Does anyone else find Bambi incredibly difficult to watch? (spoilers)

I don't mean because it's a bad film, it's an absolute masterpiece, but I find it incredibly painful to watch because it's just too cute. The lovely sweet music, the romance, the woods, the adorable little baby animals ... and then the tragedy midway through the film is like a knife in the heart, really. It's like a razor blade in the centre of a marshmallow.

Bambi is such an emotional rollercoaster I feel quite drained if I watch it. I'm not sure this is what Disney was actually intending with this film either; after all, it is for children. I was also much less affected by Mufasa's death than I was Bambi's mother's; mainly because The Lion King had an overall cheery overtone to it, whereas Bambi was quite ethereal and mysterious and the animals just made me melt. Combined with the amazing music, I find it an incredibly powerful film - but it emotionally drains me too. For this reason I find it difficult - and at times - a painful experience.

I also think one of the reasons for this is that up until the tragedy and the climax, there isn't much of a plot, except witnessing Bambi grow up, playing with his friends and frolick in the fields with Flower and Thumper. It feels like a wrench watching this overwhelmingly cutesy animals play around only to have everything taken away from Bambi midway through the movie.

Anyone else feel this way? Maybe it's just me. :P and yes I know it's only a movie, but I find all animal films - particularly this one - painful in the same respect.