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

[Amber]

--- Carole Estes <lrcjestes at earthlink.net> wrote:
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> > 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.
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> 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.

It wasn't that so much. I think what bothered me more was the fact that
the bad guy turned out to be a raving lunatic when he showed no sign of
it before in the film. Up until the bizzare fight on the flying
contraptions, Rourke (aka Bad Guy) seems like a level-headed, calm guy.
But then, all of a sudden, he's got a crazy glint in his eye and is
acting like someone gone insane. I didn't buy it because we don't see
any predisposition in the film beforehand. It would've been more in
character if he'd acted more cool and collected during the fight.

Perhaps Disney's mistake was that they were trying to "surprise" the
audience with a "surprise" villain. We don't see Rourke conspiring with
his henchmen, we don't see any outbursts of anger. So for him to
suddenly lose it doesn't ring true (at least to me). 

~Amber


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