re: Who here finds it harder to watch animal deaths in movies than people dieing

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Who here finds it harder to watch animal deaths in movies than people dieing

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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.

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I think saving a mans life would be more important. Like someone said, its hard to say what you would actually do. But years down the road I would imagine you would feel better about yourself if you saved the man. That might be something you ever get over if you watch a man die and know you did nothing to help. Stranger or not.

I can't stand to think about any animals dying in a movie. I won't even watch the latest King Kong remake because I know what happens in the end and I hate it. Old Yeller nearly broke my heart.

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Maybe people get so choked up because theyidentifywiththe animal due to their own experience with their pets?

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For me it is a combination of the above and the fact that the animals are unable to protect themselves from most of the harm that befalls them. Humans have the cognitive ability to choose to do something dangerous while animals don't and are typically drug into the dangerous situation.

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Watching a guy take 5 minutes to slowly decapitiate a wolf in The Grey was gruesome but i didnt feel bad for the wolf. It was just graphic

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thanks for the spoiler deuche

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dieing

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Really????????????

Is this the kind of scene we are talking about?

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What kind of dog?

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I had a GF who had a male poodle that she dressed in sweaters in the winter and tee shirts in the summer. When she had him groomed, they put bows and ribbons on him. I used to take them off of him when she'd leave the room. She took away all of his dignity. I think he would have asked for a bullet if he could have talked.

Same here. I can't stand it. If something has to happen to the animal in the story, like they won't be in it for the rest of the movie, let them get out of the house and run away or something.

When they kill off the animal, it ticks me off. The movie right there loses a bunch of good points, to me.

I really want to see War Horse but just on what I said, it's in the war, it's a beloved horse, Spielberg directs it..... yeah. Don't know if I'll check that one out.

The I am Legend thing with his dog ticked me off. It could've gone a different way.

I didn't cry when Cujo died