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You know it, any of those typical films that no matter how much others love it, you just can't bring yourself to like it. (forgive me if there's already a thread like this, i tried the search bar but nothing happened)

Mine are:

-Fantasia: I appreciate what It tried to accomplish, but it always ends up killing me.
-Tangled: a collection of cliches and stolen ideas from other better disney films

Yours?

EDIT: I forgot:

-Hunchback: it tries SOO much to be mature and unnecesary dark but it totally backfires with the comedy and the stupid happy ending...Oh and the message! Inner beauty is what matters totally...except for Quasimodo "sorry dude you're too ugly to get a chick LOL BYE!"

-Disney Princesses in general: I like some of the movies and characters, but good lord as a group they're a bunch of intolerable brats whom people kiss the ground they walk on. I hate this "Disney Princess" religion so much. :roll:

-Beauty and the Beast: while I like it, I don't like some of its fans who are all "BATB/Belle is the best thing out of Disney, the other stuff is crap!!"- Dumb mentality.
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The Lion King - Overrated and I don't particularly care for the characters.

Beauty and the Beast - Again, I think it's overrated. Whereas over TLK I actually do like the movie, and Belle in particular. But I don't think this is the 'THE' Disney film that Disney always bangs on that it is in trailers.

For Pixar ....

Up - Yes, the first 10 mins were good, but found the rest dull.

Wall-E - Hated from start to finish.
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I'm going to get hit for this but Toy Story. I just don't see the appeal. They're toys and they're like alive ? Cool ?? Also Woody is a annoying egotistical brat. " Oh no I'm not top dog anymore " ! Boo-ho ? At least you managed to be on top before Buzz came along; you could of been like the other toys and just be stuffed into a box.

Lion King- Young Simba is just so annoying, the only good song is To Be Prepared the rest are as overrated as hell. Don't care for the other characters minus Mufasfa. After Mufasfa dies; things only get worse. Scar turns into a whiny, dramatic pansy and I don't understand why Nala just couldn't take over the Pride Lands. Yeah it's about Lions, but how many talking, singing Lions do you see about in the Zoo ? Nala would of done a much better job than let Simba who was traumatized by Scar murdering his Dad and then Scar putting the blame on him. Plus the Lion has spent most of his life in exile, he would have no idea how to be a ruler and how Lions work compared to Nala.
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Disney: Bambi, Lady and the Tramp, The Fox and the Hound, The Many Adventures of Winnie the Pooh, The Rescuers Down Under, Home on the Range, The Aristocats, Oliver and Company, Meet the Robinsons, Chicken Little

...and maybe, 101 Dalmatians and The Jungle Book.

Pixar: Just the Cars movies and Monsters Inc. (this one just has never clicked with me)

The Fantasia movies are something unique. I may watch these once a year...if not more. Because they´re just difficult to like. However, once I´m already past the first segments I end up really liking them.
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I don't know about you guys, but I find Pocahontas a bore to sit through. And I can't remember the last time I sat through The Little Mermaid without skipping to the songs I like. I'd be more fond of it if I didn't find Ariel to be such a moron. It's Sebastian and Ursula who save it for me.
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For Disney:

Atlantis- boring and uninteresting characters along with a really cliche story

For Pixar:

Brave- unlikeable main character that poisons her own Mother with a messy story to boot. All of the main male are portrayed as idiots while characters like the Witch, Mor'du, and the Wisps seem more like plot conveniences.
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Disney:
Aristocats, Robin Hood, The Rescuers, Oliver & Company - awful animation, bad songs, silly story-lines, these are my least favorite DAC.
Hercules - the only renaissance film that bores me though it got better in recent viewings.

Pixar:
The Incredibles
Monsters, Inc
Up - I really liked this one but given the hype, I expected much more.
Wall-E - it was boring and way over hyped.
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[quote="atlanticaunderthesea"]
Up - Yes, the first 10 mins were good, but found the rest dull.
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My thoughts exactly
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The Incredibles. I don't dislike it but it just got so boring by the time they got to the island. How long exactly did they sneak around? It certainly felt long to me. Also, and I know I am going to get a lot of flack for this, Syndrome is just annoying. The best part of the whole thing was Edna Mode. I almost wish it was her movie. Screw a sequel. I want an Edna spin-off!

Treasure Planet. This doesn't have a bad story and the relationships between the characters (especially Jim and Silver) are done pretty well. But what bogs it down for me are the attempts at potty humor (Was a flatulent speaking alien really necessary?) and the designs of the aliens which are just so sloppy looking. I get that they were trying not to rip off any Star Wars alien designs but was that seriously the best they can do?

Brother Bear. Where to start? The main character is annoying. Say what you will about Peter Pan or Merida, but Kenai is definitely more annoying than either of them. And that goes for Koda. And many moments in the movie are just pure padding like the scenes with the moose playing I Spy. Also does anyone else think that Koda forgave Kenai a little too quickly? All it took was some arguments from the moose saying how they look after one another because they were brothers... But what happens if said brother killed mother out of revenge without knowing it? The saddest thing about this movie is that it had the potential to be something good. The backgrounds were beautiful, the Phil Collins songs were pretty catchy, and it does have a good premise but nope! Mr. Eisner just took a look at this and said: "You know what this needs? Modern phrases, stupid motivations, and a quick to resolve ending." Even sadder still is that the DTV sequel was actually a little better in that they made the main characters a little more likable, the moose actually contributed to the plot and there weren't too many scenes that stopped the story in its tracks. Also, and i know it's just her voice, Mandy Moore. :wink:
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In no specific order>>Ozz great & Powerfull/Alice in Wonderland (both versions)/Chicken Little/Wall-E/Bolt/Meet the Robinsons-all very poor story treatment.
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thedisneyspirit wrote: -Hunchback: it tries SOO much to be mature and unnecesary dark but it totally backfires with the comedy and the stupid happy ending...Oh and the message! Inner beauty is what matters totally...except for Quasimodo "sorry dude you're too ugly to get a chick LOL BYE!"
Him not getting the girl is one of the things I love about that movie. It would have been an unrealistic cop out. Him getting accepted by the public that rejected him is more powerful than a forced romance.

His friendship with Esmeralda, or ANY other human being, was always more important than the romance angle anyway.
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I second Tangled, from OP's post. All of my friends who like Disney keep giving me a hard time for not watching that movie but I'm just not interested. And I'm sort-of mad that they put the princess from it in the same tier as the DAC Princesses... those were "flat", she's "3D" (for lack of better way to word it, no I don't mean personalities, I mean flat as in 2D and hand-drawn)

Also avoiding Bolt like the plague. Miley Cyrus and John Travolta give me two reasons to never watch it.

As for Pixar... I honestly liked ALL of their movies. I really did. But A Bug's Life is my least favorite, I just didn't enjoy it all that much. Finding Nemo is also far too overplayed and after seeing it for the 10th time I started hating it :P
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The Aristocats, Robin Hood, The Fox and the Hound, The Black Cauldron, Oliver and Company, The Rescuers Down Under, Pocahontas, Mulan, Fantasia 2000, Atlantis: The Lost Empire, Treasure Planet,
Brother Bear, Home on the Range, Chicken Little, Meet the Robinsons and Tangled.

Close Runners-Up:

The Lion King - The opening sequence is fantastic, and Scar's very first scene is entertaining. The rest of the film is a hollow portrayal of New Age nonsense with an annoying hero and comic relief that I no longer find even remotely amusing.

The Princess and the Frog - Its engine is nostalgia, it recycles the Renaissance feature formula, and it is a step back to a time that is overrated anyway. Keith David's performance and the strength of Tiana's character are commendable however, and rescue it from being something wholly poor.
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REINIER wrote:In no specific order>>Ozz great & Powerfull/Alice in Wonderland (both versions)/Chicken Little/Wall-E/Bolt/Meet the Robinsons-all very poor story treatment.

Wall-E and Chicken Little in the same sentence?? My eyes are bleeding.
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Dr Frankenollie wrote:The Princess and the FrogTangled - Its engine is nostalgia, it recycles the Renaissance feature formula, and it is a step back to a time that is overrated anyway. Keith DavidDonna Murphy's performance and the strength of TianaRapunzel's character are commendable however, and rescue it from being something wholly poor.
This is what I was going to write for Tangled. :P

Since this is about films that I'm apathetic about moreso than films I actively dislike, here's my list:

- Atlantis: The Lost Empire
- Beauty and the Beast (I realize I'm watching a great movie whenever I see it, but I'm rarely emotionally involved with it.)
- Alice in Wonderland
- Robin Hood
- Fantasia (same for B&tB)
- Bambi (same for Fantasia and B&tB)
- The Jungle Book
- The Hunchback of Notre Dame
- Lilo & Stitch
- Home On the Range
- Bolt
- The Aristocats
- The Rescuers
- Pixar films (except the 4 I listed in the other thread)
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Forgot to include The Princess and the Frog.

The whole beginning is very good. But, as soon as the action moves to the swamp feels frenetic. Too many songs; that most are not even good. Uninteresting characters. And on top of everything the worst theme song for a Disney movie, ¿does anyone even remembers it? ¿The title at least?
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Here's "Most Hate disney film" thread # 456640

thelittleursula wrote: Lion King- Young Simba is just so annoying, the only good song is To Be Prepared the rest are as overrated as hell. Don't care for the other characters minus Mufasfa. After Mufasfa dies; things only get worse. Scar turns into a whiny, dramatic pansy and I don't understand why Nala just couldn't take over the Pride Lands. Yeah it's about Lions, but how many talking, singing Lions do you see about in the Zoo ? Nala would of done a much better job than let Simba who was traumatized by Scar murdering his Dad and then Scar putting the blame on him. Plus the Lion has spent most of his life in exile, he would have no idea how to be a ruler and how Lions work compared to Nala.
Actually they kinda did initially going to elaborate on that. It was a deleted scene and explains why Nala ran away.

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thedisneyspirit wrote: -Hunchback: it tries SOO much to be mature and unnecesary dark but it totally backfires with the comedy and the stupid happy ending...Oh and the message! Inner beauty is what matters totally...except for Quasimodo "sorry dude you're too ugly to get a chick LOL BYE!"
Him not getting the girl is one of the things I love about that movie. It would have been an unrealistic cop out. Him getting accepted by the public that rejected him is more powerful than a forced romance.

His friendship with Esmeralda, or ANY other human being, was always more important than the romance angle anyway.
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PatrickvD wrote:
REINIER wrote:In no specific order>>Ozz great & Powerfull/Alice in Wonderland (both versions)/Chicken Little/Wall-E/Bolt/Meet the Robinsons-all very poor story treatment.

Wall-E and Chicken Little in the same sentence?? My eyes are bleeding.
Haha ;) ok you're right.. Shouldn't put them on the same pile. But genuingly dislike (not hate) both flicks. Wall-E even more because it's one of those stories that works better as a short imho.. Come to think of it I'm adding Frankenweenie to the list.. Wonderfully animated, but even Vincent Price look a like couldn't save that train wreck of a movie storywise
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Super Aurora wrote: Actually they kinda did initially going to elaborate on that. It was a deleted scene and explains why Nala ran away
Yeah seen that clip. Scar goes all creepy on Nala. If they removed Scar's sudden rape-ish urges it could of been fine.
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The Little Mermaid. I couldn't care less about Ariel. It feels like Disney succeeded in making Ariel a great example of how teenagers act - but to the extent that she is a total moron (as someone else in this thread put it.) and she doesn't even appear to grow as a character. Not once does she ever really sit down and say "I'm so sorry for almost letting that crazy b*tch take over all the oceans." Instead it's a half-assed 'I'm sorry' to her polyp father and only takes a second or two.
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