Tangled slays all the others, Mandy Moore deserved Oscars tbh.

I have spent the past few weeks rewatching a lot of the lesser known titles from this list. How good is 'Bolt'! It's such an inspired story with one of the most lovable lead characters in the cannon.

 

'The Wild' remains one of the worst in the entire list though. What a misstep!

 

Also updated the OP so it's an up-to-date list again :D

Never seen many of those mid-2000s run such as The Wild or Home on the Range. What a bad period for the studio! I do want to check out Meet the Robinsons though.

 

I saw Ralph Breaks the Internet for the first time a few weeks ago. I really love the first, and it was nice to go back into the world but it didn’t quite live up to it. There was some inspired ideas in there (LOVED the pop-ups) and I wasn’t expecting some Grand Theft Auto ripoff in a Disney film (!) but I’m scared all the pop culture references may become dated in time.

Fun and Fancy Free is my favourite of the more obscure films, one of my faves growing up!

 

And this is a Disney nerd nitpick :P but The Wild isn't considered as one of the official animated classics as it wasn't produced by Walt Disney Animation Studios (rather by the live-action department and some non-Disney studios), but Winnie the Pooh (2011) is.

 

So we have the American list. With the second Pooh Movie and Dinosaur but no The Wild...

 

Oh missed this :lol: Generally I'd go by the USA, IIRC The Wild is included here for advertising reasons at the time.

I wish they explored the world of Disney more with Ralph Breaks The Internet! :( The very best scenes all included the Disney Princesses! Also, when they first step into Disney and we see all the characters from Marvel, Star Wars and other Disney Classics... :wub:

 

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Bolt was better than I remembered it being when I rewatched it recently too. So cute.

Fun and Fancy Free is my favourite of the more obscure films, one of my faves growing up!

 

And this is a Disney nerd nitpick :P but The Wild isn't considered as one of the official animated classics as it wasn't produced by Walt Disney Animation Studios (rather by the live-action department and some non-Disney studios), but Winnie the Pooh (2011) is.

Incorrect. The Wild IS in the UK & Winnie the Pooh isn't! :o The Wild is in the huge Disney Animated Classics box set they officially released just 2 years ago aha (and it has the shiny Disney Classics (with a number on the spine) slipcase for the DVD and Blu-Ray!)

 

I believe Winnie The Pooh is for US!

 

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Edit: Just seen that you are now aware! LMAO

Fun and Fancy Free is my favourite of the more obscure films, one of my faves growing up!

 

And this is a Disney nerd nitpick :P but The Wild isn't considered as one of the official animated classics as it wasn't produced by Walt Disney Animation Studios (rather by the live-action department and some non-Disney studios), but Winnie the Pooh (2011) is.

Oh missed this :lol: Generally I'd go by the USA, IIRC The Wild is included here for advertising reasons at the time.

It features on the recent Special Edition collections in the UK where each film is numbered according to release. I have the whole collection and it's definitely part of the series!

So is The Wild part of the collection in the UK, but not the USA then? That seems to be what I can find online.

 

 

So is The Wild part of the collection in the UK, but not the USA then? That seems to be what I can find online.

I believe so yes! And the US has 'Winnie the Pooh' which the UK doesn't.

I believe so yes! And the US has 'Winnie the Pooh' which the UK doesn't.

Ah yeah that's what I must have seen before then :lol:

 

Honestly I think their list is better, as technically The Wild isn't made by the same studio as the others and Winnie is. (plus The Wild is pretty grim and Winnie is one of their best!). I think I'd consider Dinosaur as part of it as well in my 'head canon'.

I saw 'Dinosaur' for the first time the other month (yes, I've been watching Disney+ :lol:)

 

Incredibly boring. I appreciate it was a step forward in CGI animation or whatever, but the story is SO thin and it felt really hollow and just empty. Wasn't for me </3

I watched it a few years ago and can't really remember much about it! I'll probably give it another go.

 

It's definitely far inferior to the puppet sitcom "Dinosaurs" :lol:

Did I really not post in this thread back then? :o It was the exact same year I did my Masters dissertation on Disney (it's more important than it sounds!11), and for 'background research' so to speak, I watched all of these (albeit a few gaps as I was going off the US version with Winnie the Pooh, so I'm yet to see The Wild, I'm not in any hurry given it looked like a really bad rip off of Madagascar, of which I'm certainly too old for now!)

 

Snow White to Bambi are obviously all classics and are still very distinct and daring given their target market, I didn't watch the package films as they weren't really 'films' so to speak. Cinderella up until The Jungle Book was mainly great, if not QUITE as perfect as some see it, there some real all time favourites like 101 Dalmatians and The Jungle Book, but the likes of Cinderella and Peter Pan especially I've never got the fuss with.

 

In terms of the 'dark age' from the Aristocats until Oliver and Company, I do have a soft spot for some of them (those two I was quite the fan of cos animals) but there certainly was a noticeable drop in quality. The Little Mermaid to The Emperor's New Groove are generally all amazing (Pocahontas and Hercules aside) and I have some all time favourites in there. Atlantis to Meet the Robinsons (with the notable exception of Lilo and Stitch) were all quite the challenge to get through, Chicken Little in particular is a vile film :puke: Bolt and Princess and the Frog were a nice segway to better quality content and then Tangled up until Moana is a deserved new renaissance, where they started to try new things with established formulas and are all still excellent films.

 

I've just recently watched the Wreck in Ralph and Frozen sequels and while they were both certainly entertaining and nice to look at, they are SUCH blatant cash cows and it's so clear not as much creativity went into them and a lot of the more intelligent subtexts and subversion of the originals have gone, the latter in particular was disappointing as that was the main focus of my studies. I just hope more original content is planned, I refuse to believe they are this creatively bankrupt!

I've been working my way through these too: the ones in bold are the ones I have seen. Any recommendations of what to pick first from my not watched list?

 

01. Snow White and the Seven Dwarfs

02. Pinocchio

03. Fantasia

04. Dumbo

05. Bambi

06. Saludos Amigos

07. The Three Caballeros

08. Make Mine Music

09. Fun and Fancy Free

10. Melody Time

11. The Adventures of Ichabod & Mr Toad

12. Cinderella

13. Alice in Wonderland

14. Peter Pan

15. Lady and the Tramp

16. Sleeping Beauty

17. 101 Dalmatians

18. The Sword in the Stone

19. The Jungle Book

20. The Aristocats

21. Robin Hood

22. The Many Adventures of Winnie the Pooh

23. The Rescuers

24. The Fox and The Hound

25. The Black Cauldron

26. Basil The Great Mouse Detective

27. Oliver and Company

28. The Little Mermaid

29. The Rescuers Down Under

30. Beauty and the Beast

31. Aladdin

32. The Lion King

33. Pocahontas

34. The Hunchback of Notre Dame

35. Hercules

36. Mulan

37. Tarzan

38. Fantasia 2000

39. The Emperor's New Groove

40. Atlantis

41. Lilo and Stitch

42. Treasure Planet

43. Brother Bear

44. Home on the Range

45. Chicken Little

46. The Wild

47. Meet the Robinsons

48. Bolt

49. The Princess And The Frog

50. Tangled

51. Wreck-it-Ralph

52. Frozen

53. Big Hero 6

54. Zootropolis

55. Moana

56. Ralph Breaks the Internet

57. Frozen II

Honestly from the list of those you haven't seen, only 'Basil The Great Mouse Detective' is one tha I enjoy. It's based on Sherlock - idk if you're a fan of that? 'Fantasia' is a pretty remarkable bit of cinema, but it's not really one I return to or really enjoy. 'Home on the Range' is cute enough and as mentioned above 'The Wild' is one of the worst by miles.

 

I can't recommend Fun and Fancy Free enough! It's a shame (but understandable) how few have seen it.

 

There's even a scene of ventriloquism from Edgar Bergen!

'Fun And Fancy Free' is my favourite of the short story type movies. Both 'Fantasia' movies are dull. Only the Sorcerer's Apprentice (?) stuff in the first one is any good!

 

'Basil The Great Mouse Detective' is cute enough but 'Rescuers Down Under' is slightly better than the first for me! But I think nostalgia plays into that one as that's the one I remember seeing when I was a kid. I ranked and ordered my faves. Here is my bottom 10 (I'll post full list later)

 

48. The Many Adventures Of Winnie the Pooh

49. The Adventures of Ichabod & Mr Toad

50. Fantasia

51. Home On The Range

52. Make Mine Music

53. Melody Time

54. The Wild

55. Fantasia 2000

56. The Three Caballeros

57. Saludos Amigos

 

Definitely the ones I wouldn't go back to out of choice (unless I planned to watch them all in order again at some point in the future)

 

All the others were at least cute. Yes, I didn't "hate" 'Chicken Little' lol.

I also don't hate Chicken Little :blush: I think Little himself is so adorable and such a misfit. Yes it's ridiculous and stupid at many times but it's a bit of a laugh too at times. I don't think it stands the test of time as many others, nor is it as universal (many of the films are watchable and enjoyable for all ages) but it's not totally a lost cause imo!

I highly recommend giving AniMat's current Animation Lookback series on WDAS a watch! It's very in depth and interesting, he's currently up to just before the Renaissance.

 

Fantasia ranked that low is just...I can't :cry:

 

I just found Chicken Little really mean spirited. I get that's the point at first as they don't believe him, but they well overdid it and Little's dad is an AWFUL person who turns into a hero way too quick and I wasn't ready to forgive him!