10 Animated Movies That The Next Generation Will Likely Miss

1. The Secret Of NIMH (1982)

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=FwNfsLwQBhM As a child, this was the scariest movie I had ever seen and I€™m not totally convinced it isn€™t still. The dark story of a widowed mouse with a deathly ill son, The Secret of NIMH gave kids a terrifying glimpse at animal testing and its horrifying consequences. Mrs. Brisby, the widow, is faced with a problem - it is spring and their home on a farm is going to be destroyed by the humans and their plows so they must leave, but her son is ill and moving him will only kill him quicker. She must find a solution before the farmers start cultivating the earth to grow crops. She is led to a group of highly intelligent rats (victims of scientific testing at NIMH), who have built an elaborate set up on the farm as well, complete with pulleys, lights, elevators, etc. and are also planning their own move as they no longer want to be dependent on humans (they use the humans€™ electricity). Mrs. Brisby€™s late husband was a member of this rat group and it is because of this that they offer to help her move her entire house out of the path of the plows, but there are two members who don€™t want to cooperate. First off, this story was originally a children€™s book that was written for intelligent children, meaning for children who cared enough about what they were reading to take something away from it. It was not meant for the children of today. It is too intricate a story line and too dark a premise for children to understand fully. NIMH is not a sacred scroll somewhere and it is not a fabled character or land far, far away. It stands for the National Institute of Mental Health, the labs that were testing on the animals in this story. I didn€™t get that until I was much older and maybe that makes me stupid, I€™m not sure. What I do know is that it did what it was meant to; it showed children what humans do to creatures they think are insignificant and taught children that this was wrong. I have not seen anything regarding this film on television anywhere. It is too haunting. Animal testing was bad enough back then and has, today, become almost political. Broadcasters can€™t risk showing a bias heavy film on a subject as taboo as animal testing. Unless parents, who love this film as much as it should be loved and appreciated, have their own copy of the movie, I don€™t believe for a second that a child will be exposed to it, which is an absolute shame. Did you enjoy this list? What animated movies do you hope will survive into the next generation? Share them with us in the comments below!