My ranking:
1. Beauty and the Beast (1)
2. The Hunchback of Notre Dame (3)
3. The Lion King (4)
4. Aladdin (5)
5. Mulan (7)
6. Tarzan (8 )
7. Hercules (15)
8. The Rescuers Down Under (35)
9. Pocahontas (47)
()=where the films rank on my full ranking of the Disney Animated Classics
The only one of these films I really dislike is Pocahontas. The animation is beautiful, but I don't like the characters and most of the songs. It's a film that I found really hard to watch. If I'm being honest, I probably enjoyed watching Pocahontas II more because, while it was awful in every way, it didn't try nearly as hard. It was so bad it was good. Pocahontas is just bad (in my opinion).
Ranking 1990's Disney Films
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1. Beauty and the Beast (1)
2. The Hunchback of Notre Dame (2)
3. The Lion King (3)
4. Aladdin (4)
5. Hercules
6. Pocahontas
7. Mulan
8. Tarzan
9. The Rescuers Down Under
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(1) Best Mixture of Story, Music and Animation
(2) Finest Animation since Sleeping Beauty + Best Musical Numbers
(3) Best Story and Structure
(4) Best Characterization of each character
2. The Hunchback of Notre Dame (2)
3. The Lion King (3)
4. Aladdin (4)
5. Hercules
6. Pocahontas
7. Mulan
8. Tarzan
9. The Rescuers Down Under
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(1) Best Mixture of Story, Music and Animation
(2) Finest Animation since Sleeping Beauty + Best Musical Numbers
(3) Best Story and Structure
(4) Best Characterization of each character
To Disney Divinity:
I didnt like that Hercules was a redhead in a big part, because it doesnt fit in with the mediterranean setting. I mean, today, after thousands of years of migrations, one can find redheads anywhere. But in the times of Hercules, he would have looked MEDITERRANEAN!!! Black hair, maybe olive skin... its ancient Greece for Godssakes! Its not Scandinavia... or Ireland!
And I know what you are going to say... "But he is a semi god"! "He is the only redhead in the film, so he stands out"... "blah blah..." I aint buyin!!!
And I wont deny that pocahontas has some interesting art direction... but I cant believe people think the ANIMATION is great in it. (Animation being the fluidity of the movement, and the believability of the performance). Its so stiff! Many of the characters facial features seem to float around on their faces.... ugh...
I didnt like that Hercules was a redhead in a big part, because it doesnt fit in with the mediterranean setting. I mean, today, after thousands of years of migrations, one can find redheads anywhere. But in the times of Hercules, he would have looked MEDITERRANEAN!!! Black hair, maybe olive skin... its ancient Greece for Godssakes! Its not Scandinavia... or Ireland!
And I know what you are going to say... "But he is a semi god"! "He is the only redhead in the film, so he stands out"... "blah blah..." I aint buyin!!!
And I wont deny that pocahontas has some interesting art direction... but I cant believe people think the ANIMATION is great in it. (Animation being the fluidity of the movement, and the believability of the performance). Its so stiff! Many of the characters facial features seem to float around on their faces.... ugh...
As with my list of pixar movies the order tends to shift around depending on my mood and when you ask me. Truthfully Ive never put much thought into a disney list, just my number one. The Lion King and Aladdin are usually pretty evenly tied.
Its almost impossible for me to be objective here, some of these are part of my earliest childhood memories. Each one points my memory to a distinctly different time in my life. I feel bad for butting rescuers last, I haven't even seen it since I was around 6 (I'm 25 now). I need to rectify that. ha I did love it though.
I have some odd reasons for putting some above others. Some are clearly not better by anyone else's definition here, some would call some of these blaspheme, Im just telling it like it was from my perspective.
1. Aladdin: didn't get to see this one in theaters, I'm not even sure we had the VHS, only remember watching it on occasion when someone else had a copy. But it was memorable none the less, I had a decent amount of its merch too. My favorite being Jafar's staff with a moving mouth.
2.The Lion King :this is the first movie I remember seeing in theaters) I don't think this one even needs explaining, it really was near perfection in my eyes, and I know I'm not alone on that.
3.Tarzan: As superficial as it might sound, something about Phil Collins and deep canvas made this seem a lot better to me than it had any right to. Didn't even mind Rosie Odonel if you can believe it.
4. The Hunchback of Notre Dame: you guys are going to hate me for this, I liked some of the the worst parts about the movie, the gargoyles, the goat. But I still appreciated the serious tone of most of it, the soundtrack etc.
5.Pocahontas: The marketing push for this movie was huge. Its another one of the few movies I remember actually seeing in theaters. People always complained about the message and the ending, I never took issue with it, and didn't know the real story for the longest time so I was oblivious to any changes. The sidskick characters were some of my favorites. It had a number of wooden characters (all the males really), but it made up for it in other ways. The animation, the music.
6.Hercules: Not much to say, I enjoyed it but it was one of those movies I just didn't have an urge to watch again and again. This was when I started to realize Disney might be lowering the bar for themselves. The villain is what saved this.
7.Beauty and the Beast: You might be wondering why this is so low. The reason is at the daycare I went to on a near daily basis the other girls would always pick this to watch. Being so heavy with the romantic theme is something I didn't start to appreciate it until I got older. Even now its mainly a handful of standout scenes I like as opposed to the movie as a whole.
8. Mulan: not a bad movie at all, as were none of these, it just didn't leave a lasting impression beyond the song reflection, I'll make a man out of you, and mushu (who I was a bit obsessed with for some reason)
9. The Rescuers Down Under My memory is pretty vague on this, its really the only reason I have it so low. Character designs were also a bit on the bland side.
Its almost impossible for me to be objective here, some of these are part of my earliest childhood memories. Each one points my memory to a distinctly different time in my life. I feel bad for butting rescuers last, I haven't even seen it since I was around 6 (I'm 25 now). I need to rectify that. ha I did love it though.
I have some odd reasons for putting some above others. Some are clearly not better by anyone else's definition here, some would call some of these blaspheme, Im just telling it like it was from my perspective.
1. Aladdin: didn't get to see this one in theaters, I'm not even sure we had the VHS, only remember watching it on occasion when someone else had a copy. But it was memorable none the less, I had a decent amount of its merch too. My favorite being Jafar's staff with a moving mouth.
2.The Lion King :this is the first movie I remember seeing in theaters) I don't think this one even needs explaining, it really was near perfection in my eyes, and I know I'm not alone on that.
3.Tarzan: As superficial as it might sound, something about Phil Collins and deep canvas made this seem a lot better to me than it had any right to. Didn't even mind Rosie Odonel if you can believe it.
4. The Hunchback of Notre Dame: you guys are going to hate me for this, I liked some of the the worst parts about the movie, the gargoyles, the goat. But I still appreciated the serious tone of most of it, the soundtrack etc.
5.Pocahontas: The marketing push for this movie was huge. Its another one of the few movies I remember actually seeing in theaters. People always complained about the message and the ending, I never took issue with it, and didn't know the real story for the longest time so I was oblivious to any changes. The sidskick characters were some of my favorites. It had a number of wooden characters (all the males really), but it made up for it in other ways. The animation, the music.
6.Hercules: Not much to say, I enjoyed it but it was one of those movies I just didn't have an urge to watch again and again. This was when I started to realize Disney might be lowering the bar for themselves. The villain is what saved this.
7.Beauty and the Beast: You might be wondering why this is so low. The reason is at the daycare I went to on a near daily basis the other girls would always pick this to watch. Being so heavy with the romantic theme is something I didn't start to appreciate it until I got older. Even now its mainly a handful of standout scenes I like as opposed to the movie as a whole.
8. Mulan: not a bad movie at all, as were none of these, it just didn't leave a lasting impression beyond the song reflection, I'll make a man out of you, and mushu (who I was a bit obsessed with for some reason)
9. The Rescuers Down Under My memory is pretty vague on this, its really the only reason I have it so low. Character designs were also a bit on the bland side.
1-Lion King-forever printed in my memory due to the incredible score, great animation and equally great voice performances. 2-Aladdin- first cinematic experience with animation, mindbogling, I fell in love with animation right then and there. 3-Hunchback- I still dread not seeing it in cinemas at the time of release, Frollo is evil incarnate.4-Beauty and the Beast-Glen Keane delivers and then some! One of animation's greatest creations ever to grace the screen. 5-Tarzan-Jungles never looked so good! Human and animal interaction at it's peak.6-Mulan-Epic storytelling.7-Hercules-fullblown comedic approach, not without it's moment's, didn't care much for the artsy approach though.8-Rescuers down under-Marahute soars the skies magnificently, but that's as far as this picture can take me.9-Pocahontas-Catchy songs, not so smashing storywork
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That's really interesting. I don't keep up with those things most of the time, so I always enjoy when people post historical info. about the time period/area.Marce82 wrote:I didnt like that Hercules was a redhead in a big part, because it doesnt fit in with the mediterranean setting. I mean, today, after thousands of years of migrations, one can find redheads anywhere. But in the times of Hercules, he would have looked MEDITERRANEAN!!! Black hair, maybe olive skin... its ancient Greece for Godssakes! Its not Scandinavia... or Ireland!
I agree with all this, especially. B&tB, TLM, and Aladdin have the best side characters of the Renaissance (leaving out Genie, who I almost consider a main character really). None of them are loud and obnoxious, or focused exclusively on low humor, like all sidekicks TLK onwards.Jay wrote:It has, arguably the best side characters of any Disney film(save for TLM). Lumiere, Cogsworth, Mrs. Potts and Chip are all charming and fun. Belle isn't the most interesting heroine but she is likeable and easy to root for.
That’s a really good idea. My objective/non-preferential ranking:Pokeholic_Prince wrote: I'm gonna break this list down to 2 parts because quality and personal taste are truly separate in this era.
1. Beauty and the Beast
2. The Lion King
3. Aladdin
4. Tarzan
5. Hercules
6. The Hunchback of Notre Dame
7. Mulan
8. The Rescuers Down Under
9. Pocahontas
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Christina Aguilera ~ "Cruz"
Sombr ~ "homewrecker"
Megan Moroney ~ "Beautiful Things"