I've never been too bothered by scenes like that, but my wife gets choked up in any move where an animal is in distress.
She sobbed through Hildalgo.
Anyway, whenever I see a scene with an animal in distress, I just think to myself..."It's just acting, and I bet afterwards they took the dog out back and played fetch and had a fun time..."
Now what *really* gets me, are those wildlife commercials showing animals being treated cruelly, like the bear in a cage in Asia...damn it, those are real!!
