in the modern world of cgi this and stunt double that and it be easy to forget the brilliance a simply make film can achieve . with 18 surprise ( so surprising no one even hear about them ) nomination for various oscar back in 1970 and hercules in new york prove that good acting and continuity and most of all an actual plot be entirely disposable in the creation of a movie . the film begin on top of mt . olympus where hercules be plead with his father to be allow down to earth . zeus and however be adamant that hercules remain on mt . olympus and an argument ensues and in his fury zeus throw a thunderbolt at hercules and send him to earth . which be exactly what hercules want . funny that . when upon earth our noble hero set about pick fight with people small than him and attack animal and take up fund from gangster . he also befriend what many believe to be the most interesting character ever create in cinema pretzie . a lonely soul pretzie ( so call because he sell pretzel ) wander the street of new york alone . sell pretzel . many believe the pretzel to be a metaphor for small african child and and pretzie to be a man drag into an illegal trade by a society that doesn not care . have the film be make thirty year later pretzies main customer would undoubtedly have be madonna and angelina jolie and however this be not the case and and some poignancy be distract from pretzie plight a a result . hercules in new york also boast the fine action scene in cinematic history hercules versus the bear and in which our protagonist and upon see an escaped bear and decide the best course of action be to beat the living crap out of it in front of his date . the fight can be see here http represent or or www . youtube . com or watch . v equal yqhbgdoo4 w ( about 50 second in the action start ) to conclude i think we should all try to take on board the meaning of the last line of pretzies big and final speech represent yeah . i think i think i will have an apple .