Originally Posted By alexbook Okay, it's silly to start yet another "Ratatouille" thread, but I saw this and couldn't resist: According to IMDB.com's subscribers, "Ratatouille" is the best animated movie ever, with an average rating of 8.7 (on a scale from 1 to 10). Is it ratings inflation (the tendency to give higher and higher ratings over time)? Is it the Disney fans rushing to IMDB to enter their positive reviews first (with the non-Disney fans likely to come along later with negative reviews)? Is it really the greatest animated movie ever? Can anybody explain this? Here's the top 10, with their ratings: 1. Ratatouille - 8.7 2. Spirited Away - 8.4 3. Princess Mononoke - 8.2 4. The Incredibles - 8.1 5. Cat City - 8.1 6. Finding Nemo - 8.1 7. Whisper of the Heart - 8.1 8. Grave of the Fireflies - 8.0 9. Toy Story 2 - 8.0 10. Toy Story - 8.0 The bottom 10, just for laughs: 1. An All Dogs Christmas Carol - 1.7 2. Creepshow III - 2.1 3. Yu-Gi-Oh!: The Movie - 2.1 4. Doogal - 2.4 5. Titanic: The Animated Movie - 2.4 6. Evil Toons - 2.4 7. Happily Ever After - 2.4 8. The King and I - 2.6 9. Pokemon 3: The Movie - 3.0 10. Derrick - Die Pflicht ruft! - 3.2 <a href="http://imdb.com/chart/animation" target="_blank">http://imdb.com/chart/animatio n</a>
Originally Posted By Autopia Deb I've only seen 5 of those 20 movies, but "Evil Toons" sounds like fun to me, lol.
Originally Posted By trekkeruss I don't know the answer, but personally I don't see Lion King (#16, 7.9)) being better than Beauty and the Beast (#24, 7.8). I must be strange too, because I really don't get Spirited Away. The animation is beautiful, but the story is just too bizzare for me. I much prefer Totoro.
Originally Posted By Witches of Morva ORWEN: Excuse me, but I thought The Black Cauldron was supposed to be the best animated movie of all time! I should know since I was IN it, after all! ORGOCH: Which is why the dang thing was actu'ly the WORST cartoon there ever was! Git a clue, sister!!!
Originally Posted By Dabob2 This list is obviously weighted towards recent films. Pinocchio is still the greatest animated film ever, IMO. Disney's greatest artists (Tytla, Babbitt, Kimball, Frank & Ollie, et al) and pulled together by Walt himself, all in one place at one time and all at the peak of their creative powers. Arguably the best Disney score ever. Action, heart, beauty, humor, scares - everything. Anyway, any list that doesn't have Pinocchio and Snow White in the top ten is kind of suspect.
Originally Posted By FerretAfros I wonder how many of the people who voted so highly for Spirited Away and Cat City have even seen Snow White or Pinnocchio. I've never even heard of a couple of those films, so it's more than possible that it works both ways.
Originally Posted By TheRedhead "According to IMDB.com's subscribers" That says it all. Not only is it a list made up by people who know what IMDB is, they've taken the time to subscribe to it. They are film geeks who spend a good deal of time online. It's not exactly what I'd call a general cross-section of American filmgoers. And given the website, I'm just shocked "Iron Giant" isn't there.
Originally Posted By TheRedhead By the way, I mean "film geek" as a term of endearment (see: "Disney nerd").
Originally Posted By u k fan Ratatouille still has several international markets to open in so as more people vote the score will certainly come down!!!
Originally Posted By alexbook >>Ratatouille still has several international markets to open in so as more people vote the score will certainly come down!!!<< I just checked and it's down to 8.5. Looks like support for the notion that the first people to vote were the Disney-philes. >>And given the website, I'm just shocked "Iron Giant" isn't there.<< It's #29, just below "Snow White."
Originally Posted By BeautysBeast ANimated and CGI films are different..how can they be on same list??Seems CGI is too easily confused with animation but they arnt the same.
Originally Posted By trekkeruss They're not different according to the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences. Both forms rely on animators.
