Does anyone else enjoy Disney movies

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Madagascar is not made by Disney, it was made by Dreamworks. It's a common mistake to associate most CGI films to the Disney brand ( and most studios don't mind the free press they get by this mistake).

Even the Pixar films are not Disney film's per-se since Disney does not have any creative imput in those films, only distribution rights.

On that note I LOVE the Pixar films. Ratatoulle was wonderful.
But I miss the hand drawn films, everything is CG nowadays, bummer.
 

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Yes, i can see how i mislead you, you can blame me for that, i should have asked; Does anyone else enjoy disney type movies? I sincerely appaulagize for any confusion.

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You guys make me feel great, ive always been self concious to watch these types of movies in front of new friends for fear they would make fun of me, thanks everyone.

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I have a huge collection of childrens/family movies.
the only 2 disney movies I really can't watch is Dumbo and bambi.
but i have major mother issues.
I really don't like movies where the mother is killed or hurt.
but that is because dad decided mom did not need to live anymore.
but thats just me
 

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Someone should remake the movie dumbo, just for adults, where a young man is picked on for his girth, a porn version, ha ha, lol.


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You guys make me feel great, ive always been self concious to watch these types of movies in front of new friends for fear they would make fun of me, thanks everyone.

If your friends mock you for your personal taste, maybe you need new friends.:tongue:

Disney had a great string of films starting from "The Little Mermaid", but then their quality faltered until pixar saved their animation department. It's a shame since I really love old school animated flicks.

My taste in movies is really eclectic I have some bloody horror movies on one side, and then the cutest Disney fare on the other, and I love it.:cool:
 

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Has anyone seen the new movie Surf`s up? It`s about surfer penguins. :smile: I haven`t gone to see the movie yet as i`m always busy, i`m thinking about just buying it. But i don`t know if it`s any good.



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I'm not so keen on their real life films and cartoons aren't something that I enjoy that much but I do like some of the older Disney films, I think they seemed to lose heart from the time they weren't under Walt's supervision, the older ones have more individuality. I can't think of many modern cartoons I enjoyed except for Finding Nemo.
 

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Someone else probably already brought this up.... but Madagascar is NOT a Disney movie.
I used to love animated Disney films. Most of the early ones that Walt Disney was directly involved with are great. I also love the animated films that came out between 1988 and 2000 or 2001, during which time the company's animation department experienced something of a rebirth jump started by a lot of new staff and the success of The Little Mermaid.
I feel that the company is not what it used to be. Dinosaur, Home on the Range and Chicken Little were all pretty awful, IMO.
Pixar films, on the other hand, have always been and continue to be some of the best stuff out there. Pixar is not Disney, but they have had a very close relationship with the company for over 10 years now, and Disney distributes all of their films.

The film animation industry in the USA was more or less in ruin at the start of the 90s and most companies had given up on making any money in it, so few tried. Then Beauty & The Beast was nominated for Best Picture, The Lion King made close to 800 million worldwide and Toy Story did over 300 million worldwide and all of a sudden every major movie studio had plans of opening up their own animation departments.

What we ended up seeing after that was, for the most part, a bunch of shitty copycat films. A few exceptions, like Dreamworks' Prince of Egypt and Shrek, managed to be somewhat original and successful in their own right.

Nobody could make as much money doing traditional 2D animation as Disney made with The Lion King, and not even Disney could duplicate that success, but there was more and more demand for CG films like Toy Story so eventually that's all that was getting made.

Most of the non-Pixar ones are still weak derivative crap, IMO, including Madagascar... but I still like the real Pixar movies.

Those include, to date, Toy Story, A Bug's Life, Toy Story II, Monster's Inc, Finding Nemo, The Incredibles, Cars, and Ratatouille.

I was worried that they may have jumped the shark with Cars, which for my money was their worst offering ever (but still one of the best films of the year)... but Ratatouille was back up to their normal standards I think.

As for Disney live action films... The Sixth Sense and Pulp Fiction were both okay. Most of the ones that they actually release under the Disney label are family-oriented pablum not worth watching.
 

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I haven't seen Madagascar, but it's not Disney anyway. If I remember correctly it's Dreamworks, the same company who did Shrek. However, Dreamworks is very funny and entertaining as well. I DO love Disney movies! I enjoy the characters and know word for word practically every song. I made my own CDs of Disney songs, and I'm up to 6. Yep, I'm a total kid at heart.
 

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I think as far as the animated stuff goes, there really won't be anymore movies you could consider pure Disney because the Disney folks have handed their animation department over to the people who have been running Pixar. The upshot of that being the immediate end to the total crap, direct-to-video sequels the old regime has been cranking out for 10 years now.

I don't remember his name, but the head Pixar guy screened Disney's newest film in that line, Tinkerbell, and called it garbage. Damn, just when I was holding out for Pocahontas 3: A Smallpox Celebration
 

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Disney is the cultural backbone for modern America. It fuels the myth that we live in a special place and we actually have a culture. It is Walt Disney's vision of an ideal world, ideal set of values, ideal life. I have enjoyed many of Disney's work growing up and recently - some are just timeless classics.

Bambi
Lady and the Tramp
Aristocats
Chitty Chitty Bang Bang
Fantasia
Lion King
Davey Crocket
Parent Trap
20,000 Leagues Under the Sea
Escape to Witch Mountain
Princess Diaries
Beauty and the Beast
Pocahontas
Toy Story
 

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Ok, finally saw Surfs Up, it was cute, the ocean wave graphics were some of the best i`ve seen, especially at the end.

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Pirates of the Caribbean, then again I haven't seen the 2nd or 3rd in the series, only the first one.

You must have the patience of a monk, you`r a pillar of strength transformer.
Once i see the first one in a series i can`t help but get sucked into the 2nd and 3rd, even if they suck.

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