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Aladin is by far the best Disney movie

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KarishBHR

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Most say Lion King or Beauty and the Beast but I think Aladin is for sure!!!


He agrees:

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Dreamfixx

I don't know shit about shit
I liked all of the 90's movies except for Pocahontas and Hunch Back of Notredame. Those were teh gay.
 
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jiggle

Member
I agree.

For me:

Aladdin>Hunchback>Mermaid>Beast>Mulan>Tarzan>Lilo>Atlantis>Herculese>Pocahontas>TreasurePlanet>Emperor>LionKing

Brother Bear still sits shrink wrapped.
 
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andthebeatgoeson

Junior Member
Best Buy is listing the Aladdin DVD as 10/5/04. Mark your calendars.

I, too, will log my vote for Aladdin for best Disney movie.


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ConfusingJazz

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I always put Aladdin on top of my list, I really enjoyed The Emperor's New Groove because I thought Atlantis and Tarzan took themselves too seriously and suffered for it. I enjoyed B&B, The Little Mermaid as well. Lion King is meh, its alright.

1. Aladdin
2. Beauty and the Beast
3. Emperor's New Groove
4. The Little Mermaid
5. Lion King

Then muck for the rest of the Disney 2D animation from the 80s to 00s.
 
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Prospero

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Are we just talking about post-comeback (Little Mermaid and afterward) Disney? Then Aladdin is one of the best. Otherwise:

Fantasia?
Snow White?
Pinocchio?

They all kick Aladdin's ass. Pinocchio getting wasted, smoking cigars, and spontaneously growing donkey ears >>>> anything in Aladdin.
 
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darscot

Member
1.) Bambi takes the cake just because it was so many years ahead of its time.
2.) Beauty in the Beast kicks Aladins ass. Same for the Lion King.
3.) The earlier stuff with the dark scary moments are where it's at. Disney movies used to take you the full spectrum when your a kid. From being completely freaked to super stoked.
 
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Spiritreaver

Member
I'm sorry, I have to go on the deep end with Toy Story, it's the only movie I still enjoy watching these days from Disney. These other I happen to watch when I just feel up to it. They're wonderful films, but I didn't enjoy them quite as much. I have tog ive Aladdin props though, the sequels aren't even half bad, which is something Disney often has trouble with and it seems only Toy Story and Aladdin have had worthy sequels. As far as overall animated films though, these definitely take the cake for being near the top.

Toy Story -> Lion King | Aladdin -> Toy Story 2 -> The Little Mermaid -> Beauty and the Beast -> 101 Dalmations -> Cinderella -> Sleeping Beauty.
 
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tt_deeb

Member
Aladdin is by far my favorite. I also enjoy Emperor, Lion King, and some others of course that I don't feel like thinking to remember.
 
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MonkeyBoy

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Mugen said:
Aladdin > Mulan > Lion King > Lilo and Stich > Beauty and the Beast
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seriously how could you put lilo and stich before beauty & Beast, how could you put it before any of the older disney. i think that lilo and stich is one of the worst of the new disney, that and brother bear. the only thing that has kept away a mob is pixar. other than that the new disney is teh suck!
 
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Error Macro

Member
Prospero said:
Are we just talking about post-comeback (Little Mermaid and afterward) Disney? Then Aladdin is one of the best. Otherwise:

Fantasia?
Snow White?
Pinocchio?

They all kick Aladdin's ass. Pinocchio getting wasted, smoking cigars, and spontaneously growing donkey ears >>>> anything in Aladdin.
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I was just thinking the same thing. Holy shit. The complete lack of anything pre-1985 in this thread is very sad.

You should all know that Sleeping Beauty completely rips the ass of any 1985-current Disney movie, and is the all-round best Disney produced movie ever. Snow White is a close second.
 
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Tsubaki

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Beauty and the Beast is still my favorite Disney movie... and favorite American movie...

Aladdin would have been a contender but after seeing it 3x in the theater, all the jokes got old really fast, and I never wanted to watch it again (and never have). By contrast, I've seen The Little Mermaid and Beauty and the Beast over 15x each.
 
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FnordChan

Member
Error Macro is right: Old Disney pisses all over New Disney. You can basically just look at their first five films - Snow White (1937), Pinocchio (1940), Fantasia (1940), Dumbo (1941), and Bambi (1942) - and assume it's all downhill from there.

Assuming we're only looking at New Disney, I'm still giving it to Beauty and the Beast, with Lilo and Stitch a close second. Aladdin is sustained by Robin Williams alone, and even then just barely. Feh.

Of course, Pixar trounces anything New Disney has done, period.

On a side note, as impressive as the '37 Snow White is, I much prefer the Betty Boop Snow White short from 1934, which features the Fleischer Brothers at their surrealistic peak, drug references a go-go, and rotoscoped Cab Calloway dancing to "St. James Infirmary".

FnordChan
 
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ConfusingJazz

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DarthWufei said:
I'm sorry, I have to go on the deep end with Toy Story, it's the only movie I still enjoy watching these days from Disney. These other I happen to watch when I just feel up to it. They're wonderful films, but I didn't enjoy them quite as much. I have tog ive Aladdin props though, the sequels aren't even half bad, which is something Disney often has trouble with and it seems only Toy Story and Aladdin have had worthy sequels. As far as overall animated films though, these definitely take the cake for being near the top.

Toy Story -> Lion King | Aladdin -> Toy Story 2 -> The Little Mermaid -> Beauty and the Beast -> 101 Dalmations -> Cinderella -> Sleeping Beauty.
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Only problem is that disney really didn't do that movie, pixar did.
 
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J2 Cool

Member
It'd be hard to rank em. There's some that just hit the right emotions and are perfect movies and more recently formulated crap. My favorites, expelling Pixar flicks:

Aladdin
Lion King (#1)
Beauty and the Beast
Little Mermaid
Oliver & Company
Fox and the Hound
Bambi
Dumbo
Jungle Book (#3)
101 Dalmations (#2)
Fantasia
Rescuers Down Under
 
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Spiritreaver

Member
ConfusingJazz said:
Only problem is that disney really didn't do that movie, pixar did.
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I figured that was why no one else had listed them. Nonetheless, it's not that hard to just remove them from the list, no?
 
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Gibbo

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Beauty and The Beast & The Little Mermaid had some really beautiful and moving music. I remember watching the Beauty and the Beast musical in London 5 years ago and it was a wonderful experience
 
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AniHawk

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I loved Aladdin, Lion King, and Beauty and the Beast about the same. They're all good for different reasons. It's hard for me to rate one over the other.

Before those, I remember really enjoying The Great Mouse Detective, The Fox and the Hound, Oliver and Company, The Little Mermaid, The Sword in the Stone, and of course the classics like Bambi (up until his mom dies and he becomes an adult- then I forget EVERYTHING about the movie), Dumbo, and Pinnochio.

Since The Lion King, I liked Mulan, and Lilo and Stitch, but Emperor's New Groove the best.
 
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B'z-chan

Banned
Cant wait till the 5th too.

Aladin
Beauty and the Beast
Jungle Book
Little Mermaid (dont ask me)
Lion King
Oliver and Company (first movie i ever saw)
Lady and the Tramp
Alice in Wonderland

those are my favorite Disney movies

you could include the following as i like but dont love:

Pocchohantus
Hercules
Mulan
 
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Kiriku

SWEDISH PERFECTION
I'll never understand what people saw in Emperor's New Groove. I was expecting something funny, had really been looking forward to it, but instead got some lame over-the-top ohoh haha jokes that tried to cover up the almost total lack of any story or characters whatsoever. It was like watching a too long episode from any (m)ass production disney cartoon series of your choice. Man, what a disappointment. Different strokes, I guess... :|

I still claim Lion King to be the best, but I've never actually seen Aladdin. Which I now have to in the very near future. :)
 
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B'z-chan

Banned
Oh i might add that Rescuers Down Under also Rocks. Heck a lot of them do and fantasia is sadly underated even after all these years. Theres good ideas and bad ideas. And disney has been killed by its bad ideas in the past 10 years.
 
Grizzlyjin

Grizzlyjin

Supersonic, idiotic, disconnecting, not respecting, who would really ever wanna go and top that
Almost...it goes Lion King, then Aladdin, then Beauty and the Beast.

But I must mention that I still haven't seen Mulan.
 
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Seth C

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adelgary said:
Aladdin is my favorite. Can't freakin wait for the DVD.
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You really are the homosexual version of me, I think.

Aladdin is my favorite as well. Been waiting on that DVD since the Lion King DVD.
 
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Memles

Member
I'm looking forward to this DVD, because I haven't seen Aladdin in years. Essentially, it is the one 90s Disney film I didn't end up with on VHS for some odd reason, so I didn't even rewatch it much as a kid. Looking forward to seeing it again.

Lion King and Beast are my favs of the early 90s, Late and then Early 00's goes to Emperor's New Groove and Lilo and Stitch. Watched Brother Bear last night...thought Lion King 1 1/2 was better.
 
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Dan

No longer boycotting the Wolfenstein franchise
In terms of the comeback era, yeah, Aladdin is probably my favorite. It's just the most fun, and I'd put The Little Mermaid right behind it, with The Lion King and Beauty and the Beast afterwards. I haven't enjoyed any of Disney's animated films since The Lion King. I saw Pocahontas, Hunchback, Hercules, Atlantis and Treasure Planet, and all were really weak. I still want to give Mulan and Lilo & Stitch a chance though.

In terms of Disney's entire history, well, Bambi, Snow White, Pinnochio, Fox and the Hound, Sleeping Beauty and Fantasia are all up there.

I've just started recollecting these all on DVD. I just picked up Alice in Wonderland, Sleeping Beauty and Fantasia. I'm kicking myself hard for not grabbing Snow White early on. I desperately need to find a new copy of that somehow. Then Aladdin and Bambi when those are released, and many of those others whenever I can spare the money. Disney's done a whole ton of great ones, but the past decade hasn't been good at all. I'm really, really hoping some of those upcoming ones are good, like Rapunzel.
 
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Memles

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SKluck said:
No props for Tarzan? I thought it was pretty good, Jane was hot.
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In the end, just not interesting enough. Like Brother Bear and Treasure Planet, I don't think there's anything inherently wrong with the movies, just nothing that good. Same with Atlantis, etc.
 
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Pochacco

asking dangerous questions
Lilo and Stitch was mediocre - very overrated imo.
I had to watch Brother Bear on a long bus ride last month - it was pretty good actually.

My faves, tho, are:
-Lion King
-Mulan
-Little Mermaid
-Aladdin
-Beauty and the Beast

...with Lion King being the best (and one of the best movies ever).

Man, Disney used to be like, um, Pixar.
 
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Warm Machine

Member
Beauty and the Beast 10
The Little Mermaid 10
Lion King 9
Mulan 8
Emperor's New Groove 8
Aladdin 6

I just remember not liking it too much. I also remember a lot of the backgrounds having really rough CG work on them. My opinion may come from watching the movie on a Saturday with a theater full of screaming kids who wouldn't sit still.
 
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Semjaza Azazel

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Warm Machine said:
I just remember not liking it too much. I also remember a lot of the backgrounds having really rough CG work on them. My opinion may come from watching the movie on a Saturday with a theater full of screaming kids who wouldn't sit still.
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The only one I can think of is the temple where they're being chased by Lava. That and the tiger head. Was there more? It's been awhile.
 
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Dyne

Member
Holy crap. I couldn't begin to rate the Disney films.. that'd be hard for me.

I like Aladdin a lot too.. probably more than the others. I have lots of merchandise from it. I did a project in Grade 2 on it! I remember I went on a date with my mom to go see it. Oh man, early nineties.. those were the days.
 
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Chipopo

Banned
Semjaza Azazel said:
The only one I can think of is the temple where they're being chased by Lava. That and the tiger head. Was there more? It's been awhile.
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There was a point where the pillars in the Sultans castle was CG
 
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