Disney's try at Weightlifting

Rating: 9/10 (23 August 2012)

Now looking back I believe this is the Disney movie I had watched the most when I was younger. And to be honest I still really like it. It takes an angle to the character which is new but also the same. He is treated like a superhero which is where superhero origins tend to get inspiration from. But it got down one of the parts of superhero's often ignored, that heroes are no longer just heroes but they are icons. With taking the superhero angle to Hercules it goes with it great. Next up is the animation. It's a very different style for Disney and it works and looks great sometimes, but then other times it doesn't fit the story at all. Like when he fights the CG Hydra, alone the hydra doesn't look that great or fits in, but all the different angles and creative turns it makes looks quite good. The comedy still works good but in say 10 years it will probably wear off. And finally the songs. This is where the movie works and doesn't work. I think the songs sung by the characters are alright nothing great in the end though. But the whole gospel song style that the goddesses sing to tell the story, well I enjoy the type of music but it does not belong in a story about Hercules, and leads all in all a disappointing soundtrack. Now I've read some other opinions on this movie and they were all pretty negative. And I must say I think for me this movie is a guilty pleasure and the my nostalgia blocks out most of the problems. But looking at this movie with a clean slate, I must say Disney could have done a better job in the end.