Grows on you

Rating: Null/10 (19 November 1999)

First time? Hated it. Stupid, stupid, stupid. Lame, lame, LAME. And the music -- good lord, what on EARTH was Disney thinking?!?
Second time: Ah, what the heck, I've seen every other recent Disney flick ten times and my friend insists that it's pretty good. Whatever...uhhh, wait. No, actually, this is better than I remember. Heh. Okay, maybe I was being too harsh the first time.
Third time: This time *I* was the one who asked to watch it. I just wanted to see it one more time...James Woods as the AWESOME Hades (one half evil, one half lounge-lizard schmooze), the adorable Muses (!), that foxily cynical Meg, the unbelieveably stupid-cute Pegasus...all right. I admit it. By the third time, I loved it. And the songs finally stuck in my head. It could be because they so resemble the soundtrack to Menken's original success "Little Shop Of Horrors," but that's a GOOD thing. In other words, if you hated it the first time (like I did), give Disney's "Hercules" another chance now that you're not expecting so much of it.
Though I'm STILL not forgiving them for the way they mangled mythology. Hera the loving mother indeed. ;) .-=K=-.