I don't want to see a heartwaming tale about a boy and his dog and then the dog gets rabbies and he shoots it. No! No! No! That is not a kids movie, come on I wanna see a happy movie when I'm a kid. But it is a classic.
share'runied''heartwaming''rabbies?? Am I to guess that Old Yeller was responsible for your appalling spelling also? Perhaps a case of " The dog ate my homework"
"What's that Old Yeller? That's an EDIT button boy"
Woof.
Those look more like typos. Most people on here aren't planning on submitting our posts for Pulitzer approval so we rely on others' common sense to know what we mean and not criticize something that's obviously nothing more than a typo.
Roxanne
1993-2007
You'll always be with me
I think the ending was great
I wouldn't have it any other way
Old Yeller is a beautiful work of cinema
I dont know anyone who WASNT in tears by the end
Its such a wonderful film
" Yae Ooh Aah, thats how it all starts out but later there is running and screaming" - Ian Malcolm
My sister was probably the only kid not in tears. She always made fun of me when I cried. When Lassie came over the hill in Lassie's Odyssey I was really crying and she made me feel like I was weird and weak. To this day she's still as hard as nails. I love a good cry.
shareIt didn't ruin my childhood but it did ruin Disney for me. Far too painful for kids at the end. I have boycotted Disney ever since I understood the film was marketed as a children's movie. No way. It's a '57 movie; I was ten years old and it broke my heart. Children do not need to be exposed to this level of heartache. There's enough of that in life already built right in for your listening and dancing pleasure; please remember to tip your waitron. Life hurts and children need to be protected from stuff like Old Yeller. I can't count the number of pets that I said ran away rather than tell my sweet children the ugly truth that their pets had been roadkill.
Shawn, I agree with you. However, I must say that it would be smart of you to clean up your spelling or just don't post though. People tend to not take you seriously if you seem semi-literate.
Come on fey-8, this is a classic. This is a movie for adults and kids. I understand not all kids are the same, but let your kids see this movie and if you need to explain some things to them, than do it. It's part of the communication aspect of being with your kids. Parents are too overprotective of there kids nowadays. Be protective, but not too overprotective. Parents, let your kids see this movie. I do and my kids thanked me for it. 7, 9 and 13 years old.
I agree with cowboy12156, death is a part of life, and if you just keep trying to hide everything from your children they are never going to learn. It's a sad lesson to teach, but it's the truth and the better they understand it, the more open their minds will be. It had to be done, they weren't just being cruel to a dog in a movie and the dog was better off that way, anyways. Don't over-protect your kids, they'll never forgive you.
There's accepting life and death (which is done well enough in All Dogs Go To Heaven) without traumatizing a child by forcing them to see a little boy shoot his own pet after it's painful illness (a result of saving that child's life). No, it is NOT a children's movie. AT ALL.
Chase: Wow. Yeah, I get it. House is adorable. I just want to hold him and never let go.
'Children do not need to be exposed to this level of heartache'
Couldn't agree more, when my mom and dad died when I was 7 it was no big deal but when that dog was shot in the head with that elephant gun splattering brain matter all over the shed during my first viewing at age 10, I lost my sh*t.
I can still remember that last scene when the bloody brain and skull fragments dripped down the wall for what seemed like 4-5 minutes, when I thought to myself, this might be going too far for a Disney movie but is sure made me dream of a day when all dogs are rounded up and shot at close range to ensure that Walts dream of never stepping in a pile of dog feces again might come true.
This might have been an over reaction on Mr. Disney's part but please realize that at the time he was wearing sandals and that was a big pile, probably Great Dane or Bull Mastiff turd.
No dude, what was worse was when the mom came in immediately after and began skinning poor Yeller, saying something about "waste not, want not."
Then the ending scene where the whole family is feasting with the cooked carcass of yeller on the spit and Arliss greedily rips the doggie ribs apart and shoves them in his bratty little mouth.
But that final shot of where they feed the pup bits of the dog meat. I mean man, that's messed up. Feeding junior his own dad. Sick Sick film. That Walt Disney is one twisted muther.
I don't know what movie you watched but that's not how Old Yeller ended. You must have forgotten that they buried Old Yeller and his infectious body would not have been given to the puppy because then then puppy would have been infected also.
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