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[jpariury]

And everyone knows the greatest Disney Movie of all time is Remember the Titans.

See, now that's just a straight-up good movie, no need for the "Disney" qualifier.

 

[Robb G]

I personally dislike most things Disney. I prefer Bakshi, Rankin, Henson. Those are my gods.

 

[Gunnar]

Rankin-Bass is also a personal favorite.

The Last Unicorn, the Hobbit, The return of the king, and flight of dragons. Their animation may be a completely differnt style, but I always appreciated the details...

and you know, Rudolph the Red nosed Reindeer and all their other stop motion wasn't bad either.

-Ali

 

[Alavatar]

I think my top five would be:

Aladdin
Lion King
Little Mermaid
Mary Poppins
Bedknobs and Broomsticks

So close to my personal favorites! Although, I would replace "Mary Poppins" with "The Jungle Book".

 

[Gandian Ravenscroft]

Rankin-Bass is also a personal favorite.

The Last Unicorn, the Hobbit, The return of the king, and flight of dragons. Their animation may be a completely differnt style, but I always appreciated the details...

and you know, Rudolph the Red nosed Reindeer and all their other stop motion wasn't bad either.

-Ali

I grew up watching The Hobbit and Flight of Dragons repeatedly, and to this day, I can recite The Hobbit film in its entirety (and its soundtrack is the most played thing in my iTunes, with some songs passing the 300 plays point, I kid you not). Sure, it doesn't put me in a non-geeky light, but it's the truth. (It should be noted that the DVD version of the film has like 70% of the sound effects removed, so the VHS version, with all its sound goodness, is the way to watch it.)

But I have never seen the Rankin and Bass Return of the King. Those I know who have seen it haven't given it a great review, though.

 

[wowy319]

My favorite animated Disney movies (excluding Pixar ones) are, in no particular order:
Beauty and the Beast (because nontraditional Disney villains like Gaston are win)
Aladdin (because Jafar is also awesomesauce)
The Lion King (amazing cast, fantastic music)
Hunchback of Notre Dame (I shouldn't have to explain why)

 

[jpariury]

I grew up watching The Hobbit and Flight of Dragons repeatedly

I heart Flight of Dragons in a major way.

 

[RavenSis]

Is Flight of Dragons the animated movie where a sorcerer gets turned into a dragon?

 

[Gandian Ravenscroft]

Is Flight of Dragons the animated movie where a sorcerer gets turned into a dragon?

He's no sorcerer; he's a man of science. But yes, he does get dragon'd.

 

[aara]

The movies you listed, while awesome, do not have a heroine with which I strongly identified as a bookish, outcast, brunette, adolescent girl and are therefore inferior to Beauty and the Beast.

It was always my favorite too. Amusingly I didn't realize the reason I liked it so much until I watched it with Brynne, and the light bulb went on. She is the nerd's princess.