Any fave Don Bluth films?

DistantMemory · Post by **DistantMemory** » Fri Nov 28, 2003 8:25 pm

Other than Disney films, Don Bluth films took up a lot of my babyhood!

Brings back many good memories, and it makes up a lot of my dream world...next to anime and Zelda. ^_^ Soooo, my favorite films are....

~The Land Before Time (the first film ONLY...and only if it counts as Don Bluth)
~An American Tail, 1 and 2 (saw 2 first, then 1...I'll probably never get around to seeing 3)
~and...uh....I would like to see The Secret of NIMH...uh-huh ^^;

I've watched those movies so many times, it would always seem like I saw many individual movies. Anyone see any others? Reccomendations?

Dinozore · Post by **Dinozore** » Fri Nov 28, 2003 9:26 pm

I liked the Land Before Time movies up until 4 or so. Then it got old.

I've seen Secret of NIMH before. Pretty good, but not the best.

Post by **Tiff** » Fri Nov 28, 2003 10:07 pm

The Secret of Nimh. I always cry.
The Land Before Time. ONLY the first. The others sucked ass.
An American Tale. *sniff*

My brother and I used to watch Land Before Time CONSTANTLY.

RyoRei0110 · Post by **RyoRei0110** » Sat Nov 29, 2003 12:15 am

Don Bluth films, Don Bluth films...

Oh yeah I remember some. If I'm thinking correctly Anastasia's one, right? I love that movie *_* I also love Secret of Nimh. (The book was awesome) An American Tale, Thumbelina, & Rock-A-Doodle were pretty good too. The first two Land Before Times were all right, but the rest...ugh. How many are there anyway? @_@ I stopped counting after 7.

DreamEmpress · Post by **DreamEmpress** » Sat Nov 29, 2003 12:18 am

I love the Secret of Nimh. Always wondered if animals had lives like that. At least when I was a child.

The Land Before Time always made me cry at the end. (the 1st movie. never saw the rest)

I am a very big fan of All Dogs Go To Heaven. the first movie was my fave.

Does the movie Anastasia fit in here? That was another really good one I liked. I keep thinking I read that Don Bluth had something to do with it.

Post by **Tiff** » Sat Nov 29, 2003 7:36 pm

DreamEmpress wrote:
I am a very big fan of All Dogs Go To Heaven. the first movie was my fave.

XD I forgot that one! I always loved that one....it makes me cry.

Jeff · Post by **Jeff** » Sat Nov 29, 2003 9:51 pm

That movie (All Dogs Go to Heaven) terrified me. Something about a dog facing Hell just didn't ... enchant me.

DreamEmpress · Post by **DreamEmpress** » Sun Nov 30, 2003 12:33 am

Yeah, seeing Charlie (All Dogs Go To Heaven) facing having to go to Hell was a bit on the creepy thought side. Overall I liked the fact that it showed the animals as people and having this little girl being able to communicate with them. It really brought the understanding of gang violence more to light for me as a kid. I don't know why, but it was easier for me back then to comprend things like that when they were presented by animated animals.

Post by **Tiff** » Sun Nov 30, 2003 12:44 am

I dunno...I really liked how
[spoiler]Charlie DOES end up dying in the end...because it showed that death is real, and it shows it in a way that children can understand, and in a tender way. Sometimes I can't take when everything in the world turns up roses in animated movies. This is probably one of the reasons why I lov eGrave of the Fireflies. [/spoiler]

KoiNoVash · Post by **KoiNoVash** » Sun Nov 30, 2003 12:53 am

I love Don Bluth movies! I loved the American Tail movies, the first Land Before Time (the other ones make me sick), All Dogs Go to Heaven, and the Secret of NIMH were some of my favorite movies growing up. I wish they would make a DVD set of his movies like they did for Miyazaki in Japan, it would be so grand.

crazydiamond · Post by **crazydiamond** » Mon Dec 01, 2003 10:25 pm

All Dogs go to Heaven (1), An American Tale (1), and Land Before Time 1 (whoever asked...there are more than 10. I think there are 12 or 13) are my top 3 favorites. Does Titan AE count as a Don Bluth? Cuz I read somewhere that it was a Disney/Don Bluth thing (and you can tell because the 'animal' characters move their mouths a lot). If it does, that one's OKAY, not on my top 3 or anything, but it was good.

Lady of the Light · Post by **Lady of the Light** » Mon Dec 01, 2003 10:33 pm

I LOVED the Land Before Time, when I was just a small little child. I would go out hunting for Tree Stars, and salad became my favourite meal. But yes, there's over ten of them out now, and they all really, really suck.

Thumbelina was another greatly loved one. I would curse the Mole in my own private way, and would hurl pillows when the mother toad came on.

Anastastia was my all time favourite when I was in Grade Two. I knew all the words to the songs, and I had my own little Anastasia diary that played the theme song when you opened it, and I also owned the music box, and the key to it was sacredly hung around my neck at all times.
*sigh* Good times, good times....

Drukqs · Post by **Drukqs** » Mon Dec 01, 2003 10:54 pm

Up until the 5th one, the land before time movieswere actually good. Until Chomper returned, then he ruined everything.

NameGoesHere · Post by **NameGoesHere** » Tue Dec 02, 2003 1:01 am

I loved All Dogs go to Heaven when I was younger. It wasn't until I found it in an old box recently that I realized that it was kind of gritty (for lack of a better word) for a children's movie. I still love it though… Itchy is so cute! ^_^

The Land Before Time is also a movie I watched over, and over, and over when I was younger. I loved the first one, but the rest suck.

And I also like the first two American Tail movies. I think I drove my mother insane with how many times I watched them. ^_^;

DreamEmpress · Post by **DreamEmpress** » Tue Dec 02, 2003 7:14 pm

An American Tail was another really good movie. I never really understood the whole wild west part of the 2nd movie, but whatever works I guess *shrug*

Thumbelina. Lovely film. Frankly I never was much of a beetle fan. He was just too snoddy for my taste. He thinks she's perfect one minute and the next throws her out into the cold. I'd keep on the run to if some big dumb frog in a clown outfit was chasing me too.

ParaKiss_Groupie · Post by **ParaKiss_Groupie** » Tue Dec 02, 2003 8:05 pm

Did he do the movie Fern Gully? Cause I loved that movie, and it seems similar to the movies everyone else mentioned. I actually can't think of any movies that I know he's done, but I can agree about the first Land Before Time. It was awesome. I didn't like any of the rest, though. The whole singing thing threw me off.

DistantMemory · Post by **DistantMemory** » Tue Dec 02, 2003 8:45 pm

Thank you guys for refreshing my memory! Anastasia and All Dogs Go to Heaven are great films (not sure about ADGtH2, though).

If you want to know my most tearful one, like mostly everyone else, than it's An American Tale 1. It didn't make me out-right cry, but there were some scenes that had me close to tears.

crazydiamond · Post by **crazydiamond** » Fri Dec 05, 2003 7:35 pm

ParaKiss- I'm pretty sure FernGully isn't a Don Bluth. It's not Disney, either, I think it's a Fox movie? Maybe? I might be wrong, but I'm 90% sure it's not a Don Bluth. It was, however, one of my very favorite movies! I think I might be getting it for xmas. *crosses fingers*

Starscream · Post by **Starscream** » Fri Dec 05, 2003 7:58 pm

American Tale is my favorite among all the Don Bluth films, closely followed by the Secret of NIHM. AT made me cry as a youth, especially the song "Somewhere Out There". Heck, I always manage to shed a tear or two every time I hear it ^^;

Post by **Tiff** » Fri Dec 05, 2003 9:01 pm

Starscream wrote:American Tale is my favorite among all the Don Bluth films, closely followed by the Secret of NIHM. AT made me cry as a youth, especially the song "Somewhere Out There". Heck, I always manage to shed a tear or two every time I hear it ^^;

Secret of NIMH makes me sob even more...the look on her face when she sees her children going under, and that beutiful music when she grabs the stone...so lovely.