Review of Atlantis: The Lost Empire (2001) by Alexandros T — 09 Jun 2015

The best way to describe Atlantis:The Lost Empire from my perspective:

Disney's Stargate sans the Stargate.

The plot concerns of a linguist named Milo Thatch who is recruited by Commander Lyle Tiberius Rourke to find the lost city of Atlantis after the discovery of a journal containing information regarding the eponymoys lost city with the help of a team.

This was among Disney's most well-known attempt to make a serious, possibly adult-oriented, action-adventure film, co-written by Joss Whedon of Firefly and Avengers glory, the artwork of Mike Mignolia, creator of Hellboy, directed by the men behind the Hunchback of Notre Dame with Tom Hulce and Demi Moore.

The reason for the beginning paragraph is because I could not help but think about Roland Emmerich's Stargate. The similarities from my perspective are noticed especially with Milo Thatch, comparable to Dr. Daniel Jackson (to the point where I addressed Milo as Daniel, Kida as Sha'uri, Kashekim Nedakh as Kasuf, and I almost addressed Rourke as Jack O'Neil, thank goodness I did not). The similarities between Stargate and Atlantis end with the dialogue and acting, where Atlantis is MUCH better than Stargate in those two aspects, nowhere near as skippably bad as Stargate.

Overall, Atlantis: The Lost Empire is a good movie, admiration for Disney for trying something more serious, better dialogue, better acting, great visuals, and a noble directing attenpt, with the flaws being the music and plot feel done before. Its worth a watch for any who are interested (Gaters included) as this film to me felt like an improved version of Roland Emmerich's Stargate made by Dismey.