Best animated movie to watch with your kid

[jobycom]

I don't mean the kid movie you like best, or the one your kid likes best, but the one you most like your kid to watch.

[La_Serpiente]

1. MY FAVOURITE CARTOON MOVIE OF ALL TIME!!!!

IS

An American Tail



Steven Spielberg sure knows what he is doing.

I think Feifel's journey is relevant to today as well. Just like how he was searching for America, I think we are all now searching for America as well in this difficult, post 9-11 world.

[mac56]

5. Not to split hairs, but "An American Tail" wasn't Disney.

Don Bluth and his gang broke away from Disney to start their own studio.

Still a great movie, though.

[La_Serpiente]

6. OH dear my

I have been thinking that for the last decade and a half.

But thank you for the clarification. :-) :bounce: :freak:

[mac56]

9. I think Bluth et al would secretly have been flattered with the comparison

They'd probably never admit it, though.

[cprise]

2. I voted Spirited Away, but prefer Princess Mononoke

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[bicentennial_baby]

12. 2nd vote for Princess Mononoke

[jobycom]

27. For children?

I love PM, too, though I like Spirited Away a little better, but I wouldn't think of PM as a kids' film. Just my opinion. Guess I should have defined age better, huh?

[Catch22Dem]

3. Shrek or Anastasia

[mac56]

4. The Iron Giant.

Good story, great animation, compelling characters, and a very timely message.

[jobycom]

37. Vin Diesel-- How could I forget?

I left too many great films off this poll. It's worthless. Besides, no one is voting for Mulan, so I'm sad. Iron Giant's a great choice.

[4323Lopez]

7. Alice in Wonderland

...the old school edition.

[NewGuy]

8. I am a little surprised at the votes for finding Nemo

I guess it depends on the age of the children but that film is a bit violent for very young children. The barricuda eats the mother and the rest of the young, The sharks chase Nemo's father and companion around, and the whale, the gulls and one of the pelicans all try to eat them.

[jobycom]

42. Au contraire

Even surrounded by violence, the main characters use other means to solve their problems. Often when the characters are too small to even consider fighting back. They get out of the whale by befriending him rather than making assumptions, they get out of the trouble with the shark without killing anything, they flee the seagulls by making friends with the pelicans, and they get out of the pelican simply by refusing to give in. These are great messages to teach children. As for the baracuda, that is horribly sad, but even there, it is not something kids should be unaware of. While that message may not be a happy one, it is certainly one all of us must learn somehow or another.

One feature of this movie that I find very appealing is that it preaches to both the kids and the parents, and succeeds on both levels while telling a charming story.

[bushh8ter]

10. I cannot believe you forgot ICE AGE

That is the funniest movie. Even if you don't have kids you should see it.

[jobycom]

28. Didn't forget it, I just didn't like it

Varying tastes, I guess. Vive la difference!

[DisgustipatedinCA]

11. Kiki's Delivery Service or Spirited Away

Because they're so...non-corporate. Yes, I know Disney got its hooks in, but both of those shows still maintain something non-spoiled and different from the rest of the garbage they market to kids.

[ironflange]

41. I agree

Kiki is great fun, Spirited is simply overwhelming. I just got back from renting Castle in the Sky; we'll be watching it this aft.

[Scurrilous]

13. 'Finding Nemo' was good...

...but 'Little Nemo-Adventures in Slumberland' will always be my favorite. My daughter and I watched it together a couple of dozen times when she was younger...it never grew old

[YellowRubberDuckie]

15. It was a great movie.

I laughed and laughed, and really loved the characters, especially the turtles.
Duckie

[Shrek]

14. Lilo & Stitch

Can't believe you left it out of the poll.

[jobycom]

29. Me, either! It's one of my favorites, and Lilo reminds me of my daughter

That's what I get for doing a rush poll! Darnnit!

[GregW]

16. "My Neighbor Totoro"

Another Miyazaki masterpiece.

[MissMillie]

17. Beauty and the Beast

It's one of the few videos we've saved since my little guy stopped being quite so little.

[Brotherjohn]

18. It depends totally on what my child likes best at any given time.

Last night, it was Finding Nemo.

[VelmaD]

19. The Last Unicorn

It was certainly my favorite as a child and my niece and I used to watch that together all the time when she was little. A little scary, no fake happy ending, wonderful music. I still watch it sometimes.

[DrFunkenstein]

22. That Movie Haunted Me For The Rest Of My Life

In a good way.

[grannylib]

25. That is our favorite...my grandson loves it...

[Tyler Durden]

20. ICE AGE.

Hilarious, sweet and poigniant (sp?).

I watch it with one of the two girls once a month. We always laugh our asses off, and have a slight tear as Diego the Saber Tooth lies "dying" and says: "That's what you do in a herd: you watch out for each other."

There is something to be said for being a herd animal. Sniff.

[On the Road]

21. I Voted for Spirited Away

one of my favorite movies of any type.

Having said that, I watched it with my 13YO daughter over the summer, and she thought it was too weird.

[7th_Sephiroth]

24. Miyazake

makes some of the best movies, i'm just disgusted that disney has tainted all of his films (ecept mononoke, that was miramax, disney diddent like all the blood) with the stench of greed

[mac56]

31. Miramax is Disney.

Or a division of Disney, anyway.

Carry on...

[7th_Sephiroth]

34. is it?

i dont really see disney allowing movies like dogma or jay and silent bob strikes back

[mac56]

39. take a look

http://biz.yahoo.com/ic/104/104036.html

"Walt Disney Studio Entertainment bought the company in 1993."

[jobycom]

36. Yeah, right, Miyazake doesn't cash the checks?

He SOLD the rights to Disney, so he must have had a little interest in cashola. I say "little" with a great deal of sarcasm.

[jobycom]

30. My 10 and my 4 year old love it

We have a DVD in our minivan (god, am I suburban these days or what?) because we take a lot of eight to ten hour drives. They watch that film over just about any other. I've heard it more times than I've seen it, even.

[LeftPeopleFinishFirst]

23. BAMBI

Bambi is the best movie ever, don't you forget it!

on edit: Or Lady and The Tramp, another classic

[Aristus]

26. If stop-motion animation counts, then I vote for

"The Pinchecliffe Grand Prix". It's a wonderful little Norwegian film from the 1970's. If you can actually unearth a copy of the video, (I found mine on e-bay) GET IT!!!! And watch it with your kids! It's delightful.

[Monte Carlo]

32. How about "Chicken Run"?

I haven't seen Finding Nemo yet, so I don't know. What I did see was Chicken Run, and I thought it was a great family movie; cute enough for the kids, witty enough for the adults. I've been a fan of Nick Park and his "Wallace & Gromit" shorts, and I was pleased when he was able to transfer his sense of humor so well to a whole different set of characters.

[mac56]

33. "Chicken Run" is great.

Can't wait for the newest "Wallace & Gromit" short.

[Aristus]

35. "Me life floshed befo me eyes!

*blink, blink*.............It was really boe-ring!"

[mac56]

38. whatever...

n/m

[Aristus]

40. What? You don't remember that quote?

It was one of the funniest scenes in the movie!

[mac56]

43. (red faced) - Whoops! I don't remember that line.

:dunce:

That gives me a reason to watch it again!

Sorry about the 'tude.

[RushIsRot]

44. I've still got a warm spot in MY heart for

[Booberdawg]

45. Lion King, without a doubt

I have a cat named Mufasa because of the movie.

[populistmom]

46. I have to go with Toy Story

Especially if you have little boys, it's a favorite of ours. My boys have a Toy Story bedroom even. However, our youngest is 2 and he's less into Toy Story than his 2 brothers were. I know he'd vote for Nemo.

[dback]

47. Classic Disney: "Fantasia." Modern Disney: "Beauty & the Beast"

"Fantasia" is one of the few Disney classics that doesn't have something in it to scare little kids, aside from "Night on Bald Mountain." However, since it's a movie with lots of parts, you can turn it off before that point if they're under 5, without losing the "plot." I love "Peter Pan," but some folks are sensitive about the portrayal of the Indians (though they're actually a lot better than in most movies of the time).

Contemporary classics-wise, "Beauty" and "Aladdin" are terrific, and not too frightening comparatively speaking. (I love "Hunchback," but talk about scary!) I also love "The Iron Giant," but not for little kids--7-8 seems about right.