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Way you would improve this film


If you were to improve this movie, what improvements would you make?For me, it would be:
A. make Faline a more major character and the heroine of the film.
B. Give a backstory on Ronno
C. have a scene after the mom death scene with Bambi and Faline when they are teenagers
D. The film's running time should be 96 minutes.
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I would watch it on a more comfortable sofa. Other than that I have nothing.

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I would have just put in a transition scene from the death of Bambi's mother to the spring song. Also, maybe more like 75-80 minutes would have been good for the running time.

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make Bambi's mother's killer get his just desserts at the end!

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Make all the deer look like they should...like WHITETAIL DEER. Not a mixture of European and American deer.

I would change the way all the "young bucks" look in the film, no 2 deer antlers look the same.

Deer dont "twitterpate" in the spring, they breed in the fall.

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make Bambi's mother's killer get his just desserts at the end!

It's implied that he burned to death in the fire he accidentally started. That's a behind-the-scenes tidbit anyhow.

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I would:
1. Make the movie longer
2. Had some scenes that took place after Bambi's mom dies but before he grows up
3. Properly introduce Ronno

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I agree about all but A- this isn't Faline's movie. She's a good character as she is, she complements Bambi like she is supposed to. I do wish she had a bit more screen time though, just so people complaining about her supposed lack of a personality would shut up.

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Since rereading the novel recently, definitely all four of these options, and also find a way to include Gobo, Faline's brother, and a few of the other characters from the book. Maybe a few more of the plot points from the book that weren't included to make the movie more of a story, like maybe Bambi or the Great Prince could help free Thumper from a snare. That would have been a good one, I think.

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A. make Faline a more major character and the heroine of the film.
B. Give a backstory on Ronno
C. have a scene after the mom death scene with Bambi and Faline when they are teenagers

Didn't they do these things in Bambi: Prince of the Forest? I'm NOT calling it Bambi II, because it is NOT Bambi II.

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You can't improve upon perfection, so I'm not sure what you're going for here. Your "improvements" sound like attempts to make the film more conventional...I'm not on board with that.

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