So I was on moviefone.com the other day, and they had an article titled "Top 25 Animated Movies of All Time." I decided it was worth checking out. I wanted to see how my Lion King fared and just what movies were included. As I continued to look through the list, I became more and more distraught. Beauty and the Beast is 13? The only animated film to be nominated for a Best Picture Oscar (like the one Slumdog Millionaire won) is only the 13th best animated film ever?! Wallace and Gromit: Curse of Were-Rabbit made the list? Who even saw that movie? Claymation should never be used in movies, especially ones that come out in 2005. The only exception are Bruce Campbell movies, the Evil Dead trilogy. I was terrified number one was going to be Wall-E (I'm sorry, I did not like it). However, I think Wall-E should have definitely made this list compared to the garbage on it. At least The Lion King made it to 2.
1. Toy Story
2. The Lion King
3. Shrek
4. The Incredibles
5. Bambi
6. The Little Mermaid
7. Cinderella
8. Spirited Away
9. Snow White
10. Fantasia
11. Finding Nemo
12. Ratatouille
13. Beauty and the Beast
14. Iron Giant
15. South Park: Bigger, Longer and Uncut
16. Wallace and Gromit: Curse of Were-Rabbit
17. Toy Story 2
18. Pinocchio
19. Princess Mononoke
20. The Jungle Book
21. The Nightmare Before Christmas
22. Lady and the Tramp
23. The Triplets of Belleville
24. Dumbo
25. The Simpsons
Feel free to judge for yourself. I don't like it.
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Well first, to agree, I don't like this list either.
ReplyDeleteBut before I get to that, I need to disagree just a little bit. I think Tim Burton's claymation films aren't half bad. Don't get me wrong, I'd rather run my head through a tube TV than watch those old claymation Christmas movies again, as with Wallace and Gromit's mindlessness, too. But Nightmare is full of just as much eye candy and original art design as any CG movie on that list. If you get a chance you should check it out on Blu-ray.
Reasons for not liking this list? Finding Nemo and Fantasia should be a bit higher. And I'm surprised to see the Simpsons and South Park on here, considering both are technically just television for the big screen with minor detail added to the animation. I'm just finding it hard to believe that the South Park movie was a larger impact on the history of animated film than Pinocchio or The Jungle Book.
Whew that became more of a rant than I expected...
PS: Where the eff is Wall-E?!
I'm pleased and surprised that they included a few Miyazaki films. Other than that I agree that this is a pretty sad list. Beauty and the Beast deserves better.
ReplyDeleteAnd to reiterate: SERIOUSLY?! NO WALL-E?