Crazy8s
07-06-2001, 08:13 AM
Finally went to see it, and I can see why it doesn't have the legs of Shrek. Most of the characters are sketches at best, and the Mole character doesn't really work as comic relief. My husband, not a toon fan, found Atlantis boring. He simply couldn't care about the characters.
Atlantis was beautifully animated for the most part. I still am not fond of the mixing of CGI and cell, tho. I also found the character designs somewhat distracting. Milo looked like an escapee from Doonsberry with that long square nose (is this what everyone refers to as the anime influence?). And I really disliked the pointiness of the designs. Characters had square fingers with triangular fingernails and lips that appeared to have sharp edges. And the villainess' nose, which seemed to sit on her upper lip below a huge space of empty space was really weird. Was she supposed to look sexy?
I found all of the characters unattractive in one way or another, and their development was so thin that I didn't really care about them for the most part--can't even remember most of their names. Fox did a great job of voicing Milo, tho, and the animators captured Fox's physical movements as well.
It was a valient try by Disney, but they still have lots to learn when it comes to maturing their product. Alot of pretty action without alot of heart (and very little real humor) does not a good animated movie make.
Atlantis was beautifully animated for the most part. I still am not fond of the mixing of CGI and cell, tho. I also found the character designs somewhat distracting. Milo looked like an escapee from Doonsberry with that long square nose (is this what everyone refers to as the anime influence?). And I really disliked the pointiness of the designs. Characters had square fingers with triangular fingernails and lips that appeared to have sharp edges. And the villainess' nose, which seemed to sit on her upper lip below a huge space of empty space was really weird. Was she supposed to look sexy?
I found all of the characters unattractive in one way or another, and their development was so thin that I didn't really care about them for the most part--can't even remember most of their names. Fox did a great job of voicing Milo, tho, and the animators captured Fox's physical movements as well.
It was a valient try by Disney, but they still have lots to learn when it comes to maturing their product. Alot of pretty action without alot of heart (and very little real humor) does not a good animated movie make.