Comments on: Daily Debate: What Unpopular Animated Film Do You Actually Love?

By: Michel Gagne

Michel Gagne — Thu, 28 Sep 2017 22:31:00 +0000

In reply to The Polish Gent. Ringing Bell is one of my all time favorite. A kid's movie that doesn't pull any punches.

By: Manuel Orozco

Manuel Orozco — Tue, 26 Sep 2017 16:15:00 +0000

In reply to dlizsehshus. True and i liked Tomorrowland but will never replace the magic of the Incredibles or Ratatouille.

By: dlizsehshus

dlizsehshus — Tue, 26 Sep 2017 16:14:00 +0000

In reply to Manuel Orozco. Because Brad Bird was directing Mission Impossible 4 and Tomorrowland. Can't do a Sequel without the Creator.

By: Roo

Roo — Tue, 26 Sep 2017 04:15:00 +0000

1) Thumbelina. I love the songs and animation so much! Sure there are the creepy/slightly racist caricature frogs, but overall the movie is lovely. Plus Jodi Benson is the voice of Thumbelina!

2) Atlantis: The Lost Empire. Enough said. Deserves WAY more credit and deserves a live action film.

3) Brother Bear. It makes me cry every time.

4) Does Snow White and the Seven Dwarfs count? People tend to regard it in a negative light these days, and I think it’s highly underrated despite it’s historical significance. I ADORE the animation and I wish Disney would do more movies in that specific painterly style. Also I appreciate Snow White now more than I did as a child and I’ve interpreted her to be quite complex.

By: Kassquatch Watch

Kassquatch Watch — Mon, 25 Sep 2017 04:20:00 +0000

In reply to Alex Beezley. I totally agree! I actually think the eeriness of the motion capture perfectly fit the mood of the movie. It was supposed to be kind of unearthly and dreamlike, which is exactly how I remember the book (and most of what that author wrote) being. It's one of my favorite Christmas movies specifically because I love the combination of typically cheerful things (the musical numbers, the fact that they're gonna go see Santa) and slightly darker and more strange stuff (the ghost, the broken toys, the empty town square). It also came out about the time when I was reaching that 'Is Santa Clause actually real?' threshold, so there's some bittersweet nostalgia there as well.

By: Manuel Orozco

Manuel Orozco — Fri, 22 Sep 2017 04:12:00 +0000

In reply to Jordan Briskin. I'm surprised you mentioned the King and I. I liked it equally as the 1956 original since I'm a sucker for happy endings. However, I don't blame the Rogers and Hammerstein organization for not wanting an animated film adaptation of one of their musicals again because of how different it was from the Broadway script.

By: Amy Atherton

Amy Atherton — Thu, 21 Sep 2017 23:45:00 +0000

Oliver & Company is my absolute favourite; I have no illusions over it’s being ‘great’, ’cause it ain’t, but I just find it to be damn good fun. LOVE Search for Christopher Robin too, always brings a tear to my eye.

By: Jordan Briskin

Jordan Briskin — Thu, 21 Sep 2017 17:31:00 +0000

High on my list of films in this category are: BROTHER BEAR, OLIVER & COMPANY, THE ROAD TO EL DORADO, and DINOSAUR; HOME ON THE RANGE also deserves a mention, because, flawed though it may be, it doesn’t deserve the hate that it has received over the years.

(Special shout-out as well to THE KING AND I (1999), which I used to watch all the time as a kid…)

By: chad kosch

chad kosch — Thu, 21 Sep 2017 11:53:00 +0000

In reply to Sebastian. Dude, my sister and I would watch that every time we went to my Grandma's... ah, good times.

By: Alex Beezley

Alex Beezley — Wed, 20 Sep 2017 21:58:00 +0000

I haven’t seen it in quite a while, but I do enjoy The Polar Express. I don’t think the motion capture animation is as distracting as many claim, and the songs are memorable. It does have some flaws, such as the stretched out story and some irritating characters, but I think that this film is a good example of a picture book adaptation done right.