Favorite Disney animated feature? (not including Pixar)

[jpgray]

I have the biggest resonance with Robin Hood, and I couldn't explain why if you put a gun to my head. Objectively the best in my view was Fantasia.

[Forkboy]

1. I'm going with Robin Hood as well

Just a damn funny movie :)

[jpgray]

2. Yes, Peter Ustinov as Prince John is great.

:D

[Lorien]

7. These days, he reminds me of *!

especially that silly song about him ( the something..."Prince of England").

[jpgray]

9. Hmm. Who then to cast as Sir Hiss?

Coming sire... COM-ing. :D

[Lorien]

11. Lol!

:D

[GoddessOfGuinness]

3. Snow White

with Fantasia a close second.

The animation in Snow White is breathtaking...

[non sociopath skin]

14. Yes I'd go with Snow White as well. Beautifully done.

The Skin

[Lorien]

4. Yeah, I loved that one as a kid too

Funny thing is, the animation community thinks of it as a failure. Some of the best work ever done by Disney's "Nine old men" was done on that one, but because of the crude Xerox cels used at the time, the brilliance of the animation itself is lost on most people.

I liked working on "Beauty and the Beast", and we did get a Golden Globe for Best Picture, plus an Academy Award nomination for Best Picture for that one (lost out to "Silence of the Lambs"-by only 30 votes!!) I still have my team award from those :-) Otherwise, I like Bambi (Great art direction) and Lady and the Tramp (amazing dog animation and a nice story), The Jungle Book has some nice elements too, though it's dated like Robin Hood. I guess I go for what animation-and Disney-did best; talking animals and solid stories. Too bad we won't be making them anymore.

5. Hercules, Peter Pan, and Jungle Book

Hercules is a funny film, and James Woods was an inspired Hades.

Peter Pan touched something in me when I was growing up. I've seen the film within the last few months, and wasn't as impressed, but there's something there on the sub-conscious level... Oh yeah, thats it, I just wanna be a lost boy!

But Jungle Book is probably my all time favorite classic Disney film. The musical score (I'm including the haunting backgrounds, not just the songs), the animation, the voices, the humor, and the mood all just clicked. By far, the best of the Disney films, and (oddly) one of the least represented at Disneyland.

[Lorien]

6. Not just James Woods

but directing animator for Hades Nik Raneri too. Nik won an "Ani" award (highest award for animation; one given per year for best performance by an animator) for that character. It was his second Ani, his first he won for Meeko the raccoon in "Pocahontas".

[WillParkinson]

8. My heart belongs to the Princesses...

Ariel and Jasmine as well as Mulan.

[7th_Sephiroth]

10. the only stomachable disney film

the lion king

[Lorien]

12. Ugh. The worst film to work on

It ruined far too many Disney careers. The last film by the same director? The Haunted Mansion.

[fujiyama]

13. Gotta go

with the Lion King. I really did enjoy that one.

I really liked the four big ones they had in the nineties -- Little Mermaid, Aladdin, Lion King, and Beauty and the Beast.

It seemed to go downhill from there...

[mac56]

15. "Sleeping Beauty" is visually stunning.

"101 Dalmatians" was a technical breakthrough in the use of Xerox technology in animation.

"Pinocchio" was the first movie I ever saw, so I remember it fondly.

Of the more recent ones, "Aladdin" and "The Emperor's New Groove" make me laugh fiendishly.