Although we can argue about which selections and omissions do and don’t make sense, Disney has been pretty consistent with what they count on their ‘official’ animated features since at least the early 90s. Earlier ‘official’ Disney lists of their animated features already omitted the predominantly live action films such as SONG OF THE SOUTH and MARY POPPINS, even though the inclusion of memorable animated scenes allowed them to appear on lists of official ‘classics’.

Are comments like “every disney movie looked great..exept Tangled”..what? You can do better than that. Give a reason instead of sounding like a 12 year old boy obsessed with Transformers. Tangled was great! Some of the best I have seen in CGI and Dsiney..for a while!
Is this what me and my sis are going to put up with critical wise when we work in the animation field one day? This place has become a Pixar worshipping site, and nothing but that. Folks dismiss the other films as udder “modern” crap with no artistic endeavor. Blood, sweat, and tears went into this, and if you have ever worked on a film, you should know that, but you haven’t and neither have I,at least give some consideration for their hard work. I am making more sense than some of the people on here that claim to love animation. When I make a movie one day if God allows it, this will be the last place I will look at for some help of what people are looking for in animated films these days. nothing but a bunch of sticks in the mud full of crap it sounds like. Might as well plaster Pixar all over the movie, then it will turn into gold and the tickets will turn into diamonds. We think that all movies these days is some rip off or washed down version of the older films..pftt, give me a break man. I, personally, don’t want any more Armond Whites. Why are we degrading the films we had such and anticipation epecting the best and becoming inspired by? What happened to our passion and desire for new and innovative films? This seriously ticks me off and I have seen enough on this site and some of the lamest excuses for an..excuse. I may be some crazy nieve 16 yearold who doesn’t know a crap about these films. Well, maybe I am, maybe not, but heck I have a passion for animation and I don’t want to see future aspiring animators and storytellers to be discouraged from some of the crap I have been reading here. Thank the almighty Pixar for introducing the age of CGI with the..oh well look..it’s Toy Story!
I like to embrace the new techniques ans ideas..but no, we want the Disney Boom back. hey, I lived it and I liked it, but it’s time to look at things more positively and not so narrow minded and negative. I frankly have gotten tired of all these tireless bland comments on how it wasn’t the good ole days and what not. I loved this tribute of what Disney did and it was very well made! but when one comment like X’s I see on here..irrelavent to what we are talking about, something inside of me just engulfs me and wants to fight back for something that people just don’t seem to ..love anymore, and it’s heartbreaking. When I make a movie in the future God willing, I will make it the best possible,and if it doesn’t please stingy top critics(or wannabes) like alot I see, who gives a flip? I want to make something for the purpose of inspiring someone, some kid or a grownup, to make something worthwhile. But my chances are slim now for making a critically successful film thanks to you guys. Thanks alot. But that won’t stop me thank goodness, because at some point, it won’t matter in the end. Oh and btw..we have been following this site and some other animation sites since..I don’t, since we were 7??? It’s true..I am obsessed, but for awesome reasons. I just hate to see so many movies being put down from so many knowledgable people about animation..but alot of them are missing something that I have and it seems a small handful of people these days…heart. For the movies and about movies. This may not seem to be the appropriate section to let this all out, but it’s been coming for a while, and here it is. Sorry I don’t think like most people do, and I hope me and my sis can bless the animation industry one day to please more of you folks, but if that fails..then no wonder the world is the way it is today. Sorry for grammar mistakes, but I am not sorry for what I said. Feel free to reply to all my nonsense..
And don’t get me wrong..I love pixar..but Pixar won’t be and isn’t the only company that makes GREAT films.

Back when Dinosaur was first released on DVD it wasn’t listed or numbered as a ‘classic’, in fact it just had ‘Walt Disney Presents’ above it. At least that how it was in the UK, not sure about anywhere else. It also used live action backdrops id it not? I haven’t even seen the film yet but I guess it’s still got more animation than the films they are not including like Mary Poppins and Bedknobs and Broomsticks. Other than that list list is pretty much what they have been using since sometime in the 90s.

I believe “the list” only includes films animated by Walt Disney Feature Animation, not direct-to-video films or theatrical films animated by DisneyToon Studios (A Goofy Movie, the other Pooh films, Tinkerbell). Though I have to wonder… was Dinosaur even animated by the main Disney Animation Studios?

Speaking of lists -the European one is even more complicated, Mary Poppins, Bedknobs and Broomsticks, and Pete’s Dragon are included most of the times – I believe even The Wild is in there somewhere. Never mind… The Wild has to be included, since The Princess and the Frog was number 53 (according to the DVD, that is). Though Enchanted isn’t included…? Ugh, I hate lists.