Atlantis: The Lost Empire (2001)
Directed by Gary Trousdale
A young linguist named Milo Thatch joins an intrepid group of explorers to find the mysterious lost continent of Atlantis.
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Atlantis: The Lost Empire calls to mind all manner of vintage fantasy adventures, but none more so than the 1959 live-action classic Journey to the Center of the Earth.
Elements from such films as Ralph Bakshi's "Wizards," "The Iron Giant" and "Beauty and the Beast" are evident, as are the aforementioned Jules Verne adaptations to the screen.
Let's hope that Atlantis: The Lost Empire, directed by Gary Trousdale and Kirk Wise, the team behind 1991's Best Picture-nominated Beauty And The Beast and 1996's less-than-great Hunchback of Notre Dame, is not an indication of a return to the low standards of the'70s and '80s suffered by the Walt Disney Pictures animation department.
Lacking the pure entertainment value of 1999's " Tarzan ," 1994's "The Lion King," and 1989's "The Little Mermaid," "Atlantis" is deliberately paced and not nearly as child-friendly, although kids will, no doubt, enjoy it.
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Lacking the pure entertainment value of 1999's " Tarzan ," 1994's "The Lion King," and 1989's "The Little Mermaid," "Atlantis" is deliberately paced and not nearly as child-friendly, although kids will, no doubt, enjoy it.
That comes as something of a surprise considered that the film is helmed by Wise & Trousdale who previously collaborated on Disney's "Beauty and the Beast" and "The Hunchback of Notre Dame."
Directors Gary Trousdale and Kirk Wise (who also collaborated on "Beauty and the Beast" and "The Hunchback of Notre Dame") enhance Tab Murphy's funny, barbed script with at times jaw-dropping computer animation--the scenes of the expedition's ship drifting into the ocean's depth and navigating past a monster lobster are an absolute treat.
While their Beauty and the Beast and The Hunchback of Notre Dame felt warm and genuine, Atlantis feels cold and calculated.
While "Atlantis: The Lost Empire," directed by Gary Trousdale and Kirk Wise (1991's "Beauty and the Beast"), is a remarkably more mature, adult-minded Disney film than the norm, it fails to go down as one of their more successful contemporary features.
Let's hope that Atlantis: The Lost Empire, directed by Gary Trousdale and Kirk Wise, the team behind 1991's Best Picture-nominated Beauty And The Beast and 1996's less-than-great Hunchback of Notre Dame, is not an indication of a return to the low standards of the'70s and '80s suffered by the Walt Disney Pictures animation department.
Elements from such films as Ralph Bakshi's "Wizards," "The Iron Giant" and "Beauty and the Beast" are evident, as are the aforementioned Jules Verne adaptations to the screen.
That comes as something of a surprise considered that the film is helmed by Wise & Trousdale who previously collaborated on Disney's "Beauty and the Beast" and "The Hunchback of Notre Dame."
Directors Gary Trousdale and Kirk Wise (who also collaborated on "Beauty and the Beast" and "The Hunchback of Notre Dame") enhance Tab Murphy's funny, barbed script with at times jaw-dropping computer animation--the scenes of the expedition's ship drifting into the ocean's depth and navigating past a monster lobster are an absolute treat.
While their Beauty and the Beast and The Hunchback of Notre Dame felt warm and genuine, Atlantis feels cold and calculated.
It was created by the team of producer Don Hahn and directors Gary Trousdale and Kirk Wise, who made "Beauty and the Beast" (1991) and "The Hunchback of Notre Dame" (1996).
Directors Gary Trousdale and Kirk Wise ("Beauty and the Beast," "The Hunchback of Notre Dame," etc.) have axed what Disney does best: calypso crustaceans, wisecracking warthogs, singing teapots.