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So is Disney’s Hercules a good movie, a bad movie or a meh movie
- Thread starter Uzumaki Goku
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Back when it came out, no one really cared about it.
I remember it being my most dull Disney movie.
I think it's one of those movies that grew on people over the years, and now Internet communities seems to praise it when it can.
I remember it being my most dull Disney movie.
I think it's one of those movies that grew on people over the years, and now Internet communities seems to praise it when it can.
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It's pretty good imo, it's very say "unique" the whole las vegas theme & superman similarities are interesting choices.
OST is fucking great though, the muses being black ladies & singing gospel is something i always loved, i liked how they basically made hercules jesus with that.
OST is fucking great though, the muses being black ladies & singing gospel is something i always loved, i liked how they basically made hercules jesus with that.
What kind of a question is this? If you're being super critical then it's simply a good movie. At worst it is a good movie. But nah truth be told it's much better than good. Banging soundtrack, good characters, solid story, good messages, super fun. I will never get tired of watching it. Or listening to it in the background.
If they went on with the physical comedy from great feats of strength versus other great feats of strength they coulda had a lot of fun with it. They injected some weird ass modern issues (the consumerism angle is so...detached and impractical to this time period) it really sucks the fun outta the whole thing.
Nah it's sorta like knowing how the sausage is made. I'm fine just throwing this on for my kid when she wants to watch it.
I didn't care for it. To be fair, I didn't like any Disney animation after The Lion King (1994) until The Emperor's New Groove (2000).
One of my absolute favourite Disney songs. Still pops in my head every now and then for no reason.
I like it.
To be honest even the worse of the Renaissance is better than most crap from Pixar/Disney/Dreamworks today.
To be honest even the worse of the Renaissance is better than most crap from Pixar/Disney/Dreamworks today.
Fantastic movie with some of my favorite songs from Disney. I don't know about others but when that villager says "That's Phil's boy" I tear up.
Hell yes this and A Star is Born are my favorite.
Hell yes this and A Star is Born are my favorite.
Literally my favorite Disney movie. I connect way to much with Hercules, especially when I was younger. The whole movie is him doing shit not because he wants to, but because he is looking for "where he belongs". That aimless pursuit of happiness is too damn real. Also Meg's plot is great too. She sold her soul for a sack of shit who ended up leaving her, which makes her understandably jaded.
Also a solid commentary on religion. You don't gotta wait for heaven and gods to find happiness. The true happiness lies in sharing space with the people you love.
Also a solid commentary on religion. You don't gotta wait for heaven and gods to find happiness. The true happiness lies in sharing space with the people you love.
It's amazing and I'm quite pissed that it's marred by the inclusion of the bigot with a great voice, James Woods. I hope it stays dead because it's not the same without that version of Hades (and he did an objectively fantastic job), but I don't want that version of Hades to get anything from a revival. Small scale conflicted.
Godly soundtrack and the first time I can remember Disney doing Black people in a not complete sleazy manner. Could be missing something though.
Godly soundtrack and the first time I can remember Disney doing Black people in a not complete sleazy manner. Could be missing something though.
One of my favorite Disney movies.
Unique art style, great songs (everything on the soundtrack is a fucking banger), one of the best villains (fuck James Woods, but he's incredible as Hades).
Unique art style, great songs (everything on the soundtrack is a fucking banger), one of the best villains (fuck James Woods, but he's incredible as Hades).
It's one of my favorites from that era of Disney because the style and tone of the movie is so fun and upbeat. There's so much color and energy. It's like Aladdin in that sense. Just as re-watchable to me. Not the best but it's very fun to watch.
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Forgot about this. I'd heard KH3 wasn't worth the look and the worlds were as stilted as apparently the gameplay, but I digress. I'll just rock the VHS copy and tell people Hades' VA is unknown/came from space.
Its a fantastic movie, I just dont like some of the character designs, feels very caricature-y.
Otherwise, lets see:
-Fantastic villain (even tho James Woods)
-Great creature design, the Hydra sequence is one of my favorite scenes in Disney history.
-Strong cast
-Wonderful music, the decision to do gospel music for a movie about gods was inspired. Go the Distance and I Won't Say I'm in Love are top tier
Yep, I love it.
Otherwise, lets see:
-Fantastic villain (even tho James Woods)
-Great creature design, the Hydra sequence is one of my favorite scenes in Disney history.
-Strong cast
-Wonderful music, the decision to do gospel music for a movie about gods was inspired. Go the Distance and I Won't Say I'm in Love are top tier
Yep, I love it.
Its no Lion King, but I loved it as a kid and it still holds up great.
The songs and animations still hold up well.
The songs and animations still hold up well.
I quite like it.
It's visually unique
The characters are fun
the musical numbers are great
the comedy has oddly enough aged rather well
It's no masterpiece but it's a great time.
It's visually unique
The characters are fun
the musical numbers are great
the comedy has oddly enough aged rather well
It's no masterpiece but it's a great time.
I enjoyed it!
One thing that's gotten me in recent viewings (kids watch it occasionally) is the final scene in Hades where Hercules rescues Meg. He bends down to put his hands in a river to grab her, touches the water and starts to shrivel and pulls back.
They don't move to a different spot.
But after striking his deal with Hades, Herc then leaps off a giant cliff to dive into the water....that not a couple minutes ago he was able to bend down and touch. Just makes me lol
One thing that's gotten me in recent viewings (kids watch it occasionally) is the final scene in Hades where Hercules rescues Meg. He bends down to put his hands in a river to grab her, touches the water and starts to shrivel and pulls back.
They don't move to a different spot.
But after striking his deal with Hades, Herc then leaps off a giant cliff to dive into the water....that not a couple minutes ago he was able to bend down and touch. Just makes me lol
I think it's one of disney's weakest modern movies. Didn't like it as a kid and rewatched it recently with my daughter and also didn't think it was very good.
I think it also suffers from that mid-90s kids movie obsession with having side kicks that make pop culture references. It makes sense in Alladin because that was such a crucial part of robin williams comedy style, but that set the norm for so many lazy Dreamworks and a handful of Disney movies where the sidekicks basically just became vehicles for pop culture jokes and references. Dreamworks takes this to the extreme and still does in most of their movies, something that Disney is usually a little more reticent to do.
Of all of the original animated Disney movies in the 90s (eg not the straight to vhs sequels), Hercules is in the bottom tier. It's better than Tarzan but I think worse than everything else. I would have put it ahead of Emperor's new groove but I guess that was 2000. I also like Rescuers and some of those lesser known "pre-golden age" disney animated hits more than Hercules too. There's like Doug Movie and some lesser known ones that I haven't seen and don't have opinions on, but like the prestige disney animated movies I think that it's probably the 2nd worse of the 90s IMO
I think it also suffers from that mid-90s kids movie obsession with having side kicks that make pop culture references. It makes sense in Alladin because that was such a crucial part of robin williams comedy style, but that set the norm for so many lazy Dreamworks and a handful of Disney movies where the sidekicks basically just became vehicles for pop culture jokes and references. Dreamworks takes this to the extreme and still does in most of their movies, something that Disney is usually a little more reticent to do.
Of all of the original animated Disney movies in the 90s (eg not the straight to vhs sequels), Hercules is in the bottom tier. It's better than Tarzan but I think worse than everything else. I would have put it ahead of Emperor's new groove but I guess that was 2000. I also like Rescuers and some of those lesser known "pre-golden age" disney animated hits more than Hercules too. There's like Doug Movie and some lesser known ones that I haven't seen and don't have opinions on, but like the prestige disney animated movies I think that it's probably the 2nd worse of the 90s IMO
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I fucking love this movie. It's easier to re-watch than other movies from their Renaissance era. Unrelated, though I'm probably the only one on Era that loves Disney's Dinosaur (2000)
I can always date when I first read D'Aulaire's Book of Greek Myths because I had already read it by the time Hercules came out in the summer of 1997 (after I had left Grade Four) and knew that they had changed a bunch of stuff. But I still enjoyed the movie then, and I do now.
It's a very fun mythological pastiche, and Megara is one of the most complex and mature characterizations in that era of Disney. Super-underrated character. Menken is also doing some of his most adventurous work with the soundtrack.
It's a very fun mythological pastiche, and Megara is one of the most complex and mature characterizations in that era of Disney. Super-underrated character. Menken is also doing some of his most adventurous work with the soundtrack.
Probably meh when it came out tbh but as a part of the Disney Rennisance it has been elevated to good status.
It's pretty mediocre and the majority of the cast is pretty unlikable for me except for maybe Phil and Hades. It tries way too hard to cash in on what Aladdin accomplished so well and it falls flat IMO.
Ditto aside from Phil and Baby Hercules has got to be one of the ugliest babies to ever grace film.
Beautiful movie with fantastic songs. I like it enough with the help of nostalgia but its all over the place.
I loved the muses, Hades, and Phil. And it has some great songs. But overall it's pretty boring.
