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I grew up on and prefer the Disney cartoon features. Always liked the "never grow up" concept of Peter Pan and still watch it occasionally. The original feature-length cartoon, "Snow White" still stands up well. Disney's cartoon version of Sleepy Hollow was both more frightening and funnier than the Johnny Depp remake. Beauty and the Beast was the first cartoon nominated for the Best Picture Oscar. Nice score and the stage production was even better.
The combination of live action and cartoons in Who Framed Roger Rabbit? and Song of the South was very imaginative. Lady and the Tramp has class. Aladdin was hip, especially its musical score, and is one of only two movies in which Robin Williams proved to be an asset, the other being La Cage Whatever
On the other hand, once you've seen Ice Age, there's no need to run it again, much less Ice Age II. And Pocahontas, Mulan, and The Little Mermaid were just sappy, aside from some neat calypso in Mermaid. That stupid song from Pocahontas almost drove me postal!
In another thread, someone said something about people objecting to the big eyes of Japanese anime, but it's not the eyes that bother me--its those little Speed Racer mouths that seem to be the only thing moving. In Japanese anime, the eyes never widen in surprise or narrow in anger, beards and hair never move in the breeze, facial expressions are frozen as though everyone has overdosed on botox, and nothing moves in the background. Reved car engines don't vibrate, dust and trash never stir in the breeze. All they do is fly through the air and rapidly move those little mouths! Boring!
Last edited by rufnek; 08-29-07 at 03:51 PM.
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