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Post by chernabog » March 31st, 2006, 1:21 pm

I'll start with from 1990. All ratings are out of 5.

The Rescuers Down Under ****
Beauty & the Beast ***
Aladdin *****
The Lion King *****
Pocahontas *****
The Hunchback of Notre Dame *****
Hercules *****
Mulan *****
Tarzan ****
Fantasia 2000 ****
The Emperor's New Groove *****
Atlantis: The Lost Empire ****
Lilo & Stitch ****
Treasure Planet ***
Brother Bear **
Home on the Range ***
Chicken Little ***

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Post by eddievalient » March 31st, 2006, 2:23 pm

How about Don Bluth? All ratings are out of 5.

The Secret Of NIMH ****
An American Tail ****
The Land Before Time ****
All Dogs Go To Heaven ***
Rock A Doodle *** 1/2
Thumbelina ***
A Troll In Central Park *
Anastasia ****
Titan A.E. ****

The Pebble And The Penguin doesn't count because Bluth asked to have his name taken off it (even though they didn't) and I haven't seen Bartok The Magnificent yet.

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Post by Meg » March 31st, 2006, 2:42 pm

The Rescuers Down Under ****
Beauty & the Beast *****
Aladdin*****
The Lion King*****
Pocahontas ****
The Hunchback of Notre Dame ****
Hercules****
Mulan ****1/2
Tarzan ****
Fantasia 2000****
The Emperor's New Groove ***1/2
Atlantis: The Lost Empire ***1/2
Lilo & Stitch **1/2
Treasure Planet ***
Brother Bear n/a
Home on the Range **
Chicken Little n/a

Wow. Look at 'em shrink.

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Post by ShyViolet » March 31st, 2006, 9:40 pm

(out of a possible four stars)


Disney:

Oliver and Company: ***
Little Mermaid: ***1/2
Rescuers Down Under: **
Prince and the Pauper: ***1/2
Beauty and the Beast: ****
Aladdin: ****
Lion King: ***1/2
Pocahontas: ***1/2
Runaway Brain: ****
Hunchback of Notre Dame: **1/2
Hercules: ***
Mulan: *1/2
Tarzan: **1/2
Dinosour: N/A
Fantasia 2000: **1/2
Emperor's New Groove: ***
Atlantis: N/A
Treasure Planet: N/A
Home on the Range: N/A
Brother Beat: N/A
Lilo and Stitch: ***1/2
Home on the Range: N/A
Chicken Little: ***

Don Bluth:

Secret of Nimh: ***1/2
American Tail: ****
Land Before Time: **1/2
All Dogs Go to Heaven: ***1/2
Thumbelina: ***
Rock'a Doodle: N/A
Troll in Central Park: N/A
Pebble and the Penguin: N/A
Anastasia: ***
Titan A.E. N/A

DreamWorks:

Prince of Egypt: ****
Road to El Dorado: **1/2
Antz: ***1/2
Chicken Run: ***1/2
Shrek: ****
Shrek 2: ***
Spirit: ***1/2
Sinbad: ****
Shark Tale: ***
Madagascar: ***
Wallace and Gromit: N/A
The Madagascar Pengins in: A Christmas Caper: ****
Joseph: King of Dreams: ****

Pixar:

Toy Story: ***
Bug's Life: ***1/2
Toy Story 2: ***1/2
Monsters Inc: ***
Finding Nemo: ***
Incredibles: ****
Tin Toy: **/12
Gerry's Game: ****
For the Birds: ***1/2
Knick-Knack: ***
Boundin': **
Jack-Jack Attack: **1/2
One Man Band: N/A

Blue Sky:

Ice Age: **1/2
Robots: N/A
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Post by Meg » March 31st, 2006, 9:47 pm

DW-

Prince of Egypt: n/a (Can't remember this movie at all)
Road to Eldarado: ***
Spirit: **1/2
Antz: n/a
Shrek: ****1/2
Shrek 2: ****
Shark Tale: n/a
Madagascar: ***
Chicken Run: *****
W&G: ****1/2

Pixar:

Toy Story: *****
A Bug's Life: ****
Toy Story 2: *****
Monster's Inc.: ****
Finding Nemo: ****
The Incredibles: *****

BlueSky:

Ice Age: ***1/2
Robots: **1/2

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Post by chernabog » April 1st, 2006, 3:46 am

Pixar:

Toy Story *****
A Bug's Life *****
Toy Story 2 ****
Monsters, Inc ***
Finding nemo ****
The Incredibles **

Blue Sky:

Ice Age ***
Robots ****

seeing Ice Age 2 later so I may post a review.

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Post by Dacey » April 2nd, 2006, 6:35 pm

ShyVi, you gave "Mulan" ONE AND A HALF out of four? That seems a little, I don't know, harsh.
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Post by Ben » April 3rd, 2006, 3:54 pm

Yeah Vi, those DWs scores are way up too! ;)

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Post by ShyViolet » April 4th, 2006, 9:11 pm

I'm sorry, I just never liked Mulan much. IMO it should have been a lot more serious and true to Chinese culture, the way Pocahontas was. (I think it actually started out this way in production) Both Mulan and Hunchback were way more jokey than they should have been. And we never understand just why Mushu helps her in the first place. Other than the opening song and "Reflection", the songs grate on me no end. And that scene of Mulan going skinny dipping with the guys....kinda icky! How did THAT ever make it in there?
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If you look at my DW ratings, I gave Road to El Dorado **1/2 stars. Shark Tale probably rates the same. I wouldn't change any of the others tho. :twisted:

I love Sinbad and Spirit. If they were released in 1994 under Disney's marketing machine, we'd have seen every five year old with a Sinbad action figure. Seriously.
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Post by Dacey » April 5th, 2006, 10:30 am

Actually, I believe that "Shark Tale" and "El Dorado" are both much, much, much, much better than "Spirit". So there!
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Post by Macaluso » April 5th, 2006, 10:41 am

Man what the effs :(

Mulan is one of my favorite Disney movies. Have at you!

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Post by Meg » April 5th, 2006, 2:48 pm

To each their own, I guess...

I thought Mulan was pretty cool, not perfect, but decent. Now Spirit was a huge disappointment to me, which is a shame because the animation is beautiful.

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Post by ShyViolet » April 5th, 2006, 7:59 pm

:roll: :roll: C'mon, what the heck was HARVEY FIRESTEIN doing in Mulan???? Can anyone explain that to me? And Eddie Murphy? Spare me. The guy must not have thought much of the film because I don't think he did any interviews talking about his role as Mushu, although I could be wrong. The battles looked fake. The characters were cliches all the way. Mulan was a Belle clone who goes to war, Cri-kee was basically Flit from Pocahontas, and Mulan's love interest (can't remember his name) was the least interesting, most wooden Disney male hero in history, whose flip-flop from being angry at Mulan to accepting her as a female is NEVER believable.

I never once believed I was in China. The only part I liked was when Mulan cuts off her hair, there was real power there. No words, very dramatic. The entire film was sorely missing the spectacular visionary appeal and scope of Pocahontas, Aladdin and the Lion King. The story of Mulan has great dramatic possibilites, but they're all squandered in this film, which has one comedy cliche after another. It's a Disney channel cartoon, an episode of House of Mouse. It's an executive vanity project. And yes, I'm going to say, it, 95% of it was because Katzenberg was gone. :roll:
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Post by Macaluso » April 5th, 2006, 8:14 pm

Well wha'ever. I disagree with all that. I especially thought Eddie Murphy was fine as Mushu. He was my favorite cahracter.

EDIT: And I don't feel at all that any dramatic possibilities were squandered. I have Kingdom Hearts II, and there's a Mulan world in it. I was disapointed in the Mulan world because of how completely boring it was compared to how epic the movie felt, during the scene in the mountain.

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Post by Dacey » April 5th, 2006, 11:44 pm

It's a Disney channel cartoon, an episode of House of Mouse. It's an executive vanity project. And yes, I'm going to say, it, 95% of it was because Katzenberg was gone.

JK always finds his way into your posts, doesn't he, ShyVi? ;)
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