The only other character that stood out for me was Philoctetes perfectly voiced by De Vito, casting genius.
It is of course the deadpan sarcastic fiery verbal from Woods that he's famous for and he doesn't disappoint here.minus the profanity of course. Not only does he look really cool with a brilliant design and a virtually monochromatic colour scheme, he also has a really awesome flaming blue hairdo which is such a sweet touch. Yep its true, once again the villain shines through and in this case James Woods makes Hades a very likeable guy. Loved the underworld!, wanted more time down there.Īpart from the animation the characters are a big part of any film like this and would it be any surprise if I told you the bad guy was the best?. The colour palette is really vibrant too, so rich and alive, its really beautiful to watch going from the warm pastel golds, yellows and beige of Mount Olympus and Thebes to dark shades of blues, purples and black of the underworld.
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It comes across like a Geddy Tartakovsky project, reminiscent of his 'Star Wars: Clone Wars' series but with less CGI and generally a bit softer in tone. Disney seem to go through different styles over time and this films style is really nice in its stark angled way. the Greek mythology as already said, and 2. The two things that attracted me to this kiddie flick were 1. The loss of his immortality and God status at the hands of Hades, his young life as a mortal and how he manages to become a God again with the help of various friends in typical wide eyed Disney manner. So off I went on the day of release back in 1997, Swiss Cottage Odeon, North London (for some reason I remember, probably because this Odeon was unusually HUGE!).Ī simple tale of Hercules life from birth up to his teenage years. An animated Disney version of Harryhausen's mythic visions? count me in. Then along came this adventure based around the magic of Greek mythology and I was hooked.
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With his plucky satyr sidekick, Philoctetes (Danny DeVito), along for the ride, Hercules must learn how to use his strength to defeat a series of evil creatures.įor some time the animated Disney films didn't really hit me with much inspiration, by that I mean none of their outings grabbed my attention, the ideas just didn't excite me. Now a teenager, Hercules needs to perform a rite of passage on Earth to prove himself worthy of living with the gods on Mount Olympus. Hercules (Tate Donovan), a son of gods, was snatched as a baby by Hades (James Woods) and forced to live among mortals as a half-man, half-god. Disney tackles Greek mythology in this animated feature.
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