[HPFGU-OTChatter] Re: I saw 'Atlantis'...

[Carole Estes]

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> > ...and all I can say is bleh. I must say that I was sorely and
> > completely disappointed. In my opinion, it's one of the WORST Disney
> > movies to come out in quite awhile. Why you ask? Well, here ya go...
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> > The story, to begin with, was way too long for an hour and a half
> > movie.

I agree...and a warning...I am a math/science nerd so by labeling the hero a
nerd, no disrespect is intended.

>>Second, the character
> > development was LOUSY. Awful. We never get to know any of the
> > characters at all. The requisite "bad guy" turned into a bad guy way
> > too late and didn't seem real at all.

Yeah...the bad guy and gal were very predictable and the loyal crew that
accepts the nerd and agrees to forego fortune for principle was also very
predictable.


>>Third, can we say plot hole?
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> > holes everywhere! The biggest was at the part where Kida (as the
> > Atlantis power source) was herded into the metal container. If she
> > currently is a powerful being, why was she complacently going along?
> > When Milo "frees" her, she explodes into power but why didn't she do
> > this before? And if she has so much power, nothing should be able to
> > hold her.

And how come she was able to detach from the crystal, and where did the
giants come from just in the nick of time to protect the city from the lava
flow, and how come once their energy source was removed the rest of the 8000
yo people didn't die like kida's father, and you're telling me after 8000
years Kida has not been married and had children and suddenly falls for the
linguistic geek (no offence to any linguistic geeks out there...I did like
that touch).

And why oh why does disney NOT put clothes on their heroines.  Why must they
be sex goddesses?

>>And lastly, I must say that I wasn't pleased with the
> > animation. It was okay, but nothing special. The triangle
> fingernails
> > really bugged me for some reason.

Its like half the film was drawn in the style of Hercules, which was
appropriate for Hercules, but was too stylistic for a turn of the century
Linguistic geek.  Yeah I was bugged by the square fingers and triangular
nails as well.  And the overexagerated physical characteristics of nearly
all the characters.   And don't get me started on the geologist!

> > They thought I was crazy...maybe I am?
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> > ~Amber

No you are not crazy.

> I agree that the plot moved way too quickly for the movie and that
> there were a lot of plot holes.  I went to see it with my younger
> sister and she really liked it.

My 8yo liked it, but I think he was wowed by the action and the machinery.
He isn't bothered with plot and character development..he likes Digimon!

> Now that I think about it, though, I probably wouldn't be too eager
> to see Atlantis again.  This is in contrast to a lot of other Disney
> movies that I can watch over and over without getting sick of them.
> My only reason for seeing Atlantis again would be to try to pick up
> some details that I might have missed the first time I saw the movie,
> since it did move so quickly, but I really don't think there was that
> much to miss.

Right, you feel bombarded with imagery, but then came away feeling amazingly
unsatisfied.

carole
Disney film critic extrodinaire (due to the fact that I have seen most of
them lots and lots of times)