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07-28-2010, 08:25 AM
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Helios
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As Toy Story 3 reminds us why we go to the movies in the first place, here is a list of some of greatest Animated films ever which I recommend you defiantly go to see!
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Here is the list beginning from 25 and eventually going to the number 1!
to keep this thread short, I have split them up. Enjoy!
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Tragedy and Batman are meant to be together, and when you throw Mark Hamill's Joker into the mix, you have one of the most heartfelt and dramatically satisfying stories DC has ever told. The Phantasm is a great nemesis, and the reveal of who is behind the mask is both surprising and justified. The climax, set at an abandoned Gotham World Fair ground, is truly epic and, moreover, violent as hell, thanks to Joker challenging Batman to the fight of his life. Each character, good or bad, is connected by an event their pasts could not have avoided. The movie doesn't shy away from exploiting the consequences of that event, especially the toll it takes on Bruce.
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This 2001 movie is an adaptation of Osamu Tezuka's manga series, which itself adapted Lang's film. The anime presents a conflict between two societal classes, but also offers a very personal exploration of what it means to be human. Metropolis is chock full of amazing visuals and pure, unbridled imagination. Is there any silent movie that can't be improved through liberal application of lush animation and Japanese robots? Nine years later, Metropolis certainly holds its own against classics such as Akira and Ghost in the Shell.
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Not number one, you say? Walt Disney's ultimate creation? His piece de resistance? That's right, it's not number one in our book. Yes, Fantasia is pretty cool, great stuff -- a Disney masterpiece, sure, and a milestone in animation and cinema as a whole. But let's be honest here… It can also be kind of boring at times, cheesy at others, and dated in the worst way here or there (Those freakin' unicorns? Seriously? And baby unicorns?!).
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Essentially a crime thriller set in the future, the original 1985 film introduced cyborg security officer Major Motoko Kusanagi on the trail of a criminal hacker known as the Puppet Master. The film explores such deep, existential themes as the nature of identity and what it is that makes us human.
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Fox, based on the novel by Roald Dahl, features George Clooney voicing the titular character, a columnist who can't resist going back to his sly, chicken coop-robbing roots to feed his family when three big corporate chicken farmers threaten to tear down Fox and Friends' home.
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20-16!
Slowly getting closer to number 1! Lets begin!
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Totoro is the tale of two sisters who move to the countryside in postwar Japan. There, they meet a forest brimming with imaginative critters, including the large protective spirit known as Totoro. As with many of Miyazaki's works, the film deals with the clash of childhood innocence and the onset of adulthood and its harsh realities.
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The last of the classic animated fairy tales produced by Walt Disney himself, this 1959 film was initially a disappointment at the box office, but has come to be recognized as one of the greatest and most beloved of Disney's golden era. This is the studio at its most iconic, with frolicking woodland creatures, a warbling princess, an evil sorceress and a handsome prince on a majestic steed.
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Yes, meet Remy, the cartoon world's first "foodie" hero. As a Parisian rat who's thumbed his nose at the family tradition of eating garbage and rolling around in filth, Remy represents the type of lead character that Pixar does best: The anxious, yet daring, oddball.
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Simba's journey to adulthood, retribution, and his rightful place as the Lion King isn't an especially new or groundbreaking tale - on the contrary, it's full of Disney cliches.
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DreamWorks has had a run of successful computer-animated films since Shrek and several have been entertaining to be sure. But Dragon is the first one that has, for lack of a better term, a "Pixar feel." Which is to say, it worked on several levels, beyond simply being funny.
[multipage=15-11]
15-11
Almost at the top 10!
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Fish are friends, not food. Nemo was, essentially, Taken for kids. As we've seen in tons of other animated tales about the animal kingdom, it's a jungle out there! Or in this case, an ocean. Pixar created an underwater world so beautiful and vast that we actually couldn't imagine how Marlin would ever find Nemo, but the film's message, which could be found somewhere between "remaining cautious" and "embracing ambition," was a strong enough current to carry us through.
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From epic chase scenes and explosions to the subtle way a chain link fence bends under a person's weight, Akira is lovingly and lavishly detailed. The story offers plenty to keep the mind occupied, with a futuristic vision of Tokyo, rival biker gangs, and heady explorations of power and responsibility. This legendary anime has it all.
At 13 which is very debatable...
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The story of Andy moving on to college, leaving Woody and Buzz and the gang dealing with a great, understated villain in Lots-O'-Huggin' Bear at the new daycare center home, is the most fun of the Toy Story films. It works as a drama, a comedy and an action film – a trifecta of storytelling that live-action Hollywood should take pointers from. So many moments – character moments, mind you – crossover into "great" or "perfect" status, and the last fifteen minutes are some of the strongest work the studio has ever done.
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Together, Hayao Miyazaki and Studio Ghibli are practically the Walt Disney Pictures of Japan. Nearly everything Miyazaki puts out is revered by casual audiences and animation junkies alike. And while so many Miyazaki films deserve high praise, Spirited Away is easily the best of them all.
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A hero to emo and goth teens everywhere, Jack, the Pumpkin King of Halloweentown, has grown bored with the confines of his holiday and wants to show the world an improved version of Christmas. In the end, he discovers the value in being true to himself and finds love with a devoted rag doll named Sally.
[multipage=10-6]
10-6 Finally we have the top 10!
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All movies, be they live-action or animated, are meant to appeal to the viewer's emotions. Snow White is one of Disney's most heartfelt and engaging efforts, transforming the classic Brothers Grimm tale into a rousing, family-friendly adventure.
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On the more basic surface level, the film is just a delight -- the voice acting of Tom Hanks and Tim Allen and the rest, the amazing animation, the songs by Randy Newman -- Toy Story is quite simply the best kind of Hollywood movie.
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Based around a Mermaid named Ariel who dreams of becoming a human and falls in love with a prince, the film had all the qualities of an extravagant Broadway musical and beautiful animation to match.
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The adventure that follows for Carl and the young boy, Russell, who inadvertently tags along is certainly fanciful - Carl gets an entire house to fly using balloons! - yet infused with an incredible amount of pathos and meaning, as we watch Carl oh so literally carry his burden on his back, as he physically drags that floating house through the jungle, determined to bring it to the place he and Ellie dreamed about.
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When the South Park kids sneak into a R-rated movie, only to return home with a newly obscenity-laden vocabulary, their parents and teachers decide to "Blame Canada," soon leading to a war with our northern cousins and, even worse, an air attack on the Baldwin brothers! Meanwhile, the eternally doomed Kenny winds up in hell, where he learns that Satan and his lover Saddam Hussein are planning an attack of their own.
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5-1 now, Are you ready for the top 5?!
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Hogarth befriends an alien robot during a time when Sputnik sounded the first rounds of the Cold War, and Iron Giant tells their story with that political landscape in mind, padding it with tropes from 1950s Sci-Fi fare. As the boy teaches his 30-story E.T. to become more human, the government closes in on his new friend, and more than just comedy ensues. The Iron Giant is a walking doomsday machine, who becomes more human than those who would rather shoot him down than try to get to know him.
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Woody and Buzz returned four years after the original Toy Story and actually managed to top that masterpiece with their continued adventures. Here the gang has some time to themselves when their owner Andy heads off to summer camp, but they must soon contend with the ultimate fanboy, who wants Woody for his collection of rare toys.
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Unlike most, The Incredibles wasn't based on a preexisting comic book series. Even so, it captured everything that made those classic Silver Age superhero stories great. Like the Fantastic Four, the Incredibles are less a superhero team and more a slightly dysfunctional family of super-powered do-gooders.
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At the heart of most Pixar films is the theme of isolation. WALL-E, the animation studio's crowning achievement.
We were all told, from the teasers, that we were going to absolutely freakin' love this little robot -- and we scoffed! Right. Sure we would. Just because he makes squeaky noises and looks a bit like Johnny 5 doesn't mean he's going to win our hearts, minds and a spot on our lunch pail. But guess who was all sorts of wrong? All of us!
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Walt Disney's 1991 instant classic, Beauty and the Beast, is not only the finest animated movie ever made, but deserves a prominent position on any list of all-time greats. Beauty and the Beast nevertheless earned the most enthusiastic notices ever by the critics and was recognized with a Best Picture Oscar nomination. The studio knew early in development that it had a winner. In an unprecedented move.
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The End.
Thank you for taking your time to read this, I didn't write most of this, it was taken from IGN - You must login or register to view this content.
If you like this please thank
-H :love:
[multipage=25-21]
Here is the list beginning from 25 and eventually going to the number 1!
to keep this thread short, I have split them up. Enjoy!
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Tragedy and Batman are meant to be together, and when you throw Mark Hamill's Joker into the mix, you have one of the most heartfelt and dramatically satisfying stories DC has ever told. The Phantasm is a great nemesis, and the reveal of who is behind the mask is both surprising and justified. The climax, set at an abandoned Gotham World Fair ground, is truly epic and, moreover, violent as hell, thanks to Joker challenging Batman to the fight of his life. Each character, good or bad, is connected by an event their pasts could not have avoided. The movie doesn't shy away from exploiting the consequences of that event, especially the toll it takes on Bruce.
You must login or register to view this content.
This 2001 movie is an adaptation of Osamu Tezuka's manga series, which itself adapted Lang's film. The anime presents a conflict between two societal classes, but also offers a very personal exploration of what it means to be human. Metropolis is chock full of amazing visuals and pure, unbridled imagination. Is there any silent movie that can't be improved through liberal application of lush animation and Japanese robots? Nine years later, Metropolis certainly holds its own against classics such as Akira and Ghost in the Shell.
You must login or register to view this content.
Not number one, you say? Walt Disney's ultimate creation? His piece de resistance? That's right, it's not number one in our book. Yes, Fantasia is pretty cool, great stuff -- a Disney masterpiece, sure, and a milestone in animation and cinema as a whole. But let's be honest here… It can also be kind of boring at times, cheesy at others, and dated in the worst way here or there (Those freakin' unicorns? Seriously? And baby unicorns?!).
You must login or register to view this content.
Essentially a crime thriller set in the future, the original 1985 film introduced cyborg security officer Major Motoko Kusanagi on the trail of a criminal hacker known as the Puppet Master. The film explores such deep, existential themes as the nature of identity and what it is that makes us human.
You must login or register to view this content.
Fox, based on the novel by Roald Dahl, features George Clooney voicing the titular character, a columnist who can't resist going back to his sly, chicken coop-robbing roots to feed his family when three big corporate chicken farmers threaten to tear down Fox and Friends' home.
[multipage=20-16]
20-16!
Slowly getting closer to number 1! Lets begin!
You must login or register to view this content.
Totoro is the tale of two sisters who move to the countryside in postwar Japan. There, they meet a forest brimming with imaginative critters, including the large protective spirit known as Totoro. As with many of Miyazaki's works, the film deals with the clash of childhood innocence and the onset of adulthood and its harsh realities.
You must login or register to view this content.
The last of the classic animated fairy tales produced by Walt Disney himself, this 1959 film was initially a disappointment at the box office, but has come to be recognized as one of the greatest and most beloved of Disney's golden era. This is the studio at its most iconic, with frolicking woodland creatures, a warbling princess, an evil sorceress and a handsome prince on a majestic steed.
You must login or register to view this content.
Yes, meet Remy, the cartoon world's first "foodie" hero. As a Parisian rat who's thumbed his nose at the family tradition of eating garbage and rolling around in filth, Remy represents the type of lead character that Pixar does best: The anxious, yet daring, oddball.
You must login or register to view this content.
Simba's journey to adulthood, retribution, and his rightful place as the Lion King isn't an especially new or groundbreaking tale - on the contrary, it's full of Disney cliches.
You must login or register to view this content.
DreamWorks has had a run of successful computer-animated films since Shrek and several have been entertaining to be sure. But Dragon is the first one that has, for lack of a better term, a "Pixar feel." Which is to say, it worked on several levels, beyond simply being funny.
[multipage=15-11]
15-11
Almost at the top 10!
You must login or register to view this content.
Fish are friends, not food. Nemo was, essentially, Taken for kids. As we've seen in tons of other animated tales about the animal kingdom, it's a jungle out there! Or in this case, an ocean. Pixar created an underwater world so beautiful and vast that we actually couldn't imagine how Marlin would ever find Nemo, but the film's message, which could be found somewhere between "remaining cautious" and "embracing ambition," was a strong enough current to carry us through.
You must login or register to view this content.
From epic chase scenes and explosions to the subtle way a chain link fence bends under a person's weight, Akira is lovingly and lavishly detailed. The story offers plenty to keep the mind occupied, with a futuristic vision of Tokyo, rival biker gangs, and heady explorations of power and responsibility. This legendary anime has it all.
At 13 which is very debatable...
You must login or register to view this content.
The story of Andy moving on to college, leaving Woody and Buzz and the gang dealing with a great, understated villain in Lots-O'-Huggin' Bear at the new daycare center home, is the most fun of the Toy Story films. It works as a drama, a comedy and an action film – a trifecta of storytelling that live-action Hollywood should take pointers from. So many moments – character moments, mind you – crossover into "great" or "perfect" status, and the last fifteen minutes are some of the strongest work the studio has ever done.
You must login or register to view this content.
Together, Hayao Miyazaki and Studio Ghibli are practically the Walt Disney Pictures of Japan. Nearly everything Miyazaki puts out is revered by casual audiences and animation junkies alike. And while so many Miyazaki films deserve high praise, Spirited Away is easily the best of them all.
You must login or register to view this content.
A hero to emo and goth teens everywhere, Jack, the Pumpkin King of Halloweentown, has grown bored with the confines of his holiday and wants to show the world an improved version of Christmas. In the end, he discovers the value in being true to himself and finds love with a devoted rag doll named Sally.
[multipage=10-6]
10-6 Finally we have the top 10!
You must login or register to view this content.
All movies, be they live-action or animated, are meant to appeal to the viewer's emotions. Snow White is one of Disney's most heartfelt and engaging efforts, transforming the classic Brothers Grimm tale into a rousing, family-friendly adventure.
You must login or register to view this content.
On the more basic surface level, the film is just a delight -- the voice acting of Tom Hanks and Tim Allen and the rest, the amazing animation, the songs by Randy Newman -- Toy Story is quite simply the best kind of Hollywood movie.
You must login or register to view this content.
Based around a Mermaid named Ariel who dreams of becoming a human and falls in love with a prince, the film had all the qualities of an extravagant Broadway musical and beautiful animation to match.
You must login or register to view this content.
The adventure that follows for Carl and the young boy, Russell, who inadvertently tags along is certainly fanciful - Carl gets an entire house to fly using balloons! - yet infused with an incredible amount of pathos and meaning, as we watch Carl oh so literally carry his burden on his back, as he physically drags that floating house through the jungle, determined to bring it to the place he and Ellie dreamed about.
You must login or register to view this content.
When the South Park kids sneak into a R-rated movie, only to return home with a newly obscenity-laden vocabulary, their parents and teachers decide to "Blame Canada," soon leading to a war with our northern cousins and, even worse, an air attack on the Baldwin brothers! Meanwhile, the eternally doomed Kenny winds up in hell, where he learns that Satan and his lover Saddam Hussein are planning an attack of their own.
[multipage=5-1]
5-1 now, Are you ready for the top 5?!
You must login or register to view this content.
Hogarth befriends an alien robot during a time when Sputnik sounded the first rounds of the Cold War, and Iron Giant tells their story with that political landscape in mind, padding it with tropes from 1950s Sci-Fi fare. As the boy teaches his 30-story E.T. to become more human, the government closes in on his new friend, and more than just comedy ensues. The Iron Giant is a walking doomsday machine, who becomes more human than those who would rather shoot him down than try to get to know him.
You must login or register to view this content.
Woody and Buzz returned four years after the original Toy Story and actually managed to top that masterpiece with their continued adventures. Here the gang has some time to themselves when their owner Andy heads off to summer camp, but they must soon contend with the ultimate fanboy, who wants Woody for his collection of rare toys.
You must login or register to view this content.
Unlike most, The Incredibles wasn't based on a preexisting comic book series. Even so, it captured everything that made those classic Silver Age superhero stories great. Like the Fantastic Four, the Incredibles are less a superhero team and more a slightly dysfunctional family of super-powered do-gooders.
You must login or register to view this content.
At the heart of most Pixar films is the theme of isolation. WALL-E, the animation studio's crowning achievement.
We were all told, from the teasers, that we were going to absolutely freakin' love this little robot -- and we scoffed! Right. Sure we would. Just because he makes squeaky noises and looks a bit like Johnny 5 doesn't mean he's going to win our hearts, minds and a spot on our lunch pail. But guess who was all sorts of wrong? All of us!
You must login or register to view this content.
Walt Disney's 1991 instant classic, Beauty and the Beast, is not only the finest animated movie ever made, but deserves a prominent position on any list of all-time greats. Beauty and the Beast nevertheless earned the most enthusiastic notices ever by the critics and was recognized with a Best Picture Oscar nomination. The studio knew early in development that it had a winner. In an unprecedented move.
[multipage=The End]
The End.
Thank you for taking your time to read this, I didn't write most of this, it was taken from IGN - You must login or register to view this content.
If you like this please thank
-H :love:
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