http://www.infoplease.com/entertainment/movies/afi-top-animation.html
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ztmillers-2 — 9 years ago(August 19, 2016 03:53 PM)
Yeah, it's a sin, but very few seem to comprehend the significance of the film, even if it did save animation in the 80's just as much as Cinderella did in the 50's. I'd imagine it has something to do with being overshadowed by Beauty and the Beast all the time. Even in professional circles, animated films have a stigma for being only for children. It's hard to get behind Little Mermaid when Beauty and the Beast came out only two years later.
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littlemermaid22 — 9 years ago(August 20, 2016 01:51 AM)
So true! The Little Mermaid & Beauty & the Beast are my two favorite Disney movies but I agree The Little Mermaid tends to get overshadowed by Beauty & the Beast. I think there is a lot of Disney movies that get overshadowed such as Sleeping Beauty, Lady & the Tramp, & Alice in Wonderland & no offense if you like The Lion King but I think that movie is the reason why a lot of other great Disney movies get overshadowed. I personally think The Lion King is highly overrated.
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otness_e — 9 years ago(August 22, 2016 03:42 AM)
Agreed regarding The Little Mermaid, and maybe to some degree The Lion King being overrated. Can't exactly say the same regarding Beauty and the Beast, though. If anything, maybe not as overrated as The Lion King (even if it DID do its villain far better justice than BATB did), but Beauty and the Beast certainly was overrated due to there being quite a bit of problems with that movie.
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ZakkWyldeMyLittlePony — 9 years ago(August 25, 2016 09:00 PM)
I'm surprised AFI snubbed The Nightmare Before Christmas from their Top 10 Animated films list. For that matter, why they left Who Framed Roger Rabbit off their top 10 Fantasy films is a load of BS too. I can also see where you're coming from with The Lion King. While I like the film, I don't rate it quite as highly as I use to since I never cared for Adult Simba and even when I was little, I liked cub Simba better. Matthew Broderick's portrayal of Simba felt so empty to me.
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ZakkWyldeMyLittlePony — 9 years ago(December 20, 2016 06:36 PM)
I read on Wikipedia that The Little Mermaid was nominated for several lists by the AFI but didn't make any of them which I think is a load of bull. Also, Beauty and the Beast was nominated for the AFI's 100 Years 100 Movies list, but didn't make the list. That was also a bummer.
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racy1285 — 9 years ago(January 11, 2017 02:00 PM)
Yeah, it's a sin, but very few seem to comprehend the significance of the film, even if it did save animation in the 80's just as much as Cinderella did in the 50's.
That right there is completely false. The Little Mermaid did not save Animation in the 80s. Animation was already saved years before that by Don Bluth. Thanks to his three films Secret of Nihm, American Tale, and Land Before Time. Little Mermaid deserves credit for putting Disney back on top. But this isnt a Disney list.
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ztmillers-2 — 9 years ago(January 28, 2017 12:16 AM)
More like Don Bluth kept animation on life support. There was definitely a pre-Little Mermaid animation world and post-Little Mermaid animation world. The Disney Renaissance is what put animation on even ground with live-action entertainment. None of those three movies broke the top 10 grossing films in their year, and you wouldn't hear of animated films being nominated for best picture until after Little Mermaid.
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ZakkWyldeMyLittlePony — 9 years ago(January 29, 2017 02:03 PM)
Secret of NIMH, Little Mermaid, and Nightmare Before Christmas all getting left off the AFI's Top Ten Animated films lists is pretty surreal. It's pretty weird that the only animated film on the list that isn't a Disney film is Shrek and even that feels odd since Shrek mocked a lot of Disney classics. Don't know why that's odd to me, but for some reason it just is.
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TutuAnimationPrincess — 9 years ago(January 31, 2017 08:11 AM)
If we're going this route, Steven Spielberg is the man who deserves the credit for saving mainstream animation. Without his backing, Don Bluth's films don't become the hits they were. The Secret of NIMH, which Don Bluth and Gary Goldman did themselves, was a big failure at the box office almost ending their career. Also, it was thanks to Spielberg's connections that Roger Rabbit was able to get the different cartoon licenses as he was a big supporter of the film. It's also the Roger Rabbit money that funded The Little Mermaid. Back to the list, as I said earlier, it's difficult to make a list like this without specific criteria to go by.
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ZakkWyldeMyLittlePony — 9 years ago(January 29, 2017 02:10 PM)
Another thought that just came to mind is, maybe The Prince of Egypt could've been on AFI's Top 10 Animated Films but from what I've heard it wasn't nominated which it should've justified since Secret of NIMH another well crafted but sadly underrated animated film got nominated but didn't make the list. Maybe for that matter The Last Unicorn should've been on the list too. I feel Secret of NIMH might've been snubbed since Bluth allegedly, as Ralph Bakshi said, left Disney to do Disney.
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otness_e — 9 years ago(January 31, 2017 07:08 AM)
Have to agree with you regarding the AFI listing omitting The Little Mermaid. Honestly, that movie's practically the reason why Disney's still in existence, especially after a string of poorly received movies. It helped bring new life into the Disney franchise.
I'm not sure I can necessarily agree with you regarding Cinderella, though, mostly because like The Little Mermaid, Cinderella DID save Disney from going bankrupt, so it definitely deserves a spot just as well.