A Great Adult Disney Cartoon

Rating: 10/10 (23 September 2005)

I've been a Disney fan my whole life and I like many of the cartoon movies that have been made. This movie, however, is one of my favorites. It is a cartoon for adults. The jokes in it, my 3 year old doesn't get yet ("Somebody call IXII!" or Hercules saying that "I'm an action figure!" in an obvious attempt to make fun of the Disney Store), but he loves the action and the songs. It's nice that there's a Disney movie that entertains us both. Hades and Meg make the film though. Without those characters and the incredible depth given to them by the voice talents of James Woods and Susan Egan, the film would be too fluffy. Wouldn't it be cool to have Cinderella be as sarcastic as Meg? The sad part about it is that she will never be included in the Disney marketing scheme. Seems to me young girls could use a sassy, sarcastic, strong-willed role model. The only part about the movie I never understood is doing gospel singers for a mythological theme. The two seem to clash, but who wants to over-analyze a Disney flick? Megs song stands out anyways as one of the best "love songs" of Disney movies, so I'm fine with the conflict.