Atlantis The Lost Empire Collectors Edition DVD Review. By Kelvin Cedeno. In an era where Disney sought hard to break the standard mold of their animated features came Atlantis The Lost Empire. Directed by Gary Trousdale and Kirk Wise the duo responsible for Beauty and the Beast and The Hunchback of Notre Dame, both of which made their DVD premieres the same year as Atlantis. Disney envisioned this to be a summer smash hit appealing to action fans. Atlantis The Lost Empire is a 2001 American animated actionadventure film created by Walt Disney Feature Animationthe first science fiction film in Disneys. By Kelvin Cedeno In an era where Disney sought hard to break the standard mold of their animated features came Atlantis The Lost Empire. Unfortunately, the movie flopped. Atlantis tells the story of Milo James Thatch, a linguist who has devoted his life to discovering the famed lost city of Atlantis. A friend of his deceased fathers approaches him with the funding, crew, and submarine to carry out the expedition, using an ancient journal as a guide. Milo and the crew brace many perils on their journey, but they finally reach their destination. They find that Atlantis is still inhabited by citizens who survived the tidal wave that engulfed the city, and Milo is determined to find out exactly how they managed to live for thousands of years and to protect them from ruthless mercenaries. The film is definitely one of the riskiest features to come from the studio and even earned Disneys 2nd PG rating the first was The Black Cauldron. Its animation style is very blocky and reminiscent of a moving comic book. The overall story of the film is quite good, but the details hinder it from being as great as it could have been. Too many things happen unnaturally and suddenly that make Atlantis feel very contrived. Too many thread points are left unanswered, and when they are answered, the answer feels too slight. Atlantis features such a wide range of characters that its hard to become endeared with anyone but Milo. Each character is his own unique person, but we are always observing them at a distance. Plus, they all remain quite cold for the majority of the film, and when they finally warm up, it seems a bit late for us to be warming up to them. Despite these problems, Atlantis isnt as horrible as its reputation claims. Ghostbusters goes Karate Kid Check out Loot Crates fun exclusives for NYCC 2017. Explore Disney Movies to find new, classic and upcoming films, Blurays, DVDs, downloads, and much more, including favorites, news and watch online. El Dorado The Lost City of Z. Gold. represents many things, as well as being a chemical element with an interesting history and mythology. Humans seemed to be. Includes downloads, cheats, reviews, and articles. Atlantis: The Lost Empire Movie Out' title='Atlantis: The Lost Empire Movie Out' />Its a generally solid film that should be taken more as popcorn film than the prestigious title of a Disney classic. DVD Details. 2. 3. Anamorphic Widescreen. Dolby Digital 5. 1 English, French, SpanishSubtitles English, Spanish. Closed Captioned. Release Date January 2. Two single sided, dual layered discs DVD 9THX Certified. Suggested Retail Price 3. VIDEO and AUDIOAtlantis The Lost Empire appears in a 2. Disney features with this ratio THX certified transfer. Amazingly, no pan and scan version exists on this DVD. Disney most of the time gives their animated classics the very best in video quality, and this is no exception. Its as close to perfection as anyone could ask. Sharpness never wavers on being too soft or too enhanced, colors are bold without any noise or bleeding, and being this is a direct top digital transfer, no print flaws are present. Disney also most of the time gives their animated classics the very best in audio quality and just like the video, this is no exception. Atlantis has one of the most dynamic soundtracks to come from the studio. Explosions and other sound effects spread all though the surrounds without ever drowning out the vocals which remain clear. The score is nicely broad and enveloping and compliments the effects and dialogue perfectly. BONUS MATERIALSAtlantis The Lost Empire appears in a 2 Disc Collectors Edition which is filled to the brim with material. On disc one we starts with an audio commentary by Directors Gary Trousdale and Kirk Wise as well as Producer Don Hahn. As with their Beauty and the Beast track, the trio is great fun to listen to. They constantly are sharing a plethora of behind the scenes information but are light hearted and fun enough to keep this commentary from becoming too dry and stale. The audio commentary can also be selected via the visual commentary. This presents the aforementioned commentary track with branched video segments popping up during the film where relevant. Thankfully, one has the option to view the video segments alone without the commentary track. The video segments included are Deleted Scene Plato the Rat, Deleted Scene Milo Meets Helga, Hidden Joke Trooper Waves at Camera, Submarine Research Trip, Production Progression, Cave Research Trip, Deleted Scene Cookie Sings, City of Atlantis Development, Mike Mignola Gallery, Crystal Chamber Development, and Stone Giant Outtake. Via a Play All option, these pieces run 2. The final feature on disc one is Disney. Pedia Atlantis Fact of Fiction. Various video vignettes discuss the legend of Atlantis, theories, and other aspects of the fabled city. Presented here are Atlantis, Ancient Writings, Submarines, Archaeology, Legends, and Ancient Civlizations. Although aimed at children, this remains a very interesting feature none the less. Annoyingly, some buttons on the screen arent highlighted when selected, so the viewer must be careful on how they direct the arrow keys on their remote. Disc Two contains an overwhelming amount of features which are presented three different ways. Explore mode lets the viewer wade through the CGI menus designed to be the interior of The Ulysses. Tour mode connects the majority of the featurettes into a whopping two hour documentary features in this review with an asterisk can be found in this documentary. Finally, Files mode presents all of the features in a static list to make them more accessible. HistoryThe Journey Begins 9 minutes discusses how the idea to create the film originated and what their goals were for it. Creating Mythology 8 minutesshows the research the filmmakers did into incorporating various legends and myths about Atlantis into their own film. The Shepherds Journal presents text pieces about the history of the journal as well as a gallery 3. How to Speak Atlantean 2 minutes is a featurette with linguist Marc Okrand who came up with the language exclusively for the film. Here he provides a basic tutorial on how to speak this original language. Story and EditorialFinding the Story 1. Deleted Scenes contains four excised sequences The Viking Prologue 2 minutes, The Squid Bats 6 minutes, The Lava Whales 4 minutes, and The Land Beast 4 minutes. The first sequence is shown in completed animation a rarity for an animated films deleted scene while the last three are shown in storyboard form. Original Treatment is a text feature which outlines the story as itwas originally thought out to be. Art DirectionDesigning Atlantis 1. Disneys other features. The Explorers World is divided into three galleries Washington, D. C. 2. 5 stills, The Mothership 1. Aboard the Ulysses 2. All three galleries present concept art pieces specific to their locale. Atlantis presents more concept art pieces divided by location The Road to Atlantis 5. The City 7. 6 stills, The Kings Chamber 8 stills, and The Crystal Chamber 3. Mike Mignola Designs 5. Mike Mignola whose style influenced the films look one of the few instances in Disney history where one artists style is the basis for an entire features look. Style Guide 3. 8 stills is a guide used by the animators to mimic and stay true to Mike Mignolas style. Animation ProductionThe Characters branches off into a submenu starting with The Voices of Atlantis 1. Creating the Characters 2. The Whitmore Expedition contains subsections devoted to each character Milo, Rourke, Dr. Sweet, Vinny, Helga, Audrey, Packard, Moliere, Cookie, Preston Whitmore, and Miscellaneous Characters. Each characters section contains a Dossier File, a design gallery, and animation tests. The Atlanteans is identical in structure to The Whitmore Expedition, only this time focusing on Kida, King Nedakh, and Miscellaneous Atlanteans. The characters in this section being Atlantean, do not have Dossier Files. 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