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Lost Empire movie review

posted on 7 January 2008

The myth about Disney's animated films is that they're all the same.

The truth is Disney's films have been evolving since "Mulan," experimenting with the Broadway musical formula that served the studio so well with "The Little Mermaid" and "Aladdin," but stagnated by "Pocahontas."

Songs have decreased in importance since "Mulan," but the adventurous "Atlantis: The Lost Empire" makes a clean break. You won't hear any pop songs in this animated film, not even in the background.

More remarkably, "Atlantis" may be the first Disney animated film without a cute animal sidekick. Those two facts alone make "Atlantis" a major departure for the studio's animated division but not for the studio as a whole. The story harks back to the live-action adventure films Disney produced in the '50s, movies like "Swiss Family Robinson," "Treasure Island" and especially "20,000 Leagues Under the Sea."

"Atlantis," directed by the "Beauty and the Beast" team of Gary Trousdale and Kirk Wise, is an old-fashioned adventure inspired equally by Jules Verne, Tom Swift and Indiana Jones.

In the year 1914 archeology buff Milo Thatch (voiced by Michael J. Fox) discovers the location of Atlantis. Milo's museum colleagues dismiss him as a crackpot, but mysterious millionaire Preston Whitmore (John Mahoney) hires Milo to guide a team of mercenaries to the fabled lost continent.

Commander Rourke (James Garner) leads the large contingent of mercenaries. Once they reach Atlantis the explorers discover the remnants of a civilization older than history, but one dying due to a lack of natural resources. The Atlanteans' emissary is Princess Kida (Cree Summer), who is as curious about the outside world as Milo is of Atlantis.

The script, credited to Tab Murphy ("Tarzan") finds room for rock 'em, sock 'em action and spectacular animation. The designs, the inspiration of comic book artist Mike Mignola, are sharper and more shadowy than the expected Disney look. At one point Kida transforms into a being of pure energy, a sight both breathtaking and beautiful.

But the makers of "Atlantis" are more ambitious than wise. While distancing themselves from the Disney animation of the early '90s, they forgot those films were seamlessly written. The weaknesses of "Atlantis" are all in the script.

The creative team simply packs too much into the story. The explanations of magical crystals and ancient histories becomes dizzying. A massive submarine named the Ulysses, which is more amazing than Captain Nemo's Nautilus, is introduced then destroyed five minutes later.

Plus, "Atlantis" simply has too many characters. The team of mercenaries contains eight prominent characters, each given a scene to reveal his or her background. This is an aggressively multicultural crew, a point that almost becomes absurd when the African-American team member, Dr. Sweet (Phil Morris) reveals he is also half-Indian.

Add these eight characters to Milo, Princess Kida and the Atlantean king (Leonard Nimoy), and you have an awful lot of faces making up the central action of a 95-minute feature.

"Atlantis" also lacks a unifying look for the characters, which is common in Disney animation. The characters could have come from different comic books. Milo resembles Spider-Man's alter-ego, Peter Parker. The Nordic Helga looks like someone from MTV's "Aeon Flux." The dirt-loving Mole is the spitting image of the wacky villain the Midnight Bomber from "The Tick."

The story tries to keep us guessing who the villains are, but here's a hint: Commander Rourke looks like the villain from "Tarzan," who looked like the villain from "Beauty and the Beast."

"Atlantis" may lack the heart of earlier Disney films, or even of Warner Bros. "The Iron Giant," but it is filled with humor, action and superb animation. Despite its weighty ambitions, "Atlantis" refuses to sink.