Animated Movies Throughout the Years: 2003
February saw the theatrical release of another unasked Disney sequel, The Jungle Book 2. The film got rather negative reviews, with a low rating of 19% on Rotten Tomatoes. However, it did do one thing right: They gave the girl Mowgli fell in love with at the end of the original film a name, Shanti.
In March, the cuddly critters from the Hundred Acre Woods returned in Piglet's Big Movie. When Piglet goes missing after being ridiculed by everyone else for being too small, Pooh, Tigger, Rabbit, Eeyore, and Roo go on a quest to find Piglet using his newly-made scrapbook.
On May 16th, the Pokémon made their final appearance on the Silver Screen in the US with Pokémon Heroes. However, later Pokémon movies would be released in theaters in Japan, while direct-to-video in other territories. This movie is notable for having the first two Legendary Dragons: Latios and Latias.
On May 30th, Pixar made a tsunami with their fifth feature film, Finding Nemo. The film got the best reviews of any movie that year, grossed over 871 million dollars worldwide at the box-office, and won the Oscar for Best Animated Feature.
In June, the Rugrats made their third and final big screen appearance in Rugrats Go Wild, which co-starred The Wild Thornberrys. While it got mainly negative reviews, the film earned enough money to pay off its budget. However, there’s going to be another Rugrats movie in November 2020, but the unthinkable: A live-action Rugrats with CGI babies.
July saw the release of DreamWorks' final hand-drawn film Sinbad: Legends of the Seven Seas. It unfortunately tanked at the box-office because it had to compete against Finding Nemo and Pirates of the Caribbean: Curse of the Black Pearl.
In August, The French-produced Triplets of Bellville premiered at the Telluride Film Festival in Colorado and received critical acclaim. 'Belleville' also got the Oscar nomination for Best Animated Feature, but lost to Finding Nemo.
And finally, in November, Disney's 44th animated feature Brother Bear premiered. It was the final film to be animated at the Florida Studio. Despite receiving mixed reviews, it did get the Oscar nomination for Best Animated Feature, as well as win the Heartland Award for Truly Moving Picture*.
*The Heartland Award for Truly Moving picture is an Award given by the Heartland Film Festival. It is celebrated each year in Indianapolis, Indiana since 1992. Unlike your average Award show, the Heartland Award for Truly Moving Picture can have more than one winner per year. Almost complete lists are in the links below.
http://heartlandfilm.org/tmpa/
http://heartlandfilm.org/honors/truly-moving-pictures-awards/
That's all I have to say for this week's Animated Movies Throughout the Years! Tune in next
week when we talk about animated movies from 2004, in which Disney released their last
hand-drawn film with Home on the Range, DreamWorks had both a hit and a miss with Shrekweek when we talk about animated movies from 2004, in which Disney released their last
2 and Shark Tale, and Pixar released their first film to star humans: The Incredibles.
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