Movies that I almost (but not quite) forgot about

You know what's the good thing about lists?

They satisfy my inner neuroticism.

Also, they are easy to make and give me a way to fill up space with my opinion in a way that is both easy to read, yet shockingly easy to ignore.

So here we go, in no particular order...
5 Movies I almost (but not quite) forgot about:  
Movies that made 6 year old me very happy.
I haven't seen any of these movies in probably 5-10 years and, except for Balto, I can only remember the fuzzy details. What I DO remember, is that they were awesome. They're mostly known for their animated animal/food characters and their overall shit rating on imdb.


#1. The Nuttiest Nutcracker
      My brother and I might have been the only people (ever) to watch this movie not once, but probably at least a dozen times. It's an animated Christmas movie that basically follows this formula:
(Veggie Tales - Religion) + (The Nutcracker) + (obligatory cute "kid" inanimate object) + (racially stereotyped vegetables) + (awesome/weird). Couldn't tell you a single significant scene/event in this movie, but I know that I liked it. A lot.
#2. The Pebble and the Penguin
     Again, I forgot about this movie until really recently. The plot revolves around several species of penguin (most notably the Macaroni penguin, which I thought was hilarious this morning when I was little.)  who live together, and one shy penguin is trying to woo the pretty girl penguin and, surprise, this turns into an epic journey involving a pebble (penguin mating rituals... don't ask). How can you not love a movie with a MACARONI PENGUIN?
#3. Balto
     Best. Dog movie. Ever? I think so. I don't even know how many times I've seen this movie, but it's probably well into the double digits. If you don't know of this movie/haven't seen it, I order that you go relive your childhood. Now. Seriously, sled dogs have never been this bad-ass. Nor have gooses been so silly (except maybe Uncle Walter in The Aristocats) and polarbears been so darn fluffy and adorable.
#4. The Land Before Time 
    There are, approximately, three dozen of these movies, but this is the only one I've ever seen, and it is a classic for sure. The movie made people of all ages cry (cummon, when he thinks he sees his mom? Don't say you didn't stifle a little sob), and was so good, yet they still insisted on ruining it by making about fifty sequels. I think there are two things that made this movie so good: 1) People are automatically, no matter what the context, fascinated with dinosaurs. This introduced little kids to them, thus being an educational AND enjoyable film. I know it's how I learned my first dinosaur species. 2) The characters are awesome. Spike and Petri are funny, Ducky is adorable, Cera (who is a triCERAtop, GET IT? So smart.) is a rebel, and Little Foot is just such a trooper/hero. Overall, a classic.
#5. Oliver & Company
     Yeah... I CANNOT for the life of me remember the plot of this movie. I just remember that Oliver was adorable and, at some point, somewhere, hidden in the Disney cheer, there is a really sad/scary scene (I can't remember which) that I didn't like watching when I was little. However, it's animated cats and dogs being buddy-buddy in New York. How can this movie not be good?

So there it is, five movies I'd almost forgotten existed. If you have any childhood movies that you almost forgot about, comment below, I'm actually curious. In the meantime, here is a song from my all-time favorite disney movie:
A Whole New World, from Aladdin (1992)


 Words cannot explain how much I love this movie.