Fascinations to Animations...

When did I start taking a liking towards animated movies? I was under this illusion that animations are only for kids because that's how I grew up back in India. Anything that was animated are for ages 5 and under was the unwritten rule. My first exposure to an animated movie was in Bhopal, back in 1994, when I was doing my Engineering. A group of guys wanted to go see this English movie that was just released(Forgot the name of the movie, but I still remember why we are all so eager to watch the movie).. Anyways, to our dismay, when we reached the theater, we found that our informer had taken us for a ride(A very long one, trust me...). We look up the poster and see The Lion king... A bunch of lions standing over a towering hill looking at us as though asking to come and pay them a visit inside the hall. Half the group turned back and started hunting for some other movies. About 4 of us(I included) ventured into the theater bought the ticket for Rs10/- (that was a big amount for us during those days).
As the movie started, I was just amazed at how these animated creatures were full of expression and how their voices modulated so perfectly with the situation. The character of Simba is still vivid in my mind. All 4 of us, for the first time in our college life, felt that we spent the money on a good movie. A movie that sure will transform our beliefs on animated movies. It sure did make me a big fan of Disney movies.
The latest one I saw was Madagascar as I was flying to Atlanta last weekend on a business trip. Nothing as of yet has surpassed the captivation of Simba for me but the lion character(I forget the name again) brought back sweet memories of my first animated movie. Some of my other favorites are:
1. Antz
2. A Bug's life
3. Finding Nemo
4. Mulan
5. The jungle book
6. Shrek I and II
7. And quite a few others that I could not recollect now.

I am still waiting for one that will make me say, now this is something... (Just like Simba made me say back in 1994)...