Come on be honest, who else cried when the ant died?? - Honey, I Shrunk the Kids (1989) Discussion

[–] 18 years ago

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Yes I loved Anti or Anty?

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He was named Benvolio Springsteen Euripides Sebastian Alexandre Duvalier IXX.

I was 23 when this movie came out, too old to go see it (and I was pre-occupied with other things at that time in my life) and I would see it much later on on the tube.

In fact, I just watched it today, Dec. 31, 2005, and the death of the ant still gets me choked up.

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[–] MrPrudence04 18 years ago

guilty.

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[–] gabisu 18 years ago

One of the most beautiful scene in movie history. I cried and I still cry like a baby when I watch it

Omae wa mo shinderu

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[–] tony310675 18 years ago

i know i cry like a baby when i see the ant die. it is sad.

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[–] Only-you-Lauren 18 years ago

i know! i cried too! so now when ever i watch it i fastfoward that part so i don't have to see it

!JOHNNY CADE MAKES MY CAKE BAKE!

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[–] qwantae 17 years ago

I still cry on this movie but not as much as E.T. which is I cried at most

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[–] greenec3-1 14 years ago

Not to be nitpickey, but the ant's name was Antie. That's how it pops up on my subtitles

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[–] trinitymplayers 14 years ago

I always had mixed feelings about this scene. While I agree that it was well done, I always felt that it was out of keeping with the rest of the movie, which seemed to be straight out fantasy comedy.

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[–] Mrs_Pookie 18 years ago

That part still makes me sad! :-(

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[–] lili217 17 years ago

It's true, I cried. And his name was Antee, not Andy. It's like Ant with an ee at the end.

I hear people wanting something...MEEEEEEEEE!!!!

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[–] doubletakes 18 years ago

i still cry and i'm 18 going 19 when i see this movie, i can't watch the ant part.. it was so sad.. =(

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[–] ashleychica2001 18 years ago

I'm 24 years old and it makes me want to cry. That *bleeping* scorpion.

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[–] masterofdisaster2200 18 years ago

my question is: why the hell was there a scorpion in there backyard?

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[–] Koosh_King01 15 years ago

Because they're in California.

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[–] teutonic_knight2002 18 years ago

Agreed. I was sad when I watched it back in 1989, I was 12 years old. I wish a bird would have swooped down and grabbed the scorpion. :)

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[–] jpolk 18 years ago

I always did hate that scene. Especially since the ant was a baby. I wish that either an entire army of ants just came and crawled all over that scorpion , or that I could just walk right into the screen and just put the beautiful little (in normal human size that is) bottom my shoe on top of it ! Better yet, who wrote this story. Someone should've told the writer(s) to leave the scorpion scene in the deleted scene section, or just say that the ant got them to the house and lead to the point where Cork, the dog rescues them.

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[–] trackbliss 18 years ago

i cried my heart out the first time... and still get very choked up to this day... the kids reaction to the death is what gets me. his voice cracks and he is so heart broken. he loved his ant.

yeah, the scene tore me apart when i was little...
and maybe still to this day too ;)

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[–] Basilisks_Gaze 18 years ago

Honestly, I rarely cry because of a movie, but I was thinking, "Noooo...Anty...DIE YOU STUPID SCORPION!"I hope it falls into a sewer and gets eaten by a rat.

When life gives you lemons, trade them for rocks and find an enemy.

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[–] taytay22 17 years ago

I did cry When I first seen it, and to this day if it is on I still get sad when Anty dies :(

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[–] GSmith9072 17 years ago

I.actually.cried
This is from a person who got through "Grave of the Fireflies".

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[–] Happy_Crazy_Chel 17 years ago

i know i cried!i can barely watch it even now with wanting to cry, but somehow i hold it in.

~~Chel
Herein lies the heart and soul of the nations...Herein lies the Sword of Shannara.

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[–] ilvstchris 12 years ago

I did, too! My God, I thought I was the only person who did this! And I saw it as an adult! My husband asked me what was wrong and I had to make up some stupid answer about being in severe pain or something! I was too embarrassed to tell him I was crying over an ant character in a movie!

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[–] hollankreil 17 years ago

A mixture of sadness and anger. I was sad that he died and angry that the scorpion wasn't killed by the humans afterwards. Plus the fact that they left the ant to die. Brats.

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[–] qwantae 17 years ago

Its crazy but I did cried when I first saw it when it came on video and I was 9 years old.

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[–] swimeasy2 17 years ago

I was 15 when this came out - and yep I cried at the end too!

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[–] comesailaway 17 years ago

For some reason, I can't cry except at happy stuff. I don't know why. I remember as a kid, I hated so much the fact that Anty died that I didn't even notice until I watched it a second time that the kids actually did get a few good licks on that scorpion.

Russ Jr. tosses a stick and it goes right into this black spot (I guess it looks like it would be an eye of some sort), but whatever it is, it causes the scorpion to start howling like crazy and trying to pull it out. Then if you watch really closely, like in the lower portion of the screen, they toss another stick like a javelin dead into the thing's underbelly or chest or whatever you wanna call it. I never noticed it the first time, then when I saw it again I couldn't believe I had missed it.

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[–] The_Lady_Yuki 17 years ago

This is a wake-up call. How many times might every one of us have trodden on ants unseen while walking through our yard, and not care? This movie is the only time we see a different perspective on the whole thing.

On a side note, someone was asking why there was even a scorpion in the backyard to begin with. The movie takes place in California, so maybe they're more common there as backyard pests?

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[–] Fallen-Domino 17 years ago

Haha yeah it's pretty bad:(

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[–] Queen-Kat-R 17 years ago

Yeah, for sure. I just seen movie 3 times and cry each time.

So i am teenager.Deal with it. 96% of world have.

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[–] srbaker-1 16 years ago

Im 20 and I bawled like a baby when Anty died.

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[–] nixtyler 16 years ago

Yeah it is pretty sad because I got choked up yesterday after not seeing the movie since the early '90s. It's moving but not nearly as moving as The Sectret Garden (1993).

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[–] Koosh_King01 15 years ago

Yeah they blinded it in two of its eyes. It still has two on the sides of its head though.

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