# What's your most / least favorite Disney movie? **URL:** \ **Category:** Cafe Society\ **Created:** [September 1, 2009, 9:48pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whats-your-most-least-favorite-disney-movie/508548 "2009-09-01T21:48:19Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 2
**Author:** ![GuanoLad](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/guanolad/32/42_2.png) [@GuanoLad](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/GuanoLad)\ **Post date:** [September 2, 2009, 9:00am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whats-your-most-least-favorite-disney-movie/508548/21 "2009-09-02T09:00:45Z")
> [@Cisco](#): > > If Pixar counts, then the worst is every Pixar movie. None of those are worth a rat’s fart in a wind-tunnel as far as I’m concerned. Weirdo. I’m not going to count Pixar movies, because they are all number one in my estimation. My favourite 2D animated Disney movie is probably _Aladdin_ because it works on every level. Though _Lion King_ and _Beauty and the Beast_ are hard on its heels; it’s only their romantic subplots that don’t work for me. _Lilo and Stitch_ is adorable, though. Least is probably _Robin Hood_, a bizarre messy film that seems to be more of a product of its time than most of them, but I also dislike _Pinocchio_, which just feels incomplete somehow. ---
**Author:** ![MovieMogul](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/f08c70/32.png) [@MovieMogul](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/MovieMogul)\ **Post date:** [September 2, 2009, 9:11am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whats-your-most-least-favorite-disney-movie/508548/22 "2009-09-02T09:11:21Z")
_Pinocchio_, IMHO, still stands as the greatest animated feature film ever (not just Disney). An easy #1. Worst? Some pretty dismal 70s and 80s stuff (_The Black Cauldron_ stands out), but I don’t even know anyone who’s see _Atlantis: The Lost Empire, Treasure Planet_ or _Brother Bear_ so those should act as dishonorable mentions. ---
**Author:** ![Hrududu](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/h/3ec8ea/32.png) [@Hrududu](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Hrududu)\ **Post date:** [September 2, 2009, 9:47am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whats-your-most-least-favorite-disney-movie/508548/23 "2009-09-02T09:47:10Z")
I’m not counting Pixar here. Worst: Pocahontas, dull and I remember very little from it. Best: Beauty and the Beast. Stunning film with great music. I think The Hunchback of Notre Dame is underrated. But really for its music, there are some great songs in there. ---
**Author:** ![Argent\_Towers](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/e8c25b/32.png) [@Argent\_Towers](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Argent_Towers)\ **Post date:** [September 2, 2009, 10:01am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whats-your-most-least-favorite-disney-movie/508548/24 "2009-09-02T10:01:17Z")
_Robin Hood_ is my number one pick. That movie just brings out the kid in me like nothing else. The voice acting is just incredible (probably the best of any Disney film) and Brian Bedford’s characterization of Robin Hood might be the most charming and effective one in any movie, including live-action ones; it’s just overlooked because of the animal cast of the movie and the silliness of it. There’s a unique _quirkiness_ in Disney’s _Robin Hood_ which I haven’t experienced from any other Disney animated feature and I’ve seen all of them. It’s filled with stuff that probably went over the top of the heads of most kids, like the bizarre Oedipal issues of Prince John and his emasculation as a character (he’s made to look like a lioness rather than a male lion) and his immaturity (sucking his thumb all the time.) Peter Ustinov’s voice acting is just great too, as is Terry-Thomas as “Sir Hiss.” And there’s this very bizarre, yet effective, juxtaposition of a Medieval English village with a small town in the American South. This has been criticized by a lot of people and even I’ll admit that it’s quite weird, but I find it charming. And finally - Roger Miller’s singing! (The guy who did "King of the Road.) The whole movie is definitely evocative of a certain time and place in American pop culture and I really like it. Everything made after _Toy Story_, I think is complete and utter trash. I know that makes me an un-hip, uncool, philistine jerk - whatever. (I’m 23 years old so those are “my” generation’s Disney movies - and I can’t stand them.) ---
**Author:** ![cactus\_waltz](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/74df32/32.png) [@cactus\_waltz](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/cactus_waltz)\ **Post date:** [September 2, 2009, 11:24am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whats-your-most-least-favorite-disney-movie/508548/25 "2009-09-02T11:24:15Z")
Worst: **Hercules**. I think it’s highly uncharming and really dumbed down of what could have been. It also reeks of the 90’s. Best: Press a gun to my head and I’d probably say **Alice in Wonderland**. It’s hand-drawn, it’s got good characterization and it’s based off one of my favorite books. It’s Disney-fied for sure, but not in such a manner that it’s completely untrue to the source material, unlike, say, the Little Mermaid. I also like **Robin Hood** a great deal. I can understand those who like the Lion King, but to me, it is the movie that introduced fart humor to Disney’s animated feature movies. Unforgivable. Not even Jeremy Irons can save that. ---
**Author:** ![BobLibDem](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/boblibdem/32/3149_2.png) [@BobLibDem](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/BobLibDem)\ **Post date:** [September 2, 2009, 11:31am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whats-your-most-least-favorite-disney-movie/508548/26 "2009-09-02T11:31:45Z")
Best: Sleeping Beauty. Malificent was the best villainess ever! Worst: Pocahontas. What is it about these later Disney babes [that they don’t get drawn with noses?](http://images1.fanpop.com/images/photos/1800000/Pocahontas-classic-disney-1851648-960-536.jpg) ---
**Author:** ![Argent\_Towers](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/e8c25b/32.png) [@Argent\_Towers](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Argent_Towers)\ **Post date:** [September 2, 2009, 12:11pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whats-your-most-least-favorite-disney-movie/508548/27 "2009-09-02T12:11:45Z")
> [@cactus\_waltz](#): > > Best: Press a gun to my head and I’d probably say **Alice in Wonderland**. It’s hand-drawn, it’s got good characterization and it’s based off one of my favorite books. It’s Disney-fied for sure, but not in such a manner that it’s completely untrue to the source material, unlike, say, the Little Mermaid. It’s also unbelievable to watch when you’re stoned. ---
**Author:** ![Dung\_Beetle](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/dung_beetle/32/7945_2.png) [@Dung\_Beetle](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Dung_Beetle)\ **Post date:** [September 2, 2009, 12:15pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whats-your-most-least-favorite-disney-movie/508548/28 "2009-09-02T12:15:58Z")
> [@The\_Tooth](#): > > The Emperor’s New Groove. Because it’s actually funny. Really funny, actually. And not overly sweet. Yep. One of my favorite movies, period. I think all my other Disney favorites are also the more modern ones, Aladdin, The Little Mermaid, Hercules, etc. Least favorite is a three-way tie between Pinocchio, Snow White, and Alice in Wonderland. > [@Argent Towers](#): > > It’s also unbelievable to watch when you’re stoned. Maybe this is where I’ve gone wrong. ---
**Author:** ![Sigmagirl](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/c89c15/32.png) [@Sigmagirl](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Sigmagirl)\ **Post date:** [September 2, 2009, 12:26pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whats-your-most-least-favorite-disney-movie/508548/29 "2009-09-02T12:26:14Z")
Favorites: _Lady and the Tramp_, _Fantasia_, _Pinocchio_. (hides face in shame) I have never seen _Dumbo_ or _Bambi_. Least favorite: _Peter Pan_. That Tinkerbell was a stone bitch. I saw that movie for the first time when I was about 22 and was totally shocked. That’s what people have nostalgic affection for? Fuck that. ---
**Author:** ![garygnu](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/garygnu/32/2924_2.png) [@garygnu](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/garygnu)\ **Post date:** [September 2, 2009, 2:17pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whats-your-most-least-favorite-disney-movie/508548/30 "2009-09-02T14:17:40Z")
> [@GuanoLad](#): > > …Though _Lion King_ and _Beauty and the Beast_ are hard on its heels; it’s only their romantic subplots that don’t work for me… Romance is a **sub** plot in _Beauty and the Beast_? ---
**Author:** ![infinitii](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/i/e8c25b/32.png) [@infinitii](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/infinitii)\ **Post date:** [September 2, 2009, 2:31pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whats-your-most-least-favorite-disney-movie/508548/31 "2009-09-02T14:31:49Z")
My favourites are Robin Hood, The Sword in the Stone, Sleeping Beauty, Alice in Wonderland, and Mulan. Though I also have a love for Disney Channel Original Movies, which might technically qualify under the OPs subject line: my favourites are Go Figure, Princess Protection Program, A Ring of Endless Light, My Date with the President’s Daughter, Wendy Wu: Homecoming Warrior, and Pixel Perfect. I don’t tend to retain least favourites in memory so I can’t say. ---
**Author:** ![badbadrubberpiggy](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/57b2e6/32.png) [@badbadrubberpiggy](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/badbadrubberpiggy)\ **Post date:** [September 2, 2009, 2:53pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whats-your-most-least-favorite-disney-movie/508548/32 "2009-09-02T14:53:26Z")
> [@Hrududu](#): > > I’m not counting Pixar here. > > Worst: Pocahontas, dull and I remember very little from it. > > Best: Beauty and the Beast. Stunning film with great music. > > I think The Hunchback of Notre Dame is underrated. But really for its music, there are some great songs in there. Same for me. I _know_ the Hunchback is a complete bastardization of it’s source material, but that didn’t stop it from having terrific songs, and a really interesting villain with more depth than a lot of other Disney villains. I need to watch this one again. I also really like Emperor’s New Groove, and was greatly disappointed the last time I went to Disney world that they basically sell no merchandise from it. Makes sense from a marketing perspective, it’s not one of the more popular ones and it’s not as kid-oriented as most of them, but I was still annoyed. ---
**Author:** ![Mosier](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/7ea924/32.png) [@Mosier](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Mosier)\ **Post date:** [September 2, 2009, 2:57pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whats-your-most-least-favorite-disney-movie/508548/33 "2009-09-02T14:57:40Z")
My favorite Disney movies are Aladdin, Lion King, and Mulan. Disney’s last real cartoon movie was Home On the Range. Sucked bad. Worse than Snow White, even. ---
**Author:** ![RealityChuck](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/realitychuck/32/195_2.png) [@RealityChuck](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/RealityChuck)\ **Post date:** [September 2, 2009, 3:35pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whats-your-most-least-favorite-disney-movie/508548/34 "2009-09-02T15:35:16Z")
> [@ArchiveGuy](#): > > Worst? Some pretty dismal 70s and 80s stuff (_The Black Cauldron_ stands out), but I don’t even know anyone who’s see _Atlantis: The Lost Empire, Treasure Planet_ or _Brother Bear_ so those should act as dishonorable mentions. Actually, **Brother Bear** was surprisingly good. Not a classic, but about in the middle of the pack or above. ---
**Author:** ![Malleus\_Incus\_Stapes](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/malleus_incus_stapes/32/3293_2.png) [@Malleus\_Incus\_Stapes](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Malleus_Incus_Stapes)\ **Post date:** [September 2, 2009, 3:47pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whats-your-most-least-favorite-disney-movie/508548/35 "2009-09-02T15:47:51Z")
Am I the only person who like Pocahontas? ::Thinks about it:: Okay, if I saw it today I’d probably dismiss it as a hippy-dippy PC butchering of history. But it came out when I was seven, and I was obsessed from the start. I mean, she was so pretty! Even prettier than Jasmine! And they had some good songs too. And they were going to kill John Smith, except that Pocahontas stopped them because she loved him… Okay, I’ll stop now. ---
**Author:** ![cjepson](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/a9adbd/32.png) [@cjepson](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/cjepson)\ **Post date:** [September 2, 2009, 3:48pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whats-your-most-least-favorite-disney-movie/508548/36 "2009-09-02T15:48:37Z")
Confining myself to animated features… I’m going to have to weigh in here and say that I, personally, really hate “The Jungle Book”. The reason is that I love the books, and for me, the main theme of the books is the dignity of the animals… and I felt like Disney _completely inverted_ that theme with stereotypical goofy characters. This is a movie that genuinely makes me want to shoot the TV set. (Not to mention that that general period of Disney animation is relatively dismal, with cheap production values, cornball humor, etc. I also find “Robin Hood” to be one of the few Disney animated features that I really don’t particularly enjoy watching, for the same reasons.) There is one Disney feature that’s in a category of its own, however – “Victory Through Air Power”. It’s a 1943 mixed live/animation feature that Disney made entirely to influence US military policy in WWII; it’s based on the book of the same name by Alexander P. de Seversky, and features narration by him. As might be expected, it’s almost entirely static, of no interest whatsoever to anyone except fanatic students of Disney and WWII. (I enjoyed watching it – once.) As to favorites, just to be weird, I’m going to mention “The Three Caballeros.” The live parts are mostly incredibly dated, but the animated segments are among Disney’s best. Another one I like, from just before the “renaissance”, was “The Great Mouse Detective” – if for no other reason than Vincent Price’s wonderfully over-the-top portrayal of the villain, Ratigan. ---
**Author:** ![Thudlow\_Boink](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/thudlow_boink/32/320_2.png) [@Thudlow\_Boink](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Thudlow_Boink)\ **Post date:** [September 2, 2009, 4:03pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whats-your-most-least-favorite-disney-movie/508548/37 "2009-09-02T16:03:46Z")
> [@infinitii](#): > > Though I also have a love for Disney Channel Original Movies, which might technically qualify under the OPs subject line: my favourites are … A Ring of Endless Light … They made a movie of the Madeleine L’Engle novel? :: checks Wikipedia :: hunh, I guess they did. Though it’s supposedly not very faithful to the book. ---
**Author:** ![The\_Tooth](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/c67d28/32.png) [@The\_Tooth](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/The_Tooth)\ **Post date:** [September 2, 2009, 4:17pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whats-your-most-least-favorite-disney-movie/508548/38 "2009-09-02T16:17:38Z")
> [@Dung\_Beetle](#): > > Yep. One of my favorite movies, period. I think all my other Disney favorites are also the more modern ones, Aladdin, The Little Mermaid, Hercules, etc. Oddly enough, I consider the rest of the modern Disney crop to be 76-minute long advertisements aimed at toddlers. But there’s something clever about New Groove that really tickles me. > [@](#): > > Least favorite is a three-way tie between Pinocchio, Snow White, and Alice in Wonderland. I like those ones. Alice is weird, Snow White is a technical masterpiece, and the art in Pinocchio is just amazing. ---
**Author:** ![Freudian\_Slit](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/f/5daacb/32.png) [@Freudian\_Slit](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Freudian_Slit)\ **Post date:** [September 2, 2009, 4:21pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whats-your-most-least-favorite-disney-movie/508548/39 "2009-09-02T16:21:39Z")
I think I’ll go with either the Lion King or Oliver and Company. I love animals. Most hated? Little Mermaid. They took a gorgeous story and made it pablum! ---
**Author:** ![Ronald\_C.Semone](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/cc9497/32.png) [@Ronald\_C.Semone](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Ronald_C.Semone)\ **Post date:** [September 2, 2009, 4:35pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whats-your-most-least-favorite-disney-movie/508548/40 "2009-09-02T16:35:59Z")
> [@cjepson](#): > > ) > > As to favorites, just to be weird, I’m going to mention “The Three Caballeros.” The live parts are mostly incredibly dated, but the animated segments are among Disney’s best. I thought I was the only person in the world who remembered _The Three Cabelleros_. I saw it when it first came out (1944) when I was 6 years old and for some reason it made such an impression on me that I have never forgotten it; I remember it still, but I have never see it mentioned anywhere. My favorite, however, is _Alice In Wonderland_ even though I think the best in terms of the animation is _Pinocchio_. There is one scene in that movie that I have never seen equaled by any other animators: We see Pinocchio and his “friend” from a height walking towards us, under us, and then beyond us and the gradual change from a front view to a top view to a back view is incredible. I’m surprised, by the way, that\* Fantasia\* hasn’t received a lot of mentions. [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whats-your-most-least-favorite-disney-movie/508548.md?page=1) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whats-your-most-least-favorite-disney-movie/508548.md?page=3)