Here is a neat idea for your animated Disney Classics....

[BATBfan1]

I printed out the Disney Animated Classics check list from the Ultimatedisney.com website and I am going to watch all the movies in chronicle order. Now the catch is, if I want to watch any of the newier classics I am going to have to watch the older ones first in chronicle order. Spend a day on the DVD, check out all the bonus features and stuff. I would do it one day at a time but I have work and other things first to do before I can get to them. So as I watch the DVDs I will put a check next to the movie on the list.

What do you guys think of this idea?

[Disneykid]

I actually do this every summer, including the one that's ending right now. I always set it up around July 28th (Alice in Wonderland's anniversary) since I only watch Alice once a year to keep it special. I love devoting a whole day to each animated classic. Watching all of the supplements immediately after watching the film makes it feel like an event, and you appreciate the film in question even more than usual.

[Unregistered]

I would love to be able to do that... only, I have nowhere near all the animated classics. So it would mean I'd have to go by Blockbuster quite a few times, and I fear I can't really afford that.

Still, if I did have them all, I'd probably do something likewise. I like Disneykid's idea of devoting an entire day to your fav's!

[CJ]

Like Disneykid, I do this every summer. I first started doing this in 1995. I only had about 5 vhs tapes at the time, and I borrowed about 10 from a friend. Over time I added more titles to my collection and the marathon got longer. Now it takes me about two months (some days I don't watch anything) to watch all my Disney Animated Classic DVDs.

[Enchantress]

I probably would do, but I prefer to watch things when I want to, rather than making myself sit through them chronologically.

[ichabod]

It's a nice idea in theory, although there aren't many who would emerge victorious!

Who was it who tried to watch every Disney feature both animated and live action chronologically? I forget? I think they got to round about So Dear to My Heart and went mad!

[waltmad]

and went mad!

is somebody talking about me, my ears are burning

[Escapay]

Good idea, but it wouldn't work for me. For the DACs, I have to be in a specific mood in order to sit through and actually enjoy a movie, which is why I've watched my DVD of Robin Hood more often than I have Pocahontas, and yet I enjoy Pocahontas more. But I'm hardly in a mood to watch Pocahontas, while several times I'll be in a mood to watch Robin Hood. So scheduling a month and 14/15 days (depending on both the month and on whether one things Chicken Little is a DAC) to watch every (or whichever ones I have) DAC in order would not only go against my mood of the day, but it would make me realize that I have to sit through Cinderella and Alice in Wonderland before I can get to Peter Pan, and that after the genius of Beauty and the Beast and Aladdin, I now have to subject myself to The Lion King.

Escapay

[BATBfan1]

Well, you guys can do what you want with this! Just watch the ones you have on DVD lol, or pick a year just to watch like all of the 1970's or 1980's.

It doesn't have to be all or nothing. There is no rules to it.

I just want to try to see if I can actually do it because Snow White is so boring to me lmao. I may just fall asleep.

[Ting Ting]

I like your idea, but I don't own all of the animated classics YET. I'm getting closer and closer though! But I do do something like that. Since I'm still collecting, I have a checklist for all the movies that I buy.

[Asellus]

Its a cute idea.

I agree, Snow White is kinda boring! However my 2 yr old likes it...go figure. (I actually prefer the Canon movie tales Snow White version)

[Disneykid]

I have to sit through Cinderella and Alice in Wonderland before I can get to Peter Pan.

(sarcasm) Thanks.

...after the genius of Beauty and the Beast and Aladdin, I now have to subject myself to The Lion King.

(genuine) Thanks.

[MikeyMouse]

My wife and I did that before we got married. Once a week for however many weeks it took we had "Disney Night". We started with "Snow White", watched the movie and all the bonus features, and picked up the following week with "Pinocchio", etc. It's a fun tradition and a way to really appreciate how far the art of animation has come.

[Mr. Toad]

Already did it with the exception Cinderella and Bambi.

[Kram Nebuer]

That's a nice idea, BATBFan1, but I wish I had the time to do it! Maybe I'll make time, lol but I really should make time for more important things...ahh screw other stuff, Disney is important to me!

Watching all of the supplements immediately after watching the film makes it feel like an event, and you appreciate the film in question even more than usual.

That is definitely true! I never realized how much I really did love Tarzan and Pocahontas after watching the bonus features. Also you learn about how deep some of the story is and the symbolism put throughout the films. I never caught on as a little kid that the wind and blowing leaves in Pocahontas was her mother. I was like WHOA! I remember before finals started last spring, one of the RAs had a "back to childhood" event in the dorm and we all colored with crayons and watched Pocahontas and I told them the thing about the leaves and wind and the other residents and RAs who were there were all like OHHHHHHHHHHH!! Sorry, I felt like sharing in a run-on sentence!

[Josh]

Hey, I like this idea! ...however, I don't really have the time to watch them all! I'll do it over the Christmas holidays though, except the only Disney DVD I don't own is The Little Mermaid But by Christmas I will I can't wait for the Summer holidays now!

[jeremy88]

Actually I did plan to do that, start from Snow White all the way to Home on The Range. Right now I have 26 of the Disney Animated classics on DVD, so Im planning to have all 44 or 45(if you count chicken little) by Spring. and then in the summer im gunna watch one everyday!

[goofystitch]

I did this back in 2000 when Atlantis came out. I did it as a kind of countdown where I started it 39 days before the film was released. It was neat to see the progression in animation and story telling (which also includes a decline, but I do like Atlantis). Anyways, I do keep my DAC's in chronological order on my shelf and have been meaning to get around to it for a while now. Although I've been emersing myself in Disney history so much that I might attempt to watch every Disney movie made in chronological order seeing as I'm currently reading Lenard Maltin's "The Disney Films" which takes you from "Snow White" to "Dinosaur." It's a really neat book. He talks about the history of the studio, then goes in depth on each film with interesting facts about deleted scenes and stuff that didn't work and how the movie did and why or why it wasn't a hit, etc... Then there's an explanation of how the studio did after Walt's death, which will be interesting to read since most of those early films are never treated to good special features about it on their DVD's. My fingers are crossed that some sort of a documentary will be made for "The Jungle Book" Platinum Edition. Anyways, I'm thinking that as I read about each film, I will watch it if I own it. I own all the DAC's and most of the live action films from Walt's time. Granted I will probably stop a few years after Walt's death because I don't much care for most of the live action films from the late 70's until the late 80's. But I will continue with the animated films. Anyways, there's my two cents.

[azul017]

I really don't intend to collect all the animated classics, just the Disney movies that I love. However, you did come up with a good idea.

When I get The Little Mermaid in October, I plan on watching the Alan Menken/Howard Ashman Disney animated movies in chronological order. So The Little Mermaid will be first (1989), Beauty and the Beast will be second (1991) and Aladdin will be third (1992).

[TheSequelOfDisney]

I did this with the Platinum Edition DVDs once. But like Escapay said, I have to be in the right kind of mood to watch a movie. I always love watching BatB or TLK, but I have to be in a different mood to watch SW or Bambi. So I started off doing this a couple years ago, but I decided to stop because it just wasn't working for me.