Dreamworks rankings

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#41

Great list, queen of painting! Mind if I pinch your titles and place my rankings? :slight_smile: Having recently watched the final Shrek, hereā€™s how I rate the Dreamworks canon.

THE GOOD
How to Train Your Dragon (Itā€™s directed by Chris Sanders and scored by John Powell. 'Nuff said)
Kung Fu Panda (I love Kung Fuuuuā€¦!!!)
Over the Hedge (Great commentary on middle America suburban expansion)
Spirit: Stallion of the Cimarron (Truly underrated. I loved it then, I still love it now)
Shrek

THE NOT HALF-BAD
Road to El Dorado (Only because I had a crush on Chel and I dug Elton Johnā€™s theme song)
Monsters Vs. Aliens
Shrek Forever After (It really is the best Shrek since the first, I nearly cried at the end)

THE MEH
The Prince of Egypt (I too, am a little biased because of the religious themes)
Shrek 2
Madagascar 2 (Itā€™s a bit better than Madagascar because of the ā€˜father-sonā€™ element, but only just)
Sinbad: Legend of the Seven Seas (Itā€™s actually pretty good, but somehow missed that extra something, like Treasure Planet)
Shark Tale (I only like it because I dug the Mafia references and I liked the voice cast)

THE OH GOD NO DONā€™T MAKE ME WATCH IT EVER AGAIN

Madagascar (I loved it back when I watched it, but now I realize it was a film that was driven by crude humour and cute characters)
Shrek the Third
Bee Movie (Itā€™s like Shark Tale, with bees. And the whole human-bee love subplot creeped me out, the species gap was too huge, unlike say Melman and Gloria).
Antz (God, I hated this movie as a kid. There were some really scary parts!)

And yes, Aardman is really only distributed by Dreamworks, much like how Pixar is distributed by Disney.

#42

Donā€™t mind at all, TDIT. When I made my list, I never realized just how many films Dreamworks has made, and in a shorter period of time than Pixar. Look at how many of their films are of good quality, though! Just 4 for me. :frowning: I would say most of their movies put me off because of the obnoxious humor and the visuals.

Pixar: First feature film released in 1995; theyā€™ve made 11 total in 15 years. Every film was a box office hit and has received a minimum 90% rating on Rotten Tomatoes with the exception of Cars (74%), 9 of which have been 95% and over. Pixar has received 9 Academy Awards for their feature films.

Dreamworks: First feature film released in 1998; theyā€™ve made 17 films (and one direct-to-video) in 12 years. Most of the 2D ones were flops at the box office. They have two films with at least a 90% RT rating, and an additional 3 with at least 80%. I believe Dreamworks has received 2 Academy Awards for their films. (Correct me if Iā€™m wrong on that one!)

I just saw your post and have to agree with this comment, though Were-Rabbit was a pretty good film. Their shorts really are much better, because they last long enough to flesh out a story but donā€™t drag on at all.

#43

My list:

Over the Hedge
Shrek 2
Shrek
Shark Tale
Shrek the Third
Madagascar

There the only ones I have seen properly, I like Over the Hedge and Shrek 2, Shrek is good and the rest I dont like :stuck_out_tongue:

#44

This isnā€™t technically speaking my Dreamworks rankings, but what letter grade I give them starting their first film Antz and ending with their last, Shrek Forever After.

Antz: A
Shrek: A+
Shark Tale A-
Shrek 2: A+
Madagascar: B
Over the Hedge: B
Shrek the Third: D+
Bee Movie: A-
Kung Fu Panda: A-
Madagascar: Escape 2 Africa: B+
Monsters vs. Aliens: B (Personally I hate this movie!)
How To Train Your Dragon: C+
Shrek Forever After: B-

#45
  1. Shrek the Third
  2. Monsters vs. Aliens
  3. Shark Tale
  4. Bee Movie
  5. Shrek Forever After
  6. Over The Hedge
  7. Antz
  8. Kung Fu Panda
  9. Masagascar
  10. Shrek 2
  11. Shrek
  12. Madagascar: Escape 2 Africa
  13. How to Train Your Dragon
#46

You donā€™t like PoE? :frowning:

#47

Or any of the other traditionally animated DW films?

#48
  1. Shrek the Third
  2. Monsters vs. Aliens
  3. Shark Tale
  4. The Road to El Dorado
  5. Sinbad: Legend of the Seven Seas
  6. Bee Movie
  7. Shrek Forever After
  8. The Prince of Egypt
  9. Over The Hedge
  10. Antz
  11. Spirit: Stallion of the Cimarron
  12. Kung Fu Panda
  13. Masagascar
  14. Shrek 2
  15. Shrek
  16. Madagascar: Escape 2 Africa
  17. How to Train Your Dragon
#49
  1. How to Train Your Dragon
  2. The Prince of Egypt
  3. Over the Hedge
  4. Chicken Run
  5. Road to El Dorado (didnā€™t get to finish it, but was liking it at my friendā€™s house)
  6. Spirit (canā€™t remember much about it, just that I liked it)
  7. Flushed Away
  8. Kung Fu Panda
  9. Shrek 2
  10. Madagascar: Escape 2 Africa
  11. Madagascar
  12. Shrek
  13. Bee Movie
  14. Shrek the Third

I wanna say I watched Antz ages ago, but I canā€™t remember liking it much. Maybe Iā€™d appreciate it more today.

#50

ok, let me try, MOST of them are not good

BEST Film:

  1. Chicken Run

VERY GOOD:
2. The Prince of Egypt
3. Wallace and Gromit: The Curse of the Were-Rabbit

GOOD:
4. Kung Fu Panda
5. How to Train Your Dragon
6. Monsters Vs. Aliens

AVERAGE:
7. Shrek 2
8. Shrek
9. Antz

BAD:
10. Flushed Away
11. Megamind
12. Over the Hedge
13. Shrek the Third
14. Madagascar

REALLY BAD:
15. Madagascar: Escape 2 Africa
16. Shrek Forever After

WORST Films:

  1. Bee Movie
  2. Shark Tale

Iā€™ve NEVER SEEN and I am not interested in wacthing them:

  • Sinbad
  • The Road to El Dorado
  • Spirit
#51

The downright amazing

  1. Prince of Egypt

The awesome
2. How to Train Your Dragon
3. Chicken Run

The very good
4. Kung Fu Panda
5. Over the Hedge

The good but nothing really special
6. Spirit
7. Shrek

The mediocore
8. Madagascar
9. Shrek 2

The bad
10.Shark Tale
11. Sinbad: Legend of the Seven Seas
12. Shrek the Third (I walked out of the room)

And for the rest I havenā€™t see, in order of how excited I am to see them.

  1. Wallace and Gromit
  2. Antz
  3. Megamind
  4. Flushed Away
  5. The Road to El Dorado
  6. Monsters vs. Aliens
  7. Madagascar 2
  8. The Bee Movie
  9. Shrek: Forever After
#52

Thatā€™s too bad, The Road to El Dorado is actually a good movie, I rank it above Kung Fu Panda.

#53

if you recommend me, I am sure gonna give it a chance :sunglasses:

#54

I have only seen Shrek 1, Shrek 2,Shrek the third and Shrek Forever After, Magadascar, over the edge,Shark Tale,Chicken Run, Kung Fu Panda and How to Train your dragon.

LetĀ“s just say i liked Shrek 1 and 2. I donĀ“t want to classify the other movies because i would put them in the last place. All of them -__-.

#55

I like El Dorado. Is MM really that bad? :frowning: I thought it would be good.

#56

It was a decent movie IMO. It was funny and enjoyable. I personally donā€™t think itā€™s as good as HTTYD, KFP, PoE, and RtED. You should totally give it a chance Virginia!

#57

IV: If you want a good laugh and a cute story, and wonā€™t take the movie too seriously, then Megamind is a great watch. The back-and-forth banter between the characters is fantastic, and I was really surprised at how much I enjoyed the movie. :slight_smile: Definitely worth your time to see!

little chef

#58

I plan on investing in the DVd, since I missed the theater run. Only fair, IMO. :stuck_out_tongue:

Okayā€¦

1.)HtTYD
2.)Prince of Egypt
3.)Kung Fu Panda
4.)Madagascar

The rest of them. I hate them. Especially the Shrek movies. :shake:

#59

I am really glad to see Prince of Egypt getting a lot of recognition. I consider to be the best 2D animated film Iā€™ve ever seen. (Yes better then the Lion King. :smiley:)

#60

It is one of the best. And one of my favorites.