The first Academy Award for Best Animated
Feature was first awarded in 2001 when Shrek won the award. There certainly were deserving winners before
that though, and for the most part, animated movies have been neglected when
considered for other awards. So I am
going to go back in time and start handing out the nominees and hardware that
these greats deserve. I will be using
the Rotten Tomato score as the main determinant, but ticket sales and my own
opinion will certainly come into play.
Let’s first look at the decade of the 90’s:
1991 through 2000.
1991
An American Tail: Fievel Goes West
Beauty and the Beast – WINNER. Fun fact: this was the first movie I ever saw
in theaters.
A Wish for Wings That Work
1992
Aladdin – WINNER. Not even close
Bebe’s KidsTom and Jerry: The Movie
1993
Batman: Mask of the Phantasm
Hollyrock-a-Bye Baby
The Nightmare Before Christmas – WINNER. Grade A Movie. You can see my review a few days ago.
1994
The Lion King – WINNER. I hope to review it soon
Thumbelina
The Swan Princess
1995
A Goofy Movie
Pocahontas
Toy Story – WINNER. I mean, this was a revolution of film making.
A Goofy Movie
Pocahontas
Toy Story – WINNER. I mean, this was a revolution of film making.
Beavis and Butt-head Do America
The Hunchback of Notre Dame
James and the Giant Peach – WINNER. It was a tough matchup, but this is actually a great movie.
Space Jam
The Hunchback of Notre Dame
James and the Giant Peach – WINNER. It was a tough matchup, but this is actually a great movie.
Space Jam
1997
Anastasia – WINNER
Hercules
Hercules
I Married a Strange Person!
1998
Antz
A Bug’s Life – WINNER. The Rotten Tomatoes winner was Antz, but c’mon…the Academy loves PIXAR
Mulan
The Prince of Egypt
Antz
A Bug’s Life – WINNER. The Rotten Tomatoes winner was Antz, but c’mon…the Academy loves PIXAR
Mulan
The Prince of Egypt
1999
Fantasia 2000
The Iron Giant
South Park: Bigger, Longer & Uncut
Tarzan
Toy Story 2 – WINNER. 100% Rotten Tomatoes.
The Iron Giant
South Park: Bigger, Longer & Uncut
Tarzan
Toy Story 2 – WINNER. 100% Rotten Tomatoes.
2000
Dinosaur
The Emperor’s New Groove – WINNER.
Rugrats in Paris
The Emperor’s New Groove – WINNER.
Rugrats in Paris
What did we learn? For the most part, the decade started with
one box office animated movie from Disney and nothing else. The three most important years:
1)
1995 – For the first time, multiple animated box
office hits were released.
2)
1996 – The first year Disney did not have the
best animated film.
3)
1998 – For the first time, multiple critical
hits were released.
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