Steve Reviews: The Land Before Time

[@PlanetZoidstar]

Littlefoot's mom dying was more traumatic than Simba's dad. No comedic duo showed up 5 mins later to brush that piece of trauma aside. Plus we see her slowly die while Littlefoot watches. No cut with finding the dead body later.

[@brianmead7556]

The denial of what's happening. Not understanding. Then pleading with her to get up. Taking a long time to even process what dead is and what it means. That would have been horribly traumatizing for anyone, let alone a very young child. It's shockingly realistic. It's not too uncommon even for adults to react like that. Seeing people lose their first friends in combat was very similar.

[@PlanetZoidstar]

@@brianmead7556 Exactly, and the fact that Littlefoot is haunted by what happened all the way to the end only makes it more poignant and why he clings so strongly to her guidance to get to the Great Valley. AND why he snaps when Cera insults his mother.

[@brianmead7556]

@@PlanetZoidstar Imagine the REAL Land Before Time 2: Littlefoot is a Walking Ball of Dysfunction and Going to Die Before His 20th Birthday of Alcoholic Liver Cirrhosis or Dino AIDS Unless he Gets His Head Unfucked Assuming he Doesn't Pick a Fight and Get Torn to Shreds by a Rex in a Misguided Quest for Vengeance

[@boneshaman8912]

when I was a kid I remember watching this. I remembered I use to imagine Little Foots mom coming back to the great valley becuse I refused to believe his mom died from one seemingly minor bite I was 8..... but than land before time 2 came out I was 14 so by that time I was over it but still a little up set they made a part 2 to destroy my child hood fntisy...

[@tiad.9536]

Littlefoot's mom dying destroyed me way more than Mufasa dying. Littlefoot's mom died, and he was alone, and no gay couple was there to take care of him.

[@sad_the_visualmenacessidea3355]

when I was a kid i never cried at mufasa dying, but littlefoots mom destroyed me when I was little

[@dollors1]

Child Me: MOMMIES DIE?!

[@Kit269]

@SuperPikachu Jexs this movies is for kids?

[@TheJamesstark]

me 2 :( I remember crying

[@maihaiki888]

When me and my siblings watch The Lion King, we always cover our eyes because it was so sad.

[@mcfuckinanotheraccount808]

I was the opposite, Littlefoots's mom just shocked me, but i cried at mufasa every time

[@chocothun1]

Littlefoot was separated from his grandparents and then lost his mom in the fight with the sharp tooth. When he looked in his reflection and heard her voice, that Tree Star became a key part of her memory and symbolized his attachment to her...because trauma. So while it did not play much of a role beyond it being destroyed, it was still hinted to as being important to him leading all the way up to that point, and then even looking for her in other places. As a kid, that really spoke to me. But it wasn't until I lost my own mother in a tragic way that really made that scene stand out.

[@cameronketch2363]

I'm sorry my man. Hope things are going okay for you.

[@mentalpatient8512]

I lost my mum too, tragically when I was only 14.. I hope you're doing alright.

[@nethercroc1494]

Oh I’m sorry dude

[@gracehaven5459]

I'm sorry about the loss of your mother and hope you're doing better now

[@finchatforharambe905]

I'm sorry dude

[@Scream_Lord]

Don Bluth is known for the phrase "Kids can handle anything as long as there's a happy ending." Wish modern animation followed this philosophy.

[@animorph17]

Agreed, because it's entirely accurate.

[@Dean.....]

The helicopter parents can't however, they freak the hell out.

[@utisti4976]

I agree, man. I agree. The greatest animations of all time followed this pilosophy, too. Remember Avatar? That is the best animated series of all time in my eyes, and it does get pretty dark especially during the blood-bending episode..

[@kennethsatria6607]

I wanna live to do that

[@GirlYouDontKnow-rx3lm]

Damn straight!

[@faiaflrt]

Yeah, it wasn't the actual death that actually bothered me so much, but the bit where Littlefoot, despite witnessing it, deludes himself into mistaking his shadow for his mom. Something about the dashed hope there just got to me terribly.

[@tiad.9536]

That scene where he cuddles the rock before realizing his mother wasn't there destroyed my little child heart. My mom had to take my Land Before Time movie away because I wouldn't stop crying.

[@kilderok]

Kinda like when you lose someone you love, and then you see someone else that looks almost exactly like them in public soon after..

[@alexischavez7086]

The part that hurts me is what we don't see, at some point littlefoot had to walk away from her body.. yet knowing he left her behind then thinks his shadow is her hurts me, purely for the fact he had to leave her side in the first place

[@Purpleglucose]

When they start playing if we hold on together 😭😭

[@FoxySola]

faiaflrt I agree, he had to realize that she was gone for good all by him self, and that moment when the narrator says that little foot realizes that he was alone just made me burst into tears

[@Chronocrits]

Spike eating his nest is one of my all time favourite scenes in an animated film. Also, I never realised how small he was, but when you see him with Ducky, he’s tiny. I love Spike.

[@korkronwarlord]

IKR, that scene always made me hungry because as he ate his way around, the grass kind of looked like pasta/spaghetti.

[@Jack_804]

@@korkronwarlord Yes man it's so satisfyng to see him eating it

[@GrifoStelle]

Yes in the other sequels I never saw him learn to talk. I thought he might have been like the pet dog of the group or just dumb (in the sense of unable to speak) #letspikegrowup

[@laszlovarga6953]

@@GrifoStelle Either in one of the sequels, or in some tv series I remember seeing that he has a different "perspective". In his head, he talks tormally, but hears the others rambling.

[@101Volts]

@@GrifoStelle He does talk _once_ in one of the movies. When Ducky's nearly falling to her death while unconscious, he shouts her name. That's the only time I saw it happen, but I don't remember which movie it's in.

[@Alex-hb8cn]

Just a nitpick about Jurassic Park - it WAS an adaptation of a novel by the same name, so it's not really Spielberg's fault in that case.

[@Sahiyena11]

Ahaaa you beat me to it haha. I was gonna say take it up with Crighton, not Spielberg. Although to be fair to both, Crighton made the character of John Hammond to represent and ignorant man capitalizing on the dinosuars he had created from multiple eras, so it makes complete sense that he named his park incorrectly just for the marketing. I read the book a while ago, but I believe that Grant in the novel may have even pointed out that innacuracy.

[@couldntthinkofayoutubename6498]

@@Sahiyena11 "crighton" lol

[@saidi7975]

@@Sahiyena11 I believe you mean Crichton.

[@Sahiyena11]

@@saidi7975 Yeah that dude's name has always given me trouble to spell haha. You guys know what I meant at least? Haha I promise you it's far from the worst spelling error on this here cursed site.

[@saidi7975]

@@Sahiyena11 No problem man, mistakes happen.

[@sabrinamiller3671]

The tree star was symbolic. It was like a security blanket, the sole reminder of his mother and a source of strength. When it got destroyed, it symbolized that Littlefoot needed to draw on his own strength (and a potent reminder that he didn't need a keepsake to know that his mom was close, as she was in his heart guiding him all along).

[@embran8486]

BEAUTIFUL explanation! Especially "security blanket".

[@animeprofilepicture9639]

Don't you mean leaf?

[@embran8486]

@@animeprofilepicture9639 No, blanket. Like the tree star a symbolic cloth covering you, giving you a feel of security provided by his mom's lingering presence. When destroyed defining Littlefoot is on his own, though at that point he already proved it he can.

[@FrizFreddy1994]

It also shows that Littlefoot can let go of material things in order to save his friends. Even as personal as a mother's last present.

[@wolfpackflt670]

Too bad there isn't a "The Land Before Time: Directors cut.

[@oscarpineda9459]

I'm really upset now, screw Disney, Pixar, and other companies making so-called animated movies for everyone I'm just sticking dark movies like The secret of NIMH, TLBT(Original), and Watership down

[@dildojizzbaggins6969]

been wanting one for decades now...

[@ttoommssmmiitthh]

@@dildojizzbaggins6969 So the story is, they had an original cut with everything they cut out. Someone unfortunately overwrote it. Its gone, forever.

[@dildojizzbaggins6969]

@@ttoommssmmiitthh thanks for ruining my already-shitty day, dude. and the rest of my week/month/life. appreciated! :D

[@universesavior554]

@@dildojizzbaggins6969 he was just giving out info

[@AnEnemySpy456]

The young girl who played Ducky was murdered by her dad at the age of seven. Just in case the movie wasn't sad enough for you.

[@TheSmokingSkull]

Wasn't she ten when it happened?

[@AnEnemySpy456]

Maybe. Doesn't make it any less horrible.

[@TheSmokingSkull]

@@AnEnemySpy456 Agreed.

[@littlellama400]

JESUS

[@silversamurai0267]

I KNEW she sounded like Marie from All Dogs go to Heaven! I wasn't sure if it was the same girl or not, but now I know, and it's depressing... 😫

[@genera1013]

This movie is why I never cried at Mufasa's death.

[@dankeykang4576]

Yep. I was a hardened toddler after this movie and by the time Lion King came around so I know exactly what you mean. Mufasas death was way to clean and streamlined.

[@mangareader8318]

OH, that's why I didn't cry yeah I had this phase I don't even remember where I was obsessed with dinosaurs... now I have heaps of dinosaur toys And I have seen the land before time and it's sequels a million times. Then I saw the lion king and didn't cry at all

[@devilovesdevil]

I made a comment but what made me cry was Simba crying for the first minutes of him telling gis dad to get up so they can go home. But after I jumped out cuz the chase scene after and then timon and pumba. But that scene with little foot God man at least Simba was in the area of his home that he could walk home if the story went there but little foot was in the middle of no where with things that could easily kill a baby and eat him. Yikes

[@mgzoo7402]

i laughed when simbas dad died.

[@gc6096]

gen101394 same

[@MidnightDarkness666]

God, every time I hear even the first three notes of the music that plays over Little Foot's mother's death, I start tearing up. Its so impactful and shows how masterful the storytellers were, to get you to feel so sad for a creature that's been extinct from the world for millions of years.

[@SS-xr7jf]

1) Cera going the wrong way still makes sense even though the scenes were clearly shuffled. Her decision to stubbornly go her own direction split the party up from the dinosaur that was, so far, doing the best at navigating them to the Great Valley. It also nearly gets everyone that went that direction killed. So it was both a 'wrong way' in that it clearly wasn't an easier route, and splitting the friends up was the wrong way to go about getting there. 2) I never interpreted Petrie suddenly 'learning to fly' as an 'a wizard did it event'. I think Petrie has always had the ability to fly. It was his own confidence and self doubt that led to his limitations. But when Sharptooth breathes on him, the gust makes it feel like flying. And that, coupled with the motivation of fear, breaks down that mental wall that kept him from flying in the first place. 3) The tree star exists in the film for symbolic purposes, not plot device reasons. Little Foot has to abandon the comfort of his security blanket and stand on his own four feet if he wants to get him and his friends to the Great Valley. He doesn't need a literal object as a reminder of his mother and her love for him because she is always with him. "Some things you see with your eyes, others you see with your heart."

[@vacuumblink2300]

You deserve a medal

[@drawingbluejay7938]

I don't really understand how Steve thinks that everything needs to play a major role in the plot or story.

[@Kit269]

@@drawingbluejay7938 yeah

[@kristinalphamegamia1890]

Why you goin round the internet making people cry?

[@TheLibran1]

2. Glad you explained this, I thought it was pretty obvious. 3. This is less obvious, you can definitely feel it as a kid and I tried to explain this but got a bit complicated with it. Yours is short and sweet.

[@otaviodebarros7051]

Ash from Pokémon: doesn't grow since 1997 Littlefoot: hold my treestar

[@taylor4831]

tree star. god it's like you've never seen the movie.

[@otaviodebarros7051]

@@taylor4831 ayy no need to be agressive

[@taylor4831]

sarcasm

[@otaviodebarros7051]

@@taylor4831 yeah but you where right :D

[@Steamer96]

Canadian Wolf Puppy syndrome at work.

[@j.s.2281]

If you google what happened to the voice actress for Ducky you will feel even more depressed when watching this film.

[@stickytoes9230]

She was so little when she got killed by her dad, can't beleive he did that to her😢

[@stickytoes9230]

@jeffy jeffy I wish I was joking, but sadly, it's the truth..

[@LucyLioness100]

Poor little Judith and her mom didn’t deserve the violent end they got. How can someone kill an innocent defenseless child & takes the coward’s way out after murdering his family? There’s a special place in hell where Judith’s father is

[@Mystic189]

@@LucyLioness100 suicide isn't the coward way

[@maihaiki888]

That's just...so sad.

[@redfireeverstar2651]

I justified the narrator considering Cera's path as wrong was because it endangered everyone's life while Littlefoot's though shown as harder wouldn't have been as dangerous

[@jigglypuff2cute]

Yeah I thought the same too. Thought it was the wrong way because everyone got in danger

[@saribeepo.o5111]

Agreed, though at the same time even as a kid I didn't quite agree with that narration. Because of it falling where it did in the final cut, It made it kind of look like the narrator was both wrong and being a bit of a jerk.

[@redfireeverstar2651]

Maybe she felt guilty for almost killing everone

[@Lvl1.Sentry]

You never take the easy way in life.

[@kennethsatria6607]

Very true!

[@WaywardAce420]

As a kid, I always understood Cera having “gone the wrong way” to mean the way she had chosen to go nearly got her and the others killed, and that’s why it was the wrong way.

[@amanda2324]

Agreed. I also understood it as she obviously found a dead end, or a path that was nothing but yuck and death. I mean... tar pit, lava, and dome heads, all within a short distance of each other? Sounds like the Nope Valley to me!

[@legoferdinand2183]

Yeah serve her right for being a brat and for not caring and helping the others from the lava and the tar

[@switch-no-comply778]

@@amanda2324 more like...the 'grate' valley.......you know...like a cheesegrater........I'll go ahead and let myself out...

[@101Volts]

@@switch-no-comply778 No, no, don't. I often think in puns, and that pun was and is and will remain good. It's not even necessarily a pun, but a genuinely good observation.

[@switch-no-comply778]

@@101Volts lmao thank you Austin lucas this response genuinely made my day.

[@Teadon86]

Most children's movies dealing with death: the music, the sad faces, and the lighting is to know this is a sad event. The Land Before Time: let us show the death of a character, how it affects the main protagonist Little Foot, and to make sure you know he suffers. Are you depressed yet, kids? No? We're doing something wrong then. Oh how I love The Land Before Time.

[@ДмитрийГусарев-ж8ъ]

And then it got sequels. With songs and lots of pandering. And a tv series that lasted a single season. A very rainbow-barfingly irritating season.

[@Teadon86]

@@ДмитрийГусарев-ж8ъ MLP is grimdark in comparision.

[@NCcatlady]

Don Bluthe movies in a nut shell “are you depressed yet? No then we are doing something wrong”

[@lorddrayvon1426]

Tragically ironic that a children's film exploring death had a real life tragedy a few years later. There's a special circle of hell for scum like József. Jesus fucking Christ.

[@garrettdonovan8238]

Big Hero 6 did this more recently

[@OneHellofaDragon]

I agree that little foots mother's death is far more tragic. Plus mufasa wasn't torn apart by a tyrannosaurus

[@Nicamon]

But we actually see Mufasa's CORPSE.When Little Foot finds his mother,she's still alive and by the time she dies we can't see her very clearely anymore.Also..she wasn't"torn apart",she had a scratch/bite on her back.

[@septicdagger88]

SHE HAD A CHUNK OF HER FLESH TORN OUT

[@malnutritionboy]

@@Nicamon nigga u blind

[@SilverPikachu2099]

@@malnutritionboy No, you're just blatantly embellishing it. It's one wound, her body is still very much intact. That's very far from being "torn apart." Scar was "torn apart," Littlefoot's mom was definitely not.

[@Rozdlc]

If you watch their shadows carefully, you can tell the Sharptooth bite a chunk out of her, thus the wound.

[@BullworthGraduate]

The metaphor about The Great Valley being Heaven is just a rumor. Don Bluth himself has even said that the characters survived and made it to the valley.

[@lucalinadreemur9448]

You can't have anything without somebody theorizing that the whole film is an afterlife story. Forest gump? Must've got ran over by those hooligans in the truck in his high school and the rest of the movie was all deathbed illusions. It's to the point where i don't even acknowledge these theories

[@GeteMachine]

It was a creepypasta. Not a fact o a rumor.

[@aspieotaku3580]

The great valley today is silicon valley for humans.

[@anonymouswind1]

Idk the dozens of sequels hints that it wasnt lol

[@vilwarin5635]

It would explain why in the sequels no-one grows up... if they are already dead. No adult die either

[@brittz1359]

I like the idea of the "Great Valley" being a metaphor for the afterlife. It's not just clever wordplay or the reason why there's no predators there, but it certainly would explain why none of them age in all the sequels... XD

[@gracehaven5459]

Britt Z heaven: the animated series

[@Beatriz___27]

oh my god don't make me cry

[@nuclearcatbaby1131]

It’s actually a metaphor for Zionism.

[@ДмитрийГусарев-ж8ъ]

Come to think of it yeah - it makes an uncomfortable amount of sense. Ecosystem with no predators simply cannot function + nobody dies in sequels. There was a moment Littlefoot's grandpa being deathly ill in a fourth movie but they've managed to fix that too.

[@ChiefBarnesArt]

My head cannon fan theory about the original plan for the movie with the great valley Being dinosaurs heaven: What really happen was the gang families all died in the earth shake. Littlefoot, Sara, ducky etc are the only survivors and a few others. Sharp tooth died as well when he fell. They’re never actually being chased by sharp tooth that just there fears ( or the ghost of sharp tooth a vengeful spirit if you will). Because why is sharp tooth only chasing them. There’s other bigger dinosaurs 🦖 for him to eat, but yet he’s only chasing the gang. But when they split up after little foot and Sara’s fight, that when they all died. Sara is killed by the doomheads, peetree dies in the tar pits, ducky and spike dies in the lava. And littlefoot died trying to find the great valley. And when littlefoot see his mother in the clouds that when we know he’s dead and then he finds the great valley. Littlefoot still believing he’s alive decided to go back for the others. In littlefoot perspective he saves peetree,ducky and spike, and pranks Sara for payback. And kills the vengeful spirit of sharp tooth out of revenge for killing his mother. Then leads them to the great valley. But in actuality there are all dead. You might ask why littlefoot’s mother isn’t in the great valley if they are all dead. Well littlefoots mother is the spirit that leads and guides all the dinosaurs to the great valley like she did for littlefoot. (Btw she also used littlefoot to guide cera,ducky & the others to the great valley) Boom now it all makes sense.

[@thetwelfth9987]

"The Land Before Trauma."

[@Proot.entity]

Sammie Good game sir

[@DeLuxCombo]

""Littlefoot, ducky,petrie and spike come across the Sharptooth once more,; but this time, rather than run away, the decide to end him once and for all." Forgot how savage these little dinos are!!

[@raptorjesus5870]

Ye

[@Prophetofthe8thLegion]

just forget the other movies where a shadow makes them coware and await there own deaths.

[@BitterComments]

This is legitimately the only movie that can make me cry as an adult. The way Little Foot doesn’t understand his mother’s death just kills me.

[@SleepyMatt-zzz]

I really miss how kids films had a little bit of an edge to it. The movies I often remembered as a kid always had some dark moments in them. I was in no way traumatized by it, I was actually quite fascinated because I lived in a sheltered life style.

[@RealEvilLordExdeath]

U were not traumatized by them because u realized that the World has dark Places, and its no good denying this

[@AdonanS]

I know right. It made them great for kids and adults.

[@LadySamurai88]

Matthew Fox Me too like Animals of Farthing-wood i wasn’t scared at all i loved it. I miss the old days too if we talk about animation movies

[@jaimyyr4938]

Animated shows and shows in general are way too censored and/or filtered these days tbh

[@ECjj33]

Sharp tooth stays out of the great valley... Sharptooth survives a seemingly fatal fall... Sharptooth breaths on Petri, magically making him fly... Sharptooth doesn’t actually kill Petri, so he could get back with the rest of the gang... I’ve got it. SHARPTOOTH IS THE WIZARD 🧙‍♂️🦖

[@holydoggo4822]

Elizabeth Cross the lizarddd

[@imreportyou3190]

Thanks for this comment- a bit of comedy to lighten the emotion :)

[@luke769animations]

TYRANT LIZARD WIZARD

[@jupiterripple720]

Elizabeth Cross yer’ a wizard sharptooth :) (I’m a big potter head)

[@YukiTheOkami]

Actually I think he learned how to fly by shock

[@somerandomdud3356]

Steve:*shows 2 seconds of minions* Universal: Allow me to introduce my self

[@Gypsygeekfreak17]

Il be honest I wouldn’t mind seeing the uncut version

[@KarlAndArma4ever]

Uncut, and the original idea of The Great Valley being a metaphor for the afterlife being a little more obvious would also be a nice thing to see. As it is, though, The Land Before Time is still a great movie :)

[@Gypsygeekfreak17]

KarlAndArma4ever if it was the after life then where is little foots mom

[@Gypsygeekfreak17]

KarlAndArma4ever true it’s great but I wouldn’t mind seeing those parts where he said that it would make kids cry and angry parents I really wouldn’t mind seeing that

[@sassybassy4135]

Same

[@GabyGeorge1996]

sassy bassy according to Bluth, all the footage was sadly destroyed

[@kaiserdashawn5219]

Wish they had an uncut version for the older fans had they not burnt the footage

[@denisethasder8193]

“The sacred texts!”

[@lightwell]

@The RPGAdventurer Im looking for deleted scenes?

[@l1nus0nl1neproductions9]

I agree, that version is one of movie history's most sought after mystery.

[@foxstellathepirateanimatro8015]

I actually have the original VHS version. I have some scenes on it that are supposed to be 'deleted'. I literally do not know why but hey, I am lucky.

[@BeanBag343]

The scene with Rooter always stuck with me. When my grandma died when I was 9, I felt guilty because I hadn't seen her since she was sent to the hospital and I thought that had made her depressed and not want to carry on. Even though my parents told me it wasn't my fault, I didn't believe them and thought they were just saying that to make me feel better. Then I watched The Land Before Time again and Rooter talking to Littlefoot just made me feel better and helped me move on. Don Bluth truly is amazing ❤

[@DeepEye1994]

The death of Littefoot's mother itself doesn't make me cry... but it's indeed the aftermath that breaks me. The scene with Rooter. EVERYTHING about that never fails to make me weep. Seeing him being initially annoyed by Littlefoot and then changing into sympathetic when he realizes what went wrong, and consoling him a bit before leaving... like, part of me wishes LF sticked with him, I... fuck, I'm almost breaking down as I'm typing this.

[@PlanetZoidstar]

...That too will get better with time...Only with time...

[@moirapalace3946]

@@PlanetZoidstar No, stop, you'll summon the onion ninjas! Too late. 😭

[@ro_the_lion]

Oh goddang it... I forgot about that part... I had forgotten... (T^T)

[@Jessica-wi1vk]

Dude, me too. I tear up when his mom dies, but when that scene comes on I turn into a weeping blubbering mess.

[@samy29987]

@@Jessica-wi1vk That and when he sees his mom in a rock b3cause of his shadow, the music is all uplifting because he is so excited thinking it's her when its not. He even licks the rock and all and gets sad all over again, that is the one that literally breaks me in 50 pieces.

[@aLexDL]

A young Triceratops named Cera...get it? (trCERAtops) Me today years old: ...........OHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHH!!!

[@Karlos1234ify]

Same here.

[@chainsawrosenberg7209]

OMG during I never thought of that lol

[@chainsawrosenberg7209]

I named a cat I had sera and then I gave her to a friend who kept her outside and one day found her stoned todeath by a bunch of horrible kids blood came from everwhere

[@kirapokelmann618]

I always thought is was Sara (Sarah if you're annoying)

[@yeahoh2222]

Same lol

[@kennethsatria6607]

I always liked the Rooter scene personally, I know it was included to soften the blow but as a kid it also really helped EXPLAIN the feeling of loss and guilt at the death of a loved one, and how its an inevitability, but you will always remember them and so they won't be entirely gone. Its a very important message for a kid to hear.

[@cegspace5033]

I agree 100% I think it's entirely necessary, as it not only educates kids like you said, it serves as a sort of encouragement for Littlefoot to go find the Great Valley.

[@auntiesophietime9677]

Land before Time is one of the best animated kids films

[@Steffu]

great film, I was born the same day it came out, same year too, beautiful story

[@DamonNomad82]

I was six years old and already obsessed with dinosaurs when this film came out. Needless to say, it was always my favorite movie as a kid.

[@richelle2551]

I loved this when I was little

[@ToastTheThe]

No it's the best FILM

[@samy29987]

It is in my top 5 for sure. Amazing film. Shockingly realistic.

[@kloverleavezisdeadlol]

Fun Fact: Ducky's voice actor, Judith Barsi, passed away 4 months, before the film's release. The song "Love Survives" in the movie "All Dogs Go To Heaven", is dedicated in her memory.

[@Scream_Lord]

That wasn't a "fun" fact at all. That was just a sad fact with a sweet one after it

[@animorph17]

Didn't just "pass away" she was shot to death by her father. Who was abusive to her and her mother their entire life, the wife was going to file for a divorce, and then the usual thing happens whenever a woman tries to leave a marriage. But don't worry, we still give people like him access to as many guns as they want, conservatives have your back here fam.

[@talandar5773]

@@animorph17 shooting the kid isn't "the usual thing" in a divorce. Show some basic decency and stop trying to politicize her death.

[@animorph17]

@Talandar Interesting, so do you think her father's actions were perfectly legal and should have been allowed? More to the point, do you think it's uncommon for this sort of shooting to happen?

[@sycodeathman]

@@animorph17 No and yes.

[@ethanwebster2501]

Oh lord, i'll never be able to see Ducky the same way after finding out what happened to her voice actress...

[@deadly5528]

I know, there's so many sick bastards out there and the children suffer from it.

[@mushrooms5601]

@@deadly5528 wait what happened

[@deadly5528]

@@mushrooms5601 the child actor who voiced Ducky was murdered by her father. Her parents were going through divorce and he went crazy and shot her and her mom. He killed himself right after. Her last role in a movie was as Mary ann in “all dogs go to heaven”. She was around 7-8 years old

[@mushrooms5601]

@@deadly5528 oh my god

[@mushrooms5601]

@@deadly5528 that’s just

[@donovan9456]

Even at now, 24 years old, I still cry every single time I watch this - Hell! Even when I just hear the music!

[@Greg-jq1co]

Same here man same here

[@HerrHoppenstedt]

I haven't thought of this movie in many years. Stumbled over this channel, seeing this review. The second the scene appeared, the waterworks started. This burned so deep, it's amazing. Doesn't happen with lion king. -bambie wasn't my poison. Though my throat really lumped after reading about that poor girl voice actor and what happend to her.

[@adamrobertson4058]

Speaking of traumatic, I still cry whenever I hear if we hold on together. It just breaks through all the emotional layers I’ve built up since I was a toddler and makes the kid in me weep again because little foot’s Mom reminded me of my mom and the thought of having to say goodbye to her completely broke me when I watched it. And it always will.

[@kitcat9685]

the film makes me cry always i lost my mom as a baby :/

[@homelesshannah50]

It's especially sad because she died *protecting* them and how they were hiding under her even during the fight because she was the guardian like any good mom.

[@Peter_Ian_Staker]

3:55 if cinemasins did a vid on this that would be sinned as dinosaur racism

[@mhm77887]

That's why I don't watch cinemasins. I find him annoying.

[@danieldortch8779]

Midnight CinemaWins and BirdMan are FAR BETTER

[@mhm77887]

@@danieldortch8779 agreed

[@AllosaurusJP3]

@@danieldortch8779 YES

[@AllosaurusJP3]

Because intelligent writing is usually not praised by the Cinemasins crew and they rather make a quick joke instead of actually looking at why this was included! Ofcourse the dinosaur class system was important part of the story since it was the reason Cera was so high on herself and felt like she was Better than the other dinosaurs! It was not her fault but rather it was just the way their culture was! (Her father acts exactly the same as her) But yeah cinemasins probably would’ve rather made a quick joke instead of crediting the movie for this!

[@beewell1600]

the leaf star meaning is litlefoots connection to his mother and the moment he finaly had to let go... you know, once his friends and even Cera finaly chose to group up

[@GabyGeorge1996]

Bee Well except it's given so little focus. As a child the crushing of the tree star was very distressing (actually, this whole film was so traumatizing to me that for the longest time I would only ever watch the sequels), though I never realized how little of a narrative impact it had until he pointed it out.

[@beewell1600]

@@GabyGeorge1996 it was enough for me, and you dont see me trashtalking about it for some views... he didnt put any effort to understand the movie

[@beewell1600]

@pkslider725 I'm not even going to dignify that with a response

[@HiddenEvilStudios]

I haven't watched the movie in almost two decades and I should probably rewatch it, but I agree. I can see a certain degree of symbolism in that tree star, though I don't recall there being much of a narrative around it, so it's no suprise for it to be interpreted that way.

[@ro_the_lion]

Maybe it's like the Rex chase scene and there was more narrative weight sliced from the final version.

[@dath1886]

Isn't it explained later in the tv series that there are no predators in the great valley because some fruits grow there which the sharpteeth don't like the smell of?

[@ertawanderer1062]

no manly its just the valy walls keep them out in the second movie it shows the dinos blocking ways in.

[@Mailed-Knight]

Dosen't stop, Chompa, his parents, the Egg Nappers or the Raptors from going there.

[@ertawanderer1062]

@@Mailed-Knight thats why they are blocking off the pass its done at the end of the movie in response to them getting in

[@Mailed-Knight]

@@ertawanderer1062 I was talking to Dormarochi. Couldn't even see your comment until now.

[@otterpopgames7]

Sort of. The wall keeps them out mostly but there is one entrance that has the berries to keep them away

[@mariodemartino2946]

I found a book in the oldest library of my town that actually tells the whole uncut story including the cut scenes you mentioned. There is also a scene where the gang gets to an oasis in which a group of pachycephalosaurs denies the food to hungry dinos of species different from their own and keeps it all to themselves and the same is done with the oasis’ water by a group of duckbilled dinosaurs, who only allow Ducky to drink. This was meant to showcase how their racism was going to be their downfall, with the pachys suffering dehydration and the duckbills struggling with starvation. Also in the end, the gang spots sharptooth sniffing for the entrance to the Great Valley and decides to kill it before it can get in and harm all of the inhabitants.

[@cyberwolf_1013]

There. Is. An. Actual. Book?!?! 😲😲😲 Please tell me you remember the title!

[@justsomeguywatchingyoutube8104]

@@cyberwolf_1013 it would probably be called land before time

[@raysullivan6168]

Maybe Petrie was able to fly near the end because it was the sense of danger that awakened the strength within to do so. Its like, in times of great need we can do things that we normally cannot. If an accident occurs, it can bolster us to be able to push through it. Anyway, great review. Keep up the good work!

[@katietaylor8314]

This movie is even more depressing in hindsight when you know the little girl who voiced Ducky was later murdered by her own father.

[@baydenhiscocks2046]

Uhh.....wow that's depressing

[@heatherallen7834]

You forget it was a double murder he also murdered his wife

[@ThatOneGuyYouNeverWantToMeet]

@@heatherallen7834 don't forget the arson and suicide afterwards

[@ChaserJonDoe]

When you think it's over, it gets worse.

[@homosexualitymydearwatson4109]

Holy shit tf

[@s.raleatoriowanderley155]

13:16 In the moment that Sharptooth falls into the lake, a rock hits his belly, making him open his mouth due to the impact. It was at that moment that Petrie could fly out of there. He appears wet after that because the impact of the rock spewed water everywhere. Well, this is what I think that happened.

[@ximec.r.2643]

When I was little I hated Rooter, he says a few words of sympathy (that I didn't understand) and then leaves just like that, young me didn't understand that that's exactly what happens in real life. Now I thank that character because it prepared me for most of the disillusionment I went through later on, his words stayed with me longer than I thought possible

[@PizzaHutAsuka]

2:56 Technically John Hammond, the fictional owner of the park, is responsible for this inaccurate name. Jurassic Park sounded the most marketable, so that's what was chosen. Thus the name of the book, thus the name of the movie. Michael Crichton actually did research on paleontology, so. He chose the name on purpose. For story purposes.

[@herivelton1973]

Well, Cretaceous park would just sound dumb.

[@HiddenEvilStudios]

It would, yes. However, now I want a spin-off called CRUSTACEAN PARK! >-iwi-

[@kennethsatria6607]

@@HiddenEvilStudios Ordevician and Silurian era seas were pretty scary and filled with crustaceans

[@LordofFullmetal]

@@herivelton1973 You're only saying that because you're used to hearing Jurassic Park. Cretaceous Park sounds weird to you. It wouldn't if that was the actual name though, because that would just be the name.

[@SS-xr7jf]

@@LordofFullmetal Nah, Cretaceous sound enough like crustacean/crustaceous that there would have always been unintended word association with the name.

[@bacd-nn2lg]

I thought that everyone forgot this movie, and move on. But here I see people still remembering this wonderful franchise.

[@GrifoStelle]

Do you still remember the way to the great valley?

[@retrofan4963]

No, lot of people seem to forget An American Tail, which is really sad. An American Tail is a really amazing film, and I know I did not forget An American Tail and I still watch it, even to this very day.

[@RolyWestYT]

HOW MANY SEQUELS DID THEY NEED TO MAKE!? I didn’t even know they made a second one left alone 100000

[@eartianwerewolf]

I only remember the one with Chomper. I had not even seen the first one.

[@LuigiGodzillaGirl]

In my opinion, they didn’t need to make ANY of the sequels. Listen to the naration at the end of the first movie. It wraps up things up perfectly, leaving potential sequels completely optional. And while I will admit to having enjoyed the first three sequels as a kid, for the sake of Judith Barsi’s memory, I feel like they should have left well enough alone.

[@willothewisp2980]

I immediately read this to the tune of 'Flamingo'... Help me. HOW MANY SEQUELS CAN YOU MAKE BEFORE YOUR SHOW BECOMES TOO FAKE? MAKE TOO MUCH AND YOU'LL GET HIT FANS GET PRETTY PISSED.

[@Internetpurge]

It even got a television series afterward!

[@muatra3651]

You didn't miss much. After the first five they got really, really terrible. I was a child when they came out and they nearly killed my love of those characters after watching them. Talk about dumbed down. I blame it on the fact that Bluth didn't make them, maybe they could have fared better.

[@Jartist234]

13:16 "How exactly did Petri escape the Sharptooths jaw, swim out of the lake and climb back up the cliff within a span of a minute?" I do have a partial answer for this: at 13:17, there is a micro split second when the boulder struck Sharptooth, it opened it jaws, possible in pain. Clearly Petri escaped during that split second. As for the other 2 parts of the question: "A Wizard Did It."

[@alittlecrow4615]

Exactly! That's what I thought of too when I saw it.

[@williambarnes5023]

As for the other two parts of the question: He _did_ just learn how to fly.

[@Chqdom1r]

3 horsemen of childhood sadness: -Land Before Time -Lion King -Bambi

[@ethanmcfarland8240]

90s kids in a nutshell

[@MARK-vi9yg]

Did you forget All Dogs go to Heaven?!

[@bethkrager6529]

4th: never-ending story

[@u.g.3298]

4, if you add "The Iron Giant"

[@Chqdom1r]

@@u.g.3298 I-I, didn't watch Iron Giant. I plan on doing it.

[@chancelorhiggins-gloor6999]

I always saw the narrator saying "Cera was still too proud to admit, she'd gone the wrong way" as meaning she had nearly gotten her friends killed, since despite her way initially being easier it turned out to be the harder/wrong way.

[@jaxthewolf4572]

Yeah and it caused her tremendous guilt and she didn't want her friends to see her vulnerable side. Because she wanted to seem brave and could handle anything

[@littlelady..3198]

Her friends survived though imagine have you even watch the movie

[@jaxthewolf4572]

They sound like they watched the movie to me, Cera's friends still almost died and it made Cera guilty because she knew it was her fault.

[@283518]

i remember watching this as a 5 year old, resting my head on my moms lap attempting to fight back the tears, hard as i tried i was unsuccessful. Simba and Bambi got nothing on little foot, never saw bambi, and while simba/mufasa death scene is sad, it does not compare

[@deadbiomass7894]

"the leaf served no purpose to the plot or film overall" the sociopathic traumatized film reviewer says about a childs last "gift" the dead mother gave him. Yeah I'm sure it wasn't significant whatsoever

[@miamislice3280]

Not to mention all he gives a fuck about in future movies is treestars, so its pretty hard to say it's presence means nothing.

[@Zero8880]

Yeah, that literally made no freaking sense to me when he said that.

[@SunBunz]

I'm totally with you about Little Foot's mom dying had the greatest impact on me as a child. It was absolutely heart-wrenching. That scene, along with the death of Artex in The Neverending Story, to this day, in my 30s, I still cry like a little kid.

[@GabyGeorge1996]

SunBunz you want me to twist the knife in your heart further? In the novel of the same name that The Neverending story is based on, Artax could TALK and unlike the movie, when Bastain remakes Fantasia he doesn't remake Artax

[@SunBunz]

Gaby George I’ve heard about that. lol Yeah that’s worse!

[@mxrbid8764]

I get an A in math “A wizard did it”

[@TheMightyPika]

Can we just pause and say how AMAZING the background work is in this movie? It creates a huge, semi-abstract apocalyptic world, with panoramic "sets" in the pull-back shots. Each second is frame-worthy.

[@PyroGothNerd]

Steven Speilburg's Jurassic Park was an adaption of the book of the same name, so it's not Speilburg's fault it had Cretaceous dinosaurs

[@Ahturos]

Plus the reason for the name of the book or the park is for the brand anyway.

[@sikufox]

PyroGothNerd no its not! Jurassic Park is an adaptation of Michael Crichton's "the lost world"...However, just by coincidence there is a straight to dvd Jurassic Park/LandBeforeTime crossover movie comi g out soon!!! So yeah.

[@BrianLyons315]

@@sikufox Wait. What?

[@sikufox]

Brian Lyons Turns out itsa joke ...But with the series I wouldnt doubt something like that

[@valforwingproductions9311]

@@sikufox umm tlw book came out after the jurassic park film

[@TheSmokingSkull]

A "pet-tra-don"? Heheh.

[@Gremthebeliever]

heheheheheheh

[@namizou3305]

Thatsilentyoutuber Lol you're funny

[@hypnotised-clover]

@Thatsilentyoutuber This is the most necessary comment thread ever

[@flagger0573]

Lol

[@TheTabascodragon]

I was probably like 4 years old when I first saw this movie. Littlefoot's mom dying literally messed me up so bad as a kid that I blocked out the memory of it for years. It wasn't until I rewatched it when I was like 11 or 12 that I even acknowledged that it even happened.

[@desaraysnow899]

In my opinion you shouldn’t see this movie to you can understand death and four years old cannot understand that

[@ShintyShinto]

We really need an uncut version of this film. I loved it so much as a kid, and all of the films/episodes that came after it. It was a huge part of my childhood.

[@keybladegames_real]

13:16 well you DO see the sharp tooth open it's mouth when it got hit by the boulder so he could of gotten away there

[@FinalFinale]

This was supposed to be a extended shot of the Sharptooth's death (storyboard or cut from the film) i.imgur.com/mqYftDF.png - In the final film, the shot of the T-Rex drowning is zoomed to hide Petrie's fate... for a few secs. :)

[@sirwolfy9372]

In the lore, the five shaped leaf is considered the most desirable food among all. And as a present from his mother he carried as a memento from her. Letting we to see the Sharp Tooth destroying it, it's heart felt BUT just before this, we see that Little Foot is not sad anymore and now have friends to call family and can move on to with his life. I was quite sad about the 5sLeaf being destroyed, I was wondered about it's animation,as a child, I was hipnotized by it beauty green, it's actually the most strong colors from the film along SharpTooth, t's f**king amazing. If this were meant to be an after life movie it would be terrible. I don't cry for sanity, I cry for hardships

[@user-hanging-at-the-hanged-man]

Same

[@mushrooms5601]

Wow I need to study up on my lbt lore

[@jblask2]

This is honestly my favorite animated movie. The animation, the characters, the themes the music. It captivated me as a child and as an adult I appreciate it even more.

[@icedevilart1379]

Seeing spike eating that brown/yellow grass animation is so satisfying when i was a kid, i always want spaghetti thanks to this scene

[@Ryou_Sensei]

to be honest, it isnt the scene of his mother dying that's sad to me, it's the part a few scenes later when Littlefoot mistakes his shadow for his mother. just seeing him become happy just to become sad again always gets me

[@sHiRoiTuGGeR]

I can't even count how many times I watched this as a kid. I could speak along all the lines X3 truly one of the best animated movies ever.

[@Funtermore]

Steve: Why my video got Copyright ? KZbin: A wizard did it

[@natalienussbaum1155]

Interestingly, studies of hatchling pterosaurs indicate that they may have been able to fly soon after hatching. Maybe it wasn’t a physical block for Petrie, but a mental one?

[@Wolfsgeist]

The different species of dinosaur all together isn't as ahistorical as it is often said to be. Stegosaurus for example lived only in the Jurassic period, true, but the order or suborder or whatever of Stegosauria, which are closely related to Stegosaurus (who would have guessed) lived way into the Cretatious period and Sauropods (Longnecks) as a whole existed for 150 million years right until the extinction of the dinosaurs. So if you don't get that specific with species, many such scenarios are fine.

[@matthiuskoenig3378]

one must also point out that any dating system is extremely inaccurate after 7000 years old, meaning for all we know there was only 1 period of dinosaurs (along side the rocks when dated are often 'wrong' and/or are found in the wrong order or with the wrong species in them)

[@Steamer96]

There are two scenes in all of animation that still make me cry. One being the death of Little Foot's Mother, the other one being Misty's departure as a main character. By the way did you know this film used both Hand and Xerox inking?

[@retrofan4963]

Have you watched An American Tail? An American Tail is also a really great movie.

[@Steamer96]

@@retrofan4963 Yes, I have.

[@retrofan4963]

@@Steamer96 What do you think of it?

[@Steamer96]

@@retrofan4963 It's a damn good movie!

[@retrofan4963]

@@Steamer96 Cool to know you enjoy it. I always find An American Tail really underrated, it needs more love. An American Tail is personally my favorite movie of all time :)

[@922sunshine]

Rest in peace to Judith and Maria Barsi, they both deserved so much better.

[@expertoflizardcorrugation3967]

land before time was one of my favourite films when i was little. god damnit the nostalgia is so thick i can cut it with a knife... i forgot my knife... help im trapped in a pool of my own nostalgia

[@kenbee1957]

Waizard your way out

[@Anonomius0]

4:06 I wouldn't call it a class system. More like racial segregation.

[@anemu3819]

Tjey ate litteraly different species

[@AdonanS]

I could be seen either way depending on where you are in the food chain, I think.

[@austinthe710messiah2]

As a matter of fact, it always seemed like that to me. some animals today prefer their own kind but many tolerate each other due to co-beneficial rewards like protection, kinship, or opportunity. but seeing how the dinosaurs barely have food in the film, i guess they are?

[@SausageRoll4u]

Oh ffs they are dinosaurs! Get a grip

[@AdonanS]

@@SausageRoll4u Get a grip on what?

[@Warui88]

The older I get, the more this film depresses me.

[@TheFatestPat]

The only thing I can think of for the Tree Star getting destroyed is that Littlefoot had made his friends and was no longer lonely, so he didn't need it as a security item any longer. Maybe letting them eat it would have been a better solution.

[@Crimsonlee2XX]

I saw this movie in theaters when I was little and loved it. Even had the VHS tape. I was a big dinosaur finatic then. I find it a bit sad and disjointed about the rest of movies that came out years later. Everything was now brightly colored, there were sing along moments, and there was no more death or real danger. The kids always found themselves often being chased by sharpteeth but that was really it. The first movie reached a level of quality they just never went back to and I think it sucks. Everything from then on out became so kid friendly and just stayed that way even till the final movie.

[@jdcman8949]

As a former dinosaur nut myself, I have to agree with you. The original Land Before Time movie from 1988 is a masterpiece compared to the sequels, and much more complex! In fact, you can clearly tell that the people who worked on the original movie put more effort, fluidity and detail into the animation than the people who worked on the sequels. As for the fact that everything after the first film became more lighthearted and more kid-friendly, I have to agree with that also. And by the way, did you know that Don Bluth, the director of the original LBT, wanted the movie to be much darker and more adult? Over 11 minutes worth of fully animated footage had to be cut because it was considered too frightening for young audiences, which is kinda unfair because in my opinion, it could've been one of the rare instances where an animated family movie could be taken more seriously than most family movies. If only Don Bluth was able to release the full uncut version of the original 1988 Land Before Time, which makes me wish there should be more family movies with more balanced out light/dark tones in them. After all, one still has to hope.

[@hello-fy7hd]

The sad part about littlefoot's mom death is that hes so innocent and doesn't even know what's happening

[@crashedfighterproductions]

If you didn't think this movie was sad enough, the little girl who played Ducky was murdered by her father before the sequel could be made. That's why her voice is different from the sequel onward.

[@animorph17]

I'm sure the man was just exercising his second amendment rights. That story is the typical expected result whenever the wife files for divorce.

[@crashedfighterproductions]

@@animorph17 The second amendment is simply the right to bare arms. It in no way give ANYONE the right to kill another person. His action were not protected by the second amendment and anyone saying he was "simply exercising his second amendment right" does not truly know what it means to have the "right to bare arms". It allows civilians to posses firearms for use in a state of emergency where civilians would need to fight, rather than the government being the only ones allowed to have weaponry, essentially leaving the civilian populace defenseless in the case of a military uprising against the US. (If you look along the sidelines, you could also account for possessing firearms for hunting.). I am not 100% sure if you are anti-gun or not, but if you are, I respect your opinions and your right to share them, but, in the future, please refrain from referring to the murder of an innocent child as someone "exercising their second amendment right". It is a crime and an abuse of the second amendment, which in my opinion should be a privilege, not a right. Those of us who know how to handle the responsibilities of gun ownership do not associate with the likes of people like him.

[@animorph17]

@CrashedFighterProductions Mostly just making a joke about the most recent mass shooting around my town, which is pretty much the same story as that voice actor save the fact her father burst into a school and killed the teacher as well as few other kids. Only major difference is that the shooter didn't follow through on the suicide part of his plan. "We shouldn't jump to take away his guns!" and "Protect the second amendment!" gets thrown around a lot around here, and I've met three people IRL (one of which a church pastor) who called it a regrettable, but otherwise acceptable side effect of exercising his rights. Hence my simplified bastardization of their argument for comedic purposes. I am fully aware that sane and sensible gun ownership is possible, but it's never the sane people with guns that I have to worry about. Only reason I'm alive is because my dad's girlfriend snuck into his car and stole his gun when he wasn't looking, deciding that he was too much of a nut-case to have one. The fact her actions are considered illegal rather than typical somewhat colors my opinion on the matter.

[@crashedfighterproductions]

@@animorph17 Thank you for clearing this up. Because of how the world is today, your comment could have offended many people with insults coming at you from every which direction. This clears up a lot. Also, I'm sorry you and your town had to experience such a travesty. I also apologize if my comment came on too strong. Meant no disrespect.

[@cassiopeia7509]

@@animorph17 oh god, you're everywhere

[@solar3914]

This was a movie I grow up with. It was one of my favorite movies to watch whenever I was in the mood for a movie marathon. Land before Time, All Dogs, Charlotte's Web, NIMH, Sailor Moon Promise of Rose/Ice Princess, Yu-Gi-Oh Vol.8, Scooby-Doo, Pokemon(the movie and 2000) and We're Back. I CRIED WHEN LITTLE FOOTS MOTHER DIED! And years and years later, when I learned about Ducky's voice actress(Judith Barsi) it was heartbreaking. While she was 7 when the movie was released, she was 10 years old when she was killed(her 'father' was an god awful creature unfit and unworthy of the title 'father'), but due to lack-of-growth and the awful things that were happening, she looked to be 7 years old. I'm just going to say, Little Foot came down to get her and she gets to play with Itchy and Annabelle everyday without worry nor fear.

[@retrofan4963]

Have you also watched An American Tail?

[@Bobamelius]

My dad was a type 1 diabetic, and after he had a particularly bad stroke I watched him slowly fade away at home hospice. I was 4 or 5 at the time. I knew exactly what death meant, and the only way I could deal with it was to shove my feelings down as far as I could; I was visibly over it and "back to normal" in just over a day. Did my best to forget he ever existed. I still have very little memory of my childhood. I watched this movie and the Lion King a LOT. Hundreds of times, if not more. Movies about dealing with parental loss. Didn't know why at the time, I certainly didn't consciously identify that back then, but I guess these movies helped me deal with it. I know this video is 4 years old and no one will see this, but being reminded of this movie brought back a lot of feels and memories, even though it's been over 30 years since dad passed. Also, wow, I forgot how incredibly beautiful this movie is from an artistic perspective!

[@slapitonabiscuit8482]

Didn't know it had a lot of cuts, explains why it's less than an hour long.

[@TheLibran1]

As a kid, the Tree Star was both meaningful and its destruction foreboding, but not... Too terrible. It "made sense" intuitively at the time without a lot of thought. Looking at it as an adult and introspecting why this is. This is what I see: The Tree Star is a symbol of hope and human connection from his Mother. It is a link to these things after his Mothers death. HOWEVER. When he has it with his friends and begins to open up. The loss of the Tree Star is not traumatizing. Because he has developed some resiliency. Because his ability to go on with his friends is just being reaffirmed with his ability to tolerate the destruction of the Tree Star (take in stride.) Because in one sense they are the same thing, the removal of hope followed by its re-affirmation. Its not really needed to explain this explicitly because this happens two or three layers in the background psychologically for the child through other devices.

[@NandoA130]

Littlefoot's Mom dying was so traumatic because he see's her pass away and hears her dying words of love and wisdom. The death of Mufasa is definitely tragic too but the child witnessing their loving parent take their final breath is what's so immensely heartbreaking 🥺

[@brycevo]

Screw inaccuracies, this movie is Amazing

[@ToastTheThe]

No, no it's THEBESTTHINGINTHEWORLD

[@VigilantAnarchism]

The original intent for the Great Valley sounds like the Covenant's Great Journey...although the latter used deception and manipulation to try and go through with it.

[@billymah0]

Rest in peace the original voice actor for ducky 🙏

[@thesheerwoodcrow5465]

“A wizard did it.”

[@ToastTheThe]

*Harry potter theme intensifies*

[@tenshi.kurama]

There was recycled animation of little foot rushing to the edge of seeing the great valley as well if I remember right. Also it seems like Disney's Dinosaur did the ending that you are talking about. Main character and crew find paradise and main character goes back for his tail to save her from carnataurs and her stupid brother

[@ToastTheThe]

In the original story, Littlefoot finds the Great Valley by himself and then goes back to save his friends. Basically, Dinosaur is just a ripoff of The Land Before Time.

[@TimeBomb014X]

So if the idea was that the great valley was heaven, and the only way in is dying does that mean originally Little Foot and gang died?!?!?!

[@jamiethedinosaur869]

They were all wiped out by an asteroid impact, along with the other dinosaurs.

[@isabelalima1866]

I remember watching this when I was a kid. Everyone used to say that Mufasa's death was the saddest in the world of animation, but I always disagree because I remember of this scene where Little Foot's mom die. I remmeber thinking about what I would do if my mother died and cried a lot watching this movie, to the point where my parents had to hide the VHS so I couldn't watch it anymore.

[@matthewbrauss8571]

The Sharptooth terrifies me the most in that film

[@mhm77887]

6:44 I believe you haven't seen the sequal or rather prequal for Bambi. There the impact of his mother's death is shown a lot.

[@Rose-xm4og]

I cried when littlefoot’s mom died 😭 And the music was incredible

[@Noodlemonkey7]

I love your channel! You are making my childhood come back in big waves of emotionally charge memories. I'm so sad!

[@aceshighdueceslow]

6:14 I had to pause because I couldn't stop laughing. I know it's a serious moment but your extra text just got me

[@seconddigit2210]

13:23 You can actually see the Sharptooth's mouth open real wide for a second, and it can be assumed that Petri was wet because he fell in the water, but still managed to fly back up to the cliff without getting caught again.

[@kieraseestadt6569]

I don't cry often. Littlefoot's mother's death scene makes me tear up and openly cry every time.

[@dememes933]

The moral of the story is that...... "A wizard did it."

[@GirlYouDontKnow-rx3lm]

The death of Littlefoot's mother is way more impactful than any of those Disney deaths because not only did he witness as she died but he then had to muster up the courage to leave her behind after the fact. And like Steve mentions, it doesn't cut immediately to Littlefoot finding hope, he's left grieving for a while. And this is a personal thing, but the scene where a mournful Littlefoot is given advice by that wise elder dinosaur is where I really start bawling as that guy reminds me of my late grandfather. 😥