Thought it was so inventive, funny and poignant first time I saw it, and since then my autistic daughter has watched it, loves it and it has also really helped her in terms of understanding and expressing her emotions. She can tell us when sadness or anger is taking over, when she struggled to put that into words before, and it's helped her to understand that it's OK sometimes, and that bottling up those emotions might not be good for her. She still really struggles, but it's helped.
So as well as being an entertaining piece of filmmaking, I think it's genuinely helped my family.
Still came close to saying The Lion King or Finding Nemo, mind. And there are so many other great films mentioned!
You may not agree with my choice but can anyone seriously claim a better soundtrack?
That got shown in my primary school, which was a wild choice.
Growing up, it was probably Wind in the Willows, which I used to watch all the time, still got a soft spot for it now.
I've been watching a few Ghibli films recently which are great. Saw The Grave of the Fireflies which was a fantastic film, but made me sad for about three days afterwards!
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Mary and Max 2nd
UP comes third.
Really can't stand the Japanese Anime stuff. I just don't get the love for it.
If you haven't seen Mary and Max you must. It's wonderful
Think the 2 Spiderverse films are also incredible.
The original version
Spirited Away is cinema perfection
Haven't seen Wild Robot yet.
Edit - Wife's choice is Sleeping Beauty
Thought it was so inventive, funny and poignant first time I saw it, and since then my autistic daughter has watched it, loves it and it has also really helped her in terms of understanding and expressing her emotions. She can tell us when sadness or anger is taking over, when she struggled to put that into words before, and it's helped her to understand that it's OK sometimes, and that bottling up those emotions might not be good for her. She still really struggles, but it's helped.
So as well as being an entertaining piece of filmmaking, I think it's genuinely helped my family.
Still came close to saying The Lion King or Finding Nemo, mind. And there are so many other great films mentioned!
Anyone seen yet the new animated Xmas film by Richard Curtis? Thought it was ok.
You may not agree with my choice but can anyone seriously claim a better soundtrack?
Also find Ghibli/Miyazaki a tough watch. Seen all the big hitters and enjoyed precisely zero of them.
Fantasia
Pets
Growing up, it was probably Wind in the Willows, which I used to watch all the time, still got a soft spot for it now.
I've been watching a few Ghibli films recently which are great. Saw The Grave of the Fireflies which was a fantastic film, but made me sad for about three days afterwards!
As for best soundtrack, it's Transformers The Movie.
Trilogy is Toy Story which is close to being as good as the BTTF trilogy IMO.
Toy Story
It's Such A Beautiful Day
Small Soldiers.
I also liked Batteries Not Included but not sure that counts as animated.