Old Yeller, a decent family movie that teaches enough traditional values to make sure you remember them, but a noticeably dark and quite serious Disney movie to contrast it's otherwise lighthearted dialog.
I don't feel too much coming out of this. Just that for a Disney movie it goes pretty far into some, to this day, harsh scenes, especially knowing the target audience. And I'm not even talking about the one scene this movie is famous for. But any scenes with animals. I'm not the typical kind of treehugging guy but this movie does feel cruel at times and you start to imagine how the animals have been treated. It took some of the joyfulness out of it for sure. Same with something like Song of the South, both these movies are very ''old school'' in their portrayals and actions. But the bear scene here honestly disturbed me a little. Not fun to watch nor funny (as was intended back in the day).
Also if you hate the sound of dogs barking, skip this right now. It becomes annoying and the sound effects are really overplayed, repetitive and harsh. It's almost strange, the characters and their acting feel like they are in a different movie compared to the rest. Also the teenage kid says some out-there stuff, guess it fit the times?...
Did this age well? Not at all. Is it worth a watch, not really. It's an odd one. Especially from Disney.
Acting etc, just okay, very typical straight delivery with very little subtlety. Music is nothing to remember.
I don't feel too much coming out of this. Just that for a Disney movie it goes pretty far into some, to this day, harsh scenes, especially knowing the target audience. And I'm not even talking about the one scene this movie is famous for. But any scenes with animals. I'm not the typical kind of treehugging guy but this movie does feel cruel at times and you start to imagine how the animals have been treated. It took some of the joyfulness out of it for sure. Same with something like Song of the South, both these movies are very ''old school'' in their portrayals and actions. But the bear scene here honestly disturbed me a little. Not fun to watch nor funny (as was intended back in the day).
Also if you hate the sound of dogs barking, skip this right now. It becomes annoying and the sound effects are really overplayed, repetitive and harsh. It's almost strange, the characters and their acting feel like they are in a different movie compared to the rest. Also the teenage kid says some out-there stuff, guess it fit the times?...
Did this age well? Not at all. Is it worth a watch, not really. It's an odd one. Especially from Disney.
Acting etc, just okay, very typical straight delivery with very little subtlety. Music is nothing to remember.