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\nThe essential list: A classic cartoon primer of absolute must see films for the unwashed – and of course, what are yours?<\/p>\n\n
I’ve been writing this weekly post quite late lately, and I\u2019ve been so busy that the things I want to take a deeper dive into I haven\u2019t. I really am hoping in these coming few weeks to get a chance to actually catch up with everything, and moreso to have a chance to start writing some of the articles I\u2019ve been wanting to and haven\u2019t made the time to just yet. It\u2019s been a whirlwind few weeks here in preparing things for a colleague, so I\u2019m really happy to get back to Thunderbean stuff myself rather than hearing about who\u2019s doing things!<\/p>\n
I\u2019ve been teaching an animation history class for 23 years now at the College for Creative Studies. I guess, by this point, that it\u2019s a career. The course covers animation worldwide, up until recent history. I\u2019ve really loved helping people discover a lot of the films so many of us have loved for many years, making sure that certain specific ones are at least seen in the class. As with all sorts of film lists, we can definitely agree that some things are essential viewing in any film genre, but it doesn\u2019t always mean that *we* personally like all of them. Still, a majority of the films on my \u2018essential\u2019 list are pretty entertaining.<\/p>\n
So, if I had to boil it down to the absolute five you must see films from each of the majors<\/i>, it would look something like this. I really picked at my brain on how to keep the list short and include the absolutes!<\/p>\n
Please post yours in the comments \u2014 I\u2019d love to see what the similarities are and differences.<\/p>\n
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<\/a>Warner Brothers:<\/u><\/b><\/p>\n