“Toy Story” named Moviefone’s best animated film of all time
Buzz (Tim Allen) and Woody (Tom Hanks) in “Toy Story”
Pixar Animation Studios’ groundbreaking 1995 debut feature “Toy Story” has been named the best animated movie of all time by Moviefone.
“Animated films have given us some of celluloid’s most memorable characters from heroes like Shrek to villains like The Wicked Queen. These films can bring fairytale worlds and animals to life with a gusto that no other medium can. With this in mind, the editors of Moviefone have named the 25 best animated films of all time,” Kurt Patat of Moviefone said in an e-mail.
While the list shapes up to be a battle between Disney and its own Pixar division, the editors selected “Toy Story” for the top spot.
“From the eye-popping beauty of its then-novel computer animation, to the perfect setup of the rivalry between Woody and Buzz, to the pitch-perfect array of eccentric characters surrounding the battling duo, this 1995 breakthrough from Pixar was as perfect an animated entertainment, and parable about friendship, as one could ever hope for. And it still is,” he said.
The naming of “Toy Story” to the top spot happens the week that Disney/Pixar prepares to release its 10th animated feature, “Up,” which recently opened France’s presitigious Cannes Film Festival.
In honor of this occasion, I’ve been working on a retrospective story on Pixar’s work and influence.
Checking out the Moviefone list, I see a couple I wouldn’t have placed as high (“Ratatouille” and “Bambi”) and others I would have put closer to the top (“The Nightmare Before Christmas definitely should be higher than No. 22, in my opinion). And I’m pleased to see that “Wallace & Gromit” got some love on this list, but I would have liked to see the first “Ice Age” movie on here. I believe it’s underrated and offers a zany Chuck Jones quality that few features these days achieve.
Here is the full list from Moviefone. To see a slideshow of the films, click here.
25. Dumbo (1941)
24. The Triplets of Belleville (2003)
23. Lady and the Tramp (1955)
22. The Nightmare Before Christmas (1993)
21. The Jungle Book (1967)
20. Princess Mononoke (1999)
19. Pinocchio (1940)
18. Toy Story 2 (1999)
17. Wallace & Gromit: The Curse of the Were-Rabbit (2005)
16. South Park: Bigger, Longer & Uncut (1999)
15. The Iron Giant (1999)
14. WALL-E (2008)
13. Beauty and the Beast (1991)
12. Ratatouille (2007)
11. Finding Nemo (2003)
10. Fantasia (1941)
9. Snow White and the Seven Dwarfs (1937)
8. Spirited Away (2002)
7. Cinderella (1950)
6. The Little Mermaid (1989)
5. Bambi (1942)
4. The Incredibles (2004)
3. Shrek (2001)
2. The Lion King (1994)
1. Toy Story (1995)
-BAM
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Comments
I agree with Bender. Both movies have a scene in which the main character (Cinderella and Gromit respectively) is making breakfast for some of the other characters.
The stepfamily signals Cinderella with bells and Cinderella takes up the 3 breakfasts while avoiding Lucifer.
Wallace signals Gromit with a genious button/light system, which Gromit reacts by pulling a lever to tilt Wallace’s bed so he slides down a hole directly to his seat. If that don’t work Gromit pulls another lever to reveal a mallet coming out of Wallace’s Wardrobe and smashes him out of the hole.
Cinderella higher than Were Rabbit? Thar’s a joke in it’s own right. Were Rabbit was more witty and clever. I speak on behalf of Britain when I say Wallace and Gromit Curse of the Were Rabbit is more of a visual treat than Cinderella.
Gromit is a more recourceful pet than Lucifer and Figaro combined.