What is your favorite Dreamworks movie?

[Happiness Assassin]

I remember seeing a favorite Disney movie thread a while back, so I thought, "Hey, why not make one about Dreamworks?"

So Escapists, what is it? For me it has to be Prince of Egypt. It just has a beautiful atmosphere, amazing songs whose primary job is conveying the characters emotions, and tells a religious story that can be appreciated on its own. I just love reliving the nostalgia of watching this as a kid.

Captcha: the bible

Weirdly relevant to my choice...

 

[Dragoon]

Tough contest between The Road to El Dorado and Shrek for me, they're both brilliant films I loved to watch on repeat as a kid and still do from time to time.

 

[R.Nevermore]

I just saw The Croods and tbh it stands above anything else they've done

 

[lRookiel]

Definitely how to train your dragon, Toothless is so cuuuute!

I'm a sucker for anything that adorable. :3

 

[Miss Layton]

Is it okay if I do a "from good to great" list?

Okay, these are my particular favourites, listed from good to fucking awesome. From top to bottom, I should add.

- The Road to El Dorado
- Wallace and Gromit: Curse of the Wererabbit
- Kung Fu Panda
- The Prince of Egypt
- How To Train Your Dragon
- Kung Fu Panda 2 (Lord Shen is easily one of my all time favourite animated villains)

 

[aba1]

Iron Giant was a great movie and I am 90% sure it is dreamworks.

 

[Ed130 The Vanguard]

Iron Giant was a great movie and I am 90% sure it is dreamworks.

Google is your friend, It was done by Warner Brothers.

How to Train your Dragon, The Road to El Dorado, and Wallace and Gromit: Curse of the Wererabbit.

Shrek would have been mentioned but the multiple sequels killed it.

 

[saintdane05]

Prince of Egypt. I mean, wow... that was... whoa.

 

[MiskWisk]

Definitely how to train your dragon, Toothless is so cuuuute!

I'm a sucker for anything that adorable. :3

Seconded. How To Train Your Dragon is just a brilliant film.

Road to El Dorado is also quite good too.

 

[Richard Keohane]

I am prepared to say that any answer other than How to Train Your Dragon is objectively wrong.

 

[Olas]

I guess I'd have to say How to Train Your Dragon, besides having the lame cliché lie/reveal plot element it was a darned good story overall, told well, and visualized beautifully with characters who actually acted intelligently and relatably.

Has a horrible title though, How to Train Your Dragon? It makes it sound like the movie's about something totally different than what it actually is.

 

[Xpwn3ntial]

Considering The Road to El Dorado is the only movie my brother and I pre-meditatively watch when I visit my family, I'd have to say that.

It's also probably their best movie. Narratively creative, gorgeous to look at, funny as hell, and fondly reminiscent of a lot of older movies with similar premises topped off with Elton John doing the soundtrack.

That movie wins.

 

[Robot Number V]

In recent memory? Most definitely "How to Train Your Dragon". Although the Kung Fu panda movies get some points for being about Jack Black as a panda and still being pretty damn good.

 

[saintdane05]

kung fu panda and shrek.

also:

its funny cos its true..

Except Prince of Egypt and Road to El Dorado. Prince of Egypt is more like... I don't know... Just wonderful...

 

[Casual Shinji]

Prince of Egypt is the only 100% snark- and popculture reference free Dreamworks animated movie, so it wins by default. Eventhough I would say a lot of the character animation in that movie is kinda stiff. But then Dreamworks has never been that good at actual animation.

How to Train Your Dragon is a distant second, since it was the first Dreamworks cartoon since Prince of Egypt that had any sincerity.

 

[SL33TBL1ND]

I must be the only person who hated How to Train Your Dragon in the world. The book was way better.

 

[Arctodus_Simus]

It has to be How To Train Your Dragon An utterly fantastic film!

 

[mParadox]

Prince of Egypt was amazing. It blew my mind when I first saw it and it still manages to put in a situation where I'm awed. >.>

But I love Shrek and Shrek 2. Best movies ever.

Spoiler: Also, best scene ever.