Come on be honest, who else cried when the ant died??
I did when i first saw it when i was 6.
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I really don't see why they had to put this in the movie...was it really necessary? NO! God...almost as bad as Artax the horse in Neverending Story.
shareI never cried about Antie dying before (I always just felt sad), but as I was watching this earlier tonight I had tears streaming down my face. It reminded me a little bit of when my seven month old kitten died from feline leukimia a few months ago. I'm still not completely over his death, so any animal death scene feels like a slap in the face, even if it is only an insect. Plus, you can tell that Ron is genuinely broken-hearted over the death of an ant, which is normally considered nothing more than a pest.
shareI can't remember if I cried over Anty as a kid, but it's on TV now, I'm crying and I'm 26.
Re: Artax in TNES, oh my god yes. That movie always disturbed me as a kid; the whole swamps of sadness scene, and others, still hit me like a punch in the gut.
Seems strange to put such scenes in children's films and yet I think kids can often sympathise well with the sentiments...
I think overall it's probably good for them, in a weird way.
springninja - I'm sorry about your kitten :(
I don't think I actually CRIED, but I did feel emotion for that part.
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First saw it when I was 6 also.
Broke my heart.
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haha how funny I'm watching it now and came on to ask the exact same thing, but this thread is already at the top of the list, remember watching it with my dad when I were 6 and I started sobbing bad lol. poor ant.
shareI didn't cry but it was sad
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Me and my brother bawled like mad when we first watched it; poor little dude. Re-watching the scene I don't quite get their but I do get choked up. Where'd a scorpion come from anyway?
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shareLet's just say I was much older than 6 and it was sad for me too. :) I wished they were able to save him and in the end scene you would see him living the dream in a beautiful ant farm.
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