THE GROOVY GREEKS!

Walt Disney is my favourite company when it comes to producing films. Hercules falls short compared to the likes of the frankly flawless ' The Hunchback Of Notre Damne' and ' Pocahontas' but still delivers. this film is based upon the ' Toils Of Heracles' and much more. Heracles is better known as Hercules to the Romans but we just forget that and go with the flow for the movie. Pain & Panick were really funny henchmen who are actually henchmen of Ares not Hades. Hades{James Woods} is really funny too. i really like Philoctetes ' Phil'{ Danny DeVito} and i saw this movie when i was a kid and have loved it ever since. Bond's meeting with the Nessos was a great set up for him and Megara { based upon an actual event in Greek myth.} i like the fact they have made ' Meg' also known as Megara his first TRUE love. i really liked how the redid Here as a kindly mother { in Greek mythology she is responsible for the capture and mortality of Hercules}. but in this film we have some real emotional scenes like Hercules being captured by Pain & Panick then raised by a kind mortal couple which really has a lot of soul in it' storyline. i thought all the songs were top notch, but why do The Muses{proclaimers of Heroes, Gods of the Arts} sing about ' The Gospel Truth' that is of Biblical content. but despite this the opening is jazzy and Rip Torn is great at voicing Zeus. Pegasus was a nice touch as Hercules's horse { although in Greek myth Pegasus is Percius 's horse} this film borrows off mostly all the Greek stories and studies them really well. all in all you should see this. The Hydras, Titans etc provide great movie monsters. ***