Bambi (1942)
#98 on my Top 100 List
If this movie was made today, it would have been immediately shanghaied by anti-hunting activist groups and proclaimed as a wonderful showcase for their cause. While Man is clearly the bad guy (and all the more scary because you never ever see a single human or any part of one), I don't think that the original intent was to make an anti-hunting film. It's one of Disney's finest, with stunning watercolor backgrounds and animation (still unmatched by any inferior CGI animation) and an interesting use of music in that when action needs to be accented, it's accented with orchestral music instead of sound effects. Disney Studios brought real deer in for the animators to study and it shows in the characters' movements. Also, this film includes one of the most heartbreaking deaths in film history.
My Netflix rating: 5 stars
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