Rating: 
Summary: Very underrated. BUT NOT FOR KIDS!
Review: So why 3 stars? First off, even though I think this is underrated, It is not something you want to watch with your kids at 8:00. The movie deals with some pretty heavy stuff. Kida, wheres next to nothing, Mr. Rourke gets way to scary at the end and some of the humor is pretty sick. If I didn;t have kids, I would rate this 4.5 stars, but this is not a typical disney movie. I gues sif your kids have watched Star Wars or Star trek, you might not have much of a problem.
Rating: 
Summary: Tries TOO hard to be serious
Review: This was a fair movie.It had decent action and a few funny moments,but it was ruined by half-hearted animation and it tried to be TOO serious.The plot was made half-enjoyable by an overkill of action and death.It wasn't as good as "Pocahontas," "Beauty and the Beast", "Lion King" or ""Hunchback of Notre Dame."The songs were kind of forgettable and the movie seemed to lag in drama and humor.This was an action filmed that sadly was destroyed by TOO much action and not enough other elements.
Rating: 
Summary: SO underrated!!
Review: I feel so awful for this movie. I think that its nay-sayers have forgotten (or are too young to remember) the Golden Age of action-adventure filmmaking. Watching "Atlantis" made me feel all over again like I felt as a child watching the "Indiana Jones" and "Star Wars" movies for the first time. "Atlantis" marvelously resurrects that wonderful spirit of the romance and mystery that define this long-forgotten brand of high adventure, exploration, and discovery. It would indeed have made a mighty fine fourth "Indiana Jones" movie. And when has Disney ever been lax about coupling these wonderful storytelling elements with distinct and compelling characters? The people populating this movie are as fun and interesting as the story itself, and do a far better job of making you care about them than your average modern action movies does, that's for sure. Now, you take the excellent, old-fashioned adventure story and its delightful characters, and all you need to complete the mix is James Newton Howard's epic, theme-laden score (which is an item worth purchasing all on its own!). I'll admit that the artistic style employed for "Atlantis" is a bit simplistic, angular, and jarring at first, but that wears off very quickly thanks to the nature of the story itself. I haven't stopped recommending "Atlantis" to my friends since I saw it recently on TV (and very quickly bought the amazing 2-disc Special Edition DVD!), and this review merely allows me to do my part in continuing to get the word out: "Atlantis" is a fine action-adventure movie in the spirit of those terrific '80s movies that many of us grew up with and loved, and it should be viewed by all who can get their hands on it! So buy it, sit back, and enjoy the ride. :)
Rating:
Summary: entertaining enough
Review: Michael J. Fox voices Milo, a linguist in the early 1900s who sets out with a motley crew of people with various talents (a mechanic, a cook, a mole-like person who likes to dig ....) They find it and a host of residents who are still alive (and apparently have been for centuries). Milo has a love interest in a pretty girl named Princess Kida (whose mother is dead, like almost every single Disney mother to date! What is with that?)There are a lot of logic flaws, like the crystal that "chooses" a host who will help save Atlantis and bring the civilization back to its glory. Guess who that is! Still, it's an enjoyable cartoon.
Rating: 
Summary: Really great.
Review: I'm 13 and what to be an animator more than anything. You have NO idea how much this has helped me! From model sheets to storyboards this is great. It has so much, you'll be overwhelmed! I suggest you buy it, for you dont have to want to be an animator. It's so interesting for everyone! It has a great stroy. And if you loved this one, I also REALLY suggest Miyazaki's "Castle in the Sky". It's great!
Rating:
Summary: A good change of pace, the start of a new era for Disney
Review: I recently checked this movie out on TV. Wasn't bad, But wasn't good either. I lked the fact that Disney was exploring new concepts and ideas in this film. Atlantis is visually nice,the animation and CGI wotrked together nicey. However, the plot fell apart. I felt bad about that had this movie's script been thorugh another round in the edits this could have been a groundbreaking film for disney.
The main problem with the story is TOO many characters. Part of successful fantasy/sci-fi is the ability to develop relationships between the characters so that we get to know them. I couldn't root for the hero because I couldn't find him. Milo is overshadowed by the large supporting cast of colorful crewmen. He has very few scenes to establish himself as a hero. His relationship with "Kida" wasn't developed either. I would have liked to seen them develop her character a bit more. Worse, I couldn't find the Villains either. The bad guy wasn't revealed until the near end. Usually in disney films such as the Lion King, Little Mermaid, or Aladddin we know who the main players are. Even in anime such as Dragonball Z we know that Goku, Vegeta and Piccolo are the good guys. Also, there were too many jokes that seemed convoluted. I wish they had played this film as a straight drama. That would have given the writers an opportunity to work out the bugs in the script. I believe another 30 minutes would have tightened the plot mase this a WAY better film.
Disney shouldn't see Atlantis as a failure. It was an ambituous departure from the usual disney fare of big strong heroes, weak heroines, cute animals, and singing dish sets. I would love to see disney try to take risks like this more often. I look forward to the day when Disney makes animated films with adult themes. Here's to hoping this and Treasure Planet aren't the end of a very unique and interesting creative era in the Disney animation division.
Rating:
Summary: "I swim pretty girl, pretty good"
Review: If you thought all of Disney animated movies was all G rated. That would not be true. Atlantis: The Lost Empire is a rare Disney animated movie with a PG rating. This movie is not a musical like some of the other animated movies. And you may be disappointed if you love musical animated films from Disney. The only other Disney animated movie that I can think of that has a PG rating is last summer's movie Lilo & Stitch. Michael J. Fox joins other actors like John Goodman, Robin Williams, Billy Crystal, David Spade, James Coburn, and Jim Cummings who have all voiced characters in animated movies either down by Disney , thier arch rival Dreamworks, or other companies that does animated movies. As the movie opens, Milo Thatch (Michael J. Fox) is a scientist that dreams of fidning the lost city of Altantis in Washington D.C. in 1914. When he is given his late grandfather's book, he joins a crew that is out to find Altantis. Once there, he meets and falls in love with Princess Kidagakash (Cree Summer) whose stubborn father (Leonard Nimoy). The book was given to Milo by a jillonaire (John Mahoney). This movie was directed by Gary Trousdale and Kirk Wise who made the wonderful animated Beauty and the Beast. And Michael J. Fox's character sounds like Stuart Little. If you love animated movies, this is worth a watch, and if you want to see Stuart Little and Beauty and the Beast, if you have never seen those movies, be my quest.
Rating:
Summary: Not Disney's Best
Review: Disney's Atlantis: The Lost Empire promises action and adventure and absolutely delivers it. However, that's about all the film has going for it. The plot follows Milo Thatch, a young linguist working as a janitor in the Smithsonian Institute, who joins an expedition to search for the lost city of Atlantis. After a series of well-animated action scenes, the crew finds the lost city, very much alive of the ocean floor. From that point, the film shifts somewhat dramatically from an action/ adventure to a Sci-Fi film in which the explorers discover the mysterious power source that powers Atlantis. The plot sounds good on paper, but fails to stay afloat in film for. The characters are not well developed and somewhat unappealing in appearance due to their extremely angular design (most notably their squared-off fingers). The plot is far too complicated and hard to follow in a 90 minute film. Perhaps if it was slowed down and stretched into a longer film it would not be so bad. The dialogue is fast and hard to follow, sometimes so fast that it is difficult for the animated mouths on the characters to follow their own voices. All in all, I would say that Atantis is probably Disney's worst feature-length effort .Then again the bombs of today are the cult classics of tomorrow... you never know.
Rating:
Summary: "You have disturbed the dirt!"
Review: Milo Thach is looking for the lost empire of Atlantis. He gets up by Mr. Whitmore, a friend of Milo's father. Mr. Whitmore gives Milo a submarine and a crew to look for the legendary city. This movie is better suited for a somewhat older age group, but it's still fun!
Rating:
Summary: A Fun Thrill Ride
Review: * It is almost guaranteed that any Disney animated movie will
be a magnificently produced feast for the eyes, even though
the script may not be anything to write home about. ATLANTIS, THE LOST EMPIRE fits this formula perfectly. The
story is a bit by-the-numbers. In 1914, a frustrated young
archaelogist and student of dead languages named Milo Thatch
(voice of Michael J. Fox) is trying to convince the officials
of the museum in which he works to help him in his search for
the lost kingdom of Atlantis, which Milo believes sank into
the middle of the Atlantic long ago. They don't believe him, but a wealthy friend of Milo's eccentric
archaelogist grandfather comes to his aid, and Milo finds himself
on board a custom-made exploration submarine with a fairly
typical B-move gang of misfits in a dangerous adventure that
takes them all to the depths of the sea and into the bowels of
the Earth ... OK, I need say no more, that gives the general idea. The story's
a bit of INDIANA JONES and quite a bit of Edgar Rice Burroughs
(maybe a dash of that old Harryhausen movie as well) and
if it's not all that inspired and is quickly forgotten, at
least it clicks along nicely and isn't quite as ponderously
moralizing as many Disney animated flicks. And it doesn't really matter anyway, because the story's
basically an excuse for going on an animated Disney thrill
ride, or more correctly a series of them. In fact, I wouldn't
be surprised if ATLANTIS was leveraged into a bunch of very
entertaining VR rides. It is all very definitely a feast for
the eyes -- maybe a bit too visually busy and hyper for some
people -- and though I don't like going to theatres much
any more it was a bit of a pity that I didn't catch it on
a wide screen. (Got to get some goggle viewers one of these
days so I can get the effect at home.) So basically ATLANTIS may not have a lot of substance, but
the package is so pretty that it's not any big deal that there's
not all that much inside.
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