A mix of new and old animated films (Top Ten Animated Movies)

Member Name: linzeelou

Product:	Top Ten Animated Movies
Date:	21/08/09 (99 review reads)
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Advantages: They're all fantastic

Disadvantages: I can't find some of them anymore

I'm really loving these top 10's in speakers corner and have a big list of them that I'm working through at the minute. I don't know anyone who doesn't like at least one animated film but I like quite a lot of them. I've had a look through the existing lists and find that most of them are Disney films so I'm hoping to have something a little different. Here are my top 10 animated films: (Not in a specific order)

1. The Lion King - This was the first film I can remember going to see at the cinema. I sat there the whole time with a huge smile on my face apart from when Mufasa died. I will never get bored of watching this film and I love to sing along.

2. Cars - When I worked in Canada in a children's shoe shop I got to watch DVD's while it was quiet. I'm glad DVD's don't wear out like VHS's used to because I think I would have killed this one. The story of cars falling in love is very entertaining while at the same time, the minor characters are extremely funny.

3. The little mermaid - What I love most about this film is the songs. Each one is fantastic and extremely catchy. This was another VHS that me and my sister wore out and had to buy multiple copies. I think we drove my mum crazy by playing it over and over and singing the songs all day long.

4. FernGully: The Last Rainforest - This film was adapted from a book by Diana Young. The main appeal of this film was the cast who provided the voices. Stars such as Christian Slater, Tim Curry and Samantha Mathis were some of the main characters. This is a story of a fairy girl who accidentally shrinks a human to stop him from being squashed by a tree. While it is a great love story, it was one of the only animated films that I have seen about saving the environment and I think it still teaches children a valuable lesson.

5. Care Bears the Movie - This one was released in 1985, before I was even born but I was brought up watching the Care Bears. This was the first time we ever saw the Care Bear cousins, who I found to be a lot more entertaining and fun than the actual Care Bears. The Care Bears must help a couple of orphans who don't care about anything, even the people around them. Even kids films have a bad guy and I thought Nicholas, the magician's apprentice, was quite scary and creepy at the time.

6. All dogs go to heaven - This film was released in 1989 (when I was only 3) but me and my sister went through a couple of copies of this film on VHS because we watched it so much. I think this film was the first one I ever cried at. Charlie, a German Shepherd gets killed by his gangster business partner but with a magical 'life watch', he is able to come back to earth to try and do one good deed before he has to go back to heaven. The story is lovely and heart warming. I'd forgotten how much I love this film.

7. The land before time - I'm beginning to see a trend to my favourite cartoon films now. Most of them seem to be from the 80's, a decade where I was only around for 4 years and not really old enough to understand any of the films at the time. The land before time tells the story of Littlefoot, a Apatosaurus who is orphaned and must find his way to the 'Great Valley' after being separated from his Grandparents. This is a lovely story of friendship, family and hardship and how the young dinosaur deals with it all.

8. The BFG - I actually remember watching this for the first time when I was really young and falling in love with it. My dad used to read Roald Dahl books to me all the time and seeing it transformed into a film was fascinating to me. I thought the story was very magical along with the words and sayings throughout. Every child should have seen this film at least once. There are 12 films in this series but I have only ever seen the first one.

9. Charlotte's Web - Wow, I have another one from before I was born. Charlotte's Webb was released in 1973 and based on the 1952 book by E. B. White. This film also made me cry and the story was absolutely fantastic. Charlotte's Web is a story of a pig who gets saved from being slaughtered and goes on to make friends with the other animals on the farm.

10. The Snow Queen - This is one of Hans Christian Anderson's best stories and the film made of it was just creepy. It is a story of the struggle between good and evil and the children that have to face the Snow Queen. It used to really scare me but is still one of my favourites. It's a shame I can't find a copy of it anywhere though.

I hope you enjoyed reading my top 10!

Summary: My top 10 animated films