Atlantis: Milo's Return (2003) (V)

User Rating:

4.8/10   

Directors:

Victor Cook
Toby Shelton

Writers:

Steve Englehart (screenplay)
Henry Gilroy (writer)

Release Date:

13 May 2003 (USA)

Genre:

Adventure | Animation | Family | Action | Comedy

Plot:

Milo and Kida reunite with their friends to investigate strange occurances around the world that seem to have links to the secrets of Atlantis. |

Plot Keywords:

Atlantis | Sea | Lost World | Sequel | Edited From TV Series

Awards:

1 nomination

Cast

James Arnold Taylor	...	Milo (voice)
Cree Summer	...	Kida (voice)
John Mahoney	...	Whitmore (voice)
Jacqueline Obradors	...	Audrey / Nurse (voice)
Don Novello	...	Vinny (voice)
Corey Burton	...	Mole (voice)
Phil Morris	...	Sweet (voice)
Florence Stanley	...	Packard (voice)
Frank Welker	...	Obby / Mantell (voice)
Steven Barr	...	Cookie (voice) (as Steve Barr)
Clancy Brown	...	Volgud (voice)
Jean Gilpin	...	Inger (voice)
Kai Rune Larsen	...	Seaman / Gunnar
Bill Fagerbakke	...	Sven (voice)
Thomas F. Wilson	...	Carnaby (voice) (as Tom Wilson)

Runtime:

70 min | Argentina:84 min

Country:

USA

Language:

English

Color:

Color

Sound Mix:

Dolby Digital

Certification:

Argentina:Atp | Australia:PG | Germany:6 | UK:U | USA:G

Company:

Walt Disney Pictures

Trivia:

Like many of Disney's direct-to-video sequels, this was intended as the pilot for a TV series. This is evident by the episodic structure of the plot, which would be cut into three separate episodes for the show's regular run. However, due to the disappointing box office of Atlantis: The Lost Empire (2001), production of the series was halted and the ending was rewritten to provide closure.

Goofs:

Continuity: The bundle Inga is carrying under her right arm (when she walks up the stairs) disappears when she turns to warn the group.

Quotes:

Kida: [being shown around the ship; she grabs a life belt] This! What is this?
Milo: Oh, that's a life preserver.
Kida: So... you wear it and it preserves your life? Like our crystals!
Milo: No, no, no; you throw it to someone in the water.
Kida: Oh, so it is a game!
Milo: No. You throw it to them when they're drowning.
Kida: Does that not make it difficult for them to play the game?

Movie Connections:

Featured in "Troldspejlet: (#29.14)" (2003)

Sequelnator 2: Judgement Day?

What the (beep) is going wrong with Disney the last years? Are there totally run out of good ideas? Where is the magic? Where are the good animators, the good songwriters, the good directors, the good... Okay, i know, Walt himself and the famous "nine old man" can't come back. But is this a reason to crank out countless of those cheap sequels and slowly but surely destroying the ideals of Walt Disney? I never rent or bought a Disney-sequel of what movie however. Because i had read much enough about its (absence of) quality. But "Atlantis: Milo's Return" was aired today on TV in Germany and so i watch it. It confirmed my doubts about sequels. It was absolutely boring. Flaw animation, primitive color-rotation, simple characters, some unsuccessful tries to simulate the famous Multiplane-Camera with CGI, mediocre music and a patchwork of different, simple stories. It looks absolutely not like Disney! Not like Disney i know! It looks like one of the countless, cheap and simple animation-series like "DragonballZ", "Beyblade" etc. that aired every day on TV for children.

My first reaction after showing this crap, was to load "Bambi" in my DVD-Player, to see Disney's immortal magic, depth, spirit and charm again, to see Disney on its climax again, to see the awesome art of handmade animation again. "Bambi" was the first (and until today the only) movie that i give 10 out of 10 stars. But "Atlantis: Milo's Return"? No magic, no depth, no charm, no spirit... It deserved only 3 out of 10!