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Title: Which Disney animated movie do you like the best?
Post by: FlameOfCallandor on November 12, 2006, 11:28:08 PM
For me it has to be Aladdin. As a kid I really loved everything about it, catchy tunes, action and lots of heart. The Aladdin DVD is the only thing I asked for christmas.

What is everyoone else's favorite?
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Post by: G The Resurrected on November 12, 2006, 11:35:56 PM
Alladin, Beauty and the Beast, Little Mermaid, Alice in Wonderland i can not pick
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Post by: FlameOfCallandor on November 12, 2006, 11:38:12 PM
Man we were so lucky to grow up when we did, we got a ton of good disney movies in the early nineties.
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Post by: Wobedraggled on November 12, 2006, 11:38:18 PM
Hunchback
Lilo and Stitch
Fantasia
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Post by: brawndolicious on November 12, 2006, 11:44:52 PM
There was The Lion King and that's it.
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Post by: FlameOfCallandor on November 12, 2006, 11:49:08 PM
How was pcohantas? I never got to see it?
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Post by: The Fake Shemp on November 12, 2006, 11:51:05 PM
It was a great hack job of American history.
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Post by: FlameOfCallandor on November 12, 2006, 11:51:46 PM
Who cares was the movie any good?

I dont tend to watch disney movies with the intent of getting a great lesson in history.
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Post by: The Fake Shemp on November 12, 2006, 11:56:37 PM
Has there ever been any other Disney movie that was based on an actual historical event that is not a folk tale or mythical legend other than Pocahantas, though?
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Post by: Human Snorenado on November 12, 2006, 11:57:06 PM
The Lion King.  Because it was Hamlet with lions, other than the happy ending.
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Post by: The Fake Shemp on November 13, 2006, 12:00:02 AM
So it wasn't really Hamlet at all, was it!?
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Post by: FlameOfCallandor on November 13, 2006, 12:05:48 AM
Has there ever been any other Disney movie that was based on an actual historical event that is not a folk tale or mythical legend other than Pocahantas, though?

I hear genies are real in the middle east.
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Post by: Human Snorenado on November 13, 2006, 12:12:01 AM
So it wasn't really Hamlet at all, was it!?

A young prince's father, the King, is killed by his uncle who then shacks up with his mom and proceeds to ruin the kingdom, prompting the prince to action?  Yeah, no real resemblance at all.
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Post by: FlameOfCallandor on November 13, 2006, 12:14:12 AM
So it wasn't really Hamlet at all, was it!?

A young prince's father, the King, is killed by his uncle who then shacks up with his mom and proceeds to ruin the kingdom, prompting the prince to action?  Yeah, no real resemblance at all.

Did hamlet have hakuna matata? No I don't think so. Clase closed.
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Post by: The Fake Shemp on November 13, 2006, 12:14:27 AM
But it has a happy ending!  That's if Disney made an animated version of Schindler's List with monkeys, except at the end, Schindler creates a time machine and goes back in time to prevent the Monkeycaust from ever happening.
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Post by: Human Snorenado on November 13, 2006, 12:16:27 AM
But it has a happy ending!  That's if Disney made an animated version of Schindler's List with monkeys, except at the end, Schindler creates a time machine and goes back in time to prevent the Monkeycaust from ever happening.

Dude, it's a Disney animated children's movie.  Of course there's gonna be a happy ending.  That doesn't change the fact that the inspiration was pretty obviously Hamlet.

And FoC, you're rapidly approaching legendary levels of internet idiocy. 
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Post by: MrAngryFace on November 13, 2006, 12:16:32 AM
Mulan, too bad that Osmond song is in the middle but fuck it, beautiful movie.

(http://ec2.images-amazon.com/images/P/B00024I2Z4.01._AA240_SCLZZZZZZZ_.jpg)
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Post by: Phoenix Dark on November 13, 2006, 12:18:49 AM
Lion King, Beauty and the Beast.

Hunchback is criminally underrated though. People seem to forget how controversial the movie was
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Post by: Vizzys on November 13, 2006, 12:22:48 AM
Mulan, too bad that Osmond song is in the middle but fuck it, beautiful movie.

(http://ec2.images-amazon.com/images/P/B00024I2Z4.01._AA240_SCLZZZZZZZ_.jpg)

I thought I was the only one. :)
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Post by: cloudwalking on November 13, 2006, 12:23:40 AM
Lion King was a big one for me, I was even in the school Lion King play (I was the female hyena).

I also love Aladdin and Mulan.
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Post by: FlameOfCallandor on November 13, 2006, 12:25:09 AM
Lion King was a big one for me, I was even in the school Lion King play (I was the female hyena).

I also love Aladdin and Mulan.

How was this years school play anyway?
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Post by: The Fake Shemp on November 13, 2006, 12:25:12 AM
I remember seeing The Little Mermaid in theatres.  That was my favorite Disney flick 'til The Lion King.
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Post by: cloudwalking on November 13, 2006, 12:32:52 AM
Lion King was a big one for me, I was even in the school Lion King play (I was the female hyena).

I also love Aladdin and Mulan.

How was this years school play anyway?

:stfu
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Post by: Van Cruncheon on November 13, 2006, 12:33:14 AM
The Emperor's New Groove
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Post by: OxtheMidget on November 13, 2006, 12:43:26 AM
Aladdin, The Lion King, and of course, Finding Nemo!

Where's the Nemo love?
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Post by: Vizzys on November 13, 2006, 12:46:03 AM
I was assuming animated meant 2d, but if its 3d I vote for The Incredibles, which was presented by Disney, but made by Pixar.
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Post by: Phoenix Dark on November 13, 2006, 12:57:19 AM
Mulan, too bad that Osmond song is in the middle but fuck it, beautiful movie.

(http://ec2.images-amazon.com/images/P/B00024I2Z4.01._AA240_SCLZZZZZZZ_.jpg)

I thought I was the only one. :)

I remember the first time I saw the trailer for Mulan on ABC. Within a couple quick minutes it became one of my most anticipated movies of all time. When I saw the movie, I liked it, but it didn't live up to my expectations. Watching it again as an older person was quite painful.

Mulan demonstrates Disney's biggest problem in recent years: the dumbing down of their content. Every Disney cartoon contains a mixture of dramatic elements with comedic breaks; this formula has worked very well at maintaining adult interest in the cartoons while entertaining small chidlren at the same time, a feat many animators today still cannot get right. So in Bambi, for instance, many remember the various bunnies and the laughs, but the death of Bambi's mother is carved in our minds. The Lion King comes on as a giant musical extravaganza, but eventually the movie's tone takes a drastic turn with the death of Muphasa. This pattern is quite clear, and it expands all the way to Walt Disney's original work, such as   Pinocchio  (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2a371ycQZN4).

Mulan, like the rest of Disney's more recent animated features, suffered from breaking this formula. The forced laughs increased, the dumbed down comedic tricks piled up, and in the end the movies suffered. Mulan starts off in a very serious manner, and it's rather violent for a Disney movie. But I think most people will tell you that Eddie Murphy ruined the movie in so many ways. Sure Robin Williams was quite over the top in Alladin, but the Genie was actually funny and rather iconic; I don't even remember the dragon's name in Mulan, and I wish I could forget Murphy's preformance.

The Hunchback of Notre Dame, on the other hand, faltered with the theory from the opposite point. At the time, it was quite controversial, and I have always felt it was ahead of its time; today, a movie featuring an abusive priest as an antagonist wouldn't be a problem. Yet in the 90's, this caused a stir. From the very  beginning  (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=VtMylTEb6rg) of the movie, it became evident that it would break the traditional Disney mold. Although the movie featured the stereotypical Disney comedic characters, the majority of the movie was quite serious. My mind is rather muddied right now, but from memory I'm pretty sure this was the first Disney movie to feature human blood (Phoebus gets shot with an arrow, and it actually goes throw his back). It also featured a murder less than four minutes into the movie, as well as the most ...dramatic  (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=YyG-VY3qVdM) (and one of the best) songs in Disney history.

The movie was popular among many older viewers, but smaller kids were confused. My 5 year old cousin kept begging me to turn off the movie at various parts (many metioned above). Personally, I love much of the movie.
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Post by: Human Snorenado on November 13, 2006, 12:59:32 AM
Aladdin, The Lion King, and of course, Finding Nemo!

Where's the Nemo love?


Disney /= Pixar.

But my favorite Pixar flick is still probably the first Toy Story, just because what a mind blower it was visually when it came out. 
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Post by: brawndolicious on November 13, 2006, 01:00:59 AM
why the fuck did phoenixdark just type four paragraphs about Mulan?
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Post by: Phoenix Dark on November 13, 2006, 01:03:33 AM
why the fuck did phoenixdark just type four paragraphs about Mulan?

Didn't read it I see.

I've talked to many people about this subject, and I must say I'm not too proud of that fact lol. As a kid I was a Disney freak. Which reminds me, I haven't seen Pinocchio in like 6 years or more :-\
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Post by: FlameOfCallandor on November 13, 2006, 01:04:38 AM
i remember my grandparents taking me to go see the jungle book when it was relreased in theaters. I felt very uncool at the time. I thought i was too old for disney at the time.
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Post by: etiolate on November 13, 2006, 01:05:21 AM
Aladdin and Hunchback.
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Post by: Vizzys on November 13, 2006, 01:06:04 AM
I liked Aladdin a smidge more then Mulan.
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Post by: brawndolicious on November 13, 2006, 01:07:38 AM
Didn't read it I see.
I've talked to many people about this subject, and I must say I'm not too proud of that fact lol. As a kid I was a Disney freak. Which reminds me, I haven't seen Pinocchio in like 6 years or more :-\
I think you're overcomplicating that Disney wants to make as much money as possible and so people don't really give it too much attention in what it says in it's story so they just put their kids in front of it.
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Post by: Phoenix Dark on November 13, 2006, 01:12:52 AM
Didn't read it I see.
I've talked to many people about this subject, and I must say I'm not too proud of that fact lol. As a kid I was a Disney freak. Which reminds me, I haven't seen Pinocchio in like 6 years or more :-\
I think you're overcomplicating that Disney wants to make as much money as possible and so people don't really give it too much attention in what it says in it's story so they just put their kids in front of it.

The most successful animated movies are ones which entertain children and adults. Disney understood that, as did Pixar. Consider movies like Toy Story or Shrek; these are movies that everyone enjoyed, which cannot be said of the current crop of animated movies, many of which rely on "star studded" lists of actors, which do around $45 million and fall off the face of the earth
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Post by: MrAngryFace on November 13, 2006, 02:02:23 AM
I enjoyed Mulan most of all for its art. The second reason I liked it is cause the main character is not a lame crybaby. I love shows with hardcore characters that are like 'FUK U GUYS IM AWESOME' and they take care of shit even at the cost of their own lives. THat rul3s!
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Post by: Phoenix Dark on November 13, 2006, 02:04:42 AM
XXX was so awesome

 :-\
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Post by: brawndolicious on November 13, 2006, 02:12:01 AM
The most successful animated movies are ones which entertain children and adults. Disney understood that, as did Pixar. Consider movies like Toy Story or Shrek; these are movies that everyone enjoyed, which cannot be said of the current crop of animated movies, many of which rely on "star studded" lists of actors, which do around $45 million and fall off the face of the earth
meh.
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Post by: Phoenix Dark on November 13, 2006, 02:15:50 AM
Impressive!
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Post by: MrAngryFace on November 13, 2006, 02:20:26 AM
Its sad you've chosen a thread about Disney movies to flex your intellectual muscle, PD.
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Post by: Phoenix Dark on November 13, 2006, 02:23:21 AM
Its sad you've chosen a thread about Disney movies to flex your intellectual muscle, PD.

It was pretty impressive though, don't you agree?

About XXX, I was busting your balls, tha's all MAF. Now go get your fucking shinebox!

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Post by: MrAngryFace on November 13, 2006, 02:24:14 AM
I've never seen XXX
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Post by: CrystalGemini on November 13, 2006, 02:26:08 AM
(http://img220.imageshack.us/img220/9291/sleepingbeauty3wy1.jpg)
(http://img93.imageshack.us/img93/2624/buc4.jpg)
(http://img244.imageshack.us/img244/1953/sleepingbeautydvdbonus1rg1.jpg)
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Post by: Phoenix Dark on November 13, 2006, 02:26:18 AM
Learn to take a joke buddy >:(
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Post by: MrAngryFace on November 13, 2006, 02:34:39 AM
but i've never seen...xx..x   :-\
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Post by: Phoenix Dark on November 13, 2006, 02:36:25 AM
 :lol

my god :lol  I haven't either...but that's not the point. The point is...oh  :lol
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Post by: cubicle47b on November 13, 2006, 02:40:27 AM
The Lion King and Beauty and the Beast are probably my favorites.  Also, Pinochio since it was the only Disney movie I owned as a child.  I haven't seen it in years but that was a pretty fucked up movie for a kid to watch.
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Post by: etiolate on November 13, 2006, 03:00:48 AM
jungle book had the best music
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Post by: CrystalGemini on November 13, 2006, 03:30:56 AM
Also, I must have been the only kid on my block like liked Fantasia:
(http://img149.imageshack.us/img149/3116/fant12ht7.jpg)
(http://img149.imageshack.us/img149/8292/fant13js1.jpg)
(http://img227.imageshack.us/img227/8541/fant6wa6.jpg)
(http://img227.imageshack.us/img227/6140/fant5zb6.jpg)
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Post by: Thee Reverend Gary Davis on November 13, 2006, 05:55:31 AM
Lion king maybe...
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Post by: whiteACID on November 13, 2006, 01:33:18 PM
The Lion King
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Post by: efralope on November 13, 2006, 01:45:32 PM
Pocahontas

Great film, great heroine, great songs (somewhat weak villan, but overall good story).
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Post by: Cheebs on November 13, 2006, 02:19:09 PM
As a kid I watched Sword in the Stone over and over lol
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Post by: The Miles Trahan Burger Experiment on November 13, 2006, 02:23:43 PM
The Lion King...


And, if we're allowed to use Pixar flicks, The Incredibles. 8)
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Post by: whiteACID on November 13, 2006, 02:34:35 PM
jungle book had the best music
No way, Lion King had the best music of any Disney film by far.
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Post by: Garnet on November 13, 2006, 02:35:52 PM
hmmm tis a toss up between the lion king and beauty and the beast