Originally Posted By Bellella Rotten Tomatoes' List of Disney Animated Movies Ranked Worst to Best (In THEIR Opinion) 50) Chicken Little 49) Brother Bear 48) Oliver & Company 47) Atlantis: The Lost Empire 46) Robin Hood 45) Home on the Range 44) Pocahontas 43) The Black Cauldron 42) The Rescuers Down Under 41) Fun and Fancy Free 40) Make Mine Music 39) Dinosaur 38) The Aristocats 37) Meet the Robinsons 36) The Fox and the Hound 35) The Sword in the Stone 34) Treasure Planet 33) Saludos Amigos 32) The Hunchback of Notre Dame 31) The Great Mouse Detective 30) Peter Pan 29) Fantasia 2000 28) Alice in Wonderland 27) Hercules 26) Mulan 25) The Rescuers 24) The Princess and the Frog 23) Melody Time 22) The Three Caballeros 21) The Emperor's New Groove 20) Lilo & Stitch 19) The Many Adventures of Winnie-the-Pooh 18) Lady and the Tramp 17) Tarzan 16) Tangled 15) The Jungle Book 14) The Adventures of Ichabod and Mr. Toad 13) The Little Mermaid 12) Bambi 11) Bolt 10) Sleeping Beauty 9) Aladdin 8) The Lion King 7) Cinderella 6) Beauty and the Beast 5) 101 Dalmatians 4) Dumbo 3) Snow White and the Seven Dwarfs 2) Fantasia 1) Pinocchio 49 out of 50 of these are owned and loved by yours truly, some more than others. I most definitely do not agree with some of this list. I'd love to hear feedback on this.
Originally Posted By DyGDisney I love Tangled, but to put it so much higher on the list than Peter Pan, Robin Hood, even Princess and the Frog...I don't agree with that. A couple of those movies wouldn't have made my list (Chicken Little), and a couple of them I've never seen.
Originally Posted By Kar2oonMan Hunchback is one of my favorites, along with The Jungle Book. So I clearly disagree with much of the ranking. I do agree with Pinocchio being #1.
Originally Posted By DyGDisney I probably would have put Peter Pan at #1, Sleeping Beauty at #2. Pinocchio would have made my top 5.
Originally Posted By DDMAN26 Rotten Tomatoes usually does these lists based on the critical consesus of the films. So the top ten is certainly no surprise, nor it surprising to see the likes of Chicken Little, Brother Bear and Pocahontas near the bottom.
Originally Posted By Kar2oonMan I couldn't ever place 101 Dalmatians ahead of Beauty and the Beast or even The Little Mermaid. Or even Lady and the Tramp for that matter. I enjoyed Bolt but I can only remember the little hamster. So that one would be moved far lower than 11.
Originally Posted By Bellella I wouldn't have put "Lilo and Stitch" anywhere else than the bottom of the ranks. "Robin Hood" and "Pocahontas" definitely belong in the top 30. "Bolt" is awesome, but it can't go higher than "Bambi" by any means. "Peter Pan" and "Alice in Wonderland" are ranked far too low. "Tangled" and "Tarzan" are good, but they're not that good. As for the top spot, I don't know which one I'd pick. Much as I love "Pinocchio" it wouldn't be my top choice. One is tempted to put one of the earliest films they did at the top, but that's like saying they couldn't improve from there. Basically, any one of the films that was made during Walt's years, besides the package features, "Pinocchio", and "101 Dalmatians" would win the top spot.
Originally Posted By mawnck Compares apples to architecture. Ichabod and Mr. Toad's 91 rating is provided from two major reviews from at-the-time and nine contemporary bloggers, whereas Tangled scores its 89 from 172 reviews from all over the place. And then there's that little matter of RT's fresh/rotten configuration, which, as I keep saying over and over and over again, makes their ratings useless anyway. A movie with 200 barely-fresh reviews would outrank one with 199 enthusiastic raves and one mildly indifferent rotten. That being said, I find these rankings only mildly preposterous, with Bolt at #11 being the only real world-class spit-taker. Which means this is one of the best such lists I've ever seen. (Yeah, I'd put Peter Pan a bit higher too, but I can see the argument against it. Robin Hood sucks.)
Originally Posted By mawnck >>I wouldn't have put "Lilo and Stitch" anywhere else than the bottom of the ranks.<< It would be top 5 for me. To each his own.
Originally Posted By Kar2oonMan And then there's that little matter of RT's fresh/rotten configuration, which, as I keep saying over and over and over again, makes their ratings useless anyway. A movie with 200 barely-fresh reviews would outrank one with 199 enthusiastic raves and one mildly indifferent rotten.<< Great point. Several times i have read so-so reviews that have been somehow classified as "fresh". They need a stewed tomato level in between fresh and rotten.
Originally Posted By DDMAN26 RT is weird in that a 2 1/2 star review is rotten for some movies and fresh for others. I think Metacritic is better at accurately assesing a review.
Originally Posted By Tiggirl I've never seen Chicken Little but if its WORSE then Home On The Range... *shudder* I can't even imagine.
Originally Posted By FerretAfros Hunchback, Pocahontas, and Brother Bear (yes, Brother Bear) are among my all-time favorite films, so I certainly disagreee with that part of the list. There are also many generally well-regarded films that I just don't find many redeeming qualities in (Cinderella, Lilo and Stitch, Jungle Book, and Bambi), so I've known for a while that I generally disagree with these types of lists. I do think that Bolt deserves to be higher on the list than most people would give it credit for, but even I think that 11 is a little high. It wouldn't surprise me if part of the reason it scored so high was that people had such low expectations going into it. Meet the Robinsons should also be much higher than it is, but I suspect that it also has to do with cross-contamination of other Disney films around the time.
Originally Posted By Bellella There are many who would say that "Chicken Little" is just plain dumb. I wouldn't really say that, it's just kind of silly. However, there are no original songs, not really any characters you can empathize with, and the animation pales in comparison to Pixar. The good news is, the all-computer features from Disney kept on improving from there.
Originally Posted By Dabob2 "That being said, I find these rankings only mildly preposterous, with Bolt at #11 being the only real world-class spit-taker. Which means this is one of the best such lists I've ever seen " Strangely, I think that's about right. It's a weird method, yet the list is surprisingly okay. Pinocchio is my #1 too. Hard to argue with the top four. 101 is a BIT high, Bolt way too high, Hunchback and a couple of others too low, but by and large surprisingly good.
Originally Posted By DDMAN26 Here are my letter grades for each: 50) Chicken Little C 49) Brother Bear C- 48) Oliver & Company C+ 47) Atlantis: The Lost Empire A- 46) Robin Hood C 45) Home on the Range D 44) Pocahontas D- 43) The Black Cauldron C 42) The Rescuers Down Under C 41) Fun and Fancy Free B 40) Make Mine Music B- 39) Dinosaur C+ 38) The Aristocats B- 37) Meet the Robinsons B+ 36) The Fox and the Hound B- 35) The Sword in the Stone B 34) Treasure Planet B 33) Saludos Amigos B- 32) The Hunchback of Notre Dame A 31) The Great Mouse Detective A 30) Peter Pan A 29) Fantasia 2000 A- 28) Alice in Wonderland B 27) Hercules B 26) Mulan A- 25) The Rescuers C+ 24) The Princess and the Frog B+ 23) Melody Time B- 22) The Three Caballeros A- 21) The Emperor's New Groove A 20) Lilo & Stitch A 19) The Many Adventures of Winnie-the-Pooh B 18) Lady and the Tramp A 17) Tarzan A 16) Tangled A 15) The Jungle Book A 14) The Adventures of Ichabod and Mr. Toad A- 13) The Little Mermaid A 12) Bambi A 11) Bolt C+ 10) Sleeping Beauty A 9) Aladdin A+ 8) The Lion King A 7) Cinderella A- 6) Beauty and the Beast A+ 5) 101 Dalmatians A 4) Dumbo A 3) Snow White and the Seven Dwarfs B 2) Fantasia A 1) Pinocchio A
Originally Posted By u k fan It's funny how subjective these lists are. My top 5 would probably include, Hunchback, F2000, Lilo and Stitch and Treasure Planet so it just goes to show!!!
Originally Posted By basil fan I give no credit whatsoever to RT. Dinosaur above Rescuers Down Under? Above Pocahontas? Above Atlantis? Above anything at all is kinda iffy.
