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I feel sorry for Cujo


Does anybody else besides me feel sorry for Cujo? He was a good dog... It's not his fault he contracted a horrible disease that made him a lunatic. It was the fault of his idiot, irresponsible owners who didn't get him the Rabies vaccine. This is a well made horror movie, with taut suspense and tension... But I find it to be very unpleasant and sad.

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It was just on tonight. I agree, I think it's very sad that through no fault of his own, he got infected and became vicious and crazy.

I don't like watching animals pretending to get hurt or killed on film. It's probably in the same tier as with children, they're innocent and it's just too sad to see.

Although, I was reading the wiki for the book tonight and I found the fact that in the book Tad dies. had they left that in the movie. I think it would have really bummed me out.

I think my mom told me that watching that movie was hard for her, she really identified with Donna as a mother, and going through something like that would be bad enough by yourself, but having your child suffer with you? That's really rough.

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I did too. He was such a loving, fat, and cuddly fuzz ball at the beginning. He was seriously neglected. I mean no one saw the bites on his nose?????

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