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Title: Worst Animated Movie: What's Your Pick?
Post by: InformationGeek on April 20, 2009, 08:33:07 PM
Seriously, I think this is a field we don't look at enough.  There are tons of terrible or horrible animated movies out there and we don't talk enough or rip them a new one enough of the them.  So, I think it is fair enough that we should have a bit of a sound off on what are some of the worst animated movies out there, whether they are B movies (Like Raggedy Ann & Andy) or regular films (Like Rock-A-Doodle ).  As long as movie has enough animation to be consider an animated movie (like Pagemaster & Cool World), it can be counted.  So, what do you guys think are the worst out there or at least is the worst to you?

I would have to give the nod in my view to Titanic: The Legend Goes On.  Very tasteless, very inaccurate to the tradgey, a horrible ripoff of the better movie & Cindrella, and the worst songs around, sung by Mexican Mice and or a rapping dog.


Title: Re: Worst Animated Movie: What's Your Pick?
Post by: akiratubo on April 20, 2009, 08:42:01 PM
Let's agree to limit this to Western animation, shall we?  If we include anime, it would be literally impossible to pick the "worst".  (I like anime, but you've got to admit its s**t:not s**t ratio is heavily biased toward s**t.)


Title: Re: Worst Animated Movie: What's Your Pick?
Post by: HappyGilmore on April 20, 2009, 08:56:21 PM
So, what do you guys think are the worst out there or at least is the worst to you?



Only one answer to that question:
The Care Bears Movie.
(http://i130.photobucket.com/albums/p256/blueeyedcountrybooty/care%20bears/thcarebears.jpg)


Title: Re: Worst Animated Movie: What's Your Pick?
Post by: Mr. DS on April 20, 2009, 09:08:29 PM
So, what do you guys think are the worst out there or at least is the worst to you?



Only one answer to that question:
The Care Bears Movie.
([url]http://i130.photobucket.com/albums/p256/blueeyedcountrybooty/care%20bears/thcarebears.jpg[/url])

Actually the sequel was even crappier. 

Many are going to disagree but I'll put up Cars although I know annimation wise it wasn't bad at all.  Story wise, too redneck for me.  Way too redneck.


Title: Re: Worst Animated Movie: What's Your Pick?
Post by: InformationGeek on April 20, 2009, 09:15:13 PM
Let's agree to limit this to Western animation, shall we?  If we include anime, it would be literally impossible to pick the "worst".  (I like anime, but you've got to admit its s**t:not s**t ratio is heavily biased toward s**t.)

Fair enough.  That can be discuss for another time.


Title: Re: Worst Animated Movie: What's Your Pick?
Post by: HappyGilmore on April 20, 2009, 09:18:14 PM
So, what do you guys think are the worst out there or at least is the worst to you?



Only one answer to that question:
The Care Bears Movie.
([url]http://i130.photobucket.com/albums/p256/blueeyedcountrybooty/care%20bears/thcarebears.jpg[/url])

Actually the sequel was even crappier. 

Many are going to disagree but I'll put up Cars although I know annimation wise it wasn't bad at all.  Story wise, too redneck for me.  Way too redneck.

Cars is god-awful.  Words can't explain how truly awful that film is.  And I usually like the Disney/Pixar flicks.

And, I couldn't even bring myself to watch Care Bears 2.  No thanks.  After the first, I was done and traumatized.


Title: Re: Worst Animated Movie: What's Your Pick?
Post by: Mr. DS on April 20, 2009, 09:23:04 PM
Anything with Larry The Cable guy in it is enough for me to turn tail and run away. 


Title: Re: Worst Animated Movie: What's Your Pick?
Post by: HappyGilmore on April 20, 2009, 09:28:04 PM
Anything with Larry The Cable guy in it is enough for me to turn tail and run away. 
How the hell that dude got a movie deal is beyond me.  He's had what, three movies?  "Git-R-Done" my ass.  That dude's a terrible comedian and an even worse actor.


Title: Re: Worst Animated Movie: What's Your Pick?
Post by: Mr. DS on April 20, 2009, 09:40:05 PM
Anything with Larry The Cable guy in it is enough for me to turn tail and run away. 
How the hell that dude got a movie deal is beyond me.  He's had what, three movies?  "Git-R-Done" my ass.  That dude's a terrible comedian and an even worse actor.
My son has a talking Mater...I want to smash it. 

I'm trying to think of other bad annimated films but I'm having a hard time.  Theres many out there I respect that I don't really care for such as Dumbo. 


Title: Re: Worst Animated Movie: What's Your Pick?
Post by: Raffine on April 20, 2009, 09:46:56 PM
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Titanic: The Legend Goes On. Very tasteless, very inaccurate to the tradgey, a horrible ripoff of the better movie & Cindrella, and the worst songs around, sung by Mexican Mice and or a rapping dog.


It looks like with a little 101 DALMATIANS, AN AMERICAN TALE, and THE ARISTOCATS thrown in the mix as well.

(http://i479.photobucket.com/albums/rr154/Raffine/986_bdvd_l.jpg)




Title: Re: Worst Animated Movie: What's Your Pick?
Post by: Ash on April 21, 2009, 12:24:39 AM

Many are going to disagree but I'll put up Cars although I know annimation wise it wasn't bad at all.  Story wise, too redneck for me.  Way too redneck.

I definitely agree with you on Cars.  I couldn't even finish it and shut it off about 45 minutes in.
Terrible movie!   :thumbdown:


Title: Re: Worst Animated Movie: What's Your Pick?
Post by: Skull on April 21, 2009, 09:26:52 AM
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Titanic: The Legend Goes On. Very tasteless, very inaccurate to the tradgey, a horrible ripoff of the better movie & Cindrella, and the worst songs around, sung by Mexican Mice and or a rapping dog.


It looks like with a little 101 DALMATIANS, AN AMERICAN TALE, and THE ARISTOCATS thrown in the mix as well.

([url]http://i479.photobucket.com/albums/rr154/Raffine/986_bdvd_l.jpg[/url])





Oh, crap!!! Its a real movie

http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0330994/


I want it (for my wife) but I cannot find it!!! Any ideas... :)


Title: Re: Worst Animated Movie: What's Your Pick?
Post by: HappyGilmore on April 21, 2009, 09:44:56 AM
Gumby: The Movie.

I like Gumby, but eh.


Title: Re: Worst Animated Movie: What's Your Pick?
Post by: Raffine on April 21, 2009, 09:54:07 AM
Quote
Titanic: The Legend Goes On. Very tasteless, very inaccurate to the tradgey, a horrible ripoff of the better movie & Cindrella, and the worst songs around, sung by Mexican Mice and or a rapping dog.


It looks like with a little 101 DALMATIANS, AN AMERICAN TALE, and THE ARISTOCATS thrown in the mix as well.

([url]http://i479.photobucket.com/albums/rr154/Raffine/986_bdvd_l.jpg[/url])





Oh, crap!!! Its a real movie

[url]http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0330994/[/url]


I want it (for my wife) but I cannot find it!!! Any ideas... :)


From that image I'm guessing the first class passengers are depicted as humans and the third class passengers are animals?

Nice, nice, very nice.

The whole thing is on YouTube as TITANIC ANIMATED MOVIE.

 http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=BxHNztg0X3s&feature=related

Suck on that, Mariah Carey.


Title: Re: Worst Animated Movie: What's Your Pick?
Post by: Cthulhu on April 21, 2009, 10:25:54 AM
Kis Vuk.
http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0830861/ (http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0830861/)
I actually felt pain watching this.
You think a rapping dog is bad? Try a rapping crow. Yes, a rapping crow.


Title: Re: Worst Animated Movie: What's Your Pick?
Post by: Joe on April 21, 2009, 10:32:14 AM
my vote goes to "The Return of Jafar"


Title: Re: Worst Animated Movie: What's Your Pick?
Post by: Mr. DS on April 21, 2009, 11:24:47 AM
my vote goes to "The Return of Jafar"

This movie was pretty forgetable and it looked like they put a half @ssed effort into the animation.    Come to think of it, I'd nominate about 98% of Disney's (mostly unneeded) direct to video sequels of popular films.  Although I did find the Lion King 2 1/2 witty.  Pre-Pixar Disney also gave up a lot of duds.  How about that Atlantis movie with Michael J Fox?  Or The Emporer's New Groove.


Title: Re: Worst Animated Movie: What's Your Pick?
Post by: MilkManPictures on April 21, 2009, 11:44:44 AM
Shark Tale... :thumbdown:


Title: Re: Worst Animated Movie: What's Your Pick?
Post by: asimpson2006 on April 21, 2009, 12:34:11 PM
This movie was pretty forgetable and it looked like they put a half @ssed effort into the animation.    Come to think of it, I'd nominate about 98% of Disney's (mostly unneeded) direct to video sequels of popular films. 

Have to agree with you on that.  Most of them are not needed at all, but Disney just wants to milk some of it's more popular franchises for more money.  Like I remember seeing a few weeks ago a sequel for the Little Mermaid, and the first thing that came to mind was that Di$ney wanted more money for a movie that is quite old and the franchise that IMO is a good franchise but does not need a sequel.



Title: Re: Worst Animated Movie: What's Your Pick?
Post by: ghouck on April 21, 2009, 01:49:48 PM
The thing about those Disney movies, is the first few that came out on VHS/Laserdisc weren't bad. The original Alladin, Beauty and the Beast, Pinochio, weren't bad flicks or badly made. It's just that they gravitated from quality to quantity the moment they had enough people lured into buying anything with the name Disney attached to it, and believe me, there are more than enough people doing so that it will not change any time soon. Even with the screwed up economy, I bet their sales are still going strong, because people look at buying those as cheap babysitters for pre-school kids and kids on summer break.


Title: Re: Worst Animated Movie: What's Your Pick?
Post by: Joe the Destroyer on April 21, 2009, 02:46:22 PM
Shark Tale was pretty bad.  Hoodwinked came really close to grabbing the gold here.  To be honest, I can't think of too many animated films I've absolutely hated.  It's easy to spot a bad one there, and thus fairly easy to avoid them.  I haven't watched any of the unwarranted Disney sequels (although I think I caught bits and pieces of Return of Jafar, but don't remember any of it). 


Title: Re: Worst Animated Movie: What's Your Pick?
Post by: Ash on April 21, 2009, 03:13:39 PM
Have to agree with you on that.  Most of them are not needed at all, but Disney just wants to milk some of it's more popular franchises for more money. 


Reminds me of when Family Guy lampooned this.
Alladin 4: Jafar May Need Glasses

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5iLsH8IXj38





Title: Re: Worst Animated Movie: What's Your Pick?
Post by: InformationGeek on April 21, 2009, 03:44:14 PM
I'd nominate about 98% of Disney's (mostly unneeded) direct to video sequels of popular films.  Although I did find the Lion King 2 1/2 witty.  Pre-Pixar Disney also gave up a lot of duds.  How about that Atlantis movie with Michael J Fox?  Or The Emporer's New Groove.

I actually like Atlantis (I loved the animation in it) & Emperor's New Groove.  I do agree with you that most direct to video sequels from Disney blow.  Though the Christmas Beauty and the Beast and Addlain 3 were ok.

People are so down on Larry the Cable Guy, it's an ok actor.  Now if we are talking about a BAD actor, why don't we give props to that kid from Rock-A-Doodle?  He blows.

As for more animated movies that are bad in general, I say A Troll in Central Park and that sequel to American Tail, Aka Feviel Goes West (Or something like that.)


Title: Re: Worst Animated Movie: What's Your Pick?
Post by: Hammock Rider on April 21, 2009, 03:55:03 PM
Doogal came out in 2006. It's about a dog that has to save the world by going on a quest for some magic diamonds. A dog was the appropriate lead for this movie, although a turkey would have fit the bill as well. Or a big steamy talking turd. It was horrible, boring and basically the distilled essence of everything that was wrong with animated movies that came out in the "animation boom" after Shrek. :thumbdown:

(http://i228.photobucket.com/albums/ee71/HammockRider/DoogalAventurasPeludas.jpg)


Title: Re: Worst Animated Movie: What's Your Pick?
Post by: HappyGilmore on April 21, 2009, 07:11:13 PM
The thing about those Disney movies, is the first few that came out on VHS/Laserdisc weren't bad. The original Alladin, Beauty and the Beast, Pinochio, weren't bad flicks or badly made. It's just that they gravitated from quality to quantity the moment they had enough people lured into buying anything with the name Disney attached to it, and believe me, there are more than enough people doing so that it will not change any time soon. Even with the screwed up economy, I bet their sales are still going strong, because people look at buying those as cheap babysitters for pre-school kids and kids on summer break.
The flicks you mentioned are good.  It's the aping of the name to cash in on unnecessary sequels that people hate.  Like Lion King 4: When Animals Attack or something. 

My favorite is when Disney pulls a movie 'Out of the vault' for the last time, like Pinocchio.  They give it a "One time only, limited dvd' run at the store.  Then all dvd's get pulled off the shelves, just to make a buck.  Then, a year later, they'll 'Reopen the vault" again, giving Pinocchio a "Brand new dvd, with bonus features, interviews, never before seen scenes", etc.  Then, a year later "It's the brand new BLU-RAY DVD of Pinocchio, with all the old features, BUT IN BLU RAY", get it now.

Way to rob people of money, Disney. :bluesad:


Title: Re: Worst Animated Movie: What's Your Pick?
Post by: indianasmith on April 21, 2009, 07:17:18 PM
As a parent of twin girls, I came to hate the LAND BEFORE TIME FRANCHISE with an all-consuming passion  :hatred:. . . and the sequels kept coming and coming and coming  :buggedout:. . . I used to fantasize about the entire cast being eaten by a T-Rex!! :bouncegiggle:

But as far as a stand-alone movie goes, I think THE ADVENTURES OF THE POLAR BEAR CUBS was the absolute worst film ever.  I get the dry heaves just thinking about that awful "Slap a Happy fish!" song!!!


Title: Re: Worst Animated Movie: What's Your Pick?
Post by: Mr. DS on April 21, 2009, 07:43:04 PM
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Way to rob people of money, Disney.

After going to thier parks last year, I'm still bleeding from the financial rectal area. 


Title: Re: Worst Animated Movie: What's Your Pick?
Post by: HappyGilmore on April 21, 2009, 08:04:00 PM
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Way to rob people of money, Disney.

After going to thier parks last year, I'm still bleeding from the financial rectal area. 
I've always wanted to go to their parks, just out of curiosity. 

But, at the same time, never wanted to dish out $100,000 that it apparently costs to do so.  I don't know how much it does cost, but people told me it's expensive.


Title: Re: Worst Animated Movie: What's Your Pick?
Post by: Warp Ninja X on April 22, 2009, 12:30:15 AM
Heavy Metal 2000


Title: Re: Worst Animated Movie: What's Your Pick?
Post by: Jim H on April 22, 2009, 03:59:22 AM
Heavy Metal 2000 is pretty terrible, I have to agree. 

In all honestly, the direct-to-DVD Disney films are stunning in their mediocrity.  Really, they're not terrible - just very mediocre.  Heavy Metal 2000 is the worst western animated movie I can think of right now.

I'll just toss one anime film in their, as it was an early one to get a US release - I saw it in the early 90s.  MD Geist.  I gave it a 1 out of 10.  Just have to mention it, sorry, it's one of the worst movies of ANY kind I've ever seen.  The only thing not COMPLETELY terrible about it are the opening and ending scenes.


Title: Re: Worst Animated Movie: What's Your Pick?
Post by: ghouck on April 22, 2009, 10:21:56 AM

But, at the same time, never wanted to dish out $100,000 that it apparently costs to do so.  I don't know how much it does cost, but people told me it's expensive.

The thing about parks like that, is it sucks that they're expensive, until you go to a CHEAP park. I've been to amusement parks that cost $12 to get in, and what you get into is a park with no usable bathrooms, lines for rides that do not move at all because there are more people jumping line ahead of you than the ride has capacity for, and trash EVERYWHERE. When I am in Ohio, I always go to Cedar Point, it's ~$55 to get in, but the place in CLEAN, people don't/can't jump in line, and it's too damn expensive for people to use it as a babysitter. Kids who do get the season pass and get dropped off daily either behave or get their passes revoked when they do start being buttheads. I went to one park when I was a kid and the line ahead of me actually got LONGER because so many people were jumping, BUT, it only cost me $12 for the entire day, and, I got sick from the food.


Title: Re: Worst Animated Movie: What's Your Pick?
Post by: HappyGilmore on April 22, 2009, 07:31:27 PM

But, at the same time, never wanted to dish out $100,000 that it apparently costs to do so.  I don't know how much it does cost, but people told me it's expensive.

The thing about parks like that, is it sucks that they're expensive, until you go to a CHEAP park. I've been to amusement parks that cost $12 to get in, and what you get into is a park with no usable bathrooms, lines for rides that do not move at all because there are more people jumping line ahead of you than the ride has capacity for, and trash EVERYWHERE. When I am in Ohio, I always go to Cedar Point, it's ~$55 to get in, but the place in CLEAN, people don't/can't jump in line, and it's too damn expensive for people to use it as a babysitter. Kids who do get the season pass and get dropped off daily either behave or get their passes revoked when they do start being buttheads. I went to one park when I was a kid and the line ahead of me actually got LONGER because so many people were jumping, BUT, it only cost me $12 for the entire day, and, I got sick from the food.
That's the thing, though.  I HATE amusement parks and haven't been to them in about ten years.  Last time I went, I was about 14/15.  And the reason I hate them is the reasons you just stated.  You either pay out of your ass for a  good one, or pay cheap and have a horrible experience.  Plus, I generally hate rides.

I go to the Jersey shore for vacation, and visit their boardwalks.  If I wanna get on a ride, I don't have to pay for an all day pass.  Just go to the teller and buy the amount of tickets needed.  I have more fun playing the games and stuff anyway.


Title: Re: Worst Animated Movie: What's Your Pick?
Post by: wickednick on April 23, 2009, 11:25:44 AM
All right I know im going to get hate for this, but I find Ralph Bakshi films to be horribly animated. The fellow ship of the rings movie I find the worst. Cant stand the constant intercuts of cheap animation with reversed out recorded film footage which looked like you made it with a bunch of LARPS enthusiast. I think he is a very talented artist. His backgrounds are often beautiful but the animation and charectors are overly simple and cheaply done.


Title: Re: Worst Animated Movie: What's Your Pick?
Post by: Moreau on April 23, 2009, 12:08:04 PM
i used to love that lord of rhe rings cartoon! hobbits played by actors are kind of ridiculous, but animated ones are quite sympathetic. was aragorn supposed to be native american? anyway, that's how he'll always be in my mind's eye, viggo or no.

i tried and failed to watch the transformers animated film a couple of years ago. it was unbearable. i'm sorry, orson welles.


Title: Re: Worst Animated Movie: What's Your Pick?
Post by: peter johnson on April 23, 2009, 01:52:36 PM
Bakshi had a horrible time with "Lord of The Rings", and rushed it to completion, when, in reality, it probably never should have seen the light of day.  I had occasion to watch it again recently on VHS, and could only shake my head -- The idea of hand-painted Rotoscoping isn't inherently a bad idea -- look at Disney's "Snow White" -- but needs careful attention, and rushing it results in characters whose faces run all over the place like "House of Wax"!!

"Wizards" was his warm-up to "Rings", and "Wizards", for all its numerous flaws, is a better picture.

Before dismissing Bakshi out-of-hand, I'd say check out his flawed masterpiece "Heavy Traffic", even though you can't find the original X-Rated version anywhere these days in any format.

I gotta admit, though, Bakshi's "Rings" really does qualify to be in the "worst animated" running, if for no other reason than Boromir's eyes can't stay in the same place on his face for 2 seconds at a time!

peter johnson/denny woozy


Title: Re: Worst Animated Movie: What's Your Pick?
Post by: HappyGilmore on April 23, 2009, 09:13:14 PM
i used to love that lord of rhe rings cartoon! hobbits played by actors are kind of ridiculous, but animated ones are quite sympathetic. was aragorn supposed to be native american? anyway, that's how he'll always be in my mind's eye, viggo or no.

i tried and failed to watch the transformers animated film a couple of years ago. it was unbearable. i'm sorry, orson welles.
For me, the highlight of Transformers: The Movie was the use of Weird Al's song "Dare to Be Stupid."


Title: Re: Worst Animated Movie: What's Your Pick?
Post by: Mr. DS on April 24, 2009, 12:02:22 PM
I have to admit the plot in the the GI Joe annimated movie leaves a ton to be desired.  The whole idea that Cobra is based on a secret society of snake people just kind of killed my love for the cartoon. 


Title: Re: Worst Animated Movie: What's Your Pick?
Post by: MilkManPictures on April 24, 2009, 01:44:05 PM
Cobra LaLaLaLaLa!!!!


Title: Re: Worst Animated Movie: What's Your Pick?
Post by: sideorderofninjas on April 24, 2009, 10:03:14 PM
Good to know that the voices of Sgt Slaughter and Don Johnson could save the world..


Title: Re: Worst Animated Movie: What's Your Pick?
Post by: InformationGeek on April 25, 2009, 08:23:54 AM
I just go an idea for another horrible movie!  As anyone seen Thumbelina before?!  That movie was bad!


Title: Re: Worst Animated Movie: What's Your Pick?
Post by: Olivia Bauer on April 25, 2009, 10:20:12 PM
Titanic: The Legend Goes On?

There's a name I wish I could forget.

Check this out...

http://thatguywiththeglasses.com/videolinks/thatguywiththeglasses/nostalgia-critic/5605-titantic-the-legend-goes-on

Anyways... I haven't seen the animated Titanic movie (Nor do I wish so), so I'll go with the next best thing......


Ferngully: The Last Rainforest


Title: Re: Worst Animated Movie: What's Your Pick?
Post by: WingedSerpent on April 27, 2009, 07:50:37 AM
Ferngully was pretty lame.  As was Rock a Doodle. 

The worst recent one, Shark Tale.  How can I explain why I don't like it.  Ever seen parody of studio executives trying to make a movie profitable.  Where they just pile on cliche and pop culture references to make things "hip".  This is a movie that was created in that fashion.

One of the worst Disney animated films, The Hunchback of Notre Dame.  There is something so wrong about turning that novel into a musical animated featue.  Yes, it's been done before-but never before did one so completely feel wrong. I made it a point to miss this one and read the book instead. (Spoiler alert: It's not a happy disney ending)

The worst one I haven't seen is an animated version of King Kong.  I know the movie existed becasue I remember seeing it in a grocery store in their DVD bin.  I am curious to know how they handled Kong getting killedg at the end.  The box art made it look like a kid-friendly movie.  and it even said it was a musical adventure. 


Title: Re: Worst Animated Movie: What's Your Pick?
Post by: InformationGeek on April 27, 2009, 03:47:17 PM
The worst one I haven't seen is an animated version of King Kong.  I know the movie existed becasue I remember seeing it in a grocery store in their DVD bin.  I am curious to know how they handled Kong getting killedg at the end.  The box art made it look like a kid-friendly movie.  and it even said it was a musical adventure. 

Musical adventure?!  King Kong?!  As if Titantic: The Animated Musical wasn't bad enough!


Title: Re: Worst Animated Movie: What's Your Pick?
Post by: Derf on April 27, 2009, 08:46:51 PM
There's bad, and there's awful. Many animated films from the smaller studios are bad mostly because of low budgets. Cool World, another of Bakshi's brainchildren, had a budget and was #$)#* painful to me. I paid to see it in a theater because I liked the idea, and what I got was a huge, steaming pile of yak crap. I liked Wizards, so I had fair hopes for Cool World, but I left the theater angry over the waste of time and money.


Title: Re: Worst Animated Movie: What's Your Pick?
Post by: KriegenGeist89 on May 02, 2009, 06:05:09 AM
M.D. Geist as well as its sequel http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fGotar_UFgA


Title: Re: Worst Animated Movie: What's Your Pick?
Post by: KriegenGeist89 on May 02, 2009, 06:11:08 AM
M.D. Geist as well as its sequel [url]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fGotar_UFgA[/url]


Really, M.D. Geist is considered one of the worst anime movies of all time.
The action and artwork is great, but the plot has too many holes and the dubbing sucks.


Title: Re: Worst Animated Movie: What's Your Pick?
Post by: D-Man on May 03, 2009, 05:22:15 AM
Another vote for Rock A Doodle here. Horrible songs, coupled with the worst child voice actor I've ever heard.  The Nostalgia critic did a wonderful review of it as well.

http://thatguywiththeglasses.com/videolinks/thatguywiththeglasses/nostalgia-critic/5452-rock-a-doodle

Also, there's a direct to video sequel to The Secret of NIMH.  I've never seen it, but I've heard that it's effing terrible as well.