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Snow White and the Seven Dwarfs
The original story was taken from the Brother's Grimm and it was adapted into a more appropriate version where it could be geared towards children (Dirk). They removed all the violence and sexual content from the original story to create a brilliant animated cartoon. -
Pinocchio
Pinocchio actually teaches lessons such as not telling lies, not taking instructions from strangers, not giving into peer pressure, and choosing between the right thing and the wrong thing (Pinocchio). It gives the desire to children to be able to grow up into a strong adult. -
Bambi
Politics were impacted a little bit with this movie and eventually "the anti-hunting sentiment in America came to be called, perhaps fairly, “The Bambi Syndrome”"(Bell). It also taught kids about the concept of death. -
Totoro
Studio Ghibli was founded in 1985. My Neighbor Totoro "original English Dub was produced by Streamline Pictures for Japan Airlines transpacific flights in 1988." -
Beauty and the Beast
This story is actually suppose to be focused on the male lead rather than the female (Bell). The main idea is about how the curse that was put on the beast and his castle can only be broken once someone learns to love the beast, and the beast learns to love someone other than himself. To do so, he learns to love a kind beauty who at first, is devastated, but also learns to love beyond looks. -
The Lion King
Moderately alike Bambi, this story also features the hardship of losing a loved one and eventually accepting it and taking care of your responsibilities. It also focuses on the fact that family matters, and to live life like "hakuna matatata". -
Toy Story
Pixar attempts to transcend modern times in both narration and by the form of animation, by tearing apart modern technologies they strive to better their work (Murray 201). Toy story definitely goes into a different ball park with the plot and development of the characters. -
Princess Mononoke
This was a very exspensive anime, "at just under US$20 million production costs, Princess Mononoke was the most expensive anime ever created when it was released(Princess Mononoke)." -
A Bug's Life
"While Pixar wanted to make a world that felt real, they didn’t want to be a copy of the real world” ( 203 ). They hit this off in A Bug's Life because it goes on about how they work to survive, but that there is a order in life. The bigger bugs are the ones who typically get to eat. -
The Road to El Dorado
“With world-class creative talent and technological capabilities, our goal is to release two cg animated feature films a year that deliver great stories, breathtaking visual imagery and a sensibility that appeals to both children and adults (Murray 186).” The adventure shown in the Road to el Derado definitly picks up on what their goal detetermines, meant for everyone in the family. -
Monsters Inc.
This film demonstrates how somtimes there can be shortages of something and have to find alternative ways to fix it. In this case, mike and Sully "discover that laughter from human children produces twice as much power"; which would potentially end their shortage in power (Murray 205). -
Spirited Away
"Spirited Away is the first Japanese animated film to win the Academy Award for Best Animated Feature (Spirited Away)." This film is about a young girl and her parents who find their way into the realm of spirits, but they make a mistake and now someone has to pay for it. -
Spirit
The studio went back to hand drawn techniques in animation for this film. They wanted to "[assert] an argument for animal rights and Native American sovereignty" into their work (Murray 187). -
Nemo
Pixar wanted to use both nature and human nature ideals in the movie, where they added in stuff that humans would normally do with a mix of what they think a fish might do (Murray 205). "Not only in the computer-generated space [of the] undersea, but also in a story line that highlights the conflicts within and between nature and culture (Murray 205)." -
Howl's Moving Castle
This film is about a young maiden who gets turned into an old woman by an evil witch. This woman then goes onto trying to find a way to turn herself young again. This is one of the very few movies where the main character becomes an older lady (Howl's Moving Castle). -
Ponyo
A play on magic and adventure, Ponyo befriends the human boy, Sōsuke, but ends up putting the world in danger by wanting to become a human herself. -
Kung Fu Panda
Dreamworks worked to "move to completely computer-generated features" in their films (Murray 187). The use of fairy-tale allusions scattered throughout the films as comic devices also make an impact on making it a film meant for all ages (Murray 187). -
How to Train Your Dragon
How to train your Dragon drags you into the mythical world filled with dragons, and it "captures the imaginations of all people regardless of age (Murray 184)." It gives everyone of any age an experience that they may have never had without it.
