Dat Troper
What year was The Aristocats released?
It's super effective.
1970. And I'd argue that Kung Fu Panda and How to Train Your Dragon shows that Dreamworks isn't exactly down for the count.
Also, I'm assuming you meant Toy Story 3. The second film is 10 years old. .....wow.
Proud Canadian
Dreamworks does stuff well, don't get me wrong, but Up didn't feel like a family orientated CGI movie, it felt like a story.
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on a horse
1970 wasn't THAT long ago. Then again, in the scheme of things, Disney Studios is fairly new.
It's super effective.
Considering that one of my parents wasn't even born yet, I'd call that pretty long ago.
Dat Troper
I sort of prefer the 90s type ones, but the older ones are also awesome.
It's super effective.
I grew up with almost all of them at the time, so I'm not picky.
Disney has never failed in the animatied movie department.
on a horse
...parents born after 1970. I feel SUPER old now.
It's super effective.
I dunno, what about Pocahontas, The Fox and the Hound and Atlantis? They weren't terrible to my recollection, but they weren't as groundbreaking as most of their other work.
edited 5th Nov '10 2:42:57 PM by OldManHoOh
on a horse
I'll have to admit, it was nice to grow up with a VCR so I could watch any Disney movie from any era whenever I wanted.
My grandmom (on my mom's side) was/is a big disney fan and so she had more or less all the disney movies on vhs. I remember always looking forward to seeing one of those movies when visiting my mom's parents.
Though I seem to remember some of the less well-known and respected ones in the most positive light. As an example, I loved The Sword in the Stone, but most peoeple online seem to think it was rather mediocre. Someone mentioned The Fox and the Hound as being not quite up to par, but I quite liked that too. Very sad though. But yeah, Winnie The Pooh, Aristocats, Lady and the Tramp, Peter Pan, The Jungle Book, The Lion King, Robin Hood you name it and I properly at least somewhat liked it.
Of course quite a few of these "classics" are based on novels and after reading those novels later on I sometimes get annoyed that the disney version is so much more well-known than the original, despite the original being a better story. But than I just tell myself that it's a movie; that I should judge it on it's own merits and forget the source material. And most of the disney classics are indeed good on their own terms, especially for kids. I haven't really rewatched them much at all, since I've grown up though. Perhaps I should.
edited 5th Nov '10 4:36:59 PM by Mathias
I remember them last night then when, on the discussion of wigwams n(my brother is learning about Native A Mericans in Grade 6), my dad recalls the Aristocats' O'Malley quote: "Wow, look at those fancy wigwams." I then remember that movie, and look t up on youtube. I then realized why I liked those movies when I watched them a lot when I was 3 and 4.
Just now I also remembered how much I liked Toy Story 2. Considering that Aristocats is really old, while Toy Story 2 was released very recently. Disney-Pixar has brought back it old charm: Up and Wall-E are some of the best movies to come out their respective years, not just the best animated films. They are the first real successes at breaking the Animation Age Ghetto.
While Dreamwork is more about pop culture jokes and jokes for the kids and grown-ups, Pixar has moved in a different direction: telling stories. How many characters are even in Up? Four or five maybe? I love the minimalism of that movie and Wall E.
I now consider myself of Disney movies, and will definitely make sure my kids see them too.
edited 4th Nov '10 1:45:47 PM by Erock
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