The Underrated animated movies of the '90's

Post by **eddievalient** » January 23rd, 2006, 6:58 pm

I'd have to say Hanna-Barbera's "Jetsons The Movie". I'd kill for a dvd release, especially since WB is allegedly planning a live action Jetsons flick, but I don't think it's ever going to happen for this reason: JTM was released by Universal back when HB was still an independant company. Now HB is owned by WB (and changed their name to Cartoon Network Studios) so in order for JTM to get a dvd release, WB and Universal would have to work out a profit sharing arrangement and how likely is that to happen?

P.S. I also love "Once Upon A Forest". James Horner's beautiful soundtrack (which is long out of print, but I managed to get it when the film was first released) is one of my favorites.

Post by **Dacey** » January 24th, 2006, 4:48 pm

Okay, here's one that no one's mentioned: "Quest for Camelot". I didn't see it in the theater. And it is, at its core, a Disney imitation. But it's still a nice little movie, and it has some good songs.

Post by **droosan** » January 30th, 2006, 3:10 am

BALTO was actually quite good.

THE RESCUERS DOWN UNDER holds up as the 'anti-formula' Disney movie; an action-adventure with no songs or goofy sidekicks, despite being made during Disney's 'Broadway' era ..

And I definitely agree with the earlier mentions of CATS DON'T DANCE, THE IRON GIANT, and FIEVEL GOES WEST ..

Post by **Ben** » January 30th, 2006, 6:02 am

Balto is a very underrated animated film.

Post by **Meg** » January 30th, 2006, 8:18 am

Perhaps, but it's got a HUGE fan following.

Post by **Dacey** » January 30th, 2006, 10:29 pm

Oh, yeah. "Balto", I watched it, like, 100 times on Disney Channel.

Post by **starlioness** » February 9th, 2006, 6:13 pm

I can name a few others..

Ferngully
Rover Dangerfield
Rock-a-Doodle
Bug's life (since they keep forgetting to use it in Pixar's advertising)

Swan Princess
Thumbelina (it's o.k if you get past the super cutesy stuff)
James and The Giant Peach

Post by **Meg** » February 9th, 2006, 6:28 pm

Agh! Starlioness? You mean like...

...THAT Starlioness?

Post by **starlioness** » February 10th, 2006, 3:33 pm

that I is Megalopolis

Post by **Meg** » February 10th, 2006, 3:53 pm

I'm good.

Post by **Macaluso** » February 10th, 2006, 4:40 pm

starlioness wrote: Bug's life (since they keep forgetting to use it in Pixar's advertising)

Aside from Cats Don't Dance being completely forgotten all the time (like, for instance, not releasing a widescreen DVD), and The Powerpuff Girl's movie not getting a widescreen DVD, this angers me the most. A Bug's Life was my favorite of the Pixar movies until Finding Nemo (And then The Incredibles) came along. A Bug's Life gets barely any recognition and it sucks.

Post by **Meg** » February 10th, 2006, 5:26 pm

I ws shocked when they mentioned A Bug's Life in the Cars trailer.

Post by **ShyViolet** » February 12th, 2006, 10:06 pm

You mean the teaser? Well, that DID have the Bug's Life theme music in the begining , after all!

Post by **Meg** » February 13th, 2006, 7:34 am

I think they were trying to trick us into thinking it was a trailer for A Bug's Life 2 or something.

Post by **Dacey** » February 13th, 2006, 3:49 pm

They only mentioned "A Bug's Life" because that trailer ended up killing off a lot of bees.