Atlantis the Lost Empire: Disney's Flawed Masterpiece

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  @DarthBiomech · 3 years ago (edited)

  Also, Audrey needing to kinck the door twice to get out of the car is probably my favorite example of tiny "They didn't have to animate that but they did anyway" character moments.

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• KY

  @KyleRDent · 3 years ago

  Bit of a kick in the teeth for Atlantis that people praised Shrek for being unique and going off-brand and giving us something different from the usual Disney, and then yelled at Atlantis for also not being the usual Disney fare. Like yeah okay, you went to a pizza restaurant and got a burger. But it was a damn nice burger.

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• CH

  @Chewbaccafruit · 1 year ago

  I am a professional geologist, and I can assure you Mole is the most accurate portrayal of a geologist in cinema

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• KI

  @Kiku91 · 3 years ago

  Technically Sweet WAS the first to defect instead of Audrey. From the moment Rourke shoved the king, Sweet spent time off screen tying to ease his pain (internal bleeding, god Rourke how hard ya hit him?!) and was still in the royal chamber when the scene on the bridge was happening.<br>However in the context of the scene yes, I agree it was heartwarming that Audrey was the first in the group that was leaving.

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• EG

  @EgoEroTergum · 3 years ago

  Also, I never worried too much about the plot holes.<br><br>I forgive a lot when magic is integrated into the plot well, and Atlantis made it clear that their magic was not only powerful, but sentient. <br><br>I didn&apos;t have to suspend too much disbelief to imagine that the older gen of Atlanteans had died aside from the king, and their children had developed cave survival skills in lieu of reading and writing.<br><br>I mean, the only reason reading and writing became widespread in the first place was the free time and resources provided by the industrial, and second agricultural revolutions. Before that, knowledge was oral traditions for all but the nobility.<br><br>If a cataclysm destroyed all of the fields and farmlands, and left your civilization underpopulated in the ruins of a city, surrounded by water - you and your children might spend every waking moment hunting, fishing and trying not to starve. <br><br>Even the settlers in early America didn&apos;t have time for Blues Clues, if you were 5 years old you woke up at 4AM and took the horses to pasture even before you had pancakes on your birthday.

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• RY

  @Rychlewicz · 3 years ago

  I think I&apos;m with people who agree on two things:<br>- There isn&apos;t enough Milo and the Crew moments to make it clear why he&apos;s the leader in the end. (also it is hard to root for him at the begining because the Academics GAVE him a chance but because of his mistake with translation they wasted tons of money and respect of people, also he is responsible for many deaths in this movie)<br>- The lore of this movie is amazing. Thousands of years of history of already fallen civilization. More history before that. Many cultures finding Atlantis long before. So many characters, so many stories so many places to see and be amazed!!! And the movie is only 90 minutes.<br> It should be at least 135.

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• JO

  @johnypanta6208 · 3 years ago (edited)

  The reason this film didn&apos;t do well in the box office was that people back then didn&apos;t have taste. If Atlantis or Treasure Planet were released now (especially now) as 2D animated movies (or series more preferably 😎🤘) by Disney, it would have smashed it. Although I do like feeling nostalgic about both films. 😭

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• MI

  @milofragger7 · 3 years ago

  Crystalized rourke will probably be one of my favorite &quot;monsters&quot; from disney. <br>They gave us a look at how a villain&apos;s soul look like out of its both, and it was scary.<br>Amazing movie

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• LI

  @LittleChortle · 3 years ago

  I think my dad bought this movie either on VHS or DVD, I can&apos;t exactly remember. Even though I pretty much had no idea what was going on because I was so young, the movie cemented my love for sci-fi/fantasy action adventure. I&apos;m glad it gets the recognition it always deserved now - thank you for making this video!

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• BO

  @bostonstacker · 2 years ago

  Thinking back on it, I think this movie is, among other reasons, is why I went into the field I&apos;m going down now, classical and history studies, and archaeology. There&apos;s just something about the setting of a lost or decaying civilization that has always fascinated me. That and always being around museums when I was growing up!

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• PA

  @paralleltimelines · 2 years ago

  The culture losing it&apos;s knowledge is one thing I gradually learned was fact as I grew into adulthood. As family members, especially for children of immigrant families, so much knowledge is lost. You could counter with, but everyone in Atlantis has been alive, but even in our individual lives we forget so much over just 20 years of life, let alone thousands of years. The human capacity to remember is depressingly sad.

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• KE

  @kevinpyro3008 · 3 years ago

  yeahhh gonna agree with you there.... Kida was definitely an awakening moment for young Pyro. &nbsp;Didn&apos;t even know I liked girls yet and boom, &quot;you do swim, do you not?&quot; lol

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