Screengrab Salutes: The Top 20 Animated Feature Films (Part Five)

re: Screengrab Salutes: The Top 20 Animated Feature Films (Part Five)

Chris Ferguson — Tue, 02 Sep 2008 13:14:31 GMT

Great list! Yeah, I would agree with Watership Down, and would also add The Nightmare Before Christmas.

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Yiyer — Fri, 22 Aug 2008 07:47:54 GMT

Thanks for making the list 20 rather than 10, but I would like to mention the Secret of Nimh (or another Bluth) and Watership Down as pretty damn good animated movies.

re: Screengrab Salutes: The Top 20 Animated Feature Films (Part Five)

Phil Nugent — Thu, 21 Aug 2008 23:16:24 GMT

Don't worry, we're trained professionals here.

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Austin — Thu, 21 Aug 2008 23:04:48 GMT

> next week, when we plan to use this space to salute our favorite animated shorts.

Jeepers creepers! Are you planning to expand from 20 to, say, one or two orders of magnitude higher for that? Because I have no idea how to create a list like that any smaller.

re: Screengrab Salutes: The Top 20 Animated Feature Films (Part Five)

Phil Nugent — Thu, 21 Aug 2008 22:29:32 GMT

Maybe Popeye and the other contract players at the Fleischer studios will end up being better served next week, when we plan to use this space to salute our favorite animated shorts. Stay tuned!

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borstalboy — Thu, 21 Aug 2008 21:16:48 GMT

Thanks for including TWICE UPON A TIME. What a brilliant, original movie and what a pity it ain't on DVD.

re: Screengrab Salutes: The Top 20 Animated Feature Films (Part Five)

Austin — Thu, 21 Aug 2008 20:49:06 GMT

Terrific list, but this wouldn't be the internet without...

YOU FORGOTSIES!

I don't really care for Bakshi much, but I'm nuts for Mike Judge, and think "Beavis and Butthead Do America" is nearly on a par with SP:BLU for feature length adaptations of crass cable 'toons, and maybe even a superior work of social satire.

Also, though they're not really long enough to merit inclusion on here, I can hardly talk about animation without expressing my adoration of the Fleischer studio generally, and the extra-length shorts starring Popeye but based on the 1001 Arabian Nights particularly. In general, you guys seem to have skewed a little recent in your selections. Which is understandable considering the excellent work that's been put in for the last decade or so, but I guess switching South Park for Beavis and Butthead wouldn't do much to remedy that.