80. Ice Age 2: The Meltdown

204pts | 2006 | Blue Sky

Top 20's: None

 

 

And starting the top 80 we have our first of the Ice Age franchise which feels like it has really under-performed here, in the form of second movie Ice Age 2, which received no top 20's!

 

Ice Age 2 saw most of the main cast reprise their roles and the likes of Queen Latifah and Seann William Scott join the cast and the film received mixed critical reception but was a major box office success with over $660m earned at the box office! The film has 3 follow-ups so far and a video game was released for this entry of the franchise! After the first film was released in 2002, a sequel was green-lit and 2006 was reported as the planned year for the sequel's release in 2003! The film was renamed Ice Age 2: The Meltdown in June 2005 but the number 2 was removed from most countries bar the UK, Ireland, Mexico and Australia! Also most of the sponsors had the 2 in the packaging but not in the TV adds! The film has a 57% rating on Rotten Tomatoes and the short film 'No Time For Nuts' was included on the DVD release! The film was a big box office success and at the time, had the 2nd biggest opening ever for a non-summer or holiday release! It was the first film of 2006 to pass the $100m mark in America and is the 66th highest grossing film of all time and the highest grossing animated film worldwide of 2006! Marketing for the film involved an anti-cell spot, a promotion with Scrat on Family Guy and Sid hosted an entire evening on FOX by showing up in intermittent times between commercials. Scenes from the film were showed in Airhead candy commercials and one of the posters for the film was a parody of an iPod advertisement with 'iAge' replacing 'iPod' and an acorn replacing an iPod!

 

I quite like this one but the 1st/3rd/4th are all way stronger for me (though the 5th one is a billion times worse so this is no longer my least fave in the franchise). It's definitely grown on me more throughout the years and made my list in a similar position to where it has finished here! I guess franchise fatigue for Ice Age has kicked in which is why they've struggled here.

Looking forward to the rest of this countdown, my sister has been in LOVE with Toy Story at the moment (watching the whole trilogy at least once a day) and it's kind of growing on me, everyone is a lot of fun (still hate Woody though) and there some fun adult jokes in there too so won't be so angry if they end up all in the top 10.

 

I didn't realise Princess & The Frog had dropped out already :( It's one of those films I forget how good it is but am totally hooked as soon as I put it on. I love how down to earth Tiana is in comparison to all the other Disney princesses too, she's probably my favourite one!

Edited November 24, 20168 yr by Josh.

79. Lady And The Tramp

205pts (Less Top 10's) | 1955 | Disney

Top 20's: Josh (#17)

 

 

And into 79th we have an all time classic Disney animation, in the form of Lady And The Tramp, which received a top 20 from Josh!

 

Lady and the Tramp is the 15th Disney animated feature film and was the first animated feature filmed in CinemaScope widescreen film process! It is based on Happy Dan, The Whistling Dog by Ward Greene and a direct-to-DVD video sequel was released in 2001, over 40 years after the release of Lady And The Tramp! The film's opening sequence was inspired by an incident when Walt Disney presented his wife with a Chow puppy as a gift in a hat box and even though the spaghetti sequence is the best known scene from the film, Walt Disney was prepared to cut it as he thought it would look silly and not be romantic! The film was planned to be filmed in a regular full frame aspect ratio but was changed to CinemaScope due to growing interest of widescreen film amongst movie-goers! This caused problems for the animators as it made it difficult for a single character to dominate the screen and there had to be longer takes! More problems arose as the release date got closer as not all cinemas could show CinemaScope so Walt issued two versions of the film: one in Widescreen and the other in the Academy ratio! The film was the highest grossing Disney animated feature since Snow White and an episode of Disneyland called 'A Story Of Dogs' aired before the film's release! The film has been re-issued into theatres a further four times and the film also played a limited engagement in select Cinemark Theatres during February 2013! Lady And The Tramp had a Disney Limited Issue series DVD released in 1999, and a re-mastered version in February 2006 which sold over one million copies! The film has an 89% approval rating on Rotten Tomatoes and has become iconic in the history of cinema! The spaghetti scene is considered an iconic scene in American film history and was named 95 on the '100 Greatest Love Stories of All Time' by AFI and was only one of two animated films to appear on that list! Rhapsody called its soundtrack one of the all time great Disney/Pixar soundtracks and TIME named it one of the '25 all-time best animated films'! The film however was initially panned by critics, one saying the dogs had 'the dimensions of hippos' and another criticising the artists work! Despite this, the film was nominated for a BAFTA for Best Animated Picture! The film includes classic songs such as He's A Tramp and The Siamese Cat Song and most of the soundtrack was done by Peggy Lee!

 

Another Disney classic for me :heart: Thought it would be a little bit higher though! This will always remain a perfect film and tbh I was shocked it was released in 1955, I thought it was a lot more recent than that for some reasno!

78. Watership Down

205pts (More Top 10's) | 1978 | CIC

Top 20's: Iz (#5), Severin (#12)

 

 

And into 78th we have the adventure-thriller classic animated movie, in the form of Watership Down, which received a top 10 from Iz and a top 20 from Severin!

 

Watership Down is a Britssh animated/adventure/thriller/drama film based on the novel of the same name by Richard Adams and the film was an immediate success and the 6th most popular film of 1979 at the British box office! It was the first animated feature to be presented in Dolby Surround Sound and Art Garfunkel's hit single 'Bright Eyes' briefly features in the film! The film was originally going to be directed by John Hubley but he died in 1977, however his work can still be found in the film, including the 'fable' scene. Most of the predators remain mute throughout the film and the characters are given human voices and minds, paw gestures and some facial expressions for emotions and the animation backgrounds are watercolours! Most of the locations in the movie are based on diagrams and maps in Richard Adams' original novel and were based on real spots in Hampshire and surrounding areas! The film is mostly faithful to the novel but some changes were made to decrease the overly detailed complexity and improve the pace and flow of the plot! Also the order in which some events occurred was re-arranged! The film has an 82% approval rating on Rotten Tomatoes and the film won the Saturn Award for Best Animated Film and was nominated for the Hugo Award for Best Dramatic Presentation! In 2004, Total Film named the film as the 47th greatest British film of all time and was ranked 15th in the '100 Greatest Tearjerkers'! Investors in the film reportedly received a return of 5,000% on their investment and the film underperformed at the US box office, despite its massive success at the UK box office! On release, many reviewers warned parents that the children might find the content disturbing though the film was given a U rating! However in 2012, BBFC admitted they have received complaints about the low certificate of Watership Down almost every year since 1978! Marketers in the US were also worried that the main promotional poster appeared too dark and could scare some children! After a British TV screening at Easter 2016, the film would receive a PG under current standards if it was to be re-released because of the use of an expletive and the film's violence was too strong for a U! A picture book was released with the film and a TV series with the same title was created 20 years after the film was released. The series had 39 episodes and was loosely based on the events of the film, however the storyline is more child-friendly but the 3rd season took a darker turn than the first two seasons! In 2015, BBC & Netflix announced plans for an animated television mini-series based on the novel for a 2017 release!

 

Another fantastic film which highly deserves its ranking on this list and I remember this made me cry when I was younger! Really need to watch it again!

I remember seeing Ice Age 2 in the cinema when I was younger and I liked it, but I think the first film is more of a classic.

(Fun Animated Trivia: Don Bluth [known for animated classics such as The Land Before Time, The Secret Of NIMH, All Dogs Go To Heaven and Anastacia] was originally going to be the director of Ice Age, but because his previous film Titan AE did not do well in the box office, it had to be pitched to another animation studio or something like that. Bluth stepped down from the director position after finding out that the studio was making the film in CGI)

I only saw bits of Watership Down on TV before watching a Channel 4 countdown called Greatest Ever Animated Movies (#1 on the C4 countdown was Toy Story). From what I've seen, it's marvellous. Need to see the whole film in my free time.

Edited November 25, 20168 yr by DalekTurret32

77. 'ParaNorman'

218pts | 2012 | USA

Top 20's: None

 

 

Now that horror is all caught up, I'll do some more of this countdown now and getting us back into the swing of things is the stop-motion animation, 'ParaNorman'! No one loved it enough to put it top 20 (clearly JohnKM didn't vote then :P) but it manages to perform decently.

 

Norman is a boy who can speak to the dead, but of course, with the exception of one person (his OTT and eccentric friend Neil), no one believes him or his ability to do so. As things start developing and going awry, it's down to Norman to prove his ability to everyone in the town and speak and fight with the spirits to rid the town of a curse. Box office wise, it didn't do too great. However, the critics and people who did watch it though, seemed to really enjoy it. With a 7 on IMDB and an impressive score of 87% on Rotten Tomatoes!

 

It's enjoyable for what it is, but it's not really a film that I'll watch again. Stop animation movies seem to bore me, in general though. It's amazing how much time and effort goes into them, but overall, I find them all a bit bland on the whole.

Watership Down! :heart: Very pleased to see it place here, quite a dark and scary film (as befits the wonderful book upon which it is based), has always really stood out to me among the animation canon.

76. 'The Polar Express'

218pts | 2012 | USA

Top 20's: BRIGHTPLACES (#20)

 

 

Up next is an animation from the winning combo of Tom Hanks and Robert Zemeckis! At #76 is the rather appropriately timed 'The Polar Express'.

 

With it's stunning, life-like animation, 'The Polar Express' tells the story of a young boy who boards a train on Christmas Eve which then takes him to the North Pole to see Santa Clause. During the journey, the young boy embarks on a journey of his own as he starts to discover things about himself, life in general and most importantly, the spirit of Christmas. It went on to become a hit and a Christmas staple! It received mostly postitive reviews and scores of 6.6 on IMDB but a rotten score of 55% on Rotten Tomatoes.

 

One I haven't personally seen, although I HAVE seen Tinashe's singing scene *.* Slay biiiitch. I dunno if I want to watch it or not, I've heard it's quite boring (beautiful, but boring).

It was on Channel 5 in Easter when there were complaints about Watership Down.

Paranorman :)

Polar Express is something I may watch this month, that adds a bit of festivity.

Polar Express and Paranorman are both incredible :wub: Glad both of them came top 100 and I'll be watching the former for Christmas soon as usual! <3

Hot Hot! (Yeah we got it)

Ok will be doing quite a lot tonight! Will aim to do about 10 here and about 10 in horrors!

 

(Though this will be coming at the sacrifice of the long commentaries, if that's ok with everyone? I just don't think we will ever get done if I continue with the long commentaries so they will be a lot shorter from now on but we will go way quicker I promise!!)

 

Any hype for more results later tonight?! Plz post! <3

75. Shaun The Sheep: The Movie

220pts | 2015 | UK

Top 20's: MACK (#8), JAHQ (#13)

 

 

Into the top 75 and we have the film adaptation of the TV show 'Shaun The Sheep', a character who first appeared in a Wallace and Gromit episode! The film is one of the most recent flicks on the list and scored two top 20's!

 

Shaun The Sheep Movie is a stop-motion animated film and follows Shaun and his flock going into the big city to rescue their farmer! The film was received fantastically critically and scored nominations for 'Best Animated Feature' at the Oscars, Golden Globes and BAFTA's! The film premiered at the 2015 Sundance Film Festival and has a fabulous 99% score on Rotten Tomatoes! The US film posters spoofed some of the higher-budgeted films of that year, including Ant-Man, Minions, Spectre, Fantastic Four, Mission Impossible 4 and Mockingjay! Aardman announced they are working on a sequel and pre-production is starting next month! :cheer: Really hyped for this!

 

I really loved this and this was definitely a surprise highlight of last year! I was expecting to enjoy it but I thought it'd be a bit throwaway, however this turned into an unexpected delight with a fabulous story and a really fun movie! Highly recommend it if you haven't watched it!

74. Rugrats In Paris

221pts | 2000 | America

Top 20's: REGINA (#11)

 

 

Into 74th and we have the second film in the Rugrats franchise, and I believe the highest entry from the Rugrats franchise here! The film received a top 20 from Regina!

 

The movie is the 2nd Rugrats film series, which was based on the popular Nickelodeon series Rugrats, and was produced by Paramount Pictures. The film was a boig box office success, earning over $100m worldwide from a $30m budget! This film marks the only appearance of two villains in the Rugrats franchise and the first appearance of new Rugrats character Kimi Finster. The film has a solid 75% rating on Rotten Tomatoes and received a sequel in the forms of 'Rugrats Go Wild', which appeared on this list at #83!

 

Enjoyed this but don't remember it too much! Probably wouldn't have it that close to my top 100!

73. Sausage Party

223pts | 2016 | America

Top 20's: None

 

 

Into 73rd we have the highest animation aimed at adults in this countdown. And yep it's not the South Park Movie. That shockingly fell short of the top 100 :o Instead it is the 2nd most recent film on the list (I believe), in the form of comedy Sausage Party!

 

Sausage Party is a 2016 adult animated comedy and includes voices from the likes of Seth Rogen, Kristen Wiig, Jonah Hill etc and is the first CGI-animated film to ever be rated R by the MPAA! The film is a spoof of Disney/Pixar films and follows a sausage who discovers the truth about his existence! The film's rough-cut premiered at the South by Southwest festival and was a success at the box office by grossing more than $140 million! The film was originally rated NC-17 due to the visibility of a pubic hair so this has to be removed for the film to receive an R rating!! The film received a great 83% positive reviews from critics and has received some nominations for animations and the fabulous song 'The Great Beyond' from some Awards. I'm not sure it will turn up at the Oscars though due to the sheer crazy competitveness of the animation category this year! There was controversy with the animators, which led to 36 of the 83 animators to being blacklisted, due to being told they would be blacklisted if they didn't work overtime without pay. There have been rumours about a sequel and Rogen has stated he would like a sequel to be made!

 

I still struggle to make an opinion on this, definitely one of the most WTF films I've ever witnessed. I felt like most of the film could have been a bit funnier and I don't know if that last 10 minutes was utter genius or one of the biggest messes I've seen! I wouldn't have this in my top 100 of all time animated films though!

72. Madagascar: Escape 2 Africa

224pts | 2008 | America

Top 20's: None

 

 

And into 72nd we have the first (and weakest) entry of the Madagascar franchise to turn up, in the form of second movie 'Madagascar: Escape 2 Africa'!

 

Madagascar 2 is a sequel to 'Madagascar' and continues the adventures of the four main animals, with most of the voice cast returning! The film starts as a prequel but soon moves shortly to where the original left off and the film grossed a gigantic +$600 million worldwide on a $150m budget, making it the sixth highest-grossing film of 2008! The film was dedicated to Bernie Mac who died before the film's release. A sequel titled Europe's Most Wanted was released 3 and a 1/2 years later! The film was originally subtitled 'The Crate Escape' (I love that title actually!) and has a quite good 64% approval rate from critics! The film's DVD release included two episodes from 'The Penguins of Madagascar' series and a video game (that I owned and was one of my fave video games when I was younger!) was released alongside the films release!

 

This is enjoyable, and I think it made my top 100 list, but the other two are way stronger whereas this is just enjoyable! Still a great entry in a great franchise though!

71. Shrek Forever After

226pts (No Top 20's) | 2010 | America

Top 20's: None

 

 

And into 71st we have our 2nd DreamWorks sequel in a row in the form of the last entry in the Shrek franchise so far, fourth movie Shrek Forever After!

 

Shrek Forever After is the fourth installment in the Shrek series and takes place after the events of the 3rd movie! The film premiered at the Tribeca Film Festival and was released in cinemas in 3D and IMAX 3D formats! Shrek Forever After is DreamWorks Animation's second highest-grossing film at the foreign box office and the film was originally titled 'Shrek Goes Fourth'! In May 2009, however DreamWorks changed the title to the eventual title which indicated it would be the last in the franchise! The film has a rotten rating of 58%, which I think is the lowest of the franchise, and was the 5th highest grossing film of 2010 and the 12th highest grossing animated film! The film received a few animated nominations and there has been many talks about a sequel since the release of Shrek 4 and supposedly a sequel will be coming at last in 2019/2020 with any luck and hope!

 

I absolutely adore this film and rank it a bit above the 2nd and way way above the 3rd! This was such a delight to watch and I remember my 9 year old self absolutely adoring and stanning this so much in the cinema! A satisfying conclusion to Shrek's adventures for the time being and a great movie!

More coming later tonight, any more comments on the latest section?!

Actually, Shrek The Third had the weakest RT rating out of all of the four Shrek films (it was 41%)

Madagascar: Escape 2 Africa (quite liked it [7.0], but not as much as the first one)

Shrek Forever After (somewhere between [5.5] and [6.0] for me, I loved both films [though the 2nd was my favourite for some reason], and I took quite a liking to Shrek The Third)

Sausage Party (not sure about this. I suppose this was from the same people that did Bad Neighbours and The Night Before [i liked the former for its enjoyable plot involving a couple trying to get rid of a rowdy fraternity, despite the fact that I found some of the jokes to be cringeworthy, and I thought the latter was okay (my favourites parts of TNB were Tracy Morgan's narration at the beginning, the Home Alone 2 marble reference and the part where Seth Rogen was in a church and hallucinated a baby saying "F*** you!" to him)]