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What animated movies are worth a punt for a big kid such as myself?

Toy Story, tick
Shreck, tick
Despicable me, tick
Braveheart, tick

kung-foo panda, bag of poo

So, what animation feel good aminations should I check out?

I'm not after some animation aimed squarely at rug-rats.

Thanks muchly

In reply to The Lemming: Wallace and Gromit, Chicken run

In reply to The Lemming:

Are you saying Mel Gibson's acting was a bit two-dimensional?

In reply to The Lemming:

Paranorman is superb.

And you should check out some Hayao Miyazaki. I think for your tastes, the best would be Laputa The Flying Island (which may be titled Castle in the Sky on the current re-release DVD), Howl's Moving Castle, and the much older Castle of Cagliostro. Good English-language dubs exist for all of these.

In reply to The Lemming:

Rango

In reply to The Lemming:

The Crudes

In reply to The Lemming:
Up. The opening ten minutes gets all the grown ups sobbing. The boys look at us pityingly!

In reply to The Lemming: brave

In reply to The Lemming:

Fritz the Cat

In reply to The Lemming:

This makes me chuckle.

youtube.com/watch?v=oeBxmoJ73UI&

In reply to The Lemming:

Up. The opening 10 mins gets me everytime! The rest is great too.

In reply to The Lemming:

Fantastic Planet
Rock and Rule
The Time Masters

In reply to ThunderCat:

I want those 9 minutes and 39 seconds of my life back please.

In reply to angry pirate:

first 10 mins is great....but its all down after that

In reply to The Lemming:

How to train your dragon
Cars 2

There may be more, but I daren't venture near the DVDs at the moment or I'll be grabbed by small child and not escape!

In reply to The Lemming: Got to be monster Inc !!

In reply to The Lemming:

I cannot believe no one has mentioned any Ghibli films. In vague order of quality. But they're all good.

Laputa - Castle in the Sky
My Neighbour Totoro
Nausica Valley of the Wind (yeah technically not, but feh)
Kiki's Delivery Service
Porco Rosso
Princess Mononoke
Howls Moving Castle
Spirited Away

If you want to cry shed loads just watch Grave of the Fireflies.

In reply to mattrm:

I did. Plus a non-Ghibli Miyazaki.

I don't think The Lemming would like Kiki, Totoro, Spirited Away etc so I tailored my recommendations.

Read threads properly in future.

In reply to The Lemming:

Ice Age
Madagascar (and the spin off short cartoons, Penguins of Madagascar)

Possibly, but I'm not so taken by them
Monsters Inc
Monsters vs Aliens
The Incredibles

In reply to The Lemming:
Good old british humor:
Curse of the wear rabbit <Wallace and grommit>
Flushed away <Ardman>

Watched ratatouie last week with the young un, pretty good.
Bit spooky:
frankenweenie
corraline

In reply to The Lemming: Fantasia

In reply to The Lemming:

Only one answer to this question

Belleville Rendez-vous

In reply to kevin stephens:

Not necessarily for The Lemming who doesn't do subtitles (dyslexia issue). Is there a good English-language dub of that one?

In reply to The Lemming:

The 1950s British animated film adaptation of George Orwell's allegorical novel "Animal Farm" is pretty good - bit full-on at the end and not for kids.

In reply to The Lemming:
I think Dumbo still stands up - obviously a bit dated but still charming and not over-long

In reply to ripper:

From my experience of similar threads like this from The Lemming, he tends to utterly ignore all suggestions of anything more than about 5 years old. I've never quite got to the bottom of that one....

In reply to The Lemming:

When the wind blows. It's by the chap who did The Snowman.

In reply to wintertree:

Ooh that's a heartwarming one that. I like a laugh, I do

(it's quite hard to get hold of. Legally)

In reply to Blue Straggler:

By blue ray version has English voice over, not that there's any significant spoken dialogue

In reply to The Lemming: another for Belle-ville rendezvous superb film
Also the Illusionist (not really kiddy stuff though)
Wreck it Ralph is excellent
As is My neighbour Totoro

In reply to The Lemming:

The Iron Giant

In reply to hokkyokusei:

Good call. Very good call. Again possibly too old for The Lemming! As are some of my suggestions.

In reply to Blue Straggler:

I missed your post. Oh noes.

As you guys are so close, surely you should have pre-empted the thread and sent him an email with a list of suggestions.

In reply to mattrm:

I am pretty sure this whole thread has been done before. The Lemming is quite forgetful. He likes to think threads are fresh, having not realised they are repeats.

And you'd be fairly well advised not to try smarm and sarcasm with me, unless you up your game considerably.

In reply to The Lemming:

Bolt

Have we had

Akira
Patlabour
Ghost in the Shell

yet?
Or are they too grown up (at least '15's)?

Full Metal Alchemist is also good, if you have a bit more time to spend (and can find a dubbed version)

In reply to nufkin:

Thank you to those that kept to the spirit of the OP and offered some good suggestions.

I started the evening off with Despicable Me 2. It was good, but like all sequals, not as good as the first.

I shall download a few.

Cheers.

In reply to The Lemming:

Watership Down

In reply to The Lemming:
Loads of sequels are better than the first.
Superman II, for instance.
Not sure if I can think of an ANIMATION example, in fairness. But then it is late. I bet there are plenty.

In reply to Removed User:

I meant the Croods of course

In reply to The Lemming:

Mary and Max all time best ever for laughs
http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0978762/

The Illusionist is also good http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0775489/?ref_=fn_al_tt_2

In reply to The Lemming: second vote for How to Train your Dragon (I want a Night Fury dragon!)

The Ice Age films are another favourite of mine.

Shrek films.

My son bought the dvd's for me as presents.

In reply to mattrm:

These are the true gold in the thread, not sure about the rest.

In reply to The Lemming:

Feel good. Gotta be ghibli.

Many Other anime will fit the bill.

The road to Eldorado.
The moomins Series.

In reply to Choss:

Are you sure you don't just mean "Miyazaki"? Some non-Miyazake Ghibli stuff is a bit grim! In fact I thought Miyazaki's adaptation of Howl's Moving Castle was a bit much at times...but I am a sensitive soul

I'll throw Barefoot Gen (both parts) into the mix (to be ignored because they are from the 70s)

In reply to The Lemming:

Another shout for the Miyazaki/Studio Ghibli output such as Spirited Away, Howl's Moving Castle and Princess Mononoke.

Coraline is another superb (and seasonal) kid's film with adult appeal.

If you are into Japanese anime try 'Devil May Cry' on Netflix. Stylised and violent.

In reply to Blue Straggler:

Fair Point.

For feel good thinking Whisper of the Heart, kiki, cat returns, Spirited away, ponyo, naussica, totoro

I Know Others have Suggested some of Those not Jennings thing. But if enough people Recommend them, may Try them and like them.

If you like naussica, which can be a tad dark as well as feelgood, Try origins as well

In reply to Choss:

obviously Meant Lemming, not Jenning. Predictive Text strikes again

The Triplets of Belleville (also called Belleville Rendez-Vous)

In reply to The Lemming:

I'd second the suggestions of

The Incredibles
Monsters Vs Aliens
How to Train Your Dragon
Dragons: Gift of the Night Fury
Chicken Run


The two "Train your Dragon" films are excellent, saw the (short 22min, video only) Gift of the Night Fury on the BBC earlier this year I think, and went and ordered How To Train Your Dragon immediately afterwards.


I disagree with you on Kung Fu Panda, but don't left that put you off the Dragon films...

(although KFP2 is a bit pants)


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In reply to The Lemming:

Wall-e. (sp?)

In reply to Removed User:

Seconded.

In reply to Al Evans: Oh, and I suppose Fantasia.

In reply to The Lemming: as a father of three i have seen many.

If i had to select any which are good for us oldies too, How to Train a Dragon and Tangled get my vote.

In reply to Removed User:

Not very feel good, in fact, very feel bad. Makes me weep even now.

Hazel, nooooooooooooooo!

In reply to TheDrunkenBakers:

I'll check it out.

In reply to The Lemming:

I liked Tangled, I watched it on Christmas Day.

In reply to mattrm:

I second anything by Studio Ghiblie!

In reply to The Lemming:

Yellow submarine.

Note: miyazaki retired a month ago. No more big anime films.

In reply to The Lemming:
Yet another vote for Miyazaki. But more in keeping with the Lemmings original list, I can't see the Incredibles mentioned anywhere and that puzzles me greatly. Any film simultaeousy spoofing Marvel and Bond has to be doing something right.

In reply to mav:

Look again.

In reply to Blue Straggler:

Ha ha .... You've just taken me back 25 years.
Don't think that's kids annimation.

E

In reply to Euge:

The OP and thread title are confusing me, they almost conflict :-/

In reply to The Lemming: Cloudy with a chance of meatballs, Turbo, Monsters Inc 2

In reply to The Lemming:

Toy Story 3
Despicable Me
Wall-E

avoid: shark tail, antz, bugs life, puss in boots

In reply to The Lemming:

Rango

The boys didn't like it much but I watched it again when they'd gone to bed. Excellent.

In reply to Owen W-G:

Good call here, Shark Tail is dire, even my kids dont like it and they'll watch any old crap.

In reply to The Lemming:

Have you seen the Sandman? Perhaps for slightly older children. Who are not of a nervous disposition.

youtube.com/watch?v=UjgHbRrnjhU&

In reply to The Lemming: Disney Aladin series, initially intended for kids where adults would find something to smile about.

In reply to The Lemming:
Monsters Inc, then monsters university

In reply to The Lemming:

Has anyone suggested Rango yet? My favourite by far (as keeper/tamer of a 7yr old).

In reply to butteredfrog:

YES!
Strewth...

In reply to Blue Straggler:

seriously you f*ckwits

mary and max is the winner here

aint any of you numbskulls seen it!!

In reply to The Lemming:

Finding Nemo...perfect as far as I can see

In reply to The Lemming: Add "A Town called panic" to the list - mental stop motion French animation with dancing horses, a Cowboy and Indian and some Atlanteans. Can't remember if it has subtitles, but I think you'd get the story without them anyway!
Also another vote for the more well known Ghibli stuff.

In reply to The Lemming:

Watership Down
Monsters Inc
Up
The Incredibles

In reply to The Lemming: Nothing childish about this one

youtube.com/watch?v=UjgHbRrnjhU&