Yes, there were animated movies before Pixar...in fact there were some pretty good ones. Here are my top 5. These are all Disney movies...guess that says that Disney has the animated movie genre figured out better than most.
5 - "Brother Bear" - Ok, this is a bit of a hippy movie. A young Inuit boy needlessly kills a bear out of vengeance, and thus is turned into a bear by the nature spirits or something like that. He then meets a younger bear, and forms a bond and learns that bears aren't all that bad. This is really a pretty good movie, with a message of selflessness. Plus, it has music by Phil Collins, which brings it up the coolness scale.
4 - "Treasure Planet" - This one is a retelling of "Treasure Island" but in space. Jim Hawkins is a troubled youth who gets taken along on a grand adventure to find Treasure Planet. He develops a bond with the ship's cook, John Silver, but that bond is tested when Silver leads a mutiny. In the end, will Silver do the right thing, or give into his life long obsession with Treasure Planet. You'll have to watch this fun, family friendly movie, to find out.
3 - "Mulan" - For me, the top 3 movies on this list were no contest. They are so far ahead of the rest that it wasn't even close. It was simply figuring out where to put each of the top 3. "Mulan" is a wonderfully entertaining movie that has a message of love for family and breaking stereotypes that will choke up even the most cold hearted person. In Ancient China, the title character joins the army, secretly, in place of her aging father, to protect him. To make a long story short, she saves all of China, falls in love, and breaks the stereotypes of the day that say only Men are worthwhile. Just a terrific movie.
2 - "Aladdin" - A raucous adventure with lots of laughs, "Aladdin" was almost #1 on this list...almost. Robin Williams is the Genie in the lamp, and he is outstanding...just goofing off and being Robin Williams. The Genie really steals the show, but to just focus on the genie means you miss the rest of the goodness of this film. Aladdin is a "street rat" who through a set of circumstances, meets Princess Jasmine, finds the magic lamp, falls in love with Jasmine, saves the entire kingdom, and uses his last wish to free the Genie, seemingly giving up all his dreams in the process. But in true Disney fashion, Aladdin's selfless act is rewarded, and we're all left feeling warm and fuzzy inside.
1 - "Lion King" - Ok, you have possibly the greatest soundtrack in the history of animated movies, from Elton John and Tim Rice. You have an all-star vocal cast, with James Earl Jones, Jeremy Irons, Matthew Broderick, Nathan Lane, Robert Guillame, Whoopi Goldberg and Cheech Marin, to name several. Then, you end up with a great movie that has a tear jerker ending. You've all seen it, you all love it. Enough said!
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