The Town of Odyssey

This is inspired by my more recent discovery of The Iron Giant, an early Brad Bird animated film that has instantly become my new favorite. Sadly it was never a huge hit at the box office, which is an incredible shame because it literally gets 'right' every single element of an animated family film that most other animated family films get wrong these days. It's incredibly heartwarming, hilarious and beautiful, and leaves you with a lot to think about.



My second favorite animated film would have to be Beauty and the Beast, which honestly feels like the masterpiece of everything the Disney renaissance ever strived for. It never, ever gets old. Every single musical number is a timeless classic that illustrates and propels the story forward with beautiful perfection.



Thirdly, although not a huge fan of anime, the incredible masterpiece Spirited Away holds a special place in my heart for its warm richness and cinematic quality. This one requires more of a critical approach if you want to get past the 'weirdness' and 'spirituality' to see the beauty of it.



Of course, this list would hardly be complete without a Pixar film! It's awfully hard to pick a favorite, but between Toy Story 3, Up and The Incredibles, I'd have to say that Up is the film that always first comes to mind when I think about the magical excellence of Pixar's films. I know it will be one that I go back to when I'm old, or when a loved one dies, or for inspiration. This is truly a film for all ages.



Finally, to represent the early foundation of the Disney classics, I've selected Fantasia. No, it doesn't have a simple whimsy story like Pinocchio or Bambi, but it's simple in its own unique way... a collection of imaginative and beautiful fantasy pieces that stand as a delightful whole. It deserves this spot.




..this is only my list, of course. What are everyone else's favorites?

I'm so glad that Spirited Away is on there

Does CGI count?

Musical Shutterbug wrote:Does CGI count?

Well, if Pixar counts as CGI, then yes. What do you have in mind?

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If AE's up for it, we should totally have a big poll contest for best animated film. I don't think we've done that yet.

The Adventures of Tintin had an amazing CGI job I was quite impressed.

If you're speaking Pixar-wise, Finding Nemo was quite lovely. Oooh, WALL-E was as well, now that I think of it.

That's all I can think of, at the moment. I'm sure that something else will come to me.

Jelly wrote:This is inspired by my more recent discovery of The Iron Giant, an early Brad Bird animated film that has instantly become my new favorite. Sadly it was never a huge hit at the box office, which is an incredible shame because it literally gets 'right' every single element of an animated family film that most other animated family films get wrong these days. It's incredibly heartwarming, hilarious and beautiful, and leaves you with a lot to think about.

The Iron Giant was a good movie, by the way. I enjoyed it.

My top five (in no particular order) are:

*Oliver & Company
*The Rescuers
*Prince of Egypt
*Robin Hood
*101 Dalmatians

Mandy

1. Stuart Little 3: Call of the Wild - The first two Stuart Little weren't animated, but if they were, they would be tied for number 1.
1. Doogal - One of the most underrated movies of all time.
2. Yogi Bear (2010) - I died laughing every time Yogi did something stupid or selfish. We need more movies like this.
3. A Christmas Carol (2009) - Haha, one of Jim Carrey's funniest movies ever. The laughs just don't stop.
5. The Wild (2006) - One of Disney's finest productions. No, it doesn't have a good story like Pinocchio or Bambi, but it's simple in its own unique way... a collection of imaginative and beautiful animated pieces that stand as a delightful whole. It deserves this spot.

Delightful. Your taste in quality is so INSPIRING.

Watership Down
The Plague Dogs
The Animals of Farthing Wood
Star Chaser
...and... umm... Song of the South

American Eagle wrote:1. Stuart Little 3: Call of the Wild - The first two Stuart Little weren't animated, but if they were, they would be tied for number 1.
1. Doogal - One of the most underrated movies of all time.
2. Yogi Bear (2010) - I died laughing every time Yogi did something stupid or selfish. We need more movies like this.
3. A Christmas Carol (2009) - Haha, one of Jim Carrey's funniest movies ever. The laughs just don't stop.
5. The Wild (2006) - One of Disney's finest productions. No, it doesn't have a good story like Pinocchio or Bambi, but it's simple in its own unique way... a collection of imaginative and beautiful animated pieces that stand as a delightful whole. It deserves this spot.

/end thread

Game over for all of us. Best list ever made!

Was Yogi Bear an animated film? I thought it was real people with CGI bears or something.

Oh, and yes AE, Doogal was a great film

Here is my list (In no particular order)

1. The Incredibles. "WHERE IS MAH SUPER SUIT?" Nuff said.

2. Toy Story 3. The fact that Toy Story had one good sequel was awesome enough. But two...

3. I'm going to have to give this one to Aladdin. This was probably one of the last good Disney Films, IMO.

4. If you count CGI I enjoyed Tintin very much. My least favorite scene in that though is when their flying the plane... that whole scene was just... impossible.

5. And this one i'm going to give to Doogal. I remember first renting it along with M.I.B. with my friend and watching both in one night- Doogal was better. We laughed our heads out at the stupidity, yet brilliance of it.

I hated that version of a Christmas Carol... HATED it.

I can't remember all the animated movies I've seen...

(in no order)
1) Treasure Planet
2) How to Train Your Dragon
3) Mulan
4) Batman Beyond
5) every other that I can't remember... heh...

Batman... Begins... is... not... ANIMATED

Tangled.

That is all I have to say.

My previous list was sarcasm, obviously. Here is my real list, Jellyfied.

5. Beauty and the Beast4. The Incredibles 3. Meet the Robinsons 2. The Polar Express 1. Toy Story 3 Honorable mentions: How to Train Your Dragon, Tangled, Legend of the Guardians: The Owls of Ga'Hoole, and several of the Pixar films.

Brave is really the only 2012 film that has a chance to break into my top 5.

AE has betrayed Doogle. This is insanity.

i think by looking at your lists my list is:
The Incredibles
i liked it but prob one of the better movies
Megamind
i was just so laughing
How to Train Your Dragon
One of the scarier movies but i enjoyed it
Toy Story 1, 2 & 3
Veggie Tales (if that counts )
if it doesn't then Treasure Planet
and alot of movies that i've seen but can't remember

1. Hunchback of Notre Dame *Disney*
2. Tangled
3. The Incredible's
4. Meet the Robinsons
5. Treasure Planet

Honorable mentions: Beauty and the Beast, the Little Mermaid

It's bad when I cannot think up more animated movies... my mind is more hooked on... not-animated movies, lol.

Taps wrote:Batman... Begins... is... not... ANIMATED

Haha. Yeah. Batman Beyond, maybe? That was an excellent series and they put out a DVD called "The Movie!" that was all the first few origin episodes strung together. Plus the Return of the Joker movie.

Anyway I may come up with a real list later but Batman: Mask of the Phantasm is probably my favorite animated movie, and Beauty and the Beast has always been my favorite Disney movie but I haven't seen that in ages.

Yeah, I watched the Return of the Joker. It was decent.

Ooh, yeah @AIOLUVER Megamind is going to take the place of Tintin for me.

The Top Crusader wrote:

Taps wrote:Batman... Begins... is... not... ANIMATED

Haha. Yeah. Batman Beyond, maybe? That was an excellent series and they put out a DVD called "The Movie!" that was all the first few origin episodes strung together. Plus the Return of the Joker movie.

Anyway I may come up with a real list later but Batman: Mask of the Phantasm is probably my favorite animated movie, and Beauty and the Beast has always been my favorite Disney movie but I haven't seen that in ages.

YES. Thank you.

I loved the Beyond series... I miss watching it.