DISNEY'S GREATEST ANIMATED MOVIE

[wired2max]

Choose which of these Disney classics is your favorite. I am only posting traditional animation, not CGI-Computer pictures such as Toy Story. Feel free to add any I missed. (I can't add them all)

[Powerslave]

I voted the Lion King, followed by Beauty and The Beast, Fantasia, and Pinocchio. Though that may easily change once Disney stops making me want to kill myself and actually releases these movies out of their stupid goddamn vault. That said, any of those 3 could possibly overtake The Lion King upon rewatching them.

I'm tempted to say Pinocchio is objectively the best though.

[bankholdup]

Gotta go with Alice in Wonderland on this one.

[athf1980]

I voted for Lion King because it perfectly blended story with catchy tunes.

[blk_flower]

dude where's Fantasia on that one, always and still is my favorite movie ever made. I would think alice in wonderland would come next then The Little Mermaid, followed by Toy Story.

[Well_Said]

Ugh...Aladdin; loved it. The Sword and the Stone was pretty kick ass too, Merlin's like a perverted great uncle.

[hoojib127]

I'm partial to "Sleeping Beauty" myself. I just love its design. "Bambi," "Lady and the Tramp," "Alice in Wonderland," and "Dumbo" round out my Top 5.

[Le_Big_Mac]

The Lion King. I assume you're not including any of the digitally animated ones for a reason.

[wired2max]

I assume you're not including any of the digitally animated ones for a reason

Well mostly because when I think "classic disney" I think of their traditionally animated pictures, their computer animated films are all in collaberation with Pixar, these ones are only Disney. I love the computer ones, I would just put them in a separate poll of their own.

[bigred760]

Aladdin has been my favorite Disney movie for a while - drawn or CGI.

[wired2max]

I'd say it's a toss up between The Lion King and Beauty and the Beast-can't decide which one.

[X-Nightcrawler]

Word of advise, wired2max. This is a risky poll to make. Because if "The Lion King" isn't at the top spot at all times, blood will rain on your land and your crops shall fail.

[Cronos]

The Lion King, not only their greatest animated movie, but one of the greatest animated movies ever.

[Tagia_Romero]

I voted for one part of my Holy Disney Quadrilogy; The Lion King.

The other three are The Little Mermaid, Beauty and the Beast and Aladdin.

Those were the days...

[ilovemovies]

Went with Aladdin from the poll.

But real answer would be Fantasia.

[Briare Rabbit]

Fantasia is the greatest animated film of all time. Its a crime its not on this poll.

Its runner up Bambi is also absent.

As is the Black Cauldron.

Huh. I went with Beauty and the Beast.

[RandalGraves]

Snow White...for when that came out, and how it started it all, it automatically gets my vote. Without the success of sw there prolly wouldn't be a lot of these other flicks.

[inglourious basterd]

Beauty and the Beast

Everything about this film is epic. The opening sequence and the scene in the ballroom are masterfully done.

Seeing it on the IMAX screens was among my best theater moviegoing experiences (along with seeing Snakes on a Plane with a crowd full of stoners and Kill Bill Vol 1 on opening night).

I love the Lion King, but a lot of that has to do with nostalgia, as it was my favorite film from childhood. I think that, nostalgia aside, Beauty and the Beast is the best-told story.

[Briare Rabbit]

Snow White...for when that came out, and how it started it all, it automatically gets my vote. Without the success of sw there prolly wouldn't be a lot of these other flicks.

Snow White is the Jazz Singer of animated films.

[Derek237]

I guess a lot of people are going to be partial to the 1989-1994 resurgence of Disney greatness, since probably most of us were kids then...and damn, those are some great movies. I'm probably going with Aladdin on this one because for one thing it's a great part of my childhood, plus I can still enjoy it a lot today. Second place would go to The Jungle Book...it was the first Disney movie I ever saw, and it's also one I can enjoy today (fuck it...come to think of it, MOST Disney movies are). But anyway, if I have kids someday, I'd want them to watch The Jungle Book.

[starcat]

beauty and the beast

[sarah1980]

The Lion King

[Sonny Corleone]

Umm... 101 Dalmations...

From that list... Peter Pan.

[Natty]

From the List: The Lion King

My Personal Favourite: Toy Story

[Darth Kenshin]

Hard to compare eras and impact. I would think Fantasia or Snow White had the biggest impact, but I don't know if that makes them the best. My personal favorite is Aladdin though. Great voicework, great music, solid enough story, an Aesop-like moral, and enough jokes for every one. I loved it as a kid, and love it for completely different reasons today (I'm 22).

I also loved Mulan. Kind of a sleeper, but it was really good, until Mulan II bastardized it.

[Pulp_Joker]

Went with Dumbo.

[wired2max]

Word of advise, wired2max. This is a risky poll to make. Because if "The Lion King" isn't at the top spot at all times, blood will rain on your land and your crops shall fail.

Thanks for the warning Nightcrawler. ;)

[DareDevil]

Out of those it came down between Jungle Book and Alladin and I went with JB... though my favorites are Sword in the Stone and Hercules.

[ilovemovies]

Snow White was undeniably an important movie, historically. But I don't think that makes it good. I personally hated it. I might even go as far as saying I think it's disney's worst animated movie. I really did not like it.

[X-Nightcrawler]

Snow White was undeniably an important movie, historically. But I don't think that makes it good. I personally hated it. I might even go as far as saying I think it's disney's worst animated movie. I really did not like it.

I agree about it being important, but I agree more on the dislike. That is one boring-ass movie. But then I find "Pinnochio" and all the pre-"The Little Mermaid" Disney movies to be a yawner.

For me it's always going to be "The Lion King" as the supreme animated feature that chases, pounces, bites, tears and absolutely shreds the others like they're helpless does.

Way, way below, it's the 90's movies, Disney's best times. "Mulan", "Hercules", "The Beauty and the Beast" and "Aladdin". And "The Emperor's New Groove" is fucking hilarious, but that's 2000, I think.

[wired2max]

The real gem in The Lion King is Hans Zimmer's breathtaking score.

[Cermond]

Dumbo

[Superplasmatron]

fuck the lion king, lets look at the classics, like robin hood, the jungle book, the fox and the hound and 101 spotty dogs, I'd sooner watch oliver and company than the fricking lion king (only joking guys!)

[Briare Rabbit]

Bambi, Fantasia and Pinocchio are actual art. The Lion King is pop art. It is neither classy good like The Little Mermaid or fucking awesome like Beauty and the Beast. Its not at as weak as Aladdin, but its not a masterpiece. Not even close. The score is, yes, the best thing about it.

Nothing in the Disney renaissance even approaches the classic beauty of a piece out of the archives of Disney's past. There is never a moment in the new films like when the gun goes off and the deer turn to solid color in Bambi, later revealing the death. The whale's appearance in Pinocchio. Even the scenes in the Witches' dungeon in the otherwise lacking Snow White exude a gothic feeling of genuine creepiness not found in any of the renaissance films. The last film to be completely done in the classic Disney style was The Great Mouse Detective and The Black Cauldron, though those films [much like the animated films from 101 Dalmatians onward] lack the intensely classy work present in films like Sleeping Beauty and Alice in Wonderland.

Nothing will top the Night on Bald Mountain sequence of Fantasia, the three animated segments of Song of the South, Disney's The Legend of Sleepy Hollow, Disney's rendition of Peter and the Wolf.

Disney is a shadow of its former self. It has been for a long time. Nothing they have done in the last twenty years will ever top what they accomplished at the height of their game.

[Powerslave]

I partially agree with the sentiment posted above. I personally do love the first 4 renaissance Disney movies, especially Beauty and the Beast and the Lion King, but the old classics had an exuberance and an excitement about them that Disney has yet to regain. Perhaps this has something to do, mainly in the first 4 or 5, with the process they were going through of being on the front lines, vigorously developing, refining, and generally pioneering a relatively new art form, which at the time had never previously been used in a feature film. I think that the creative, adventurous spirit behind the making of those films can be seen and felt in every frame. There's enormous passion behind it. Hell, look at Fantasia. It's one big, beautiful act of exuberant innovation, and that comes across clearly. You can feel it.

Plus all the movies that Walt Disney was personally involved in were just perfectly executed. The guy had such a gift for storytelling. All those movies move along briskly, fully communicate the story and the message, and never miss a beat. The new movies do tend to get too wrapped up in huge elaborate musical numbers which, while fun and horrifying catchy, tend to get in the way of the actual storytelling. The old movies had music, sure, but it was seamlessly integrated into the story (such as High-Ho, or You Can Fly!), which the new movies only succeed in doing about half the time (Beauty and the Beast and Part of Your World, for example).

This is just my opinion, but I guess you could say the recent movies don't have the 'Disney Magic'. They are damn good, but in a different way (Beauty and the Beast probably came the closest to classic Disney). I really came to realize this upon watching Lady and The Tramp back to back with Pocahontas. The former has very few real musical numbers, and the ones that are there are comparatively low-key. However it moves along wonderfully and is incredibly endearing. The most memorable things about the latter are the incredible visuals, the animation of Pocahontas, and "Colors of the Wind". Mainly "Colors of the Wind". Of course Pocahontas pales in comparison to the 4 renaissance classics, but the format is the same.

Of course, like I said, that's just my opinion. And, like I said, I still love those 4 great films of the renaissance. I just felt the need to express my thoughts on the issue.

[Shockwave]

Beauty and the Beast (10/10), followed by The Lion King. (9/10)


...did anyone like THE HUNCHBACK OF NOTRE DAME?

I loved that movie.

The opening "who is the monster and who is the man" was pretty spiffy, and i thought it was probably the most adult Disney movie i had seen. I couldnt beleive some of the places they went with that movie, like Frollo (great villian!) lusting after Esmerelda, and just hearing swearing in a Disney movie blew me away.

[Superplasmatron]

Beauty and the Beast (10/10), followed by The Lion King. (9/10)


...did anyone like THE HUNCHBACK OF NOTRE DAME?

I loved that movie.

The opening "who is the monster and who is the man" was pretty spiffy, and i thought it was probably the most adult Disney movie i had seen. I couldnt beleive some of the places they went with that movie, like Frollo (great villian!) lusting after Esmerelda, and just hearing swearing in a Disney movie blew me away.

i loved it

[hoojib127]

I agree about it being important, but I agree more on the dislike. That is one boring-ass movie. But then I find "Pinnochio" and all the pre-"The Little Mermaid" Disney movies to be a yawner.

Funny...I have no real interest in any of the post-Walt animated features (i.e. everything after "The Jungle Book"...except "The Many Adventures of Winnie the Pooh," since he oversaw 2 of the 3 shorts and devised the overall concept of eventually combining them into a feature with an epilogue). I do, however, have some sentimental feelings for "The Fox and the Hound" (it was the first movie I ever saw in a theater) and "The Rescuers" (I memorized is read-along-with-the-record storybook as a child).

Many of the more recent features, it seems, try to be too much 'in the now' (I still cringe when hearing the oh-so-early-to-mid-90s phrase 'NOT!' in "Aladdin" :confused:).

[ilovemovies]

The opening "who is the monster and who is the man" was pretty spiffy, and i thought it was probably the most adult Disney movie i had seen. I couldnt beleive some of the places they went with that movie, like Frollo (great villian!) lusting after Esmerelda, and just hearing swearing in a Disney movie blew me away.


I loved it too. Probably my second favorite of all disney's animated efforts. Second only to Fantasia.

Unless there is something I'm forgetting which is entirely possible.

[athf1980]

I agree that Hunchback is underrated disney movie. It sounds great on a HTS

[chasingbanky]

No...

The Fox and the Hound? That's my favorite of all time. On this list I'm going with everyone's favorite street rat Aladdin.

[Powerslave]

Oh yeah, I agree that The Hunchback of Notre Dame is a really great, criminally overlooked movie, very refreshingly adult for a Disney movie. Granted, I haven't seen it in a very long time, thus I should probably get around to rewatching it and reaffirming my opinion of it, but I remember being impressed.

I also really want to watch Tarzan, which I've always wanted to see but never have.

[Shockwave]

All right! I was starting to think i was the only one who enjoyed the hell out of it since it wasnt on the voting poll.

Glad to see i was wrong.:D

[Uncle June]

I went with Aladdin. It's what I grew up on.

[Tagia_Romero]

Oh yeah, I agree that The Hunchback of Notre Dame is a really great, criminally overlooked movie, very refreshingly adult for a Disney movie. Granted, I haven't seen it in a very long time, thus I should probably get around to rewatching it and reaffirming my opinion of it, but I remember being impressed.



I agree, BUT, the one thing that stopped me from giving it honorable mention:

THE FUCKING SONGS!

I know a festival was involved in the beginning, so I'm not arguing that, but during a very dark and dramatic scene, the frigging gargoyles burst into song... ugh.

[jedsmereds]

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[Superplasmatron]

common guys jungle book has Louis Prima as a singing monkey!!!!!!!!!!!!

[HoyleHaw]

I voted "The Little Mermaid" even though it's pretty much an out-and-out girls' movie. There are enough memorable moments from it that it pretty narrowly beats out the likes of "Aladdin" and "Beauty and the Beast". I'd put "Fantasia" as #1 just for that final act.

[DarkKnight81]

1. Lion King
2. Aladdin
3. Beauty and the Beast

These are actually the only three disney movies I like, but they're all great.

[Shockwave]

I agree, BUT, the one thing that stopped me from giving it honorable mention:

THE FUCKING SONGS!

I know a festival was involved in the beginning, so I'm not arguing that, but during a very dark and dramatic scene, the frigging gargoyles burst into song... ugh.

That scene bothers me every time i watch it. Its the only song in the film that i dont like, but there were enough other cool things to love about the movie to overcome it.

...the song Frollo gets on the other hand is extremely daring for a Disney movie. Probably the best villian song in thier history.

The COURT OF MIRACLES "..where its a miracle if u get out alive!" song wasnt that bad either.

The opening song/scene where Frollo kills the mom, and is stopped from doing the same to the baby, also rocked my socks off. Very well done.

[Darth Kenshin]

...did anyone like THE HUNCHBACK OF NOTRE DAME?


I thought Hunchback and Mulan were incredibly underrated with some deeper songs that aren't as catchy as things like Under the Sea, which might be the reason for them being a little under the radar. I really liked them both. But then again, I'm just an uber Disney fanboy, and I pretty much love all of their animated films...other than the sequels of course.


...the song Frollo gets on the other hand is extremely daring for a Disney movie. Probably the best villian song in thier history.


That was a fantastic song, but I'd say it's the 2nd best villain song. I liked Be Prepared more.

[X-Nightcrawler]

Just checking in to see everything's in order. Good, good.

Not many of you have much love for the sequel to "The Lion King", do you?

[Shockwave]

Just checking in to see everything's in order. Good, good.

Not many of you have much love for the sequel to "The Lion King", do you?

Its the best HOME Disney movie ive seen in terms of story and song.:D

[DarkKnight81]

Just checking in to see everything's in order. Good, good.

Not many of you have much love for the sequel to "The Lion King", do you?

Never seen em, never thought to.

[Cronos]

Not many of you have much love for the sequel to "The Lion King", do you?
I really enjoyed Simba's Pride, a hell of a lot better than I expected considering what their stv sequels are like. Lion King 1 1/2 was rather meh though.

[a7xfan]

i think the aristocats is one of their best, but i'd say tarzan is my fav

hercules is shit

[Jig Saw 123]

The Lion King followed by Aladdin and Snow White

[X-Nightcrawler]

Its the best HOME Disney movie ive seen in terms of story and song.:D

I really enjoyed Simba's Pride, a hell of a lot better than I expected considering what their stv sequels are like. Lion King 1 1/2 was rather meh though.Great to know I'm not the only one who loved them. Though "Simba's Pride" is the one I really love, I really, really liked 1 1/2 (I would've much wanted a sequel to the sequel, though). And yeah, I wouldn't expect anyone to like it as much as I do, much less put it above all others except the original . . . like I do.

Never seen em, never thought to.Maybe give them a try. You might be surprised. Both very solid films.

[wired2max]

I don't think I've ever seen one straight-to-video Disney sequel.

[inaki_malfoy]

Beauty and the Beast

[dannywalker17]

I really haven't cared much for anything post-Aladdin, with the exception of The Emperor's New Groove. I voted for Lion King, but it's a tough call between that and Beauty & the Beast. Incidentally, I prefer the latter on stage.

I also enjoy the classics, with my favorite being Sleeping Beauty and my least favorite being Dumbo. I never cared for that one at all.

Other faves: The Sword in the Stone, Aladdin, The Little Mermaid, 101 Dalmatians, The Rescuers

Best STV: Return of Jafar

[pablo_super1!]

The Lion King is the Best followed closely by Aladdin

[Badbird]

Meh. None of those. I've not really liked anything post Oliver and Company.

I'm gonna go with Robin Hood.

Ooo-da-laly!

[Briare Rabbit]

You should've gone with post Great Mouse Detective

as Oliver and Company is the worst theatrically released animated film in the entire Disney canon.

[Shockwave]

You should've gone with post Great Mouse Detective

as Oliver and Company is the worst theatrically released animated film in the entire Disney canon.


NEGATIVE!

I loved that movie.:(

..u really think its as bad as shit like HOME ON THE RANGE?:confused:

[Superplasmatron]

NEGATIVE!

I loved that movie.:(

..u really think its as bad as shit like HOME ON THE RANGE?:confused:

basil was rad your right

[X-Nightcrawler]

"Home on the Range" was embarassing. "Oliver and Company" was just forgettable, but it isn't in the same tier of horridness as that fucking cow movie.

[marcia brady]

Lady and the Tramp
Bambi
Mulan
Robin hood
Jungle Book-Great songs

the poll is the BEST film, my list is Favorites,

[Out and About]

Beauty and the Beast, easily.

Of the ones listed, anyway. My personal favorite has always been Fantasia.

[Scarfather]

The Fox and the Hound

Just this.

[GeneralZod81]

Beauty and the Beast

[wired2max]

I see a lot of Beauty and the Beast in the comments but only eight votes in the poll

[Worthystevens]

Not much love for Sleeping Beauty here, my favorite Disney flick of all time.

[EBastard]

For me, it's easily The Lion King (1994, 10/10). It was so damn good, at 10 years old when I saw it...I decided at that young age, to never pay to see another Disney movie ever again because I refused to believe any Disney Movie after that would top it.

And even though I never paid to see Toy Story (1995, 10/10) and The Incredibles (2004, 9/10), they almost proved me wrong.



SHIVER ME TIMBERS...

THE YOUNG BASTARD RETURNS.

[Briare Rabbit]

NEGATIVE!

I loved that movie.:(

..u really think its as bad as shit like HOME ON THE RANGE?:confused:

I liked Great Mouse...

but Oliver and Company is one of the worst movies I have ever seen.

[randychico]

Difficult choice... I always felt Lion King to be overrated. For the best I had to choose between Sleeping Beauty, Pinocchio, The Little Mermaid, Aladdin, Beauty & The Beast and Alice in Wonderland.

I chose, Aladdin, it has the action sequences, great characters, the humor, great all around songs & sequences, great voice acting, it's magical and it has a hot heroine to boot. :p

[Superplasmatron]

this pole is fucking crazy!

[Powerslave]

Recently rewatched Pinocchio. And that's the best Disney movie. No doubt in my mind. Too bad I can't change my vote.

On the subject of Hunchback, recently rewatched that as well it goddamn is it good. The gargoyles were only a bit distracting, most of the movie is so strong and so mature (probably moreso than any other Disney movie that I can think of), the good just totally outweighs the bad. Frollo's song ("Hellfire") and the ending are both incredible.

EDIT: Changed my mind again---Bambi's the best Disney movie. Followed by Pinocchio.

[Drag00n2019]

I voted Alice in Wonderland since The Lion King is a remake of Osamu Tezaku's (sp?) Simba the White Lion from the 1960's. Early storyboards for "The Lion King" show that the main Lion Kimba was in fact white like it's anime counterpart which came first. So in fact it's my own opinion in which The Lion King is a vastly overrated film.

[Powerslave]

The Lion King is a remake of Osamu Tezaku's (sp?) Simba the White Lion from the 1960's. Early storyboards for "The Lion King" show that the main Lion Kimba was in fact white like it's anime counterpart which came first.
Well here's something I'm sick of hearing. "Remake" implies a remaking of the story, not similarities between the character designs and certain shots, however uncanny they may be. And beyond those uncanny similarities, there's no substantial connection. The two stories have almost nothing in common. If The Lion King is a remake of anything, it's Bambi. When the movie was being pitched, it was usually described as a mix of Bambi and Hamlet, in Africa.

[redorblue01]

Pinocchio is probably the greatest but Fantasia is my favorite.

[Hannibal21]

Ah, nostalgia.......

Beauty and the Beast (10/10) tops them all. To this day, it remains one of my all time favorite movies.

[X-Nightcrawler]

this pole is fucking crazy!
Use lotion on it if it misbehaves.

[uniquevision]

it's always been a fierce battle between aladdin and lion king...i think i have to go with aladdin though.

[darknite125]

Beauty and the Beast had some of the most gorgeous animation I've ever seen.