Disney Animated Films
Topic: AFI to Name Top 10 Animated Films

#	Author	Message
1	ToonKirby Sat 1/19/2008 9:19p	The American Film Institute has revealed the theme for this year's annual "AFI's 100 Years ... 100 Movies" program: "AFI's 10 Top 10". The top ten movies of all time in ten different genres -- animation, fantasy, romantic comedies, science fiction, western, gangster, sports, courtroom drama, mystery and epic -- will be revealed in a television special this June on CBS. Fifty films from each category have been nominated on the official ballot. http://www.afi.com/tvevents/10 0years/10top10.aspx - kch
2	ToonKirby Sat 1/19/2008 9:36p	Here's the 50 nominated films: ALADDIN ALICE IN WONDERLAND AMERICAN POP AN AMERICAN TAIL ANTZ THE ARISTOCATS BAMBI BEAUTY AND THE BEAST A BUG'S LIFE CARS CHARLOTTE'S WEB CINDERELLA CORPSE BRIDE DUMBO FANTASIA FINDING NEMO HAPPY FEET THE HUNCHBACK OF NOTRE DAME ICE AGE THE INCREDIBLES THE IRON GIANT THE JUNGLE BOOK LADY AND THE TRAMP THE LION KING THE LITTLE MERMAID MADAGASCAR THE MANY ADVENTURES OF WINNIE THE POOH MONSTER HOUSE MONSTERS, INC. MULAN THE NIGHTMARE BEFORE CHRISTMAS 101 DALMATIANS PETER PAN PINOCCHIO POCAHONTAS THE POLAR EXPRESS THE RESCUERS ROBIN HOOD ROBOTS THE SECRET OF NIMH SHREK SHREK 2 SLEEPING BEAUTY SNOW WHITE AND THE SEVEN DWARFS SOUTH PARK: BIGGER LONGER & UNCUT THE SWORD IN THE STONE TARZAN TOY STORY TOY STORY 2 WAKING LIFE I've seen all but one. 33 are Disney.
3	DAR Sat 1/19/2008 9:40p	If South Park were to make it what are they going to show about two seconds?
4	ToonKirby Sat 1/19/2008 9:53p	Other Disney films in the other genres: Fantasy: THE CHRONICLES OF NARNIA: THE LION, THE WITCH AND THE WARDROBE MARY POPPINS PIRATES OF THE CARIBBEAN: THE CURSE OF THE BLACK PEARL SPLASH (also in Romantic Comedy) WHO FRAMED ROGER RABBIT Sci Fi: TRON Sports: COOL RUNNINGS THE MIGHTY DUCKS MIRACLE
5	FerretAfros Sat 1/19/2008 10:16p	Interesting to see which ones didn't make it to the list: Saludos Amigos The Three Caballeros Make Mine Music Fun and Fancy Free Melody Time The Adventures Of Ichabod And Mr. Toad The Fox And The Hound The Black Cauldron The Great Mouse Detective Oliver & Company The Rescuers Down Under Hercules Fantasia 2000 The Emperor's New Groove Atlantis: The Lost Empire Lilo And Stitch Treasure Planet Brother Bear Home On The Range Chicken Little All Pixar features except Ratatouille (which is probably because it's too recent) made the list as well. While I've seen most of them, there are definately a couple that I've never even heard of before (America Pop, Waking Life). I wonder how much of it was decided on by actual quality of the movie, and how much was getting diversity (was Robots really better than some of the ones left off? Not IMO)
6	TheRedhead Sun 1/20/2008 4:39a	I'm all for diversity, but Corpse Bride??? These lists are fun but silly. They end up being an exercise in "balance." Snow White will be number one, even though half the list is better than it. And Waking Life is a great movie.
7	mawnck Tue 1/22/2008 6:25a	American Pop - Ralph Bakshi multi-generational epic about a musical family. Doesn't belong on there, and isn't anywhere near Bakshi's best. (But Fritz the Cat was X-rated, so maybe that had something to do with it.) Waking Life - Rotoscoped artfilm from a couple years ago. OK, maybe. I take it from this list that foreign films are not eligible, otherwise I'd have to open a can of whoop-tush. Other flicks that are more deserving IMHO, from a nominating committee who obviously doesn't realize that there were other studios besides Disney before 1987: Gulliver's Travels Mr. Bug Goes to Town Gay Purr-ee Mad Monster Party (hey, if Charlotte's Web is on there...) The Phantom Tollbooth Heavy Traffic Coonskin (but they'd never live it down) Raggedy Ann and Andy The Last Unicorn (perhaps too outsourced?) The Brave Little Toaster Rover Dangerfield anything by the Hubleys anything by Bill Plympton And WHERE IN THE HECK IS LILO AND STITCH? It's clearly superior to at least 2/3 of that list. The rest of FerretAfros's list, I agree are borderline at best. But really, ROBIN HOOD? MADAGASCAR? SOUTH PARK? ROBOTS? Why not go whole hog and honor Return to Neverland, Hoodwinked and Eight Crazy Nights? Sheesh.
8	markymouse Tue 1/22/2008 4:59p	I know this isn't the world's most meaningful exercise, but my choices from that list would have to be: Admittedly, I shamelessly remove the ones I don't know. And yes, Lilo and Stitch is as good as half of these. First cut: ALADDIN BAMBI BEAUTY AND THE BEAST CARS CHARLOTTE'S WEB - assuming its the newer cgi version CINDERELLA FANTASIA FINDING NEMO HAPPY FEET THE INCREDIBLES THE IRON GIANT THE LION KING THE LITTLE MERMAID MADAGASCAR - not that its great but it is, after Shrek, the best "of its type" MONSTERS, INC. THE NIGHTMARE BEFORE CHRISTMAS 101 DALMATIANS PETER PAN PINOCCHIO THE POLAR EXPRESS - for its uniqueness SHREK SHREK 2 SLEEPING BEAUTY SNOW WHITE AND THE SEVEN DWARFS TARZAN TOY STORY TOY STORY 2 The next cut: ALADDIN BAMBI BEAUTY AND THE BEAST CARS CINDERELLA FANTASIA - overrated but certainly an important movie FINDING NEMO HAPPY FEET THE INCREDIBLES THE LION KING THE LITTLE MERMAID MONSTERS, INC. THE NIGHTMARE BEFORE CHRISTMAS - not my cup of tea, but I have to pay it a certain respect PETER PAN SHREK SNOW WHITE AND THE SEVEN DWARFS TARZAN TOY STORY TOY STORY 2 and my top ten: BEAUTY AND THE BEAST CINDERELLA FANTASIA FINDING NEMO THE LION KING THE LITTLE MERMAID THE NIGHTMARE BEFORE CHRISTMAS PETER PAN SHREK SNOW WHITE AND THE SEVEN DWARFS TOY STORY TOY STORY 2 Just my two cents worth. yes, I know that's 12 or so, but I was hoping no one would bother to count.
9	basil fan Tue 1/22/2008 5:46p	Gay Purr-ee is a great film. Basil of Baker Street www.whatsitsgalore.com/basil/bakerst.html
10	mawnck Tue 1/22/2008 6:06p	>>CHARLOTTE'S WEB - assuming its the newer cgi version<< Nope. It's not. AFI thinks that Hanna-Barbera is better than Lilo and Stitch.

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