Atlantis is Great!!!!

[The Hunt]

Hmmm....well....I gotta be honest. My family and I didn't really care for it. I was shocked at how crude and sketchy the character animation was. It made a very poor contrast with the computer animation used in many shots. The plot was full of cliches, and there weren't many laughs. It features some of the most brutal violence ever in an animated Disney film. There were bright spots--I enjoyed Don Novello's character ("Do you have anything sporty? Like maybe a tuna?") and some of the big scenes were impressive (make sure you see it on a big screen). But honestly, I think it lacks the Disney magic. And I just can't get over that cruddy, TV-quality character animation. What's with the triangles for fingernails? It's probably the most like Hercules (which was funnier).

 

[YoHo]

The "Triangles" are a trademark of the comicbook artist who worked on the film (forget the name) I have talked to some Comicbook/Anime fans who thought the animation was the best Disney has ever produced.

 

[ScroogesNephew]

I enjoyed it.

 

[JustBob]

I was prepared to be let down when I went to see Atlantis - My two sons (11 and 13) and I had just gotten out of Tomb Raider, which was fun, and decided to take the time right then and there to see Atlantis. I had heard mixed response to Atlantis' drawing style and that it looked TVish.
Well, here's my opinion -
Atlantis, I think, breaks new ground in its visual style - it is a bit more blunt - the characters look like a comic book come to life, but that is the style they were going for. The animation is still very fluid and the colors are amazing. The characters move naturally and the action sequences are in an explosive style (pun intended) that works very well for the story.
I am reminded of reviews I read about the original 101 Dalmations - where they used Xerography extensively - a very sketchy style that what interpreted by some critics and audiences as "underdrawn", yet sets a wonderful, individual style for the film. I think this film (Atlantis) does the same. I hope whatever success this film has encourages the high mucky mucks not to cut back on animation so much.
One note, however. I wonder if the character who smokes could have been even funnier if she were trying to find substitutes for smoking because she had to give it up due to the explosivenees of compressed air or something. She could be chewing on a rivet, or gnawing on a carrot, ar something. Not a big deal, but the smokind thing looks like they're asking for criticism over something unecessary.
Loved the film - go see it!

 

[airlarry!]

Finally got to see Atlantis tonight with my wife. Wow. This was the most risk-taking animated feature I've ever seen from Disney. The detail was amazing, and the characters were very interesting, and the whole art and animation was, as my wife said, "cool."

My only beef was with 'Mole'. Couldn't understand a word the guy said.

Kida & Milo & Vinnie & Sweet made the movie, IMHO. They were hilarious and seemed like real actors.

By the way, we both enjoyed it more than Shrek. Just my two cents.

 

[TinkerbellRules]

I'm glad you posted your honest opinions of the violence. My cuz went to see it with her just turned 4yr old daughter and wished she hadn't. Too violent. My 9 yr old doesn't like all the blow'em up stuff and doesn't want to see it because she heard it was scary. She's sensitive to those types of things. The Pirate ride scared her to death! I didn't realize it got pitch dark and dropped a few feet in the beginning. She didn't trust us the rest of the trip on rides!

We like happy movies so I think we'll stay away from Atlantis where everyone gets killed!

 

[BRERALEX]

just saw atlantis for the second time

Anyone familiar with an old MTV cartoon show called liquid tv that had an animated short called AEON FLUX the blonde chic in Atlantis looked just like the girl from that show. Just like her. Id bet the animator is from that show.

The storyline was good and it flowed. unlike shriek

 

[Sarangel]

We like happy movies so I think we'll stay away from Atlantis where everyone gets killed!

Everyone does not get killed. In classic Disney fashion, only the villian(s) die. Yes, I wouldn't take a sensitive child to this film, but it is rated PG, so I'd be careful about kids anyway. You might try previewing it by yourself (assuming you can find the time ), but I didn't find it any scarier than the climax of The Little Mermaid.

I thought Atlantis was a lovely, almost mythic, storyline. You have good guys, and bad guys, but the line isn't as clear as in a Fairy Tale. And I enjoyed that complexity.

Sarangel

 

[The Hunt]

Sarangel wrote: "Everyone does not get killed. In classic Disney fashion, only the villian(s) die."

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Don't forget that Kida's father is essentially beaten to death by Rourke. I found this to be an extremely ugly scene. Also, plenty of Atlanteans die in the very first scene of the movie.

I agree that other Disney movies are also violent--it is, unfortunately, something we sometimes overlook because we are so grateful for the absence of other offensive content.

 

[*Fantasia*]

Boy! Took me awhile to get to this board again!! Anyway....I did finally see the movie and I thought it was OK. It would have been great if they have elaborated about how Atlantis went down beneath the ocean and exactly what they saw and discovered down in the ocean. I guess I wanted more reality facts more than the story. Maybe I should have educated myself first about how Atlantis become before seeing this movie for me to appreciate it. I'll give it a B.

 

[BKP]

i am going to see it again! i loved it

 

[ScroogesNephew]

I enjoyed it.

 

[Raysplus1]

We just watched Atlantis with our 3yr. old. We enjoyed the movie but to honest my wife and I agreed that we enjoyed Shrek more. It may have been more of the humor in Shrek that I liked but I would rather watch Shrek again over Atlantis.

 

[*Glitter Serenity*]

Just saw 'Atlantis' the other night! As soon as the movie finished, all I could manage to say was "Wow!" I have to admit, for the first few minutes I was really doubting that the film would be that wonderful... But as soon as I got used to the animation style, I loved it!

Michael J. Fox makes a great Milo and my mother was surprised to see that some guy from 'Star Trek' did the voice for the Atlantean king. (I'm not much of a 'Star Trek' fan... *grins evilly* 'Star Wars,' on the other hand... As you might be able to tell, I constantly fight with my parents about 'SW' and 'ST' and which one is better... Heehee!) I do have a question, though! I got my 'Star Wars Insider' magazine today, and it says that Mark Hammill (Luke Skywalker) did a voice for a character in 'Atlantis,' but didn't list which character. I didn't see his name in the main credits, either. Maybe I just missed it?

Anyflip, I really, really, really liked the movie! Archaeology and ancient history have been two of my biggest interests throughout life and when I was in fifth grade I went through an "atlantis" phase, when I had to read every book available about "atlantis." (Of course, I think I only found two books in the elementary school library which mentioned "atlantis," so that kind of killed that interest... *laughs*) But, anyhoo, I was determined to find the place myself when I was a kid! The movie brought a lot of those memories back to me!

As someone already pointed out, the sound was phenomenal. I don't remember when, but at one point in the movie, I nearly jumped out of my seat because there was a very loud, very unexpected explosion. *grins* And the music is just soooo gorgeous during parts of it! I've been looking for mp3 files of some of the songs, but have been quite unsuccessful, so if anyone knows of a place to find them, do tell! Napster's a piece of crap at this point, in my opinion.

Ummm... What else? Has anyone here ever played the 'Monkey Island' computer games? Because there were points in the movie where Milo just totally reminded me of Guybrush Threepwood. (I think it was the "bumper cars at Coney Island" line that sparked the connection... Sounded like something Guybrush would say!) Also, anyone know of the movie 'Stargate?' It's one of my favorites, and so much of the story reminds me of that movie.

The only complaint I have is... WHO SAID THAT IT WOULD BE A BIG SURPRISE WHO THE BAD GUYS WERE? *grumbles* Personally, I thought it was pretty obvious from the start. Here I was, expecting some humongous surprise about who the bad guy was, and you all let me down... Oh, and there were times when there were so many characters talking at one time or the lines were going by so quickly that I just couldn't keep up with things. (Maybe I'm just slow, but I think someone else posted about that, too... I hope I'm not just slow! *giggles*)

So there you have it... My review of 'Atlantis.' (Most of which, unfortunately, is probably horribly off-topic! Heehee...)

*Serenity*

 

[NJParkhopper]

We saw it as a family and then I took my son again to see it. We loved it! Can't wait for the DVD!

 

[Galahad]

We finally saw it yesterday and I agree! It was GREAT! We loved it. It moved fast, but I didn't think it was too fast. I also thought the story was pretty well put together. There are only so many stories and only so many archtypes. I was pleasantly surprised after reading a lot of negative stuff about the movie here. One thing I liked a lot was that they didn't play the "Milo, you brought these people here and betrayed us...." game. Instead of throwing trite "twists" into the story they just told the story.