Well, anyway, I pseudo-marathoned every movie from Walt Disney Animation studios (including the WWII short collections, even the one that isn't on Disney+, but not including Dinosaur, which was really not a full WDAS joint, and is more part of the list of their movies for marketing Dinosaur because there's no other reason to watch it, or The Wild, which is really not even remotely made by WDAS but is part of the list outside of America because they put "this is the 50th movie!" in the opening of Tangled and that doesn't make since there were only 49 if you don't count Dinosaur and so they just randomly threw something they had the distribution rights to in there, apparently, and, boy, this was a parenthetical phrase, wasn't it?). I decided to watch them all, then Raya as the climax, and though it had little impact on the actual review (other than making it kinda later than I would have liked), here's my Twitter thread with very little context or sense on the experience. This is basically the first time the majority of the "canon" has been so readily available (the one exception is Make Mine Music, one of the "package films" that were anthologies of shorts made on the cheap during WWII); before home video, well, was before home video, and after home video and even into pre-Disney+ streaming, they did that Disney Vault thing which I guess is going to be a Millenial-exclusive childhood experience. I'd never actually seen Peter Pan, Sleeping Beauty or Frozen II before (that might get kind of funny soon).
But, anyway, I guess I'll share my rankings of the "canon" (minus the "package films", because they're hard to rank as anthologies and also, I mean, who cares?):
52. Chicken Little
51. Peter Pan
50. Sleeping Beauty
49. Pocahontas
48. Fantasia 2000
47. Brother Bear
46. The Black Cauldron
45. The Hunchback of Notre Dame
44. The Sword in the Stone
43. Ralph Breaks the Internet
42. Big Hero 6
41. Treasure Planet
40. Tarzan
39. Home on the Range
38. Tangled
37. Bambi
36. Atlantis: The Lost Empire
35. Frozen
34. Oliver & Company
33. The Princess and the Frog
32. The Aristocats
31. Cinderella
30. Moana
29. Frozen II
28. Mulan
27. Bolt
26. The Rescuers
25. Meet the Robinsons
24. The Little Mermaid
23. Raya and the Last Dragon
22. 101 Dalmations
21. Hercules
20. Pinocchio
19. The Jungle Book
18. The Fox and the Hound
17. Aladdin
16. The Great Mouse Detective
15. The Many Adventures of Winnie the Pooh
14. Alice in Wonderland
13. The Rescuers Down Under
12. Beauty and the Beast
11. Winnie the Pooh
10. Fantasia
9. Snow White and the Seven Dwarfs
8. Lilo & Stitch
7. Wreck-It Ralph
6. The Emperor's New Groove
5. Dumbo
4. Lady and the Tramp
3. Robin Hood
2. The Lion King
1. Zootopia
Well, anyway, I pseudo-marathoned every movie from Walt Disney Animation studios (including the WWII short collections, even the one that isn't on Disney+, but not including Dinosaur, which was really not a full WDAS joint, and is more part of the list of their movies for marketing Dinosaur because there's no other reason to watch it, or The Wild, which is really not even remotely made by WDAS but is part of the list outside of America because they put "this is the 50th movie!" in the opening of Tangled and that doesn't make since there were only 49 if you don't count Dinosaur and so they just randomly threw something they had the distribution rights to in there, apparently, and, boy, this was a parenthetical phrase, wasn't it?). I decided to watch them all, then Raya as the climax, and though it had little impact on the actual review (other than making it kinda later than I would have liked), here's my Twitter thread with very little context or sense on the experience. This is basically the first time the majority of the "canon" has been so readily available (the one exception is Make Mine Music, one of the "package films" that were anthologies of shorts made on the cheap during WWII); before home video, well, was before home video, and after home video and even into pre-Disney+ streaming, they did that Disney Vault thing which I guess is going to be a Millenial-exclusive childhood experience. I'd never actually seen Peter Pan, Sleeping Beauty or Frozen II before (that might get kind of funny soon).
But, anyway, I guess I'll share my rankings of the "canon" (minus the "package films", because they're hard to rank as anthologies and also, I mean, who cares?):
52. Chicken Little
51. Peter Pan
50. Sleeping Beauty
49. Pocahontas
48. Fantasia 2000
47. Brother Bear
46. The Black Cauldron
45. The Hunchback of Notre Dame
44. The Sword in the Stone
43. Ralph Breaks the Internet
42. Big Hero 6
41. Treasure Planet
40. Tarzan
39. Home on the Range
38. Tangled
37. Bambi
36. Atlantis: The Lost Empire
35. Frozen
34. Oliver & Company
33. The Princess and the Frog
32. The Aristocats
31. Cinderella
30. Moana
29. Frozen II
28. Mulan
27. Bolt
26. The Rescuers
25. Meet the Robinsons
24. The Little Mermaid
23. Raya and the Last Dragon
22. 101 Dalmations
21. Hercules
20. Pinocchio
19. The Jungle Book
18. The Fox and the Hound
17. Aladdin
16. The Great Mouse Detective
15. The Many Adventures of Winnie the Pooh
14. Alice in Wonderland
13. The Rescuers Down Under
12. Beauty and the Beast
11. Winnie the Pooh
10. Fantasia
9. Snow White and the Seven Dwarfs
8. Lilo & Stitch
7. Wreck-It Ralph
6. The Emperor's New Groove
5. Dumbo
4. Lady and the Tramp
3. Robin Hood
2. The Lion King
1. Zootopia