Atlantis

Considered one of the lesser Disney films this turns out to be actually quite good. Clearly inspired by lots of Jules Verne especially Journey to the Centre of the Earth and 20,000 Leagues Under The Sea this will get kids into Verne by showing all his fun, inventive, adventurous ideas (while missing out the too much focus on endless science). What's so great about this film is that it's quite mature, there aren't any songs, it even has a couple of subtitled moments, there is little to no toilet humor or cheap slapstick and the characters often play against stereotype (such as the buff guy who turns out to be the ship's doctor). The animation style is really good deliberately inspired by Mike Mignola and the 1914 setting creates a nice historical backdrop and a steam-punk style. Voice acting by Michael J Fox, Leonard Nimoy and John Mahoney is of the excellent standard you'd expect from these great actors and in fact all the voices and characters are interesting and engaging.Problems? Well the structure of the script has a few issues, we are introduced to the massive submarine and lots of time is spent showing us around it (it even features prominently on the cover) however this is destroyed very early in the film by a brilliant sea monster. This is a big set piece and I was looking forward to when this sea monster would reappear in the climax, only it doesn't. Instead we have flying bikes and stone giants. The problem is that the film has too many ideas and is trying to cram them all into a tight 90 minute film so we have several lose ends and slightly underdeveloped moments. They've designed these great submarines and monsters but don't use them enough because they want to show the other cool ideas they have.However, this is really a small problem in what is a very engaging adventure story with some quite deep and interesting themes. It is a very good adventure movie, with shades of Indiana Jones and themes from great Science Fiction this is great family entertainment that wide-eyed boys, thrill seeking teenagers and nostalgic men can all enjoy.

I think this film has got plenty of adventure & excitement. It is like captain nemo but more advanced, I bought mine over 10 years ago an thought I'd lent it out. Low & behold it was still in the rack so I passed the new one to my nephew as a Christmas present I hope he enjoys it 😊

Good Old Disney

Read some reviews saying it was not very good. Well its not a cute cuddly disney movie more like a great adventure movie, which makes a change. And not really for youngsters (subtitles at the begining are quite quick).I recently bought 12 or so disney movies from amazon for my little girl. And this and treasure planet are my fav. Cant believe Disney films are still this good. Dr spock voice as the chief...cool. Excellent film. Also if you have a ps3 they look stunning especially brother bear.Bigkid34.

If you like to watch movies in the original cinematic 2.35:1 aspect ratio then this dvd may disappoint. It is presented in standard 4:3 television format. I read that the US version had the option to watch in either format but there's no choice with the R2 version.Ironic considering that the deleted prologue scene included is presented in the widescreen format.

Brand new, came sealed up and came with the cover so very happy. Not played it yet.

I bought this, as I am in the process of collecting all of the Disney Classic DVD's, with Classic art sleeve. I purchased this, because it was advertised as being the disney classic version, and according to the pic, it came with the sleeve. It arrived with no sleeve. The case and DVD have no issues though, so if you're looking for this no matter what, then this will be perfect.

Not one of Disney's well known movies, but it should be! It's such a good film, though the side characters are a little bit off...the mole freaks me out, to say the least. But it's good nevertheless! I love the Atlantians, and their technology, it's such a fabulous, whimsical idea. Highly recommended.My one complaint: Michael J. Fox is great, but it's hard to separate his face from his voice.