the Dalaverse

So did this scene make anybody CRY FOR DAYS as a child? I love the modern remake too (one of the few successes in that arena), but this is still a true hanky-wringing classic. 'He was just too old.' And then he comes trotting down and the music goes nuts and the narrator tells us what's happening onscreen and Dala sobs!



...No? Okay then, maybe this might have done it:



I know 'Old Yeller' is the classic but this one was my movie. Watching this movie (before I was quite old enough to read the book) is actually the first time I remember crying. (When it wasn't, like, my shovel getting stolen at the beach or something, I mean.) Dammit, I can't even say the title without bursting into tears.

This post is brought to you by 'Babe' being on TV and still totally awesome. I actually bought the Farmer Hoggett jig song from iTunes awhile back. YouTube doesn't have 'That'll do, pig,' unfortunately. Note to self: searching for 'babe' is not a good idea.

Feel free to share your Incredibly Sad/Wonderful/Timeless Animal Movie Moments with me. I have one from literature too. In Lad: A Dog by Alfred Payson Terhune, there's a chapter where Lad gets lost from a dog show in New York and the narrator says that a lost dog is the saddest thing in the world - sadder than a lost child because the dog can't ask for help and no one even notices it. I read that book so many times; I was obsessed with collies for a couple of years. And then there's James Herriott...::reminisces::

I need to go see 'Wall-E' now. I've seen every single one in the theater with the exception of 'Ratatouille' (on the plane) - but the exception is, I feel, excused by my having seen 'Toy Story,' 'Monsters, Inc.' AND 'Finding Nemo' twice apiece. Pixar owns my soul, man. I think I have more respect for well-done children's entertainment just because it's so hard to actually do it well.

ETA: OMG I forgot 'Thomasina'! A severely under-appreciated classic.