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I know this may be a sacrilege on this board but does anybody have any Disney films they aren't afraid to admit they have in their DVD collection and enjoy from time to time? Here what I'll admit to;

Toy Story (1 and 2)
The Incredibles
Robin Hood
Aladdin

I like Pirates of the Caribbean (either one) and The Chronicles of Narnia. Disney releases a lot of films that are not what one would call kid movies, generally under the Marimax Label. But assuming you mean you classic Disney type movies, I have kids so I see a lot of them. Some are pretty good, some are pretty bad (unless you are really young).

I have a couple on VHS...Mulan and The Black Hole.

Sure do.

TRON.
THE BLACK HOLE.
20,000 LEAGUES UNDER THE SEA.
SLEEPING BEAUTY.
THE INCREDIBLES.

Would like to own:

The Legend of Sleepy Hollow
Toy Story films.
Peter Pan.

I like Disney movies. I liked them growing up and I like them now.

Some of my favorites have been:

Mary Poppins (Makes a good Thanksgiving day movie)
No Deposit, No Return
Toy Story 1 & 2
The Apple Dumpling Gang
Freaky Friday (the original and the remake)
The Moon-Spinners
Snow Dogs
The Santa Clause
Trenchcoat
The Lion King (not original, but fun)
Anything with Donald Duck


Amazingly, I have yet to see The Black Hole or Tron (and that ugly guy who dresses in a homemade Tron suit makes me want to see it even less).

Animated
Snow White and the 7 Dwarfs (one of the best animated films of all time)
Fantasia
Peter Pan (another really great animated film)
Sleeping Beautiy
The Black Cauldron (Probably the most underrated Disney animated film.

Live Action
The Black Hole
Tron

Fox and the Hound is an all-time favorite. 

Pretty much the 90s canon (We can start with Great Mouse Detective) up to Lion King.  After that, they did well with Mulan and Emperor's new Groove, but aside from that...

And I'll admit I enjoyed The Hunchback, simply because it was able to keep a nice dark tone to it.  Sure it had a happy ending, but that's okay.  The sequel was one of the worst things Disney had ever done, though.

Of course, these are the ones I grew up with.  No offense to the classics like Sleeping Beauty, Dumbo, Pinnochio.  They're all pretty great.

To be fair, I have never seen the Black Cauldron.

Oh yes I have THE APPLE DUMPLING GANG too and HERBIE THE LOVE BUG. Also would like to own Snow White and The Shaggy Dog.

We currently have:

On VHS

Pinnochio
Snow White and the Seven Dwarfs
Cinderella
The Little Mermaid
The Lion King
The Jungle Book
101 Dalmations (original animated)

On DVD

The Aristocats
Lady and the Tramp
Cars
Toy Story
Monsters, Inc.
The Incredibles
Finding Nemo
Beauty and the Beast

Shoot, there's probably a few I'm missing.  I watched a lot of Disney movies as a kid - the first couple of Herbie The Love Bug, Apple Dumpling Gang, etc, etc.

Nobody mentions Pete's Dragon!?  I'm appalled! 

I rented PETE'S DRAGON from Netflix for my daughter.  I really did not like it that much, and I was really psyched about seeing it.

It was a favorite of mine as a child.  It doesn't hold up as well today, but I still absolutely love it.

My favorite as a kid where Cinderella, Bambi, Little Mermaid, and when I got a bit older Toy Story.

Believe it or not, but Andrew and I do let our little ones watch a few Disney movies.  Our son is hooked on Cars and both the Toy Story movies.  We have actually had to hide Cars from him.  Our daughter will watch anything (even ultraman).  Personally I don't care for the message the princess movies send to young girls.  Oh poor me...I need a man to take care of me!  Please...that was fine when Mr. Disney was alive, but times have changed.  And could we please only make one of each.  I am so sick of seeing part 2 and 3 of a movie that was fine without anything else.   

We used to have about 20 Disney Movies and we must of watched them 10 or more times each with our daughter.  :smile: When she moved out they went with her. The ones we have now are:
Fantasia
Finding Nemo
Who Framed Roger Rabit
Toy Story

I agree.  That's one reason my daughter, now 4, is learning to use saws, chisels, drills, etc.  It is my goal to have her dependent on no one.

But alas, she REALLY likes all those 'princess' movies.  Sadly, right now her favorite movie is AIR BUDDIES;  I have my sister to thank for that.  (It's okay, though, she actually talks about DINOSAURUS more often than AIR BUDDIES...)   :smile:

That sounds like my daughter. It didn't matter what she watched her real personality came out in the end.  :smile:

I do not own a single live action or animated Disney movie.

Fellow members of the board, this explains a lot. (http://smileys.on-my-web.com/repository/Happy/happy-073.gif)

Wait!
I take that back.

I forgot that I own the 1980 film Midnight Madness (http://www.amazon.com/Midnight-Madness-David-Naughton/dp/B0000DZ3GQ/ref=imdbpov_dvd_0/105-9224026-2658011) on DVD.

"Fagabeefe!" (http://www.geocities.com/Hollywood/Hills/1867/Fagabeefe.html)

Well dang you. :tongueout:

At first, the cover looked dorky, but after reading about the movie and seeing the rave reviews...well..heck...it looks too good to pass up and now I want to see it.

Ah yes, I own WHO FRAMED ROGER RABBIT? too.

The little woman left out 3 of my favorites that we have on VHS,
Davy Crockett
Paul Bunyan
and my personal favorite, Old Yeller, possibly the best dog gone movie ever. (I couldn't resist, sorry)
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Saw this movie in the theater with my dad when I was about 6 or so, everyone in the theater was in tears at the end.

I've got a quite a few animated Disney flicks on DVD, but if I had to single out a few favorites I'd go with:

Finding Nemo
Aladdin
Pocahontas (I actually saw this one three or four times in the theater when it came out).

Just one...ROBIN HOOD. 
Somehow I think there's a connection between my fascination with that one particular Disney cartoon and my irrational affection for the 'Sly Cooper' games.

Though I do also have THE GREAT LOCOMOTIVE CHASE...a live actioner from that period when Disney could actually make live action films that didn't all star Ken Berry or Tim Conway.  If it didn't have to do with the civil war, it wouldn't really be in my collection, frankly speaking.

Disney is realeasing all of those Studio Ghibli DVDs that I own, so I guess I can add those.  they aren't Disney movioes, but I appreciate the work.  the Disney dub on Porco Russo is pretty marvelous.

FANTASIA.Night on Bald Mountain,of course,is my favorite sequence.Theres a never ending debate among Lugosi fanatics about whether he did or didn't model for the Demon.I'm on the did side.
I'm sure we have others...though I don't know what they are.

guess I should admit now I've been to several "Disney On Ice" events which I've enjoyed as well... :buggedout:  actually forgot to mention i loved Monster's Inc and Finding Nemo...

Personally, I've always liked The Fox and the Hound.  My girlfriend hates it because it's so depressing, but I've always liked it pretty much for that reason.  It isn't your typical Disney flick with everything falling right into place. 

Of course, I also enjoyed Toy Story and the Pirates movies.  Yes, even Dead Man's Chest...

When I was kid every Sunday we watched "The Wonderful World of Disney", they showed a lot of Disney's 50's movies like Shaggy Dog, Flubber, and Son of Flubber. 

My favorites Davy Crockett, Old Yeller, and Savage Sam. I had a lot of big brothers and wished I could throw rocks like that Arliss kid.

effing Alice in wonderland and The emporer's new groove.

Wasn't it called DISNEYS WONDERFUL WORLD of COLOR or some such thing many moons ago...?

Yes. It has gone under many names. The first time it was "Disneyland." Thereafter, not necessarily in this order, it has been called "Disney's Wonderful World," "Disneylandia," "The Disney Sunday Movie," "The Magical World of Disney," "The Wonderful World of Disney," "Walt Disney," "Walt Disney Presents," and as RC said, "Walt Disney's Wonderful World of Color."

Having a 7 year old I have just about every disney movie ever made lol. But my favorites are definatly
*Beauty and the Beast
*Fantasia
*Peter Pan
The wife is a HUGE fan of Cinderella
We also really enjoy Holes

I don't have as many as I'd like.

DVD animated:

A Goofy Movie
Sleeping Beauty
Lilo & Stitch
Beauty and the Beast
The Incredibles
A Bug's Life
The Journey of Natty Gann
Robin Hood
Cinderella
The Great Mouse Detective
Alice in Wonderland (two different DVD's of this one)
Finding Nemo
Monsters Inc.
a DVD of Mickey's Christmas Carol along with other Christmas shorts
Melody Time
The Sword in the Stone

DVD live action:

White Fang
Something Wicked This Way Comes
One Magic Christmas
20,000 Leagues Under the Sea
Iron Will
Return to Oz
Cool Runnings
Hocus Pocus
Pirates of the Caribbean: Curse of the Black Pearl
Flight of the Navigator
Tron
The Lion, the Witch, and the Wardrobe
Who Framed Roger Rabbit?

VHS:
Peter Pan
Toy Story
Toy Story 2
Emperor's New Groove
some others I can't find

Pete's Dragon has been mentioned, and I used to love it as a kid, but I can't stand watching it now.  My wife is the same way, and I know other folks who have the same opinion.  It's a wonderful children's film, but it doesn't grow with you.

Son of Flubber
Worlds Strongest Man
Gus
Shaggy Dog
Herbie

Going back a few good years-

Bambi
20,000 Leagues Under the Sea

A new 2 Disc release of Peter Pan is coming on March 6.

I've got Fantasia on VHS, maybe with this tax refund I'll splurge for the 3 DVD version (I've hooked my DVD audio through the stereo -- that option doesn't exist for my VCR.)

Disney in general is fine, but I just can't stand that mutant rodent -- he's always a bit too cheerful. (not to imply that he's constantly taking pep pills, but ya gotta wonder why Mickey's always up.)

Finding Nemo
The Incredibles
Enchanted...yeah, you got a problem with that!!!

I also enjoy but don't have on DVD:
Mary Poppins
The Lion King
Toy Story 1 &2
A Bugs Life
Hercules

A Goofy Movie- Goofy's probably my favorite Disney character, next to Donald Duck.
Toy Story
Monster's Inc.
Pete's Dragon
Who Framed Roger Rabbit- Not sure if this is technically a "Disney" movie, but it features Disney characters, like Donald Duck and Mickey Mouse.

I really like escape to witch mountain and the cat from outer space

How old am I? Old enough to remember when it was Walt himself introducing the show.

I had to go find a list here (http://www.disneymovieslist.com/disney-movies.asp) to refresh my memory of what Disney had done. In no particular order, my favorites are:

Snow White
Fantasia
Lady and the Tramp
Sword in the Stone
Mary Poppins
Jungle Book (the more recent live-action one)
Beauty and the Beast
Little Mermaid
Aladdin
Pocahontas
Finding Nemo
The Incredibles (best animated movie ever by anyone!)
Winnie the Pooh
The Lion, the Witch and the Wardrobe
Bambi
Mulan

I used to have a few Disney dvd's but I sold most of them off for extra money.

What I did use to have:
Tron
Finding Nemo (One of my favorites)

20,000 Leagues Under the Sea
Iron Will
Return to Oz

I like some of the goofy 60's-70's live-action movies like Gus, The World's Greatest Athlete, Herbie, The Shaggy Dog and all those Kurt Russell movies.  The Disney Classics like Snow White and Dumbo and such are great too. I also own the Walt Disney Treasures:On the Front Lines, which is a collection of their WW2 cartoons. Some of those are very interesting.

Boy...this thread goes back  a few years,eh?
Yeah...I remember ol' Walt introducing the program as well!

This should bring back some memories,Shmendrik...!

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Q_SwXw7do4c

My favorites included Treasure Planet, Atlantis: The Lost Empire, The Incredibles, The Jungle Book, House of Villians (Strange huh?  I saw this when I was teen, but I figured it would still be interesting to see.) Hercules, and Wall-E (I don't own it, but it is so on my wish list for my birthday).

My favorites are:
Tron
The Black Hole
Cars
Dumbo
Sword And The Stone
Alice in Wonderland
The Apple Dumpling Gang

I have The Lion King on DVD and VHS The Lion King 2 on DVD and The Little Mermaid on VHS.

Live action-wise, I probably have a few more than I am aware of, but I recently bought Enchanted (it's a guilty pleasure) on DVD.

Honey, I Shrunk The Kids  :thumbup:

The Dark Cauldron is both facinating and painful to watch because the childrens' fantasy and kids' adventure elements keep cancelling each other out.

A lot of people thought The Emperor's New Groove was overwrought.
I think it is one of the funniest cartoons ever made.

It's one of my personal favorites as well.  David Spade and John Goodman delivered some good voice acting for this movie.

Escape to Witch Mountain
The Million Dollar Duck

on the whole, it's not surprising that it's almost embarrassing to admit any kind of admiration for Disney, considering what it has degenerated into since Walt's death and we will never see that level of craftsmanship and artistry again, alas.

1. Pinocchio. It has a texture and mood unlike anything else. It cannot be overrated.
2. Dumbo. What more can one say after Pink Elephants on parade?  (well, come to think of it, Sun Ra did have more to say on it)
3. Fantasia. It's mixed, but the abstract Toccata and fugue, Mussorgsky's demonic 'Night on bare mountain' , Dukas' Sorcerer, and Stravinsky's Rite stand with some of the most startling and innovative animation ever committed to celluloid. Plus, it has the wizard of a magician, Stoki  making delightful mince meat of much of the music  (Stoki is now considered uncouth in today's high brow, bland, orthodox music scene).
4. Snow White. Another one that cannot be over rated. When Walt was at the helm, Disney actually too risks. It's not for vain reason that James Agee ranked Disney with Chaplin.
5.101 Dalmations. Disney  being almost a ship as Busby Berkeley.

Partly but don't 100% agree. And in an interview with Walt I once heard him scoff at the idea of "artistry". He characterized himself as an entertainer, and the goal was to make money. But you're right, he was a visionary artist and he completely changed the animation field, raising the standards far above what anything anybody had ever considered before.

In one of his earliest shorts, I don't recall which, Mickey Mouse is playing the piano and his fingers are actually PLAYING THE CORRECT NOTES. That's just astonishing for so many reasons. Pixar probably has the dominant role in animation now that Walt once had.

However I said I don't 100% agree. When Jeffery Katzenberg was running the Disney movies there were some amazingly good films. We took our little girl to see "Beauty and the Beast" and I was blown away by the music right from the opening number. It struck me that I was listening to a Broadway-class overture that would work on any live stage.

I recall around that time critics were proclaiming that the musical was dead, that audiences didn't want to hear actors sing anymore. Then Disney had several hits with really top-notch music and critics declared that audiences only wanted to hear actors sing if they were animated (this was about the time that Steven Bochco bombed with a musical cop show on TV called "Cop Rock"). Then we had smash live hits like "Phantom" and "Les Mis". Have the critics gotten the idea yet that people want to hear musicals if it's GOOD MUSIC? Probably not. But for a few years there Disney was doing really great musicals. It's no surprise that those films have had a second life as live-action stage shows.

I had occasion to watch "Dr Syn:  The Scarecrow of Romney Marsh" this past weekend.  It holds up amazingly well, with some genuine scares and tension.

My wife goes with "Emil and The Detectives".

peter johnson/denny crane

Yes, Disney, Like John Ford, made overtures to disclaim artistry, which makes me respect them even more, but "The Searchers" and "Fantasia" are but two examples that give lie to their claims (a bit like the dadaists making anti-art art or supposed atheists Stravinsky & Bunuel creating religious art).

And I would partially agree with you on the Katzenberg Disney era. "Beauty and the Beast", "Little Mermaid" and "Alladin' all were well crafted films, the best since Walt's death. However, Beast lacked any real sense of danger, such as we find in Cocteau's version, "Mermaid" had the happy ending and Robin Williams' performance really seems distracting to the good of the story. "Lion King" , like Elton John, was pure saccharine,  IMHO. But, that said, the first three are near classics and 'Tarzan", surprisingly, was decent and, even more surprisingly, had a halfway decent Phil Collins score. Who would have ever thought?

Peace

My wife and I love Disney and especially Pixar. So you could just make a list from the past years of animated movies and they would be on there. Pixar especially, each movie keeps getting better and better.

We've got a few of the older animated features around - Bambi, Dumbo, The Rescuers, The Jungle Book, 101 Dalmatians (Ro's current favourite). The only Pixar title we own is Finding Nemo, and ironically, we can't find it. After renting WALL-E, I'm tempted to buy that as well.

Of the live-action features, I used to own a copy of 20,000 Leagues Under the Sea, but I don't know what happened to it. We've got Tron and The Black Hole, and possibly a couple of others.

And speaking of 20,000 Leagues, I love this bit:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=WlM5yokGZ_s

I've got Tron on DVD.  It's a very well done movie, and I'm glad to hear they're finally doing a sequel.  The special trailer they showed at Comicon was amazing. 

The Black Hole is another great effort I own, that had the misfortune of coming out before Disney created Touchstone Pictures.  I think they should remake it and work out a few of the kinks, mainly the ending, and the cutesy robots.  I could totally see the fellow who played Veidt/Ozymandias in Watchmen playing Dr. Reindhardt. 

We just got in a Goofy DVD for my son with all the older cartoons.  I love those cartoons, especially with the straight laced guy narrating over Goofy's antics.

Yea, i always prefer the old looney tunes over the old disney, but that guys always gets me. the narator, i mean.

I don't have any Disney films on dvd or video.

Oh, wait. Yes, I do. I have an anniversary edition of "Mary Poppins," and I just remember I have a collection of DTV videos, if anybody remembers those from the early days of the Disney Channel. Sort of like MTV videos, but using Disney cartoons as background for the music.

And since I posted my favorite non-Disney films, here is a list of my favorite Disney films, and while most of them are from Touchstone, Disney's adult film division, they are Disney films. And since it is too easy or hard for me to pick just animated films, for the most part, I tried to stay away from those and pick just live action films. And in alphabetical order . . .

The Alamo
Bridge to Terabithia
Chronicles of Narnia
The Color of Money
Dead Poets' Society
Dinosaurs
D2
Evita
Good Morning, Vietnam
Hidalgo
In Search of the Castaways
The Mighty Ducks
Something Wicked This Way Comes
The Straight Story
Swiss Family Robinson
and Tex