Depressing children's movies (quote, songs, youtube, Ching)

WaspStar · 09-21-2008, 03:02 PM

...so I was bored the other day and started looking up old Peanuts movies on youtube. I found this one:

YouTube - Snoopy Come Home 1
(it's in twelve parts; the link is to part 1)

If you've never seen Snoopy Come Home, you really need to; it's not your average happy-go-lucky Peanuts movie. If you have seen it, you know how depressing it is. The sappy songs, the melodramatic story, the too-cute-characters...but it's perfect. I must have seen it literally several hundred times as a kid (yes, literally; my dad taped a version off of TV and I watched it every day for several summers. There weren't many other kids in the neighborhood) and probably cried every time (still do, actually, though I probably shouldn't freely admit that).

Two other depressing kid's movies; The Iron Giant and The Brave Little Toaster. I saw Toaster at least fifty times.

Was anyone else attracted to depressing stuff as a kid? Cheery cartoons never did much for me.

WWWP · 09-21-2008, 03:22 PM

Oh my god I cried EVERY time I watched The Brave Little Toaster. Also The Fox and the Hound.

simplephysics · 09-21-2008, 03:23 PM

Has anyone noticed in just about every Disney movie they killed off one if not both the parents?

WaspStar · 09-21-2008, 03:28 PM

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Originally Posted by wolverinewolfweiselpigeon

Also The Fox and the Hound.

OMG, I forgot about that one! I broke down everytime the lady leaves Todd at the nature reserve. Sometimes I couldn't even finish watching the tape after that. The ending is just as sad.

WWWP · 09-21-2008, 03:30 PM

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Originally Posted by WaspStar

OMG, I forgot about that one! I broke down everytime the lady leaves Todd at the nature reserve. Sometimes I couldn't even finish watching the tape after that. The ending is just as sad.

Ugh, exactly. And she's singing that song...
I would seriously be sobbing uncontrollably. My parents tried to take it away from me, but I refused. I loved it too much.

Piss Me Off · 09-21-2008, 03:33 PM

It's kind of depressing but more horrible for me really but my mum showed me Watership Down really early on in my life and i think that messed me up a bit :s

WaspStar · 09-21-2008, 03:34 PM

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Originally Posted by wolverinewolfweiselpigeon

And she's singing that song...
I would seriously be sobbing uncontrollably. My parents tried to take it away from me, but I refused. I loved it too much.

YouTube - Fox & Hound (Tod & Copper / Cap & Capper) ... sad scene

...most depressing clip ever?

I gave my copy away a while ago...it was too hard to watch. I'm watching that youtube clip with the sound off and it's still unbelievably painful.

WWWP · 09-21-2008, 03:35 PM

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Originally Posted by Piss Me Off

It's kind of depressing but more horrible for me really but my mum showed me Watership Down really early on in my life and i think that messed me up a bit :s

Oh yeah, that one too. I still get the chills everytime I think about it.
I still get nightmares.

WWWP · 09-21-2008, 03:36 PM

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Originally Posted by WaspStar

YouTube - Fox & Hound (Tod & Copper / Cap & Capper) ... sad scene

...most depressing clip ever?

I gave my copy away a while ago...it was too hard to watch. I'm watching that youtube clip with the sound off and it's still unbelievably painful.

Nope. I can't do it.

jackhammer · 09-21-2008, 04:52 PM

The cunning ploy in these movies is that heartache makes you stronger and instills a better backbone early on in life. Ever seen 'Night of The Hunter'? One of the most warped fairy tales you will ever see.

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WaspStar Back to mono Join Date: May 2008 Location: Pittsburgh Posts: 509	Depressing children's movies ...so I was bored the other day and started looking up old Peanuts movies on youtube. I found this one: YouTube - Snoopy Come Home 1 (it's in twelve parts; the link is to part 1) If you've never seen Snoopy Come Home, you really need to; it's not your average happy-go-lucky Peanuts movie. If you have seen it, you know how depressing it is. The sappy songs, the melodramatic story, the too-cute-characters...but it's perfect. I must have seen it literally several hundred times as a kid (yes, literally; my dad taped a version off of TV and I watched it every day for several summers. There weren't many other kids in the neighborhood) and probably cried every time (still do, actually, though I probably shouldn't freely admit that). Two other depressing kid's movies; The Iron Giant and The Brave Little Toaster. I saw Toaster at least fifty times. Was anyone else attracted to depressing stuff as a kid? Cheery cartoons never did much for me. __________________ "This sure doesn't look like 'Crazy Ernie's Amazing Emporium of Total Bargain Madness!'"

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