Originally Posted By actingforanimators So, here's a topic for the closet film fanatics (or even the proud promoters of the less popular) - Disney Animated Features that are seldom loved and often slammed that you personally love. For me, it's: TREASURE PLANET - a film that I simply adore and find - from among the so-called "contemporary" films - to be the most like a film Walt would have made, IMHO. I marvel at it every time I see it and love it more with each viewing. I think it has some of the best animation, best art direction, best character design and development and most heart-felt story telling of the Disney animated features. This is easily among my top five favorite Disney features of all time. HERCULES - I laugh, I love the songs, I worship the character design, and I marvel at the animation. Just a giant piece of animated candy. THE RESCUERS - A film that so many people seem to dismiss, but that I find a pure delight. Uncomplicated, charming, greatest villain since Cruella (and no, I don't think derivative of her)and some very moving and touching moments. I love it! ATLANTIS - A brave and very successful attempt at making a graphic novel come to life on screen in animation. I think the characters are fun, I think the story is very well paced, I like that it isn't a musical, for once. And I love the styling of the film. I never fail to enjoy it when I see it.
Originally Posted By davewasbaloo I absolutely adore Treasure Planet and Atlantis. To me these are true masterpieces. Wonderful story telling, stylised design. Just sublime.
Originally Posted By jasmine7 Mine would have to be Treasure Planet, Hercules, Atlantis, and Brother Bear. Those four seem to get so much more bashing than any other, but I love them all so much. I never get bored of them.
Originally Posted By davewasbaloo Ooooo I also love Brother Bear- the music, the story, the difference in the aspect ratio and colors when Kenai is human compared to bear form. Pure excellence in my mind.
Originally Posted By TALL Disney Guy I don't think "The Rescuers" is a guilty pleasure at all. I dearly love that film, it's so charming and comfortable and really gets to your heart.
Originally Posted By Jim in Merced CA 'Emperor's New Groove' -- Love the silly, Warner Bros. style and situations. To me, it's the flat out funniest in the more current Disney library. Pacha and Kuzco tied to a large tree log, and floating down a river. Pacha: Uh-oh. Kuzco: Don't tell me, we're about to go over a huge waterfall. Pacha: Yep. Kuzco: Sharp rocks at the bottom. Pacha: Most likely. Kuzco: Bring it on. [going over the huge waterfall] Kuzco: BOOOOYAAAAAAAAA! ^Now that's comedy gold!
Originally Posted By melekalikimaka We love "Atlantis". I remember being afraid my son would need to visit the restroom while we were at the theater and that I would miss part of it.
Originally Posted By mapleservo Hercules is actually one of my favourite Disney films. It just seems so...full. And yeah, there isn't much I don't like about it. MmmmmmMMeg!
Originally Posted By basil fan Treasure Planet & Atlantis...oh, yeah! But I love Black Cauldron. Beat that! Donald Duck's Family Tree <a href="http://www.whatsitsgalore.com/disney/donald.html" target="_blank">http://www.whatsitsgalore.com/ disney/donald.html</a>
Originally Posted By TALL Disney Guy I like "Black Cauldron", but it bugs me that there are no songs in it. :-/
Originally Posted By DVC_dad Hands Down, The Emperor's New Groove. If any of you want to know what my wife is like...and I am sure many of you don't but humor me... She is EXACTLY , and I do mean EXACTLY like Chicha, who you may recall is Pacha's very pregnant wife. I still to this day freak out when I watch it, I swear they could have used my wife as a model for looks, personality, wit, charm, and everything else for that character right down to being pregnant, which my wife was gave birth shortly after the movie's release.
Originally Posted By ecdc Mine's Robin Hood. I grew up with it as a kid and was really surprised to read in John Grant's Encyclopedia of Walt Disney's Animated Characters that it wasn't well received by critics at all (IIRC).
Originally Posted By TALL Disney Guy ^^^I know! He said it was "the only Disney movie to bore this author's (then) seven-year old daughter". I thought jeez, is that a sad kid, or what? I know not everything is everyone's cup of tea (though I hate tea personally, blech), but how could any kid not find "Robin Hood" delightfully funny? Come to think of it, how could *anyone* not find it funny? I publicly proclaim that it is Disney's funniest animated feature, 2nd only to "The Sword in the Stone".
Originally Posted By FerretAfros I'm personally a huge fan of Brother Bear. I think I've seen it enough times now that I can keep from crying at the end, but there isn't a single thing that they could have done better. I would prefer it to have been a little longer, or had the characters singing the songs, but I really like the pacing and seriousness of the movie, so I think I can survive without those.
Originally Posted By Liberty Belle I love Pocahontas, Brother Bear and Emperor's New Groove - although I don't know many people who hate ENG, it's been mentioned a couple of times here so I thought I should also speak up in support of it
Originally Posted By davewasbaloo ENG I had no desire to see when it came out and thought it was the end of Disney animation quality. And then I went to see it as I had seen every Disney animated feature up to this point. I laughed my head off!!!! A very funny and stylised Disney film that is a guilty pleasure.
Originally Posted By basil fan I also like the Aristocats, which is often dissed. It's much more mild in terms of peril than other films, but Duchess is such an admirable heroine, putting duty to others above romance, and doing it with grace instead of lamentation. The scenes with Lafayette & Napoleon are some of the funniest moments in film history. I like the Rescuers, too. Bernard & Bianca are excellent, fleshed-out characters, and the take-off scene is classic. It's a small movie in terms of scope, and that's no insult. Every film doesn't need to be epic & earth-shaking. This is much more intimate, and very, very poignant. The New Scooby-Doo Movies <a href="http://www.whatsitsgalore.com/glitch/sdmoviesglitch.html" target="_blank">http://www.whatsitsgalore.com/ glitch/sdmoviesglitch.html</a>
Originally Posted By MissCandice Cheese-me no likey! Count me as a fan of ENG and Treasure Planet. TP was is a beautiful film, and ENG is just darn funny.
Originally Posted By mapleservo There was a lot about Treasure Planet that I loved. The look of the film, and especially the relationship between Jim and Silver, which was about as complex as Disney gets. But then there was "flatula" and I didn't find the big action climax very satisfying. Lots of great, great stuff in there though. ENG I really wasn't looking forward to. When I was sitting in the theatre and David Spade's voice first came out of the speakers, I winced. But by the time I left the theatre, I thought it wasn't bad. Now it's a favourite.
Originally Posted By davewasbaloo May I just add, my 3 year old son and I watched TP together on father's day (and Mikey insisted on sitting on my lap all the way through) and the end scene between Jim and LJS made me cry!!!! Fantastic!
