This is a joke...right?

Rating: Null/10 (23 May 2004)

The previews warned me to "keep away, this is going to be 100% NOT Disney". You cant possibly get me to believe that the people who made this film had fun doing it, they went through hell...the whole story went through hell. Why? I guess cause they wanted to do a Disney film set in Latin America and they didn't want to count "Saludos Amigos" or "Three Cabelleros"
So it's funny to hear how positive the creators made working on the film sounds. "Oh this originally started out as a serious more Disney like musical called 'Kingdom of the Sun' but we scratched that." Of course this was the beginning of the original stories era. In a way it's a good thing that they didn't do Kingdom of the Sun (cuz I tire of the "Prince and the Pauper" adaptations done by Disney) but I'm sure they couldve come up with a better Latin American story that wouldve worked for Disney.
What people, especially critics, fail to understand is that Disney films in the past have worked so well because there is an even balance of comedy, story, and drama. TENG was too much comedy and hardly the rest. Indeed they did Chuck Jones humor but let's be logical...why in the world would a Disney film want to pay tribute to one of its biggest animated rivals? In the future, shall we expect a Don Bluth tribute despite that fact that he walked out and kicked Disney in the butt when he made several animated hits in the 1980s?
So my point here is that there was no way you could consider this a Disney movie, while I considered this the marking point: the beginning of Disney's downfall which continues today. It's a very small cast but I supposed that they are all that's needed to get the job done. I don't like animated buddy comedies for some reason (Toy Story and Monsters Inc was good) I think that what made the buddy comedy idea fail for this was Pacha. God, he was so annoying! I think more audiences would relate more with Kuzco, a self centered person who has an odd way of showing his softer side.
Well if I ever really really consider buying the DVD (which I doubt) then I would definitely have to check out the making of junk just so I can see the sweat hidden behind the creators smiling faces. All in all I would put this film in the lower half of the pack because this just doesn't contemplate what made a Disney film a Disney film. Had it been made during Walt's time it would have more merit but not with my generation.