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I'll have to agree that it is the Lion king. At least they are not altering the storyline unlike a certain OTHER re-release! | |
well, Mary Poppins is my favorite Disney DIRECTED movie, but Disney also gave me Spirited Away, Howl's Moving Castle, and the rest of the Miasaki films in the state. So I'll give you 2 answers: Spirited Away | |
Best Disney movie you say? CHICKEN LITTLE, BRO! I've seen it more than 200 times and I still can't get enough. I think it's just the perfect movie. | |
Hercules. Words cannot describe how much I adore that movie. I must have seen it well over 50 times in my life. Still entertains me immensely. | |
Dammit! I was going to say Mary Poppins :( I guess I'll just have to make do with posting this: | |
Lion kimg? Maybe even Robin Hood? I di lije a few of em thst I can remember feom being younger. But its too hard to decide | |
The Nightmare Before Christmas. The perfect mixed holiday movie. I think I've seen it enough that I could quote the whole thing. | |
Am I the only one who remembers The Aristocats? | |
So much spelling fail... Attempted translation: "Lion king? Maybe even Robin Hood? I do like a few of them thst I can remember feom being younger. But its too hard to decide" | |
I'd have to go with The Lion King. It's one of those movies that I've love ever since it came out ;) Never cared for the sequels, though. | |
I think The Lion King truly is the best Disney movie ever, but my favorite it's Fantasia And I've always loved this segment (I even have a Chernabog t-shirt). | |
Assuming we are talking about the (currently) 51 theatrical animated movies made by Disney, my list would have to include The Lion King, Basil the Great Mouse Detective, Oliver and Company and Mulan. If we expand that to include distrabution and so on, Who Framed Roger Rabbit and Up would need to be added. | |
Oh my god... where to start. This is the wonderul thing about Disney. For al that they're written off as kiddy fare full of princesses, their animated movies are actually full of wonderful stories and subtexts that are really, really well done, and often surprisingly mature. It annoys me that Pixar get worldwide acclaim for doing what Disney have basically done for the last 60 years. But ah well. I don't think I could pick just one, but I'll list the films I think are the cream of the crop: The Hunchback Of Notre Dame- not only is this film beautifully animated, but it has one of the most mature stories of any Disney animated film. Any film which has includes a song by a corrupt church minister about the lust he's feeling for a gypsy girl, lamenting his fall into sin, and pleading with God to either give her to him or condemn her to Hell for all eternity (let alone tying said gypsy girl to the stake and forcing her to choose between him or the fire) is dealing with some heavy ideas. One of the best films to show to anyone who think Disney only deal in lightweight kid's fluff. Mulan- at a push, I'd have to say this is my personal favourite. It's one of the only animated films I can think of that deals with war. And while it's certainly no Saving Private Ryan, it doesn't pull any punches when it comes to showing the devastating effects of war on everyday civilians (the village scene... dear god, the village scene...). Not only that, but it also dabbles in a feminist subtext which, while a little anvilicious in places, is also, again, far more mature than your average children's fare. And to top it off, I'll Make A Man Out Of You is easily my favourite Disney song. Fantasia- this film literally revolutionised what animation was capable of. For all his flaws, Walt Disney was truly a visionary guy. Not only did he create the animation artform, he then went on to elevate it from children's entertainment medium to genuine artform with this film. Very few other animated films can match the sheer scope of Fantasia. The Lion King- nothing needs to be said here. It really is a fucking classic. Beauty And The Beast- as above. | |
I think that was my favourite film before Monsters Inc. came out. Fantasia is a good contender for best Disney film I think. Like j-e-f-f-e-r-s said, it is a revolutionary film and in many more ways than he mentioned. The work on that film brought stereophonic soundtracks to cinema and helped with the very creation of the sub-woofer speaker, multi-track recording, pan-pot and many other things[1]. It's not my personal favourite film but it's certainly one of their best. As for my personal favourite film, this is one I may get wrong as I'm going entirely off of nostalgia. But does anyone remember The Brave Little Toaster? I seem to distinctly remember that movie as being awesome. [1] 'Lo and behold the end results of my A2 Music Technology lectures | |
Lion King, It's the best Disney animated film ever. And I don't include Miyazaki stuff in that, because that isn't disney, it's Miyazaki. | |
Winnie the pooh. | |
Oh dear, that was bad. Worst part is, I dont even remember typing that out at all. | |
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For me, Lion King without a doubt. | |
To me it would be Aladdin. It had good visual, humour and overall a great film. | |
The Lion King of course, with special mention to Mulan | |
DEFININTELY hunchback of notre dame! hands down my favourite - i can't remember HOW many times i watched this movie as a kid :D | |
Tangled, Mulan, and Nightmare before Christmas were pretty good, but this guy said it best.
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Well, as for their animated movies, my personal favorite is Mulan, but as for overall quality, it's difficult to beat either Disney's earliest stuff or Disney in the '90s. I would call those two eras Disney's two "Golden Ages": 1937-1959 (Snow White to Sleeping Beauty) and 1989-1999 (Little Mermaid to Tarzan). There were also some gems in that between period, and most of the entertaining ones to me are from that time (101 Dalmatians, Sword in the Stone, Robin Hood), but there wasn't the consistency in quality in that time that there was before or after it. As for the greatest of the greats, taking overall quality of animation, music, story, and production, I would say from the early period, they would be Snow White, Pinocchio, Bambi (how many of you were introduced to the concept of death through Bambi's mom?), and Cinderella, and from the later period it's gotta be Aladdin and The Lion King. As for live-action, hands down it's Mary Poppins, no contest, though the first Pirates of the Caribbean gives it a run for its money in terms of entertainment value. | |
Assuming we're not talking about Pixar's work, I'd have to go with The Emperor's New Groove. I liked how Emperor Kuzco starts out as a selfish, egotistical asshole, as it made him a far more interesting character than the goody-two-shoes Mary Sue characters that usually star in such films. I'd say the kindly Pacha is the true hero of the story, but even he succumbs to his baser instincts occasionally, usually out of exasperation for having to deal with Kuzco (and really, who can blame him?). I also liked how the "bad guys" weren't necessarily evil to the core. Yzma is power-hungry, conniving and vengeful, but her grievance with Kuzco is actually pretty understandable (getting fired by your jerk of a boss). Finally, there's Kronk. Best...henchman...ever. Every single scene with him is pure comedic gold: | |
Nostalgia overload! Lion King is my favorite by far, but there's also Hercules, Mulan, The Hunchback of Notre Dame, Robin Hood, Aladdin, The Great Mouse Detective. The list goes on forever :D | |
I think it would have to be The Lion King. That's the first movie that comes to most minds when Disney is mentioned and I haven't met anyone who hasn't seen it. My favourite is probably Hercules though or Aladdin. | |
mines either the nightmare before Christmas or Lilo & Stitch both of them are awesome | |
The Hunchback of Notre Dame. Hellfire, Bells of Notre Dame, Court of Miracles. The late, great Tony Jay as Judge Claud Frollo, Clopper. Also, Hellfire, Bells of Notre Dame, Court of Miracles. | |
Ha! That song was awesome! Especially the end where the cats are stomping on the piano and it falls through 3 or 4 storeys... Remember the English geese?! 'SHERRY'!!
Ain't it?! OT: Oh, so many, I mean, really, so many: Beauty and the Beast - 'cos I'm a soppy git and the music as Beast changes brings a tear to my eye every time... ¬_¬ On a side note, does anyone remember those Disney shorts (6 minute cartoons), 'cos there was one that was with three versions of Goofy, and it was a tutorial on driving. How fucking-A was that?! | |
At last a true believer. As for me, just look at the avatar. But really I like all of the Disney films pretty much equally. | |
Am I the only one that absolutely HATES the lion king? It's so bad! And extremely boring! Why is it so loved!? Is it just because lots of now grown children saw some cats go through emotional trauma, and now it's the fondest memory they have as a child? WHY? | |
I felt a great connection with Hunchback of Notre Dame. I first saw it after having my heart broken and Quasimodo's status as social pariah reminded me of my terrible time in middle school and Esmeralda just made me feel so bad for Quasi at the end. There's also the Toy Story trilogy. In what is possibly the only flawless movie trilogy, we follow the growth of a childlike imagination and playfulness all the way up to death when Andy grows up. But the true childlike feeling is reborn and passed on to a new generation. Add the fact that Andy was my age in Toy Story 3 and you had me blown away. Other fantastic Disney films that still pale in comparison include Aladdin, Lion King, Beauty and the Beast, Hercules, all Pixar movies except Cars 1 and 2, and all Miyazaki movies. | |
I love Disney Films, despite being a 26 year old male, and always try and go to see them when released despite getting funny looks at the cinema. Favourites include: Beauty and the Beast - Love the story, the growth of the Beast as a character and the music (not just the songs) is fantastic and is probably one of my favourite film soundtracks. Basil The Great Mouse Detective - I love Rattigan. So over the top its amazing. Princess and the Frog - While I know it shouldn't matter, traditional handrawn animation is much nicer to watch compared to either full CGI, or more obviously computer assisted animations and so this film came as a wonderful breath of fresh air. Tangled - Despite what I said above, I do like this film. Great to look at and has a nice sense of humour running through it and doesn't take itself too seriously. Treasure Planet - I've always felt this was very underrated. A film that was made with the wrong audience in mind and suffered at the box office because of it. Sword in the Stone - Very fun Fantasia/Fantasia 2000 - Love the music so the animation is a bonus. | |
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Watching The Lion King again, but for the first time in theaters, reminded me of how great of a movie it is. There were adults who openly wept at the death of Mufasa, and I'll admit that cynical me might have come close to tearing up. There aren't many movies like that made anymore, especially not aimed towards children (Please take note that I didn't say there weren't ANY.)
In your opinion, what is the best movie that Disney has ever come out with?