Bambi displays quite a heroic side, faces his fear of Man and proves that he has what it takes to be a fine leader someday. In that moment, Bambi the badass deer prince that I enjoyed in the last twenty-five minutes of the original film is born. As a prince of the forest, using what his father taught him, Bambi can make a difference in the forest, and he wants that.
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The most pivotal moment in the movie is when Bambi’s potential caretaker, Mena, is caught in a hunting trap with hunting dogs on the way, and it occurs to him that instead of running away, again, he can save her. Bambi has always been a plucky and carefree kid, but now the Great Prince is preparing him to be a future herd leader as well, and he wants to rise to the challenge of that. After the ice is broken between them, Bambi gets to not only build a connection with a parent again and stave off loneliness, he also learns a lot from the Great Prince about being a prince and being a buck, and it slowly helps him to gain confidence and come out of his shell. He starts to want to take control of his life, put himself out there and really go for what he wants – which includes making awkward conversation with his father. In the weeks following that, with his friends’ encouragement, Bambi starts to get tired of being timid and helpless all the time. Since, unlike Simba or Littlefoot, Bambi didn’t see his mother die, he’s allowed to cling to the idea that she’s still around, stay in denial a little bit longer, until he nearly gets himself killed by hunters – at which point, the dejected deer is forced to accept that she’s gone for good. The mysterious and aloof stag intrigues him, as he’s not quite as unapproachable as Bambi originally thought. As you would expect, Bambi misses her terribly, but he still tries to make the best of things and strike up a rapport with the nearest adult figure in his life, which is of course, the Great Prince. He’s been sent to live with his father who up until now has been a near-total stranger to him (which, needless to say, is uncomfortable), and he’s been stripped away from his beloved mother. The status quo in young Bambi’s life has been permanently changed. He can’t keep up with his father on the morning patrols, he’s antagonized by another jealous fawn (Ronno), and at one point he has a run-in with a cantankerous porcupine. This movie has so much fun at Bambi’s expense without it ever feeling mean-spirited. I think part of what makes Bambi so endearing, beyond having stronger characterization, is the fact that he’s more involved in the humor. He’s still a playful, energetic fawn that tries to enjoy everything life has to offer him, but he’s gradually a proactive figure as well as a reactive one. By contrast, Bambi is very likable in this movie, without feeling like his personality has changed too much.
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I mentioned in my review of “ Bambi” that there were a lot of great things about that movie – the animation, the score, the atmosphere, the villain – but I wouldn’t say Bambi himself was one of them, since he and his family were kept as blank slates until the last twenty-five minutes. Bambi’s mother is dead, she’s clearly never coming back, and now her boys that have been left behind have to decide what they’re going to do with themselves from here on out. The premise is centered around the event everyone remembers from the original “Bambi” – the loss of a parent. I think what makes this movie work is the fact that it’s the one of the only Disney sequels I’ve seen so far that can say it gave it’s main characters more dimensions than they had before, and breathed new life into them. Clearly, the people who made this movie knew the original “Bambi” was beloved and if they blew it on the level of some of the other sequels, they would be ripped to shreds. Sweet and funny (very funny) and touching. In fact, “Bambi” and “Bambi II” currently hold the record for the longest gap between a movie and it’s sequel – nearly sixty-five years.īy all rights, this movie should be awful or totally cringy, like the “ Beauty and the Beast” sequels (which can best be described as “Character Assassination, Parts 1 and 2”). And for one last reason, it’s the Disney sequel with the largest gap between itself and it’s predecessor. For another thing, “Bambi II” technically isn’t even a sequel, it’s a midquel – and prequels and midquels always tend to feel pointless (it was originally called “Bambi And The Great Prince” during production, and honestly the studio should have kept that title because I think it’s far more fitting and accurate than “Bambi II”). In fact, their record has gotten so bad that it’s practically become a meme to cringe at the sight of a Disney sequel. For starters, it’s a sequel and Disney’s track record with sequels is fairly awful. It always surprises me just how good this movie is, because it really shouldn’t be.
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“Bambi II”, the midquel centered around everyone’s favorite deer prince.