if the maker of atlantis have something to say in this film and it theme be ( literally ) drown out by the emphasis on special effect over characterization . almost a if in an attempt to keep up with the rest of the summer action blockbuster and disney have ditch the character driven and movie with a message approach in favor of a star war shoot em up with stereotype hero and villain . the art be cartoony and the producer think that they can rely on computer generate image ( cgi ) of fly fish craft and submarine to fill the gap . they be wrong and and the day of beautiful and handcrafted animation be fast fly out the window in favor of assembly line cgi . this movie be all spectacle with no heart . at time the film come close to be a good and worthwhile movie and but frustratingly miss the mark so many time by cop out of talk about something meaningful and instead choose to go with the glitz . another problem with the movie be the pacing . it start confusingly and then begin to rocket along with a choppy story edit style that be not appreciate . the viewer be rush out of the door along with milo thatch ( voice well by michael j. fox ) and be leave think gee there must be an awful lot of stuff that go to happen once we get to atlantis . unfortunately and not much happens . the secret of atlantis remain a secret with the story teller not really know how to explain the legendary island or continent . they be afraid to commit to say where atlantis be and even in a fictional story . be it in the atlantic . be it in the mediterranean sea . who know . nothing be hypothesize and even from a purely fantasy base point of view . the viewer will leave the theatre ask themselves now what be that all about . what be the point of the movie . why couldn not the survive atlantean remember how to read when many of them live through the disaster to the present day . and why do atlantis sink . and then promptly begin to forget about what they saw . there be nothing leave to think about or mill over . except the loss of money in their wallet . the character and their motivation be equally unfathomable . from the eccentric zillionaire who found the expedition with seemingly more money that exist on the entire planet in 1914 and to the ( spoiler ) collective consciousness that enters kida and voluntarily desert it people . the crew be a collection of quirky and 2 dimensional people of anachronistically ( for 1914 ) p. c. race and gender . the demolition expert talk like he come right out of a warner brother bug bunny short . most of the joke be gross one liner that be largely miss by the audience for two reason represent they be deliver at lightning speed pacing and usually mumble . the way these support player do a moral turn around near the end of the movie be hard to believe . while we applaud disney for try to create animated movie for adult and this be the first disney not to have cute and talk animal or object it fail to make the transition . young child will be frighten by some of the action scene and be leave in the dark by the large amount of subtitle ( when the character speak atlantean ) . in the first five minute of the expedition and approximately 200 people be kill without a second thought . obviously disney think that if you do not know who those people be and then why should you care . again and the movie have no feeling on any level . mulan and tarzan be the last animated movie produce by disney that be do extremely well . sadly and atlantis harkens back to those fail attempt in the past such a the black cauldron and hunchback of notre dame . disney need to get back to their root . a sequel to peter pan be come out shortly but one never know what the result will be until you see it for yourself . and now that disney have discover science fiction one hop that they will realize that that genre must have more than spectacle to it . we also hope that the upcoming treasure planet and a sci fi adaptation of robert l. stevenson treasure island and will have more heart to it than the unfathomable atlantis represent the lost empire .