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Anyone else think this film is too sad and traumatic to watch?

posted 14 years ago by joshwinkler87
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I haven't had the nerve to watch it all the way through in years. In fact, I probably haven't seen it all the way through in about 10 years.

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[–] Nicksolo85 13 years ago

They had this movie on yesterday & today on ABC Family.

When it got to sad parts or sad sounding songs, I was just like "I can't watch this. It's too depressing."

So don't feel bad if you couldn't watch this movie all the way through.

The Farewell Party scene made me cry as a kid.

Seeing it yesterday & today almost made me choke up, so I quickly changed the channel.

Luckily there were Star Wars movies on Spike TV as well as Cars on Disney.

As soon as I turned 1 of them on, I was just breathing a sigh of relief as I didn't feel myself start to choke up anymore.

Don't think of me as a bad person or anything like that, but I don't like to talk about sad things or things that only make me sad.

The funny thing is that this as well as Star Wars Episode III: Revenge of the Sith (at least various things that happened after Obi-Wan Kenobi killed General Grievous) are both very sad dramatic movies, but I can handle watching that movie all the way through with no trouble at all.

[–] mcornett 13 years ago

It IS a fairly sad film but A BOY NAMED CHARLIE BROWN is also very melancholy. In fact, if you look over the old strips, you realize that one of the running themes was depression and loneliness.

While I do find this movie sad, I also appreciate the fact that it deals honestly with loss and grieving, which children do experience. And all to often we try to candy-coat these things, or try to pretend that kids don't experience this, but they do, and feel it deeply.

Facts need to come before certainty.

[–] avortac4 (3529) 3 years ago

"It IS a fairly sad film but A BOY NAMED CHARLIE BROWN is also very melancholy."

"Melancholic", you mean?

Melancholy is the thing itself, it's like saying 'that house is cuteness'. No, the house is 'cute', not 'cuteness'.

Anyway, that movie is not that melancholic, it's more 'sombering' and it teaches a valuable lesson in life - everything can go wrong and you can be depressed, but life still goes on, and most people won't care in the end, and you can still stand up and go into the world and go on.

Life goes on, show must go on, no matter what. I think it's valuable to sacrifice sugarcoating and syrup for a great life lesson.

It's also a very encouraging and optimistic lesson; you can take the punches and when they're over, you can still live and keep going.

People that just see the 'melancholy', are missing the point and the most important part of the movie(s).

[–] In_Correct 9 years ago

I could not ifnd it sad be cause they had a bunch of crazy songs in the film.

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[–] sesmith70 9 years ago

This was always an emotional show. I still tear up a bit at the farewell party scene. Still a great story. I'm gonna sound like an old man, but kids today don't have good cartoons like this now. Peanuts was always sweet with real issues. You used to always feel for Charlie Brown, wanting him to kick the football, fly the kite, or win a baseball game.

[–] DavidLanceRoten 8 years ago

Before checking it out on ABC Family ondemand last night I had not seen this in some 35 years. Yeah, it's got some sad parts 😢

[–] damonikastephens 8 years ago

This has always been the Peanuts special that stood out to me the most. I still remember tearing up when Snoopy left, when Charlie Brown went into such a sad state, and crying more when Snoopy came home for good. But I still remember laughing at the 'No Dogs Allowed' gag. XD

[–] NikolajCostas1005 8 years ago

It's a pretty damn bleak movie. Funnily enough, I only realized this as I got older.

They don't call me Col. Homer cause I'm some dumbass army guy!

[–] JimmyZappa 8 years ago

It is but that's why it's the best one. It makes you feel everytime.

How many cartoon movies/specials, let alone Charlie Brown ones, can make you do that for a bunch of poorly drawn characters?

Stuff like this reminds me of "Movie Poop Shoot.com" from Jay and Silent Bob Strike Back.