INTRODUCTION:
ONCE UPON A TIME, approximately a decade or so, (if I wasn't watching anything related to NICK, CARTOON NETWORK/TOOAMI [pre-2002 - present], FOX KIDS, OR KIDSWB!), there was always a plethora of Disney Movies in my collection to watch. Who didn't watch "The Lion King" or "Little Mermaid" religously when they were kids? Disney movies back in the day were something to awe at -- even if you were blissfully unaware of critics or the public-body disagreements --, they were full of adventure, music (now nerve grating and irritatingly-annoying to a point) and Romance seemingly fitting for teen/adult Romanic-genre film, because nowadays I honestly don't see the point of putting romance in films when kids really didn't understand beyond its abstract meaning. I continued to watch them, even the older ones that came out before I was even born.
HOWEVER, the older I got the more mundane and incredibly idiotic these movies seemed to me to the point where "God, Why did I watch this?" came to mind. The sugarcoated, muscial-campiness, practically nonviolent, life-lesson in morality in the films lost its appeal to me. By the year 2000, I frowned at the sight of them. The aspect of Disney Movies being for the child-audience didn't occur to me; To me they were just "movies."
Even the 2003 release of "Pirates Of The Caribbean: Curse of The Black Pearl" didn't fully convince me. Basically because I thought they would sugarcoat it and leave it virtually nonviolent, the Pirates would be punkish dudes with jolly grins on their faces, singing songs. Despite the presence of Orlando Bloom, Johnny Depp, [and once-newbie, "Phantom Menace"/"Bend it Like Beckham" familiar] Kira Knightly, the PG-13 rating and the awfully convincing TV spots displaying skeletal Pirates. Of course when I saw it, tried to hate it, I found myself entertained and I gave Disney praise for showing a darker and realistic side in their first PG-13 movie. Of course it didn't rate as a "excellent movie" to me until the 2006 release of "Pirates Of The Caribbean: Dead Man's Chest," where Disney pushes this popular now-series, with excellent characters (Davy Jones; The Kraken) and plot twists that will leave your mouth gaping at the end (though I can't say Jack did 'the right thing'. He faced his enemy knowing there way no way out. He didn't exactly have a choice). What little faith I had in Disney was renewed with their endeavor into their most famous Ride-Attraction. Lucky Them, eh? Let's hope "At World's End" is any good.
So all in all, this just proves while Disney Movies are considered "Memorable Classics," to the general public, such a title doesn't really matter. The older you get, the more you'll realize things that once made smile and overexcited, aren't as interesting. They loose their glamour and glitz. Their just be another memory you either look upon fondly or cringe at the very remembrance of it.
HEADING: Hello, and Welcome my first and only "SO YOU'D LIKE TO. . ." Guide to the best and worst of Walt Disney's/Pixar's impressive list of Animated/Live Action Features that made them so rich in the first place and themsome. (This is of course, minus the majority of Direct-To-Video Sequels to their older movies, for I do not consider them cannon.) A Majority believe Disney lost its power by the rise of the new millennium - the year 2000, when Y2K didn't end the world (rolls eyes). For me that's true. The last great movie that they made was indeed the 1999 release of "Tarzan," the rest trailing after it was downright horrible or passible, but that's my opinion. All movies will be listed according its timeline and according rank. I know most people sooner jump off a building than agree with whatever I have on this list, but I hope you find this list helpful regardless. FYI: If Your wondering where the Films produced by STUIDO GHIBLI(?), famous for films like "Spirited Away" and "Howl's Moving Castle", are, you'll have to check out my "Momentary II" List. ---- January 4th, 2007.
---Signed the girl who can't spell Liam "Neeson"'s last name until third try.
Official canon Walt Disney Animated Classics:
[Five Stars]:
10� One Hundred and One Dalmatians (1961)
101 Dalmatians (Limited Issue)
17� The Fox and the Hound (1981)
The Fox and the Hound (25th Anniversary Edition)
19� The Great Mouse Detective (1986)
The Great Mouse Detective
22� The Rescuers Down Under (1990)
The Rescuers Down Under (Disney Gold Classic Collection)
23� Beauty and the Beast (1991)
Beauty and the Beast (Disney Special Platinum Edition)
25� The Lion King (1994)
The Lion King (Disney Special Platinum Edition)
29� Mulan (1998)
Mulan (Special Edition)
30� Tarzan (1999)
Tarzan (Special Edition)
[Four Stars]:
9� Sleeping Beauty (1959)
Sleeping Beauty (Special Edition)
12� The Jungle Book (1967)
The Jungle Book (Limited Issue)
13� The Aristocats (1970)
The Aristocats (Disney Gold Classic Collection)
14� Robin Hood (1973)
Robin Hood (Most Wanted Edition)
16� The Rescuers (1977)
The Rescuers
32� Atlantis: The Lost Empire (2001)
Atlantis: The Lost Empire (2-Disc Collector's Edition)
[Three Stars]:
4� Bambi (1942)
Bambi (2-Disc Special Platinum Edition)
5� Cinderella (1950)
Cinderella (Two-Disc Special Edition)
7� Peter Pan (1953)
Peter Pan (2-Disc Platinum Edition)
11� The Sword in the Stone (1963)
The Sword in the Stone (Disney Gold Classic Collection)
15� The Many Adventures of Winnie the Pooh (1977)
The Many Adventures of Winnie the Pooh (25th Anniversary Edition)
20� Oliver & Company (1988)
Oliver & Company (Special Edition)
21� The Little Mermaid (1989)
The Little Mermaid (2-Disc Platinum Edition)
24� Aladdin (1992)
Aladdin (Disney Special Platinum Edition)
26� Pocahontas (1995)
Pocahontas (10th Anniversary Edition)
33� Treasure Planet (2002)
Treasure Planet
34� Chicken Little (2005)
Chicken Little
[Two/One Stars]:
1� Snow White and the Seven Dwarfs (1937)
Snow White and the Seven Dwarfs (Disney Special Platinum Edition)
2� Pinocchio (1940)
Pinocchio (Disney Gold Classic Collection)
3� Dumbo (1941)
Dumbo (Big Top Edition)
6� Alice in Wonderland (1951)
Alice in Wonderland (Masterpiece Edition)
8� Lady and the Tramp (1955)
Lady and the Tramp (50th Anniversary Edition)
18� The Black Cauldron (1985)
The Black Cauldron (Disney Gold Classic Collection)
27� The Hunchback of Notre Dame (1996)
The Hunchback of Notre Dame
28� Hercules (1997)
Hercules (Disney Gold Classic Collection)
31� The Emperor's New Groove (2000)
The Emperor's New Groove - The New Groove Edition
Live-Action films with animation:
[Three Stars]:
35� Mary Poppins (1964)
Mary Poppins (40th Anniversary Edition)
Loved this when I was kid. Who wouldn't want a Bed that could take you anywhere?
[Two/One Stars]:
62� The Chronicles of Narnia - The Lion, the Witch, and the Wardrobe (2005)
The Chronicles of Narnia - The Lion, the Witch and the Wardrobe (Two-Disc Collector's Edition)
. Never read the novel, but something about this movie simply irks me. Mostly likely the way Disney was promoting it and still are. Liam Neeson and Tilda Swinton are great, though.
DisneyToons Studio animated features
[Four Stars]:
37� A Goofy Movie (1995)
A Goofy Movie (Disney Gold Classic Collection)
[Three Stars]:
36� DuckTales the Movie: Treasure of the Lost Lamp (1990)
Disney's DuckTales The Movie: Treasure of the Lost Lamp DVD
38� Doug's 1st Movie (1999)
Doug's 1st Movie
Other theatrical animated features:
[Three Stars]:
39� The Nightmare Before Christmas (1993)
The Nightmare Before Christmas (Special Edition)
. Hardly an Inspiring musical whose songs (save for the one during Jack Skeleton's retreat into his chambers to plan how to bring Chistmas to Holloweentown, if memory serves) and overall plot lack a certain entertainment value.
40� Dinosaur (2000)
Dinosaur (2-Disc Collector's Edition)
Pixar Animation Studios Feature Films:
[Five Stars]:
41� Toy Story (1995)
Toy Story (10th Anniversary Edition)
43� Toy Story 2 (1999)
Toy Story 2 (Two-Disc Special Edition)
[Four Stars]:
44� Finding Nemo (2003)
Finding Nemo (Two-Disc Collector's Edition)
42� A Bug's Life (1998)
A Bug's Life (Two-Disc Collector's Edition)
[Three Stars]:
45� The Incredibles (2004)
The Incredibles (Two-Disc Collector's Edition)
Walt Disney's Pirates Of The Caribbean:
[Five Stars]:
46� The Curse of the Black Pearl (2003)
Pirates of the Caribbean - The Curse of the Black Pearl (Two-Disc Collector's Edition)
[Four Stars]:
47� Dead Man's Chest (2006)
Pirates of the Caribbean - Dead Man's Chest (Two-Disc Collector's Edition)
Direct To Video Sequels:
[Three Stars]:
48�An Extremely Goofy Movie (2000)
An Extremely Goofy Movie
Movies I didn't bother to Watch:
49� Monsters, Inc. (2001)
Monsters, Inc. (Two-Disc Collector's Edition)
50� Fantasia (1940)
51� Saludos Amigos (1942)
52� The Three Caballeros (1944)
53� Make Mine Music (1946)
54� Fun and Fancy Free (1947)
55� Melody Time (1948)
56� The Adventures of Ichabod and Mr. Toad (1949)
57� Fantasia 2000 (1999)
58� Lilo & Stitch (2002)
59� Brother Bear (2003)
60� Home on the Range (2004)
61� James and the Giant Peach (1996)
63� Cars (2006)
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