What is your favorite bit of animation?

[Ponine]

For me its a tie...
All Dogs go to Heaven will always make me smile, and cry. (the original)

The scene where Anne-Marie is admonsihed and ****s in the corner huging her knees, and where Charlie reads to her in bed.

Both for the obvious reason, her name, and the fact that she does indeed look like myself as a younger person,
and for the loss of a wonderful talent that was never allowed to bloom, Miss Barsi.

My other would be a scene from The Mouse and his Child
The moment with the mirror upon mirror reflections.

[SzczerbiakManiac]

Well I don't know if this is really my favorite, but when I read your question, Rock-A-Bye Bear is the first thing that popped into my head. I think it's hilarious on its own merits, but it also has additional humor value as well as sentimentality because it was (is?) usually shown and acted out before RHPS at the Nuart Theatre.

[innerSpaceman]

The Nutcracker Suite from Fantasia.

everything from Pleasure Island to the end of Pinocchio.


everything from Prince Phillips escape to the end of Sleeping Beauty.




Oh, and the Sea of Holes from Yellow Submarine.



Um, as I'm thinking of this, it becomes more and more impossible. There's so much more Disney, so much Ghibli, so much Pixar before I even get around to my more esoteric choices. Impossible. Time Conuming of time I do not have.


Sorry.

My four choices listed above will have to suffice as representative samples of the type of stuff I love.

[Snowflake]

Originally Posted by innerSpaceman

Oh, and the Sea of Holes from Yellow Submarine.

Oh yes.....Yellow Submarine

[Ghoulish Delight]

Pink Elephants on Parade.

[wendybeth]

Originally Posted by Snowflake

Oh yes.....Yellow Submarine

Lol- my nephew's b-day was on Saturday. His mom had ordered a dark chocolate cake, and after he ate his piece he had a perfect chocolate ring around his mouth. He looked just like the Blue Max from that movie.

[DreadPirateRoberts]

Dumbo. I like the scene with the crows done by Ward Kimball.

[Morrigoon]

I've thought about it, and I simply can't pick.

I can name ELEMENTS of animated works that stand out - obviously for me the Eyvind Earle backgrounds for Sleeping Beauty would be a standout there.

There are scenes I could name, but they are so iconic that they're almost not worth mentioning (Fairy godmother scene from Cinderella, for a starter), but more of a standout to me were some of the elements of that film. Cinderella's plucky, rebellious nature comes across much better in the film than the vapid modern-day representations of princesses Disney offers these days, so much so that I think many of us forget about it until we give the film a re-watch. Also love some of the design elements in Cinderella - the railings on the bridge they cross during "So This Is Love". The play of silver on midnight blue in many of those ball scenes (long shot of the castle, walking around outside with the prince etc.)

I'm also a huge fan of the Rankin-Bass stop-motion animation. Their drawn stuff, not so much, but definitely the stop motion. I'm rather fond of Leprechaun's Christmas Gold as an overall piece.

[Gn2Dlnd]

I read the title of this thread as, "What is your favorite bit of animal?" And I thought, "Bacon, of course."

Or wings. The bacon of chicken.

[innerSpaceman]

In mind-reviewing many of my fave moments in animated film (which this thread has nicely inspired), I can't separate the animation art or character-come-to-life from the drama of the scene, or the musical score, or the tone in relation to the entire piece, or one of the many other visual elements besides the animation. It's all of a thing, so my favorites don't necessarily represent my votes for high-water marks of the animated filmmakers' art.



'nuther good one, as passover approaches ...

Moses Meets God - from The Prince of Egypt. Moses and Burning Bush Jehovah both played by Val Kilmer.