Yay! I'm a llama again - oh, wait...

Rating: 10/10 (3 September 2002)

"The Emperor's New Groove" is the absolute best Disney movie to come out of the last ten years. One of my favorite things about this movie was the way that it felt like a really old Warner Brothers cartoon. Some of the cases in point are when Yzma is trying to come up with ways to kill off Kuzco. Kronk's conscience is also thoroughly enjoyable, as Kronk himself. "Look at him, with his little sissy stringy thing..."
"Aaah... How shall I do it? Oh, I know... I'll turn him into a flea. A harmless, little flea. And then, I'll put that flea in a box. And then I'll put that box inside of another box. And then I'll mail that box to myself. And when it arrives, (laughs) I'll smash it with a hammer! It's brilliant, brilliant! Brilliant, I tell you! Genius, I say!"
The animation style is really unusual for Disney too - reminescent of, dare I say, the Flintstones. There are a lot of sharp angles in the characters. Kuzco as the llama is not a perfectly drawn llama, more of a whimsical charicature of a llama. Which goes along with the whole tongue in cheek feel of the movie.
"I was turned into a cow. Can I go home?" "All right, you're excused. Anyone else?" "No, we're good."
There are so many memorable scenes in this movie I can't even begin to tell you anymore of them. Just do yourself a favor and watch this hysterical movie alone, with your kids, whatever. But just watch it. I promise you that you will not be sorry!