Uploaded January 2017 | Updated September 2026, 1 day ago

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Alright, its up finally! Already Mid-January...geesh. I was tagged by the lovely thefanvideoer2 who started this tag and I just think its a wonderful idea that needs to become an annual thing now among all of us. So what are YOUR top 3 favorites??? ;)

2016 was a smorgasbord of incredibly GOOD animated movies which is one reason I REALLY enjoyed 2016. Since there was so many it was hard to show just 3 so I did a little runners up thing at the end but its just a one time thing, no one has to do it if they don't want too. I wanted to keep it under 5 mins so this wouldn't be unbearable long.

I was kinda waiting till I saw Sing before I uploaded this to give it a fair shot....I'm glad I did, because it was very good IMO. Story + Heart = ♥ =D *giggles*

I Tag (I honestly didn't know who to tag cause some were already tagged and others just aren't around anymore but your it again anyway......ONLY if you want to of course :)

NightFuryLover31
inhonoredglory
WhispertheWolf
LadySaraK
1998Ebb
JustLyz
bagio

Now I hope you watched my top 3 before reading any further because I wanted to explain WHY #1 was #1. *shoos off* Go watch!


Zootopia was a very close second, I LOVE IT, especially going to Scotland and all!! But Finding Dory is special in a different way. Finding Nemo came out when I was just 8 years old, and I thought it was the greatest, state-of-the-art animated movie at the time! I mean it was THE BOMB in 2003 and I lived it up in every way, and the story, the characters were on-going puns and it was just such a classic in my home growing up. (It was my favorite Pixar movie till 2015 with Inside Out).
Fast forward 13 years with Finding Dory, at 21 a lots changed. Oh I'll always be a kid-at-heart when it comes to animated movies, but as you get older you loose that original child-like "wonder" in how you view the world - not necessarily with just movies - that makes certain things memorable and meaningful at that age. Thats not entirely a bad thing, it just means you understand things you couldn't before. You know like, maybe those parts in a movie where the adults were all laughing and the kids are looking back quizzically? But you have a more critical understanding of the story and characters that makes movies, especially animated movies, harder to enjoy. (I hate to say it but its true).
I think Finding Nemo/Dory made me realize that more easily, but thank goodness I'm an animation nerd and Finding Dory was such a positive sequel. It probably helps my expectations were exceedingly low, but even the story in itself I relate to more now than the 1st (I guess being an only child with doting parents like Dory's).
I can't honestly say I like one over the other since they were each at extremely different times in my life. The age-gap makes them so unique, for me personally, but I have the feeling I'm not the only one who has that same connection.

Alright enough deep stuff that hurt my brain, but since this is all about movies, I think I forgot to mention in my last vid that I FINALLY saw Star Wars Rogue One, New Years Day in IMAX. I couldn't take it any longer when I heard Carrie Fisher passed away. (I'm still saddened by that whole loss) But OMG THE MOVIE WAS SO GOOD!! I knew it would be but man the visual effects, story and characters was so DEEP! OH and all those SW easter eggs killed me too; I would have never predicted that bittersweet ending. And I mean, BITTER, all bitter with a smidgen of sweetness on the very final scene. (You guys that seen it know what I'm talking about right?!?) Oh that was like the cherry on top of a DARK chocolate sundae, ahehe. And I mean dark, it was a hard movie to watch but really good in a great way, ya know? (You probably don't, lol!)

Now that I've seen Rogue One and Sing I can say farewell to 2016 since they were the last two films on my rather long watch list, LAST year. (;
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