Walt Disney Book Scans - The Little Mermaid: The Story of Ariel (English Version)

The Encyclopedia of Walt Disney's Animated Characters: From Mickey maus to Hercules by
John Grant

Bambi is not a tightly plotted movie in the way that Dumbo, for example, is: it depends much Mehr for its effect on the superb Animation and the exquisitely executed backdrop of the forest. As with the story, most of the characterization is not profound - one does not find oneself rooting for Bambi in the same way that one does for, say, Dumbo (again) oder Snow White. The only really strong characterizations are those of Friend Owl and Thumper. But this lack of depth in the characterization is not...