@@TheSylvirr I have never listened to that song without crying...
Even reading that title makes me wanna cry bc I can hear THE GOD DAM SONG IN MY HEAD
I listened to that song a lot and cried after I lost my cat and then later my childhood dog. It helped me get my feelings out. I tear up everytime I listen to it.
Thats why it makes me cry I think back to my furbabies that have past 💔
Gotta say, in addition to you just being so emotionally invested in these films, the diversity of films you are reacting to is also making you stand out. Love it!!
The part at the end where you hear their younger voices promise to be friends forever made me bawl like a baby . My God it ended up being bittersweet
I always cry at the ending
This was the first movie to make me cry as a kid and it still make me tear up now as a 23 year old I would honestly love for more reactors to watch this movie because its so great.
Same here. I think I was around 4 or 5 when I first watched this movie and it was the first movie to ever make me cry. i'm almost 17 now and it still gets me every time
I’m 23 I love this movie so much
Same I was like 7 or 8 I was crying so much and I’m 21 now but I’m scared to watch it again cuz I don’t wanna feel that pain 😂
Absolutely! Fox and the Hound was always one of my favorites so, I must have seen it 100 times growing up. Still gets me every single time! 😭Dang it hurts but, it's so good!
Same, I saw it when I was about 7 as well and I'm 37 now.
Sees the notification: "Oh no"
This is one of those coming-of-age Disney movies that starts very lighthearted and cutesy but then sucker-punches you with harsh realities later on. It’s uncomfortably relatable once you grow up and revisit it. 😂 But also inspiring when you have something uphold from childhood innocence like Copper protecting his friend at the end. ❤️❤️ We all have something to learn from our younger selves.
It's a lot like Bambi in that regard.
starts light hearted and cutesy? not that first scene!
I don't know if anyone else felt the same pain from this movie that mentally you vowed never to watch it fully yourself again. Sigh..... i just can't take that separation again.
Yep, I haven't watched it in decades because I know it'll kill me.
Yes absolutely. 1000%. I’m glad he watched it tho, and I’m glad I saw this vid bc it really is an amazing movie. It just so fricken sad
As a kid I vowed to never watch this movie again because i only remembered the trauma. So glad you watched this because now I know there was a somewhat happy ending. 👏🏾
Same
yo bro same i never watched it again after the first time and i always remembered it as having a bad ending
I learned this week Fox & the Hound movie was based off of a book, in the book Chief legit dies after the train/fall on the rocks then triggering Copper into revenge mode.
Do you know what trauma is?
Just seeing the title I knew we would all be crying with you in the comments
This one still gets me right in the feels.
Yuuuuuup!
"The Fox And The Hound" deserves to be one of the best animated films of the 1980s. It also shows life lessons and values.
Well since you're venturing into the realm of childhood trauma, you have to watch "The Land Before Time" as well. It's not Disney, but it's amazing. You should consider "An American Tale" also.
I love American Tale!
It may not be Disney, but it's Don Bluth... Don Bluth films are always good.
My god, The Land Before Time. Netflix just added it
@@wizardofarts1276 I remember having it on VHS with the Pizza Hut commercial intro. Memories!
Aw he should the American tale is adorable. “Somewhere out there🎶
"Goodbye may seem forever" I can't listen to that without crying 😢💔
First Disney film I ever watched, made me sad as a 2 year old, and still makes me sad nearly 2 decades later.
it's been forty years for me and I still cry every time. I remember hiding behind the couch and sobbing silently while my mother started to panic, because she couldn't find me. It's one of my oldest memories.
This is such a tear-jerker, the scene where she leave Tod in the wood always makes me cry.
The original story is even more messed up, if you're interested Jon Solo have made a video on its messed up origin where he break down the movie compared to the book
Will definitely check it out!
I love Jon Solo and so glad you mentioned him! I can sorta picture these two making a collar but they are such polar opposites I almost can’t 😂
I hate to say it, since she was trying to save his life, but if it wasn't a Disney movie, what she did would be criminally negligent. Tod had no concept of how to survive on his own and probably would not have lasted more than a couple days to a week before either starving to death or getting picked off by a bigger predator. That's why people shouldn't have wild animals as pets (yes I know she saved his life, but this is a Disney movie not real life), because eventually you won't be able to take care of them and they can't survive on their own.
A lot of people don’t know this but this Disney movie was actually based on a novel of the same name by Daniel P. Mannix that was first published in 1967. In preparation for writing the novel the author actually studied foxes up close in wild as well as ones that had already been tamed and even thoroughly researched a wide variety of hunting techniques and studied the ways hounds hunt and track foxes in order to go the extra mile for authenticity, seeking to ensure his characters acted as realistically as possible. Little did he know that by 1981 his novel would go on to be adapted into one of the greatest Disney animated cult classics of all time.
On a sidenote, Mannix’s 1958 book “Those About To Die” would later be adapted into the popular Ridley Scott film Gladiator in the year 2000. The book was re-printed as The Way Of The Gladiator in 2001 to tie more closely to the Ridley Scott adaptation.
Hate to see you crying, but damn if you crying isn’t the cutest thing ever. This movie was one of my childhood favs, along with Lady and The Tramp, and 101 Dalmatians. I guess I was a dog person at a young age.
Was this just a way to let people know you like cats.
Jk
@@businessgoose8931 XD
The ending makes me cry after I saw this. Older Todd is voiced by Mickey Rooney and Kurt Russell voiced older Copper.
And corey feldman voiced young tod :)
@@jacobswinson2429 Feldman voiced young Copper, not Tod. Young Tod was voiced by Keith Coogan, they're both still friends to this day :)
@@PeninsulaPaintings ah my mistake :)
That bear was the most terrifying animation I'd ever seen when I was little. Like even more than anything I'd seen in live action films.
Have you seen the bear in Balto? I think that one is even more terrifying. But Mordu from Brave takes the cake for me
Ikr? Scared the crap out of me.
Dude, I was crying right along with you. The music does me in when she lets him go.
Yes, me too. And then the voice over at the end from when they were young.
"We'll always be friends forever...won't we?" I got that on a t-shirt with a blurry picture of Todd and Copper playing together
😩😭😭😭 I'd cry eveytume I'd see it
@@sharpaycutie2 I got a bit teary when it was given to me
Brad Bird and Tim Burton were animators on this. This was the last work done by Don Bluth before he quit and left to start his own studio.
THE Tim Burton?!
@@kittycatmeowmeow963 The same. Google him :)
This was also the last feature worked on by the Nine Old Men, the legendary group of animators that had worked on every previous film since Snow White. What a legacy to leave behind.
This is one of my favorite Disney movies. But even at 36, I STILL cry during the scene where Widow Tweed has to say goodbye to Todd and leave him in the forest. Its just so heartbreaking. It IS nice to see an older Disney movie getting some love though. Do you plan on doing any more of the Disney classics? If so, I would love to see your reactions.
Yep I plan on doing a lot more of them haha.
Gotta do The Sword in the Stone, The Aristocats, Robin Hood, and Sleeping Beauty too.
I can never watch that scene where she releases Tod without getting a lump in my throat. If you've ever had to give up a pet, it's especially heart-wrenching.
I'm bawling my eyes out right now 😭
But also, I like how the porcupine is piglet, the Boomer is Tigger, Chief is the dog that says
"Aaam the leaaader, aaa sayyy when it's the eeeeend" **gets hit in the head by THE END sign** "it's the end"
in The Aristocats
And so much more 😂
Fun Fact: The voice actor that voices Boomer is the same voice actor that voices Tigger (Paul Winchell) and the voice actor that voices the porcupine is the same voice actor that voices Piglet (John Fiedler) from Winnie The Pooh movies. Another fun fact adult Copper is voiced by Kurt Russell.
You: "I'm assuming it's going to be about a fox and a hound"
Me: "..... Well you're not wrong"
This killed me as a kid...I still cry like a baby every time😭😭😭😭
Yo, this movie was one of my top favorites. Bruh I’m over here crying with you on the part where she leaves Todd in the Woods, I’m 17 and I still cry a tsunami of tears
Nick, you absolutely must react to The Secret of NIMH if you’ve never seen it. You will find it an incredible experience.
10000% this! One of my absolute favorites. It's dark, it's fun, and has amazing animation and music.
I have a super old, worn out VHS tape from my mom recording it for me when it was on TV when I was a kid😂 it was my absolute favourite.
@@victoriac4317 Since the film was before I was born, I would go to my grandma's, where she also had a recorded VHS of the film (that recordings of the BBC Chronicles of Narnia miniseries). I would watch it monthly, and it was a big deal when I finally got a DVD copy for myself.
NIMH is a must.
@@shawntucker7455 Yes yes A million times yes!!!
For years, all anyone would talk about as far as the "Saddest Disney Scene" was Simba's dad or Bambi's mom, but I'm certain that those people (myself included) were unconsciously repressing this one, because it is, imho, the _most heartbreaking and traumatizing moment_ in Disney animation history.
I have zero shame in admitting that I'm m a grown-ass adult now and I STILL can't sit through this scene without it f*ing me up. Urgh.
I love that your eyes show emotions
I love the old cartoons, where jazz was often a big part of the music. I think its good that kids learned abouth death and sadness back then. The harsh reality of life. It made it so much more rewarding when it ended on a happy note in the end :)
I'm a grown man with a full beard and that farewell scene will always leave me a sobbing mess.
It hits me way harder now that I'm adult with a full beard than it did back in the '90s when I didn't even know what body hair was. It doesn't help that I recently had to say farewell to my 10 years old cat that I loved dearly.
Theres never any shame in appreciating something great. Even if it's painful.
40 years later and I'm still crying at the same scenes. Hach....
OMG- I love this film. My dad stopped me watching as I would cry so much. Just tearing up thinking about it. I suspect you may get emotional. Can’t wait to watch this reaction.
My trust issues started with this movie her dropping Todd off made me cry for days, I also rescue dumped animals because of it!
"Goodbye may seem forever" is one of the saddest yet heartwarming song/movie scene in all of Disney. My mom loved this movie and made me love it as well. Every time I hear that song it brings tears yet joy to my soul.
This film came out at the time when Disney was going through changes. The old guard of animators who started under Walt were retiring and had trained the new era of animators like Andreas Deja, Glenn Keane, and Eric Goldberg and this film clearly shows it was done by two entirely different groups of people.
After this film was released to lukewarm reception Don Bluth would leave Disney and take a whole bunch of animators with him to start his own studio and would actually challenge Disney while also making great films like The Secret of NIMH, An American Tail, and Land Before Time.
land before time is a classic
@@bludgerabled When it comes to the three films by Bluth I mentioned it is the weakest of them to me, but it is stronger than All Dogs.
@@jamesmoyner7499 oh okay. To be fair I haven't seen the other two.
@@bludgerabled They are musts! NIMH is one of my all time favorite films!
@@jamesmoyner7499 Cool. I'll check em out when I have some time!
If you don't cry at the scene where Todd is dropped off in the woods you have no soul. It gets me every single time.
A direct hit to the heart
No one is gonna comment how irresponsible the old woman was releasing Tod into the wild? That poor fax was a house pet with no wilderness experience. He'd be safer on her property than out in the wild, even with the rabid hunter next door.
Yeeeeah, I can never quell that little voice telling me the same thing. 😆 All this sadness and IT DOESN’T HAVE TO BE THIS WAY.
Facts
I was actually looking for this exact comment, because I was thinking 🤔 the same thing he's never had to find food or shelter and yet she just dumps him off in the woods!
There's something I read on Internet : normally, the hunting is prohibited on the part of the food where she left Rox
@@a.g.demada5263 Maybe, but the bear, badger, and hedgehog weren't prohibited from hunting him.
"Goodbye may seem forever
Farewell is like the end
But in my hearts the memory
And there you'll always be"
🙁 That part hits me every time.
the fact he can cry on cam to this is the manliest thing ive seen in a while. Bravo to you sir!
It’s been over 15 years since I saw this, and I still cry like an infant
One of the most underrated Disney films.
The most sad and difficult to watch if I even see a picture of Todd I can’t
This was my favorite disney movie as a kid, and it still is. No matter how different they are, or how far apart their lives take them, they will always be friends forever. Yes, it's sad, but it's also exciting, courageous and heart warming.
This movie always makes me cry :( especially when Widow takes Tod back to the forest. The music, the tears, everything about it makes me cry :(
i havent seen this movie since i was very little i forgot how hard this movie pulls on your heart, its such a great film one of my favorite disney films
Almost 23 years old and I still cry so much over this movie
One of my fave Disney films ever. Back when Disney had heart and real life lessons. Kids are too sheltered nowadays and it shows when they are adults. They don’t live in reality.
The animation of that bear was MAGNIFICENT. It scared me as a kid and till this day. Thats art
Me: "Hah Im grown up now im not gonna cry from this movie"
Me by the end: *tears everywhere*
I love how this movie can teach kids about racism in a subtle way with Todd and Copper are supposed to hate each other by society standards.
I related to it from a gender/sexuality perspective as well. There was an innocence to Todd and Copper playing together as kids, then they grow up a bit and society tells them that that is wrong, and they're not meant to associate. Never saw it this way as a kid ofc, but growing up it really resonated with my bi experience and I saw it in a whole new light. Society really enjoys telling us what we can and can't do, and with whom.
For an older Disney movie, that's kind of surprising, but in a good way.
I just see it as nature lol, foxes and dogs rarely get along, even as puppies. Just like how cats chase mice
Hey everyone hope you enjoyed the reaction, and next up is V For Vendetta!
Where is the finale of Wandavison or am I crazy??
@@dalehirlehey4754 my camera footage actually got corrupted been trying to open it but it won’t work, so seems like I will do a discussion of the finale before Falcon And The Winter Soldier.
@@nickflix8657 sad to hear but thank you for the response and update. You should Dead Poet's Society a look someday if you haven't watched it before. Keep up the great work!
@@nickflix8657 Sorry to ask this, but when your list runs out, could you add. A Patch of Blue, Fantastic Planet and Gran Torino?
The whole forest scene- I was crying with you. Where she removes the collar and he tries to follow her... jeez! A very underrated film! One of the best!
25:45 The moment that Amos goes from a hunter to obsessively deranged poacher.
Nya, I know those kinds of people. There is a fine line between the two and it is surprising how quickly some people cross it. In Spain, hunters are the main motive for crimes against nature and human deaths in rural areas. They believe they are the owners of the forests, even those who are protected by law, and they fire indiscriminately every time they hear something move, without warning. Every year there are many deaths of families who were having a picnic in nature, ornithologists, photographers, people who were looking for mushrooms...
I remember a television report where they talked about it and that made me very angry. The groups of hunters basically excused themselves saying “They wouldn't have died if they hadn't entered the forest. We don't know why people would want to enter a forest if is not to kill something ".
That is why in some autonomous communities hunters are now prohibited and it's likely that the ban will soon spread throughout the country.
Oh gosh as soon as I saw the title I just KNEW you were gonna weep. It's ok, I still do to this very day like 20 years later. I love that you're giving classics a chance, the old Disney ones are the best.
You HAVE to check out The Prince of Egypt! Hands down the most beautiful animated movie ever made
Every time "Best of Friends" comes on, I fuckin bawl in tears.
The part where she drops him off drives me to tears every single time. Thanks! lol I tend to get extremely emotional over films like this though :) I'm glad you enjoyed it
There are 2 animated movies from this era, also feature animals, that are pure nightmare fuel for kids.. The Wind Willows and The Plague Dogs, both British films with amazing voice casts and both are soul crushing. And for possibly the saddest animated movie ever made (outside of Grave of the Fireflys), the Brits also graced us with When The Wind Blows.
this movie never fails to make me cry
I had this on VHS as a kid, I would watch this everyday. When Disney+ came out I watched it again after 10 years, I knew all the sounds, words and still cried
This was one of the few VHS tapes my grandma had when I was a kid so whenever she would babysit us we'd end up watching it at some point.
I still have to take a few minutes to cry when she says goodbye to todd. Its one of the few Disney movie moments that really gets me crying. So youre not alone, it makes alot of us cry.
I've recently found this channel and I'm loving it.
I saw this movie in 3rd grade in the mid 80's for getting all A's on my report card. It was a double feature with 101 Dalmatians. 2 of my favorite cartoon movies as a kid was besides those two movies are Sword and the Stone, and Pete's Dragon. I highly recommend watching those two if you have never seen them. Not the new Pete's Dragon, but the original.
I was not traumatized by Fox and the Hound, it was one of my favorite cartoon movies as a kid. Don Bluth is an awesome animator, you should check out all of his work.
Plan on checking out a lot more! And have already seen sword in the stone but not Pete’s Dragon so will add it to the list!
New follower here! Just wanted to say I loved crying along with you! The nostalgia is strong in this one!
In the original draft chief was supposed to die. They changed it part way through production. That's why he survive getting hit by a train and falling 50 feet with a busted leg. You can sort of tell in the scene where copper approaches chiefs body he sounds more distraught that chief is injured rather than happy hes alive. Chief also is completely still in the scene and makes no noise this is because the scene was already animated with his death in mind, and they went back and animated his eyes opening to show he was alive.
I kind of put that together when I first saw the film. It might have made more sense if they kept it that way, it’s not like the movie wasn’t already sad enough.
I had this movie as a kid. It didn't scar me at all, but yes I thought it was extremely sad. It's still one of my favorite Disney movies to this day.
This was one of my favorite movies as a kid, loved your reaction to it. Please do more animated movies!!
Plan on it!
Fun fact; Young Copper was voiced by Corey Feldman, who would go on to play Edgar Frog from The Lost Boys and Mouth from The Goonies. Older Copper was voiced by Kurt Russell.
The Fox and the Hound is tied with Moana in being my most favorite Disney movie ever. I've always loved it to pieces, especially bc it's so unconventional by Disney standards. I think the ending scene with Copper standing over Tod to stop Amos from shooting him to be so powerful, especially as the turning point is done with no dialogue, and no music. It's just such a quiet moment, especially after the action of the bear fight, and that's what makes it stand out to me. They just let the animation and expressions speak for itself, and it didn't dumb itself down for kids. I also think it just has a really mature, realistic, and bittersweet ending, and that's what I love about it. Tod and Copper didn't really get to have their cake and eat it too, Disney magic and love didn't conquer all, but they still came through for each other when it mattered. And I really love that there were no true villains in this. Antagonists, yes, but no one's just straight up evil. Amos is a bit hot-tempered and his anger gets the better of him, but he did genuinely believe that he was defending his chickens from a real threat, and imo, the love and bond he has with his dogs is true and strong, so you can totally understand why Copper was willing to risk his life fighting the bear for him. Chief and Copper's relationship is also strong, and I really get the family bond that Copper has with him and Amos. At the end of the day, everyone was flawed, and no one was really 100% in the right. The slow build of the beginning and the way it showcases the atmosphere of the movie is great. It's just super underrated imo, and I think more ppl need to give it a chance. If you like more somber and poignant movies, I think this one's great for that.
This movie is so depressing, and the slow old timey music makes it feel even sadder. They really got you with this movie.
im 3 min in and already dont know if i can handle watching this movie again
The saddest bit is that unlike other disney movies where the characters always just have a happy ending, here they clearly show despite how the dog protects todd, in the end its still clear they never have, and never will be the same friends as they used to be
The seperation scene in this movie gets me every time. One of the few disney movies that can make me cry.
Okay, is it cruel of me to kind of want to see Nick's reaction to "Watership Down" now?
That's nothing! Felidae is the ultimate trauma train! I never managed to finish the movie 😭
I love this movie so freaking much!!!! So glad you enjoyed it, too!
(I wish Disney would make more movies like this because nowadays they don't want to "offend anybody" and want to "include a lot of stuff", and I'm like, "Come on, guys, JUST MAKE A GOOD DISNEY MOVIE)
Just imagine that the voice actors of little tod and little copper became best friends forever until the day they died bc of their very special roles in the movie 🥺❤️
2:57 "You can actually pinpoint the moment his heart rips in two"
Cool reaction, Nick. Three things: 1. I liked this movie much more than I thought I would. 2. I thought you might be afraid of the butterfly because of that story you told us about you being scared at that butterfly room when you were a kid. 3. Your shorter hair cut looks awesome!!!
YES!! Thank you, I love this movie. The Lion King doesn't make me cry, but this movie makes me sobb. That scene in the forest, omg...
This is one of the most bittersweet, depressing films ever made. The whole film is pure art, and I find it ridiculous how underappreciated and unrrated it is among all the Disney animated films.
I literally cry everytime I watch the part when Todd gets abandoned 😭 Just thinking about it makes me tear up
I was today years old when I realized this movie is a metaphor for racism! Seeing it with adult eyes decades later is a whole new experience!
Just curious, how so? Enlighten me please. Really I'm curious, not being rude.
@@Kfantasy_98 I think it’s the fact society is saying they cannot play together because they’re different. A callback to when people from different ethnic backgrounds couldn’t integrate with white people. Though I say a callback ... it’s 2021 and some people are still like that
the trauma of this movie made me even repress that this had a happy ending lol
I was born in 95 this movies to this day is still my all tine favorite. Lots of life advice in this movie. My 1 year old son now is obsessed with the movie as well. My dad said before I was 3 I burnt threw 7 vhs tapes of the movie.
Fun fact: Originally, Chief was going to die from the train like in the book. However, the older, head animators thought killing off a main character, didn't fit Disney's image, while the newer animators believed he *had* to die to give Copper the proper motivation for wanting revenge. It was one of many hot arguements between, the old guard and the new guard, causing several to either leave the industry, or find work elsewhere. In the case of Don Bluth, he went on to make his own animated features, classics like _The Secret of NIMH, An American Tail,_ and _The Land Before Time._
"I'm a hound dog". 😂
I LOVE this movie! So cute and sad. Never read the book though.
(Hunting trip scene where theyre packing to leave)
Him: Thats how he's going to be with the hound! *brightly smiles*
Me: ahehe. 😬
I always tear up at the ending because it reminds me of my Chihuahua. She was the only friend I ever had in my entire childhood and when she passed away when I was 20, I was sad. I was devastated because she was always there when I needed her.
Very underrated film imo. One of my favourite childhood films.