Think back...way back...to when I made a post about my top ten favorite Disney movies (which it was extremely hard to narrow down, BTW). Remember? Good. Now, I'm doing something similar here, but then again it's totally different.
Because, as everyone cool knows, there is a HUGE difference between Disney movies (animated or not) and other animated movies. Therefore, they have earned a post in their own right. This is said post.
So I shall just get down to business here.
THE LAND BEFORE TIME
Okay, well this shit was what my childhood was filled with. I could not get enough of it. I mean, come on. It's fucking dinosaurs! They made so many of them, so just trying to remember which were my absolute faves. The fifth one where they went to that island in the middle of fucking nowhere. Yeah that one where they reunited with Chomper. That was a good one. Another one I loved/love is the one where Littlefoot's grandpa gets sick and they have to go find those glowing yellow flowers and Spike says his first word. Damn that part was heart-wrenching! "Duuckyyyy" awwwwwwwhhh :'( Loved it. Loved all that shit.
ANTZ
This one I always used to get mixed up with A Bug's Life which is also a great one - but Disney so it's not one for this post. Was/is it just me or did those grasshoppers just freak everyone out? I would love to say more about this movie, but I'm drawing a blank on my favorite parts and all that jazz. Moving on.
OVER THE HEDGE
Come on guys. Steve Carell and Bruce Willis AND Wanda Sykes??? Nothing wrong with that cast. Just freaking loved that squirrel! So much energy. And there were some touching moments as well which is to be expected in, like, all animated movies. I will essentially advertise any and all parts of this movie that contain or mention that damned wonderful squirrel.
MADAGASCAR
Where do I even begin? Chris Rock as Marty the optimistic zebra, Ben Stiller as Alex the conceited lion, Jada Pinkett-Smith as Gloria the sassy hippo, and David Schwimmer as Melman the hypochondriac giraffe. What a group of friends. And then you bring in all the lemurs and King Julian?! Some good animated movie making. What were your favorite parts? Because there are too many for me to even begin to name them.
KUNG FU PANDA
Man this was some good kung fu fighting. Jack Black voicing a fat ass panda who idolizes the shit out of the Furious Five of kung fu. Then turns out he's the Dragon Warrior? Mind totally...not blown. If that hadn't happened there would have been no movie. Duh. Anywhoooo so what's up with his dad being a fucking goose? Clearly Po was adopted. I just like how it doesn't get addressed until like the final movie and shit. Just some good stuff going on there. Loved parts making fun of Po being fat. Loved part where he fought that bad guy whose name I cannot recall. Just all good stuff.
SHREK
Now, clearly I could not have made a post about the best animated movies and NOT included Shrek. For some of these animated movies, they really didn't/don't need to go into making a fuck ton of them as a series, but with Shrek it totally worked. I mean, they have a wealth of fairy tale creatures to choose from as bad guys so it didn't NEED to end. Just loved the premise of Shrek. And Donkey is obviously what made like 90% of the humor. CANNOT forget about Donkey. "I'm all alone. There's no one here beside me. My troubles have all gone. (FINISH IT!!)"
okay totally random but that little comment I made ^^ really reminded me of Mortal Kombat FINISH HIM!!!
DESPICABLE ME
CUTEST THING IN THE WORLD!!! "It's so fluffy I'm gonna die!" So much wonderful. I don't even know what to say. Like, there's just too much I could quote. Boogie robots. Dart/Fart gun. The list just goes on and on and on. I have absolutely zero complaints about this movie. I could watch it over and over again. Much like Meet the Robinsons (Disney) which will probably have it's own post because I love it so much.
HOW TO TRAIN YOUR DRAGON
So much winning in one movie. Boom. End of description.
HAPPY FEET
Cuteness to the extreme + penguins tap dancing + kick ask singing = this movie. And by the ways I am singularly talking about the first movie here. I haven't seen HF2 yet. But in any case. Robin Williams. Boom. Winning.
RIO
So fabulous. Cute as crap. Plot line is cool shit. They lived in Moose Lake, Minnesota for another one. Like WTF. How awesome is that! Just overall quite great.
I'm not sure there's anything else to say. Obviously, include anything in the comments that I forgot to add. Also give me praise because I deserve it. Uhm. I think that's it. Praise. Praise. And praise. Yeah that about covers it. :)
Post again when I remember. Hopefully it will be within a month this time :P
Land Before Time FTW! I have not watched those movies in SO LONG. How many are there of them again? 11? 42?
ReplyDeleteHave not seen - or heard of - Antz. What is that movie? I also haven't seen Over the Hedge, so I'll just move on.
Ugh, Madagascar is SUCH a good movie. I can't express how much love I have for that. Favorite part? The lemurs singing and dancing to "Move It." Brilliant.
Funny story about the movie Kung Fu Panda. So, when I was in eight grade, we had a foreign exchange student named Kim Jun Young. He was a cool dude. Apparently, for Halloween he dressed up as a clown with his host family (one of whom was my friend Kyle), but instead he (according to Kyle) actually looked more like a panda. So Kyle and a few other people would refer to him as "panda." And, since we were all immature little 13-year-olds and because Jun Young was Korean, we all decided that clearly he would be good at Kung Fu. Josh, in particular, would make jokes to Jun Young about this. Then one day, Josh and I saw a preview for a movie called Kung Fu Panda. Naturally, this was really funny. The next day at school, Josh mentioned it to Jun Young, who swore that he would never ever see that movie. But then later, whe the movie came out, Josh and I went to it with Kyle and a few other friends, and Kyle mentioned that Jun Young had seen it a few days earlier and said "Don't tell Josh." Priceless.
BUT YOU'VE GOT TO HAVE FRIENDS (yes, I skipped a bit. Deal with it). Shrek is just such a good movie. I never saw the thrid and fourth one, though. But the first is definitely classic - wonderful example of deconstructuralism. And Donkey is just awesome.
I LOVE Despicable Me! I've seen it twice - once in English and once in Spanish. Briliant both times.
YESSSSSS HOW TO TRAIN YOUR DRAGON. I actually bought that movie with my own money. It's the first movie I ever actually set out to buy because I desperately wanted to own it (expect for Twilight, but that doesn't count).
Have not seen Happy Feet (despite Amanda's many promises that we would watch it - frowny face) and have not seen Rio. So... yeah.
Awesome title for this, by the way.
Land Before Time...I believe 42 is the correct number. But legit there were a lot I think it was somewhere around 10 total.
ReplyDeleteAntz...I seriously don't even remember it. In my post I STILL confused it with A Bug's Life. So let's just forget about that one.
No one realized how much they loved lemurs until Madagascar came out.
Great story man. I can't believe KFP is that old though!!!
You would go and use a big word when talking about movies. Yes, Shrek may be deconstructuralism, but few people know what that means Miss Smarty-Pants.
My nephews still call it Spickle Me. And now so do I. It's much more fun than saying the real thing haha
Oh. My. God. I was starting to get annoyed with you, Kasey, and Amanda quoting it all the time...but I hadn't seen it so once I did...man I totally understand.
You need to see any movies on this list that you haven't yet. Do it now!
Yes, I thought so as well. Funny thing...I can't seem to remember where I thought of the title?? ;)