DISNEY - HERCULES(1997)
I knew I didn't care for this but couldn't
remember why! Now I know! The story's ok,
but the music sucks, and I mean SUCKS!
I don't think I'll ever watch this again! D
A review from Amazon:
Not the egregious foul it seemed to be in theaters,
Hercules stands up as an entertaining spritzer of an
animated feature. The continual peppering of in-jokes
and cultural references becomes less irksome on video.
That there's no majesty or awe invested in the beloved
Greek legends also seems less of an error. Also on the
plus side is the bounciest Alan Menken music since Little
Shop of Horrors. With Zeus's blood in his veins, young
Hercules's amazing strength makes him an outcast (sorry,
that still doesn't fly), so he trains with a satyr named Phil
to become a hero. Along the way Herc meets Meg, a
common mortal who falls hard for him. They're both
against the jocular Hades, who has to destroy Hercules
to take over Olympus. The hydra is the computer-animated
set piece for this little number, a no-chance attempt to
beat that wildebeest herd from The Lion King. --Keith Simanton