Animated Films That Feel Dated

[Chrononymous]

Are there movies that you watch that you think...wow, that's surely a product of it's time?

And does it change?

I remember the last time I watched both the Aristocats and the Jungle Book in theaters (yeah...that was a while ago!) I was struck on how dated the language seemed.

Funny, when I watched them both recently, and it didn't bother me quite so much...it went from seeming "dated" to seeming "classic"

I have had the same reaction to Robin Hood.

Now, a movie I absolutely adore...that I thought would be timeless forever is Aladdin...it's actually at the top of my favorites list. And watching it again the other day (even though I know the entire film by heart) I was slightly embarrassed at some of the Genie's dialogue (monologue?)just seems a little bit dated.

What about you?

 

[Animaniac93-98]

Oliver and Company will forever be stuck in the 80s. Unlike Dalmatians which was also a contemporary movie upon its release and has some dated jokes (like "What's My Crime?"), I feel Oliver is more obviously embedded in its decade due to its dialogue, voice cast selection and look.

 

[DisneyWall-E]

Song of the South. Nuff said

 

[imagineer boy]

While Snow White is timeless it has a very 1930s edge to it in some areas. Everything in the way Snow White looks and talks just screams Betty Boop.

 

[Darth Tater]

Peter Pan's "What Made The Red Man Red" scene.

 

[Magenta Panther]

I wish Disney hadn't had such an obsession with Phil Harris. He wound up doing two bears and one cat for three separate Disney films, and they all had the same personality, and that riffing and so on he did is terribly dated. I'm frankly not crazy about any of the films he was a part of.

As for Oliver and Company, there is only one timeless element within it, and that is...Georgette:

 

[Chrononymous]

I agree with everything that's been stated so far!

oh yes...Peter Pan...that song. Cringeworthy.

and yes...Phil Harris is like EXACTLY the same character...except in the way he looks(anmd even then...there are resemblances)
I think the same thing about Robin Williams most days though (every time he voices any wacky-character-with-surprising-pathos)...and whoever else is the new Animated Flavor Of The Month.

 

[Californian Elitist]

Snow White and the Seven Dwarfs. Clearly a product of its time. The animation is VERY different, the characters look like the typical characters seen in animated shorts back in the 20s and 30s and the sounds in the film, including the character voices sound muffled at times. A great film, one of the best, nonetheless.

 

[Figments Friend]

Oliver and Company will forever be stuck in the 80s. Unlike Dalmatians which was also a contemporary movie upon its release and has some dated jokes (like "What's My Crime?"), I feel Oliver is more obviously embedded in its decade due to its dialogue, voice cast selection and look.

Don*t forget the music used in the film too!
The 80s studio production values in the soundtrack and songs adds a lot of that feel to it.
I enjoy the movie, but i agree...it is definately a product of it*s time.

 

[Figments Friend]

I wish Disney hadn't had such an obsession with Phil Harris. He wound up doing two bears and one cat for three separate Disney films, and they all had the same personality, and that riffing and so on he did is terribly dated. I'm frankly not crazy about any of the films he was a part of.

As for Oliver and Company, there is only one timeless element within it, and that is...Georgette.

I agree regarding Harris. All three of his characters are pretty much just exact clones of each other. They are interchangeable, really.

Now Georgette....i think the fact she is voiced by Bette Midler makes this very 80s to me.

 

[RonAnnArbor]

It's hard to call "Oliver and Company" one of their biggest flops a "classic" in any way --
Pete's Dragon looks pretty awful in the animated sequences -- its has that old fashioned overlay on the live action that blocks up the things beneath and looks like its painted on a separate layer and not flattened enough. There's a reason they are remaking it.

 

[Disneyhead'71]

Yeah, I was going to say Pete's Dragon.

 

[Animaniac93-98]

It's hard to call "Oliver and Company" one of their biggest flops

It was the highest grossing animated movie ever upon its release, beating Land Before Time in the end, despite having the lower opening day weekend total.

The movie's obscurity today can be attributed to Disney's failure to do anything with it until 1996 when it was re-released to theatres and video. Too long after the original kid fans had seen it and grown up.

 

[Magenta Panther]

I agree regarding Harris. All three of his characters are pretty much just exact clones of each other. They are interchangeable, really.

Now Georgette....i think the fact she is voiced by Bette Midler makes this very 80s to me.

But the song she sings is a classic Broadway-type torch song. And that kinda song is timeless.

 

[Figments Friend]

Yeah, that is true.
It is probably the only song in the film that is truly *timeless* when compared to the others.
I like *Oliver & Company* ...and i do enjoy the soundtrack, but part of the appeal is the fact i saw it in the 80s and associate a bit of 80s nostalgia with it. When i look back and view it today, i definately see it as a product of it*s time.
Nothing wrong with that...it is still a decent movie.

 

[Zman-ks]

Song of the South. Nuff said

lol...Nuff said....