Atlantis Collection

Michael J. Fox

Cree Summer

James Garner

Claudia Christian

Corey Burton

Phil Morris

Jacqueline Obradors

Don Novello

Jim Varney

Florence Stanley

John Mahoney

Leonard Nimoy

David Ogden Stiers

Natalie Strom

Jim Cummings

Patrick Pinney

Gary Trousdale

Ellen Keneshea

Kirk Wise

Tab Murphy

Joss Whedon

Bryce Zabel

Jackie Zabel

Thomas Baker

Dan Lund

David 'Joey' Mildenberger

Maria Gonzalez

Marlon West

Matsune Suzuki

Rick Maki

Don Hahn

Kendra Haaland

Mary Hidalgo

John K. Carr

Terry Claborn

Matthew Jon Beck

Andrea McCarthy Paul

Don Henry

Kent Melton

Sue Bea Montgomery

David Goetz

Ricardo F. Delgado

Cos Aelenei

Jonathan Allen

Boyd Lacosse

Lori Korngiebel

Kiran Bhakta Joshi

Pei Dieleman

Susan Hegarty

Carol Folgate

Matt Codd

Kirsten Bulmer

Tom Johnson

Anthony DeRosa

Mike Mignola

Earl Coffman

Lam Hoang

Joyce Alexander

Al Vasquez

David Olson

Ruth Lambert

Ken Fischer

Jim Martin

James Newton Howard

Rob Nokes

Lesley Addario Bentivegna

Rich Mackay

Tom Boyd

Jim Weidman

Michael Silvers

Marcie Romano

Anne Marie Bardwell

Jeff Atmajian

Pete Anthony

Mary Helen Leasman

John Brian King

David Reynolds

Juan Peralta

Mary Blee

Kathleen Violet Grey

Froydis Boe

Virgilio John Aquino

Katie Hooten

Vince Caro

Tony Eckert

Dennie Thorpe

Ed Ghertner

Dean DeBlois

Frank 'Pepe' Merel

Charles 'Chip' Church

Gary Rydstrom

Plato

Chris Ure

Tom Smith

Li-Ming 'Lawrence' Lee

Coralie Cudot-Lissillour

Shannon Mills

Hanna Makowska

Argiris Kandilis

Jean Gillmore

Angelika Katz

Angela Diamos

Glenn C. Bell

Massimiliano Gasparri

Cathy McGowan Leahy

Cathy E. Blanco

William Recinos

Dougg Williams

Animation

Family

Adventure

Science Fiction

Atlantis: The Lost Empire

Walt Disney Pictures

Walt Disney Feature Animation

United States of America

Excellent.

I had previously heard a fair bit of hype down the years regarding <em>'Atlantis: The Lost Empire'</em> and now, finally, I can understand why. It is very good. My favourite part of it is the animation which is exquisite, especially across acts one and two with the great amount of detail. The characters are cool, while the premise is pretty fascinating.

Michael J. Fox is a superb cast as Milo, he is fantastic in the lead role. Honestly, none of the other voices stand out to me but that's not always a bad thing - especially in this film. There are no huge individual performances, away from Fox, but they all bounce off each other nicely.

The plot is very interesting, brought to life brilliantly by James Newton Howard's terrific score. It's not near the top of my Disney animated favourites, just through process of elimination really, but it certainly isn't majorly far off. It's a fun experience, one I'd recommend you see for yourself if you haven't done so already.

CinemaSerf

We start off watching the destruction of the legendary city before advancing several thousand years to meet "Milo" - a rather geeky young man whose grandfather had been obsessed with the mystery surrounding the lost continent. Gazillionaire "Preston Whitmore" recruits him on a perilous expedition to try and find the truth - so equipped with a submarine and a crew you just know have another agenda, off they go. The first forty minutes of this over-long adventure is much more reminiscent of something from Jules Verne, only spent on elongated character establishment scenarios, some borderline slapstick humour and by the time the film gets anywhere near it's sharp end, I could already feel a sense of ennui setting in. Michael J. Fox does inject some character as the young lad, and James Garner has his tongue firmly in his cheek as the completely untrustworthy "Rourke", but that can't really inject enough to create any sense of pace into this competently, but unremarkably, animated feature. The style of the artistry, though colourful, is clearly computer generated. The animations lack depth or texture and coupled with a really average storyline leaves this in a sort of Disney limbo. It is certainly not as bad as some that were produced ten years earlier, but it is still factory-style output that lacks for imagination and any of the traditional uniqueness that this studio used to deliver. It is watchable enough, but pretty forgettable.