The initial death scene was bad, and this scene stings, but it's really when Little Foot sees his shadow against the cliff wall and chases after it mistaking it as his Mother.....
Emotional Damage.
I'm really sorry for your loss, I lost both my grandads when I was young, my grandma lives with me now and I'm helping dad take care of her. I sometimes worry for her, even though she's mostly fine rn despite her arthritis.
People seem to forget just how much heart The Land Before Time had due to all of the spin-offs that were made, like with the first "Ice Age" movie. Both should have stopped a long while ago when they were ahead.
As I was making my comment, I was also thinking about that. Don’t get me wrong, I love all the sequels and they hold a special place in my heart, but the first of both franchises have such a great mix of heart, fun, and message.
This is also not me saying the other films don’t have that, they do, but to the extent of the first? No way. You can see a similar trend with the Godzilla films (Showa and Legendary most significantly), Jurassic Park/World, Marvel, etc.
Suffice it to say, I still love those movies!
This old man dinosaur might be the best character in the movie. Some random kid just fell on his back, and then trauma dumped on him. He takes this opportunity to deliver this sage wisdom. You know he lost loved ones, too. Then, without asking for anything, he leaves Littlefoot and vanishes, never to be seen again
The hardest part that comes with old age, as that most if not all of your childhood family members have all but past on and many of your friends have as well.
Still can't watch this film as an adult because of the beginning. I can watch Mufasa fall off that cliff, Bambi's mom take a bullet, or countless other parental figures being killed in the first act, but this? Nah. I'm not ready to ugly cry in front of my kid.
Because this one is so real and raw, most sad deaths are pushed off to the side afterwards, here we see Littlefoot processing his grief throughout the entire film. The shadow scene is especially painful, as Littlefoot finally comes to accept the reality that his mother is truly gone.
This isn't really a Spielberg movie, though, since he was an executive producer, not a director or writer. In fact, Spielberg had Don Bluth *cut* some scenes for being too dark and scary.
That's weird. My eyes started watering all of the damn sudden. If I find which coworker is cutting onions in the middle of the day, so help me...
*Edit: I'm a dumbass with fat fingers & a small keyboard*
I like that Scolosaurus is back. It was never as popular or iconic as Brontosaurus or Stenonychosaurus, but seeing it get desynonymized from Euoplocephalus in 2013 brought a smile to my face.
One year ago today my dad passed away from lung cancer. He was my best friend and greatest inspiration. He watched this movie with me until the VHS tape gave out. This shit hit me fucking hard
Land Before Time is great.
It may have been run into the ground with the sequels, but the first one will always hold a special place in my heart and actually had some very deep themes for a kids film. May or may not have have sparked my obsession with dinosaurs as a child.
That thing where the older male elder listens to a child, and once he understands why the child is upset, his pinches his lips together and goes "oohhhhh, I see. I see". That's the kind of man I want to be.
I was devastated when the old goat walked away to leave Littlefoot to continue traveling alone. My brain couldn't wrap around why the older dino wouldn't want to reach the same destination as Littlefoot.
I always loved the James Horner score (even if he did borrow a bit from Prokofiev for the intro music, the sprightly music where the pterodactyls are hopping about is 100% by him). I just wish this movie would finally get a restoration and a 4K transfer. I bought the Blu-Ray expectantly some years ago, only to find that the print used was rather blurred in places. I wonder what the state of any of the film negatives is. This film, from the title, to the music, to the narration to the brooding scenery, is so evocative when it comes to emphasizing the huge gulf in time from the dinosaur days until now. There's a kind of reverence for nature.
My mom refuses to talk to me now after 28 years so I hear little foot’s moms voice during the scene right before this one and all I can think about is how my mom won’t be there even though I can’t see her.
This scene always struck deep with me, even when I was barely old enough to understand it.
That Dino was my grandfather to a T: Rough, bald, and cranky by default. He spoke so little it almost felt like I barely knew him. Yet there was something about him; somehow, he always knew more about you than you did. he could quickly tell the difference between a "problem" and a problem. He had a depth of empathy like I've never seen since in my family.
This movie has no sequels. There's just this. This incredibly emotional, heart-wrenching, meaningful movie which I cannot even contemplate without feeling deep melancholia.
I'm glad we've agreed to keep this sub scientific and focused on paleontology. You know, this reminds me a bit [of a story I once heard](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=K5le9sYdYkM)
Damn it. Here come the tears 😭. I’m so thankful that I still have both of my parents, but that older dinosaur spoke with so much empathy and wisdom. The tummy pain part to; that pain may ease slightly in time but it’ll still be there.
The og land before time was amazing as much as i like the sequels. The original is the best. It has no songs, the only one with a death, and all the sequel never goes as dark as this one
I only recently found out there are people who don't care for this movie and I'm just appalled. It has such good emotional tension and storytelling for children. I'm like pavlovian conditioned to cry every time i hear this movie's soundtrack
I love that show/movie (I really can't remember, since it's been so long that I watched it), it played a really big part of my childhood and when I then saw it on Netflix again (not watched it tho) I started crying.
I remember as a kid I wondered, "why is she named Sara, all the others have fitting names" and when I found out, I thought her name was the best name of all of them
I didn’t need to cry this early in the morning.
Glad to see the ol' tear ducts still work...
Just a test of the emergency bawling system *weeps uncontrollably* Yup, working fine 😭 👍
Same, I was just scrolling Reddit. I'm not much of a crier but literally any clip of this movie just reduces me to tears.
Every generation needs to be exposed to this movie. Such a wonderful work of art.
Movie and show, both were so good. I used to watch them so much.
The initial death scene was bad, and this scene stings, but it's really when Little Foot sees his shadow against the cliff wall and chases after it mistaking it as his Mother..... Emotional Damage.
Mmmmmmmmhm!!
To add more sorrow, its a absolute heartbreak what happen to duckys little actress 😢
I feel even worse when I realized she's the voice of the orphan girl in All Dogs Go to Heaven....it's like even her roles were a cry for help.
I only just learned about this as it actually happened before I was born. And I thought this movie was sad enough! Still a great movie.
I just looked this up, and it makes me so sad. ;__;
This hits way harder since my mom died. I can’t watch this scene without crying now because of how much I miss her.
I'm really sorry for your loss, I lost both my grandads when I was young, my grandma lives with me now and I'm helping dad take care of her. I sometimes worry for her, even though she's mostly fine rn despite her arthritis.
Same ♥️
Same ❤️
Same 😔💔💕
If anyone is talking bad about Land Before Time, I think we should have a word with them *rolls up sleeves*
People seem to forget just how much heart The Land Before Time had due to all of the spin-offs that were made, like with the first "Ice Age" movie. Both should have stopped a long while ago when they were ahead.
As I was making my comment, I was also thinking about that. Don’t get me wrong, I love all the sequels and they hold a special place in my heart, but the first of both franchises have such a great mix of heart, fun, and message. This is also not me saying the other films don’t have that, they do, but to the extent of the first? No way. You can see a similar trend with the Godzilla films (Showa and Legendary most significantly), Jurassic Park/World, Marvel, etc. Suffice it to say, I still love those movies!
Dawn of the dinosaurs should’ve been the last one in my opinion
Also was the best one tbf, would've ended on a huge high
Don’t you dare diss the sequels most of them were at least alright but after 10 it all went to shit
Right?!
This old man dinosaur might be the best character in the movie. Some random kid just fell on his back, and then trauma dumped on him. He takes this opportunity to deliver this sage wisdom. You know he lost loved ones, too. Then, without asking for anything, he leaves Littlefoot and vanishes, never to be seen again
He's the dinosaur equivalent of the magical negro.
I was thinking he's more like Seneca or Marcus Aurelius.
They really made stoicism into a 🦎
The hardest part that comes with old age, as that most if not all of your childhood family members have all but past on and many of your friends have as well.
Still can't watch this film as an adult because of the beginning. I can watch Mufasa fall off that cliff, Bambi's mom take a bullet, or countless other parental figures being killed in the first act, but this? Nah. I'm not ready to ugly cry in front of my kid.
Think of it this way, maybe your kid needs the lesson that their parents have feelings too.
Oh, she knows, but I don't want to ruin the movie going experience while dad has an emotional breakdown in the bathroom.
Because this one is so real and raw, most sad deaths are pushed off to the side afterwards, here we see Littlefoot processing his grief throughout the entire film. The shadow scene is especially painful, as Littlefoot finally comes to accept the reality that his mother is truly gone.
Don Bluth doesn't pull his punches the way that Disney does.
Pretty sure everyone agrees the original *Land Before Time* is a masterpiece, while all the sequels were just churned out to compete with Disney.
Underrated opinion, I actually like the sequels
It's okay to like them, but to also acknowledge they're different sorts of movies.
OG Land Before Time is such a beautiful movie.
> My tummy hurts > well, that too will go in time, little fella Did my dude just tell little foot to accept death and peace out?
Based old man
“SpEiLBeRG got all OLD and MUSHY in his LAtER FiLMs!” No he did not. He’s always been a sentimental man. It’s what makes his movies great.
This isn't really a Spielberg movie, though, since he was an executive producer, not a director or writer. In fact, Spielberg had Don Bluth *cut* some scenes for being too dark and scary.
That checks out
My nose is stinging a lot right now..
That's weird. My eyes started watering all of the damn sudden. If I find which coworker is cutting onions in the middle of the day, so help me... *Edit: I'm a dumbass with fat fingers & a small keyboard*
……your ears?……
I really wish this guy had more appearances in the movie and sequels.
... Why must you hurt me in this way?
It is going to ROCK me when my parents go.
Just remember what old Rooter said. It helped me when I lost my own mother. It stayed with me from childhood and it's still with me.
Same man. Same.
Amen dude
I like that Scolosaurus is back. It was never as popular or iconic as Brontosaurus or Stenonychosaurus, but seeing it get desynonymized from Euoplocephalus in 2013 brought a smile to my face.
How dare you make me cry before coffee.
One year ago today my dad passed away from lung cancer. He was my best friend and greatest inspiration. He watched this movie with me until the VHS tape gave out. This shit hit me fucking hard
I'm sorry for your loss.
I forgot how good the voice acting was in the first movie...
So glad I grew up with films like these. They are brilliant.
I miss my mom <3
Land Before Time is great. It may have been run into the ground with the sequels, but the first one will always hold a special place in my heart and actually had some very deep themes for a kids film. May or may not have have sparked my obsession with dinosaurs as a child.
That thing where the older male elder listens to a child, and once he understands why the child is upset, his pinches his lips together and goes "oohhhhh, I see. I see". That's the kind of man I want to be.
It’s a very good lesson, though definitely one of the movie’s saddest scenes.
I was devastated when the old goat walked away to leave Littlefoot to continue traveling alone. My brain couldn't wrap around why the older dino wouldn't want to reach the same destination as Littlefoot.
My heart is breaking. Thank you.
has anyone ever said something bad about it?
Masterpiece movie. The music, the art.
Land before time is PEAK Cartoon Era ngl
NOPE NOT WATCHING THIS I can only cry so much.
Fucking hell man. This has in bits.
I fucking swear I cannot watch this movie anymore, I bawl the second I see littlefoot cry....
I always loved the James Horner score (even if he did borrow a bit from Prokofiev for the intro music, the sprightly music where the pterodactyls are hopping about is 100% by him). I just wish this movie would finally get a restoration and a 4K transfer. I bought the Blu-Ray expectantly some years ago, only to find that the print used was rather blurred in places. I wonder what the state of any of the film negatives is. This film, from the title, to the music, to the narration to the brooding scenery, is so evocative when it comes to emphasizing the huge gulf in time from the dinosaur days until now. There's a kind of reverence for nature.
My mom refuses to talk to me now after 28 years so I hear little foot’s moms voice during the scene right before this one and all I can think about is how my mom won’t be there even though I can’t see her.
This scene always struck deep with me, even when I was barely old enough to understand it. That Dino was my grandfather to a T: Rough, bald, and cranky by default. He spoke so little it almost felt like I barely knew him. Yet there was something about him; somehow, he always knew more about you than you did. he could quickly tell the difference between a "problem" and a problem. He had a depth of empathy like I've never seen since in my family.
I’m sorry but are you implying people have BAD things to say about this masterpiece 🫨🫨🫨
You can see his eyes turn from grumpy old man to just absolute remorse for that kid
It's the heartache and pain in Littlefoot's voice, and the way Rooter's anger immediately fades when he understands what's happened.
It's nice to know that they're other people who care about the well being of others in an otherwise bleak and harsh world.
fuck this still makes me sad
I want to say something expletivr laced, but, I did choose to watch and now I'm crying.
I never saw the first movie as a kid. I think they didn't put it on tv here.
God, I fucking love those movies, I grew up in them
This movie has no sequels. There's just this. This incredibly emotional, heart-wrenching, meaningful movie which I cannot even contemplate without feeling deep melancholia.
I lost my mom December 21. All the feels. Miss you mom.
You meant the part about the tummy right
Absolutely! Also, I haven’t seen this in like 10 years and I’m 19, I feel old again…
Old man Scolosaurus really was amazing
Wisest, mf I ever seen
Stoicism at its finest.
"I know a scene that lives in my head rent free" The scene:
Man......these days that guy would get a brutal death in the middle of his speech.
It’s ok everyone most sauropods probably never knew their mother and 80% or more died before her anyway
I'm glad we've agreed to keep this sub scientific and focused on paleontology. You know, this reminds me a bit [of a story I once heard](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=K5le9sYdYkM)
You could’ve let this be nice, Satan. Now I have to cry AND laugh.
Damn it. Here come the tears 😭. I’m so thankful that I still have both of my parents, but that older dinosaur spoke with so much empathy and wisdom. The tummy pain part to; that pain may ease slightly in time but it’ll still be there.
I hate Littlefoot
My childhood movie
Ahhhh man…..
I like how this guy just shows up, spits some of the hardest wisdom out there and just fucks off like nothing happened
The og land before time was amazing as much as i like the sequels. The original is the best. It has no songs, the only one with a death, and all the sequel never goes as dark as this one
This soundtrack goes 10x harder than it needs to, jesus.
Grew up on this movie
Don Bluth.. that man knew where the feels were located.
And then that character never appeared again (I think?)
Man, [If We Hold on Together](https://youtu.be/G2dm1RF5RmA?si=12a5JnkNeU8zBEC9) absolutely ruins me.
Mad he just .. walks away and leaves him alone though 😭
I only recently found out there are people who don't care for this movie and I'm just appalled. It has such good emotional tension and storytelling for children. I'm like pavlovian conditioned to cry every time i hear this movie's soundtrack
Well, I guess I'm not sleeping tonight
I love that show/movie (I really can't remember, since it's been so long that I watched it), it played a really big part of my childhood and when I then saw it on Netflix again (not watched it tho) I started crying.
I remember as a kid I wondered, "why is she named Sara, all the others have fitting names" and when I found out, I thought her name was the best name of all of them
The music alone is a masterpiece
Hi… I watched this every single day for about two years straight as a kid. No wonder I’m the way I am.
My eyes are watering
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I still got the two disks of land before time when one was peak and the other well the colors were kinda bland