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The Great Movie Ride II - Hype/Discussion Thread
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PerGron
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So I’m binging through the Disney animated canon (partially inspired by @TheOriginalTiki and his podcast ranking them all) and I’m reviewing them on Letterboxd.
I had a draft of a 30+ paragraph review of Fantasia that I thought was splendid so far and went on to finish it up and publish. I just logged on, went to continue working on it, and the entire draft is just gone. Not a single word saved. Absolutely over Letterboxd, this is ridiculous. How is anyone gonna read my 60 paragraph analysis of a movie with almost no dialogue??
I had a draft of a 30+ paragraph review of Fantasia that I thought was splendid so far and went on to finish it up and publish. I just logged on, went to continue working on it, and the entire draft is just gone. Not a single word saved. Absolutely over Letterboxd, this is ridiculous. How is anyone gonna read my 60 paragraph analysis of a movie with almost no dialogue??
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spacemt354
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I too have been inspired by it, don't have the time to watch them all atm, but in time would like to - while others tend to rank MCU films or Pixar - archiving and ranking the Disney animated canon is something rarely have I seen - kudos @TheOriginalTiki !
Chaos Cat
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Went on Cosmic Rewind today. Really loved it! Fun ride that manages to somehow not feel out of place in Epcot (I attribute that to the great queue, which manages to capture that classic Epcot feel).
One complaint I have, though, is that Disney really should of bettered prepared the outdoor queue. Like, the queue moves quick normally, but when we got in line, the ride was down and the line had to go into overflow... which was in that sorta backstage area that served as a bypass when the park entrance was being redone and looked like this:
Fun Fact: While looking a reference pic to use, I found out that they originally just used tape on the ground and didn't have any means of shade.
It's still a good ride and all, but Disney really should plan their queues better.
(Side note: during the preshow, when the guy on screen wonder what people called themselves, someone next to us said, "Underpaid," and that's been living rent free in my mind all day)
One complaint I have, though, is that Disney really should of bettered prepared the outdoor queue. Like, the queue moves quick normally, but when we got in line, the ride was down and the line had to go into overflow... which was in that sorta backstage area that served as a bypass when the park entrance was being redone and looked like this:
Fun Fact: While looking a reference pic to use, I found out that they originally just used tape on the ground and didn't have any means of shade.
It's still a good ride and all, but Disney really should plan their queues better.
(Side note: during the preshow, when the guy on screen wonder what people called themselves, someone next to us said, "Underpaid," and that's been living rent free in my mind all day)
Shannoninthemagic
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Sure! I'll play!
TheOriginalTiki
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Rescue Rangers SpoilerCast is live right now!!
ThemeParkPriest
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After Covid hit, I watched through the Disney animated movies that I had not seen. Although I have not re-watched some of the movies I've seen in years, I created my rankings below (each tier has the movies ranked in order, too).
PerGron
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This is everything I’ve done so far in my rewatch and their rankings. Also, the reviews are basically full essays if anyone wants to read the ramblings of a mad man with nothing better to do write about animated movies.
boxd.it
Disney Animation Ranked
All Disney and Pixar animated movies, plus a few others added on for my sister and my binge
boxd.it
Sharon&Susan
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For MK I assume?
tcool123
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yes! Will hear Disneyland’s audio loops in August for the first time in my FIRST EVER TRIP TO DISNEYLAND
(and the greater Los Angeles area)
Lizzy May Bee
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Fair enough but Meet The Robinsons doesn’t deserve this
tcool123
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Grew up with a bunch of old VHS tapes so always had a wide collection of animated films and was able to watch a lot of the obscure ones in my early teens and have revisited all of them throughout the years.
A lot of my personal opinions obviously affect the ranking of all the films but I stand by my rankings.
JokersWild
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I was doing a watch-through about a year ago. Stopped in the '70s and picked it up a few months later at the Renaissance. I still haven't seen a few of the newest ones, but I'll get to them eventually.
TheOriginalTiki
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Really great to see everyone so hyped about the ranking podcast. It was definitely a rewarded endeavor on my part. A big reason for doing it was to see how Encanto stacked up against the rest of the cannon since I pretty much became obsessed with that movie after it came out. I'll admit that I got kind of burned out by the marathon by the time I got to the films that I've already covered on the podcast, which sort of speaks to the dangers of doing a podcast and how it affects my media consumption to begin with but that's a different conversation. 
I think the coolest thing about the marathon was seeing the evolution of the medium in real time. There's definitely peaks and valleys in the lineup, at an almost alarmingly consistent rate, but it always made for a fascinating context to view these films. With sixty films in the cannon, I think this was a great time to do a list like this. @PerGron I commend you for how detailed and thoughtful your written reviews are. I tried to start a letterbox account associated with this project but couldn't keep up with it. Hoping to eventually write a long article about it and post it as a blog or something, as I have similar issues with the LB interface.
I think the coolest thing about the marathon was seeing the evolution of the medium in real time. There's definitely peaks and valleys in the lineup, at an almost alarmingly consistent rate, but it always made for a fascinating context to view these films. With sixty films in the cannon, I think this was a great time to do a list like this. @PerGron I commend you for how detailed and thoughtful your written reviews are. I tried to start a letterbox account associated with this project but couldn't keep up with it. Hoping to eventually write a long article about it and post it as a blog or something, as I have similar issues with the LB interface.
TheOriginalTiki
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The Black Cauldron is definitely worth watching from an animation history point of view. The main character is pretty awful, but the atmosphere and the genuine menace of the Horned King is top notch. It's super fascinating to see the styles of Don Bluth and Tim Burton in a Disney film. I also didn't personally mind Gurgi on my watch, which seems to be the most hated element. I think he's a rather enjoyable comic relief with a genuinely cool arc. Taran on the otherhand is genuinely THE worst lead in any Disney movie, haha.
spacemt354
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Since I haven't seen many of these in a long time - I thought it would be fun to instead rank based on Nostalgia.
These are ranked not based on quality but based on how many times I would rewind the movies in the VCR. (I think Atlantis and Treasure Planet were the only DVDs on this list)
Sidenote - I didn't like Dumbo and Bambi as a kid because of the tragedies. Hunchback scared me as a kid but oddly enough Black Cauldron didn't
These are ranked not based on quality but based on how many times I would rewind the movies in the VCR. (I think Atlantis and Treasure Planet were the only DVDs on this list)
Sidenote - I didn't like Dumbo and Bambi as a kid because of the tragedies. Hunchback scared me as a kid but oddly enough Black Cauldron didn't
CookieMouse
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Kinda wish never gonna give you up was one of the song choices it wlild have been a fun song for the ride and also kind of be a rickroll
CookieMouse
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Imagine an overlay where the ride plays out as normal up until the launch until rick astley starts playing and the projections play never gonna gove tou up
CookieMouse
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If that movie came out as disneys first cg movie it probably would have been received alot better. Chicken little is a fine movie and cna be funny but it’s definitely moreso one of those non disney animated movies that youd find in dollar store bargian bins