The Ultimate Disney Movie Challenge Begins!

Disney Ultimate Movie Bracket Challenge Showdown of DOoooooOoom!!

We’re still working on the title.

So I saw a disney bracket challenge… my amazing friend Haley sent it to me.  I saw it and was like… yes… I can do this. 

As I looked at the lovely 32 movie bracket I started noticing some of my favorite movies were missing…. I could make this better, stronger, I can improve it.  SO I CREATED (with the help of my dad who is actually the biggest Disney Nerd among all of my friends) a 64 movie bracket. NOW, the movie requirements I pressed on this bracket is that they all had to be WALT DISNEY ANIMATION STUDIOS or PIXAR ANIMATION STUDIOS movies.

 

They all have to be feature length animated films. No live action allowed. NO EXCEPTIONS. SORRY GHIBLI FANS, we will be making another bracket for you later. We love those movies too. Also, I have to admit, the loss of Disney MovieToons movies was hard because I love A Goofy movie and pretty much all of the Tinkerbell movies… but we will move on!  Nightmare Before Christmas was also eliminated (although it was on the original 32 I based this whole challenge on originally) because it was made by Skellington Productions.

Anyway, the rules of the game, nay Competition, are:

1. You have to watch both of the Disney movies that are going up against each other ON THE SAME DAY. 
2. You have to watch them in the order that they appear in the bracket.   (So although you don’t have to watch the whole bracket in order, you do have to watch the two movies in competition together in the order that they are listed.)
3. You then write down which one you enjoyed more in the winner section for that bracket competition.  
4. After round 1 is over (which will take a long time) you will be rewatching the movies for round 2!  And then again in round 3, and 4 and so on. Try not to let this cloud your judgement when picking the winner.
5. WHEN GOING INTO THE MOVIE WATCHING EXPERIENCE I URGE YOU not to let your preconceived biases influence how you associate your joy of a movie over the other movie.  This isn’t really a rule, more of a request and hopeful wishing.

THIS MEANS overall, the winners will often be decided on your mood that day.  Sometimes you’re in the mood for a movie like Toy Story 3, sometimes you want something that won’t rip your heart out and stomp on it over and over again… like maybe Moana?  It’s all subjective!

IMPORTANT INFO: the bracket was created with a random matchup generator after creating the list of 64 movies.  Since it is random, it feels less odd to make sure we watch it in the order that it was spit out. It’s all up to fate.

This is the list of 64 movies in no particular order because it was pretty haphazard:

NOTE: I HAVE ALSO ATTACHED THE BRACKET TO THIS PAGE AT THE BOTTOM!  But there are other bracket generators out there so if you want the movies in a different order, you’re free to create your own.

1. Lion King
2. Tarzan
3. Princess and the Frog
4. Lilo and Stitch
5. Tangled
6. Big Hero 6
7. Frozen
8. Moana
9. Aladdin
10. Hercules
11. The Little Mermaid
12. Pocahontas
13. Mulan
14. Zootopia
15. Beauty and the Beast
16. Up
17. Brave
18. Toy Story
19. Toy Story 2
20. Coco
21. Cars 2
22. Toy Story 3
23. The Good Dinosaur
24. Ratatouille
25. A Bug’s Life
26. Finding Nemo
27. Inside Out
28. Monsters Inc
29. Cars
30. The Incredibles
31. Wall-E
32. 101 Dalmatians
33. Cinderella
34. Peter Pan
35. Robin Hood
36. Jungle Book
37. Sleeping Beauty
38. Finding Dory
39. Monsters University
40. Snow White
41. Dumbo
42. Bambi
43. Alice in Wonderland
44. The Aristocats
45. Lady and the Tramp
46. The Sword in the Stone
47. The Rescuers
48. The Fox and the Hound
49. The Black Cauldron
50. The Great Mouse Detective
51. The Rescuers down under
52. The Hunchback of Notre Dame
53. Dinosaur
54. The Emperor’s New Groove
55. Atlantis: Lost Empire
56. Treasure Planet
57. Brother Bear
58. Meet the Robinsons
59. Bolt
60. Wreck it Ralph
61. Wreck it Ralph 2
62. The Incredibles 2
63. Pinocchio
64. Oliver & Company

I have already begun my Movie Challenge.  My father has not yet begun and I don’t know which of the first paring he is going with.  I started with Atlantis: Lost Empire vs Peter Pan.  I’ll write another blog about that though.  I think I’ll continue with this as I go along if only so I can look back in the future and see why I picked one movie over another.

 

HAPPY MOVIE WATCHING!

Adventure is out there,

Elf

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