by Robert Scocchi
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If you have kids and are tired of it Inside out 2 After watching Centenary, you might want to check out one of the most amazing adventures Walt Disney Animation featured during the early 2000s: Atlantis: The Lost Empire. While I don’t necessarily throw shade at new Disney intellectual property, I’m certainly weary of overexposure to new releases, and I’ve watched Aladdin A lot of times when I was a kid, I didn’t even think about incorporating that into my family’s Disney animation for the sake of my mental health.

Since I was too cool for school at that time Atlantis: The Lost Empire She was making her rounds, and I only saw her for the first time recently. While some of the character development seems a bit rushed in this sci-fi adventure epic, the animation and voice acting are brilliantly done. And if you’re a Trekkie who needs a little more convincing, you’ll be happy to know that Leonard Nimoy’s talent was featured prominently in his portrayal of the King of Atlantis.

An unlikely adventure

Atlantis: The Lost Empire He first points to 6800 BC to show us how the lost city of Atlantis came to be lost in the first place. In case you were wondering, it was a large tsunami that pushed the city underwater, introducing us to Kashikim Nadakh (Leonard Nimoy), the king of Atlantis, and his young daughter, Kidagakash “Kida” Nadakh (voiced by Natalie Strome during this sequence). After the Queen of Atlantis left her under mysterious circumstances.

Fast forward to 1914, where we are introduced to a clumsy, bumbling linguist named Milo Thatch (Michael J Fox), who is obsessed with the lost city of Atlantis but cannot get proper funding from the Smithsonian Institution to go on the expedition based on his extensive research.

Unbeknownst to Milo, his late grandfather Thaddeus was on good terms with an eccentric millionaire named Preston P. Whitmore (John Mahoney), who decided to finance an elaborate expedition to Atlantis out of his own pocket. Gifting Milo his precious copy of shepherd magazine, Map describing the route to Atlantis, presenting it to the expedition crew, Whitmore sending him on his way, and Atlantis: The Lost Empire He leaves the streets and drowns in the sea for the rest of the film.

Never trust a mercenary

Milo is so excited about his chance to test his knowledge of dead languages ​​and navigation, he finally has the financial backing to live out his grandfather’s wildest fantasy of locating Atlantis, and seeing the lost empire for himself.

Milo is joined by a group of misfits led by Commander Lyle Tiberius Rourke (James Garner), including his second-in-command, Lieutenant Helga Katrina Sinclair (Claudia Christian), a demolition expert named Vinny (Don Novello), and Dr. Joshua Strong Bear Sweet (Phil Morris), an eccentric cook named Jebediah Allardyce “Cookie” Farnsworth (Jim Varney), radio operator Wilhelmina Bertha Packard (Florence Stanley), and a French geologist who acts like a mole named Gaetan “Molly” Molière (Corey Burton). .

After an unexpected mechanical attack kills most of the soldiers and sailors supporting the crew in an epic series of explosions, Milo and his comrades finally locate the lost city of Atlantis and introduce themselves to Kashikim Nadakh and the adult Kida (Kree Summer). While Kida is receptive to the idea of ​​allowing Milo to restore the history of Atlantis through his unique expertise, Kashikim is wary of the crew, and pushes back on the assumption that they are up to no good.

Fortunately, and to Milo’s shock and disgust, Commander Rourke is only trying to locate the ancient crystal found in Atlantis, and is only visiting the Lost City to plunder it for his own personal gain. After discovering his evil plot, Milo, Kida, and the rest of the crew put their heads together to restore the lost city of Atlantis before the ancient civilization is stripped of its life force.

An underwater adventure for the whole family

As much as I love the visuals and snappy dialogues in it Atlantis: The Lost EmpireOne thing that really bothered me was how quickly Milo went from a nervous wreck who couldn’t run down the Smithsonian hallway without tripping over his own feet to an underwater hero with god-like reaction time and agility. But since we’re talking about a kids’ movie with fast pacing and action sequences, I’m willing to suspend some disbelief while watching a movie about an ancient secret underwater society controlled by glowing blue crystals.

At the end of the day Atlantis: The Lost Empire is a visually stunning, intelligent, action-packed family film streaming on Disney+ that will bring out the explorer in you.