Top 10 Lists: The beginning

[kcrobinson]

Hey, it's the end of the decade! Do you know what that means? It means that it's time for Top-Ten lists! As in "top 10 news stories of the decade", "top 10 most tragic celebrity deaths of the decade", and "top 10 most influential websites of the decade

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[raccoon428]

Please tell me Up and Wall-E are making this list.

Wall-E in particular would probably be my number one pick... although Lilo and Stitch would be close...

Oh, wait. Does Enchanted count as animated? Cause that was fucking hilarious...

Shit. I love animated movies too much. ;)

[jessicahoward]

Up (2009) and Wall-E (2008) are great recent animated films.

Some other great ones from this decade include: Finding Nemo (2003), Ice Age (2002), Monsters Inc (2001), The Incredibles (2004)-as you mentioned, Happy Feet (2006),

Do clay-mation and the like count, too? The Academy includes them in the animated films category. Coraline (2009) was amazing. It is puppet stop-motion. Chicken Run (2000) is also fantastic. I have also heard great things about Fantastic Mr. Fox (in theaters), but since I haven't seen it yet, I can't vouch.

The only animated films that I missed this decade but I would like to see are Tim Burton's 9 (2009) and Corpse Bride (2005).

[jessicahoward]

Two Disney films get honorable mentions from me, because even though they weren't strictly "good", they are stinkin' cute. Those are Chicken Little (2005) and The Little Mermaid: Ariel's Beginning (2008).

[jessicahoward]

Oh, oh, oh!! I forgot to put down Over the Hedge (2006). That fits into the 'great' category, right after that dangling comma.

[anonymous]

I will lose all respect for you if you do not include Wall-E. that is all. Kasia

[kcrobinson]

Wow, that's 3 high votes for Wall-E...

Maybe I need to reconsider my list, because yes, I snubbed Wall-E. I'll talk more about this later, but the absolutely wonderful first half couldn't save the movie from the most mediocre last third.

I have watched Wall-E a couple of times since I first saw it. Every time I have to stop after the "fire extinguisher in space" scene because that is the end of the movie's enjoyability for me.

[raccoon428]

What? The ending where they rush him back home but he loses his memory and starts cleaning up all the things he's collected? I was like a blubbering baby... Sure, all the action-packed stuff in the spaceship was a little contrived, but the ending came back to that true, non-dialog storytelling that makes the beginning so great.

[kcrobinson]

Hmm...Maybe I'll need to re-watch the entire movie.

[jessicahoward]

I'm not 100% certain that Wall-E would make my cut if I had to narrow down to a top 10, either. I'd have to consider it more.