Movie: "Hercules" 1997

I'll try to turn my brain off for this.

I like the "supremes" style opening notes. And the art style.

00:01:34 - Zues and titans and Uhhh....UUHHHH .... my head.... it's starting... it's STARTING TO HURT...... ( Read more... )

OVERALL:
It was okay. I liked Hunchback a lot more, I think. I don't know if I'll ever be interested in watching this one again. I mean... for all that Hunchback was unusual for a Disney film, this one is EXACTLY to mold, but its lacking soul. Or, at least, any soul I can identify with. I liked Tarzan better too, though Tarzan wasn't my favorite either.

When it comes to characters, Hercules was okay, but coming after Quasimodo, it feels like a bit of a "so what?" This version of Hercules's biggest problem is that his super-strength makes him clumsy, and makes people wary around him. It seems trivial in comparison to Quasimodo's sorrow. Maybe if this movie had been made two or three years later, and hadn't directly followed after Hunchback, I wouldn't feel the need to compare so strongly. It's like Disney made this movie because they felt they had been to ambitious, too arty, and too real with the last one, and they needed to get their feet firmly planted back in Never Never Land.

The art was lovely, and I appreciated the visual style for the kind of project it was.

The music I wasn't terribly into. It was okay.

Escaflowne rewatch: episodes 19-26 (three days ago)

Yup. Still good. ::slight tear in the corner of eye::


I could articulate the reasons why, but everyone knows. It still holds up several years later. This is some quality storytelling.

Also, I'm confronted with the same lack of desire to write fanfic that I had last time. It's the same reaction I had to Princess Tutu, and to Farscape:

Why mess with perfect ending?



(except in PT's case, I'm still looking for that perfect epic post-series chapter fic that no one's written yet. Arent' we all?)

Naruto 364

I can't for the life of me remember who ( spoiler )

was. Was he an ancestor or something? Or something from one of the Itachi flashbacks?

Naruto 366

"What is it about my brother that makes you care about him so much? He's a rogue ninja who abandonned you." ( minor reactions )

Naruto, Chapter 367

"You're the best person for the job in the village, and that's that!"
( Chapter 367 )