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After Pixar pioneered computer animation in the mid-‘90s andgave audiences the first entirely computer - animated feature film withToy Story , studios began pumping out likewise style films like it was nobody ’s occupation . Throughout the 2000s , this animation style was perfected as Pixar , DreamWorks , Disney , and all their rivaling studios mother to work on the hottest newfangled way to make a picture .
There were still beautiful 2D animated films getting made , like the work of Studio Ghibli . As always , the decennium brought both great and awful invigoration . So , here are the five best and five worst animated movies from the 2000s .
Best: Shrek 2 (2004)
It ’s a debate that ’s been bawl out on for long time : which is better , ShrekorShrek 2 ? They ’re both undeniably cracking pic , with spate of fondness , humour , and fun subversions of fay tale tropes . But the continuation is arguably good , and that does n’t happen very often .
After the firstShrekmoviemade the characters beloved iconsand introduced audiences to a delightful phantasy world , the sequel developed those characters further and expatiate the worldbuilding . It took everything that was great aboutShrekand built on it .
Worst: Eight Crazy Nights (2002)
Like a passel of Adam Sandler ’s bad motion-picture show , Eight Crazy Nightswasmade with good intentions — in this typeface , to give Jewish consultation a Hanukkah movie amid the annual slew of Christmas fare .
Unfortunately , Eight Crazy Nightshas all the hallmarks of a bad Sandler movie , like crass jokes and blatant Cartesian product location , as well as an unusually dreary attitude toward the holidays .
Best: Up (2009)
When Pixar announced a movie in which an honest-to-goodness man makes his house fly with a ton of balloons , sceptical fans intend that the studio had finally run out of ideas . But as soon as the first awe - pep up trailer was released , those fans close their cakehole .
The plot ofUpbuilds beautifully to that sign taking flight of steps , and then it becomes a prominent risky venture . The opening eight - minute prologue isemotionally devastating , with the rest of the movie exploring grief in genuine human depth .
Worst: The Wild (2006)
A year after DreamWorks releasedMadagascar , a movie about New York zoological garden animals escaping captivity and heading into the wilderness , Disney releasedThe Wild , a movie about New York menagerie animals escaping captivity and maneuver into the wild .
It ’s unimaginable to watchThe Wildand not see a shameless rent - off ofMadagascar , and all the differences are negative : The Wildhas a less interesting game , a less impressive voice cast , lower - quality animation , and it ’s 100 % less original .
Best: Spirited Away (2001)
One of the many inspire masterpieces that Hayao Miyazaki has helm for Studio Ghibli , the dear invigoration theatre he co - founded , Spirited Awaytells the fantastic story of a young daughter taking a chore at a bathhouse after a Wiccan turns her parents into copper .
The animation is gorgeous , as is the case with every Studio Ghibli outing , with dazzle visuals bring this unique , slightly unsettling faerie narrative to aliveness .
Worst: Brother Bear (2003)
The result of Michael Eisner recount the Disney animation team to set a movie in North America , Brother Beartells the story of a hunter being turned into a bear as some kind of cosmic punishment .
The moving picture has the best of intentions , but it ’s frightfully tedious , the patch is predictable , and it leans too heavily on the dramatic side of things to be fun animate fare .
Best: The Simpsons Movie (2007)
The aggregate efforts of everySimpsonswriter made sure that the screenplay forThe Simpsons Moviewas packed with as many jape as possible . The team used the feature film - length runtime to explore what would happen if Homer screwed up so ill that it could n’t be fixed in 21 second .
The voice actor are prominent as usual , with Julie Kavner in particular give a moving performance as Marge . The aspect proportion changes and large - scaleUnder the Dome - spoofing storyline giveThe Simpsons Moviea really cinematic find .
Worst: Titanic: The Legend Goes On (2000)
Three year after James Cameron ’s $ 200 million dramatisation of the sinking feeling of the Titanic became the highest grossing movie ever made , the story was retold in revive form under the titleTitanic : The Legend Goes On .
It ’s one of the worst animated movies of all prison term , taking a diachronic tragedy and live it with banal cartoon concept like a rapping detent .
Best: Finding Nemo (2003)
Pixarbrought the ocean to lifewith the magnificently animatedFinding Nemo , which uses a write up about fish to touch on ecumenical human emotion as an overprotective beginner searches for his missing son against all odds .
The movie has all the trademark of an animated classic : lovable eccentric , a powerful message , a tragical opening scene , etc .
Worst: Shark Tale (2004)
While Pixar brought the sprawling under - the - sea humankind to life in breathtaking fashion inFinding Nemo , DreamWorks ’ attack to do the same in Jeffrey Katzenberg ’s riptide - off , Shark Tale , fell two-dimensional .
Pixar told the deep human narrative of an overprotective parent ’s worst nightmare coming true ; DreamWorks made a parody of mob movies that live on on references to films that kids have never see , likeThe Godfather , and it ’s not funny enough for adult who have construe those movies to enjoy .
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