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Yahoo’s ridiculous list of the ‘top rated’ animated films
Movie lists so dominate the Internet that one could wallpaper every apartment in New York City with them. Let’s face it, the things are a dime a dozen, and most of them are quickly forgotten.
Every once in awhile, however, a list comes along that’s so egregiously ridiculous I can’t not blog about it. The latest list is the Yahoo Users Top Rated Animated Films.
I know, I know. “User” lists are always suspect, but some of the rankings here are so off the reservation, I don’t just disagree with the opinion. This one crosses the line into FACTUALLY wrong.
First, consider what’s NOT in the list: Snow White and the Seven Dwarfs. Pinocchio. Bambi. Smell suspicious yet? Just get a load of these rankings.
30) Transformers: The Movie: Oh hell no. I’d be willing to bet every circuit in my home theater system this woudn’t make the list if Transformers: ROTF weren’t in theaters now. That’s almost as revolting as the new movie.
29) The Simpsons Movie: Sure, why not.
28) Happy Feet: Not one of my favorites. I thought Cars and Monster House, which came out the same year, were both better, but I can see why some people love it.
27) Ice Age: The Meltdown: The stupid sequel makes the list but the halfway decent original does not? WTF?
26) Shrek 2: So it made more than $400 million. That doesn’t make it one of the best animated movies ever made. At least Shrek the Third didn’t make it.
25) Cinderellla: You bet your bibbidi-bobbidi-boo.
24) The Incredibles: Surprised it placed this low, actually.
23) Cars: Pixar’s weakest film, but it was a merchandising bonanza.
22) Shrek: It already looks dated, and many of the jokes are too.
21) Lady and the Tramp: Not gonna bark about that one.
20) Monsters Inc.: Nor that one.
19) Mulan: Wow. Higher than I thought.
18) The Little Mermaid: Wow. Lower than I thought.
17) Monsters vs. Aliens: You have GOT to be kidding me. NO!
16) Aladdin: How low can you go?
15) Coraline: Wow. That is one of the best movies of this year. But do you see a pattern here?
14) Finding Nemo: Not my favorite Pixar movie, but the favorite of many.
13) Princess Mononoke: Miyazaki rules. And this is one of his lesser efforts.
12) Ratatouille: I always loved that the critic got the best speech.
11) Howl’s Moving Castle: More great Miyazaki.
10) Beauty and the Beast: Higher. Higher still.
9) Toy Story: Great film, but I prefer the sequel, which … isn’t on the list. Urge to destroy rising.
8) The Nightmare Before Christmas: Urge to destroy falling …
7) My Neighbor Totoro: The Miyazaki film I haven’t seen I really need to see.
6) The Lion King: Inevitable, but still overrated.
5) Spirited Away: I agree this is Miyazaki’s best.
Now … get a load of the top 4.
4) Kung Fu Panda
3) Bolt
2) WALL-E
1) Up
What IS this, a list or a memory test? I know user ratings favor recent movies, but ye GODS! I would really love someone to look me in the eye and tell me with a straight face that Kung-Fu Panda is a better movie than, say, Dumbo.
You know that concoction in Who Framed Roger Rabbit called “the dip” that could kill toons? I’d like to pour that all over this preposterous compilation.
How about you?
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By Jezza
September 4, 2009 9:35 AM | Link to this
Every October Disney rerelease Nightmare Before Christmas in digital 3D. So Kim I suppose that’s a possibility for you.By Hamster
August 3, 2009 6:31 AM | Link to this
Kung Fu Panda is definetly a lot better than Dumbo. I’d say that to whoever is near me. Your comment about the dip only works on hand drawn characters. I’m suprised that Bender’s Big Score did’t make it. Bender is more of a role model to kids than that cricket pest Jiminy.By Jezza
August 3, 2009 6:26 AM | Link to this
Maybe the users were thinking about the whole franchise as one entry when considering Toy Story. On the other hand if that was the case, one of the 2 shrek movie that made it would have been replaced by South Park The Movie.By Kim
July 7, 2009 2:13 PM | Link to this
Wow - how lame. Seriously? You know - I love being able to watch movies on demand, but I hate that Disney classics don’t come to the theater anymore. Very few (if any) of the current generation has gotten to see any of the great classics in a theater to appreciate their sheer, glorious beauty. Some of my clearest/fondest memories are of going to the movies to see the likes of Peter Pan, Cinderella, Sleeping Beauty, and Snow White (etc.!). I even remember looking at the beautiful movie posters and getting so excited that I was going to get to see it. Those memories insure those films will always hit my list. My daughter’s all time favorite is Little Mermaid - and I think the fact that it was in the theater for her makes a different. It’s not just a movie - it’s an experience.By figliano
July 7, 2009 6:54 AM | Link to this
This article typifies the chronic short term memory of the American public. If you were to ask anyone to name the top 10 athletes of the 20th century, they would include Michael Jordan but not Jim Thorpe. It’s a new world of informational firehose and 3 second attention spans. More’s the pity.By Jonas
July 6, 2009 5:52 PM | Link to this
if your going to include Miyazaki into the mix you must include all Japanimation. Ghost in the Shell or even Nussica should be on this list.By SRCputt
July 6, 2009 5:32 PM | Link to this
Also missing: 101 Dalmations, Jungle Book, Fantasia, Tarzan, Hunchback of Notre Dame, and Hercules. And that’s just some of the Disney movies I rate higher than Bolt. And two adult animated films I would put on the list: Akira and South Park. And how did Toy Story 2 miss the list?By Brother Phil
July 6, 2009 4:50 PM | Link to this
I think you nailed this ridiculous list right on the head when you questioned whether or not this was a memory test. I suppose that you might want to consider that the majority of Yahoo users were not even born when some of the pre-computer-generated animated classics were created. While there have been some excellent entries in recent years, newer does not always translate into better. It is for this reason that I pay very little attention to the opinions of movie viewers and find the opinions of educated film critics far more interesting�even when I do not agree with them.