I think the last few years many of the animated films have been showing up "real" films. While their message or messages may often be simpler, I think in every other way they have shown themselves to be worthy competitors. All of the ones I would cite as competitors for top spots have been distirbuted, ironically, by one of my corporate nemeses, Disney, though they were not all produced by Disney. The ones I am thinking of are all of the Pixar films, especially Monsters, Inc. and the Toy Story films, Lilo & Stitch, and the Disney imported Hayao Miyazaki film Spirited Away. None of these are traditional Disney fare, which, it should be obvious, I am inclined to think works immensely to their advantage.
[Remainder of article]Everyone should own Garfield and Friends: Season One. (Though as Justin points out, if you buy one season, you will have to buy more.) Season two is due out December 7th.
Garfield and Friends was one of the greatest cartoon series ever. (Garfield was, after all, a more relevant philosopher than most published philosphers.) I am very glad to see it on DVD, and I am certain I will end up owning at least one season.
(Thanks to Justin for the tip, but evidently I type faster.)
The current coolest song, based on lyrical content anyway, making its wat around the pop charts is "One Thing" by Finger Eleven. The lyrics can be found on their page. Musically it's alright but not exactly Beethoven; well, or the Beatles. But I like it anyway. See, pop music isn't all bad.
As a note, I find it very amusing that this song sounds, lyrically and musically, like it should be a CCM song, but it isn't. Not even close, actually. You'll have to dig up Switchfoot (one of whose songs is also getting major airplay right now) for that.
(English teachers may now hate me for using "cool." I prevented them hating me for excessive paretnthetical comments by moving this note to the end.)
