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re: Who here finds it harder to watch animal deaths in movies than people dieing
Posted on 2/3/12 at 11:35 am to tigerinthebueche
Posted on 2/3/12 at 11:35 am to tigerinthebueche
it isn't as clear cut as what you're saying. I value my dog who's had a personal impact on my life over someone I have no connection with whatsoever. I would value a friend/family member over my pet. Also it's easier to love any form of life more than someone like Osama Bin Laden
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Posted on 2/3/12 at 11:55 am to KingwoodLsuFan
I can't watch animals die, especially dogs
Horses that die in battle scenes of movies bother me too, they didn't need to die
Horses that die in battle scenes of movies bother me too, they didn't need to die
Posted on 2/3/12 at 12:02 pm to WITNESS23
Clearly then you hate human life and want humans to die and animals take over the world you stupid animal lover.
Posted on 2/3/12 at 12:30 pm to KingwoodLsuFan
Me for sure. However children dying is pretty tough as well.
Posted on 2/3/12 at 12:45 pm to KingwoodLsuFan
I guess I'm the only one who LOL'd when Babyface Nelson started shooting the cows in O Brother, Where Art Thou?
Posted on 2/3/12 at 12:50 pm to WITNESS23
I Am Legend was fricking rough.
And to answer the original question (somebody touched on it earlier) most of the animal deaths in movies are shot to ellicit this exact emotional response. The animal is usually closely tied to the main protagonist which causes you to root for him as well. Also the emotional response of the human protagonist to the death of said animal triggers this as well. Our own life experiences with pets and the innocence of the animal character are other factors. Nobody cried when Kujo died.
Now to contrast it to the human characters who have established personalities and identities of their own, these animals are usually blank slates. You see the animal but you don't know it. So you place the knowledge of some animal from your life with it and there is your emotional attachment. Watching I Am Legend's dog die is hard because you probably replaced that dog's "blank slate" with your own present or past pet's personality. Human characters have individual identities which 99.9% of the time don't remind us of anyone we know.
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And to answer the original question (somebody touched on it earlier) most of the animal deaths in movies are shot to ellicit this exact emotional response. The animal is usually closely tied to the main protagonist which causes you to root for him as well. Also the emotional response of the human protagonist to the death of said animal triggers this as well. Our own life experiences with pets and the innocence of the animal character are other factors. Nobody cried when Kujo died.
Now to contrast it to the human characters who have established personalities and identities of their own, these animals are usually blank slates. You see the animal but you don't know it. So you place the knowledge of some animal from your life with it and there is your emotional attachment. Watching I Am Legend's dog die is hard because you probably replaced that dog's "blank slate" with your own present or past pet's personality. Human characters have individual identities which 99.9% of the time don't remind us of anyone we know.
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This post was edited on 2/3/12 at 12:52 pm
Posted on 2/3/12 at 1:33 pm to ipodking
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I guess I'm the only one who LOL'd when Babyface Nelson started shooting the cows in O Brother, Where Art Thou?
Oh George. Not the livestock!
I laughed. Cows are stupid, smelly animals and deserve to die.
Posted on 2/3/12 at 1:58 pm to KingwoodLsuFan
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KingwoodLsuFan
hypothetical.
So your dog runs to the street b/c there's a guy you have no connection with whatsoever was walking in your neighborhood, and the stranger is there petting your dog. you walk to them and notice a car coming at them that doesn't look like it will stop.
you getting your dog out the way or the stranger?
just so you know, I have 2 dogs that i love and would do just about anything for. my main objective would not be to save my dog first.
Posted on 2/3/12 at 2:01 pm to TexasTiger05
Watched The Hunter the other night, felt bad even when they killed the cgi animal.
Posted on 2/3/12 at 2:07 pm to KingwoodLsuFan
American Psycho I have no problem when he kills the homeless guy. when he kills the dog though and it yelps i hit fast forward.
Posted on 2/3/12 at 2:09 pm to ipodking
quote:
I guess I'm the only one who LOL'd when Babyface Nelson started shooting the cows in O Brother, Where Art Thou?
Guilty
Posted on 2/3/12 at 2:09 pm to TeddyPadillac
I'd save my dog, mostly because the guy standing in the street deserves to get hit.
Posted on 2/3/12 at 2:33 pm to KingwoodLsuFan
I pulled for Cujo
Posted on 2/3/12 at 2:37 pm to KingwoodLsuFan
I don't. shite happens. Old Yeller needed to be put down. Bambi's mother deserved it. Marley was a bitch dog. They should have shown Seabisquit being made into dog food.
That's the circle of life.
That's the circle of life.
Posted on 2/3/12 at 3:02 pm to KingwoodLsuFan
I watched the ending to 'My Dog Skip' one time and that's enough for me.
Posted on 2/3/12 at 4:24 pm to TeddyPadillac
quote:
hypothetical.
So your dog runs to the street b/c there's a guy you have no connection with whatsoever was walking in your neighborhood, and the stranger is there petting your dog. you walk to them and notice a car coming at them that doesn't look like it will stop.
you getting your dog out the way or the stranger?
just so you know, I have 2 dogs that i love and would do just about anything for. my main objective would not be to save my dog first.
really I have no idea and the guy shouldn't be in the middle of the street in the first place but I don't know what I would do in a snap decision like that and I don't trust my superman diving tackling ability to get me and whoever I save out the way.
Posted on 2/3/12 at 4:30 pm to TeddyPadillac
quote:frick that
my main objective would not be to save my dog first.
Posted on 2/3/12 at 4:33 pm to TulaneLSU
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I'm less convinced there is in this matter. Why? Because I see first hand, every day, how people do value animals more than people. Many pets receive far more attention than the "undesirable" people in our society. Animal abuse is sometimes more harshly punished than assault. Services to pamper and care for animals increase exponentially while the budgets of charities to help the poor shrink.
I am more likely responding in this thread to my dissatisfaction with that reality than to the words of the posters in the thread. Nonetheless, the reality of what I see and the confession that many people mourn the deaths of animals more than people in movies lead me to be concerned about how we view the value of human life.
A desire to treat animals with humanity and kindness does not come at the expense of the people we do not treat with the same regard.
As a culture we definitely do not suffer from over-valuing the life of animals at the expense of human beings. We kill billions of them a year just for their meat or other products.
Posted on 2/3/12 at 4:34 pm to KingwoodLsuFan
quote:
hypothetical.
So your dog runs to the street b/c there's a guy you have no connection with whatsoever was walking in your neighborhood, and the stranger is there petting your dog. you walk to them and notice a car coming at them that doesn't look like it will stop.
you getting your dog out the way or the stranger?
I'd save my dog, I know him. I don't know the other guy, why would I care about him?
Hypothetical:
You hear about 100,000 people dying somewhere else in the world...do you care enough to say anything more than "well, that's a bummer?" Personally, I only care about people I know.
Posted on 2/3/12 at 4:40 pm to KingwoodLsuFan
Depends on the person.
Seriously, it depends on the reason and the manner of death with an animal.
ETA:
I only read the OP when I posted.
Seriously, it depends on the reason and the manner of death with an animal.
ETA:
I only read the OP when I posted.
This post was edited on 2/3/12 at 5:01 pm
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