{"id":4638,"date":"2026-03-10T15:00:40","date_gmt":"2026-03-10T21:00:40","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/benjamin-m-weilert.com\/?p=4638"},"modified":"2026-02-24T21:33:04","modified_gmt":"2026-02-25T04:33:04","slug":"movie-atlantis-the-lost-empire-2001","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/benjamin-m-weilert.com\/index.php\/2026\/03\/10\/movie-atlantis-the-lost-empire-2001\/","title":{"rendered":"MOVIE: Atlantis – The Lost Empire (2001)"},"content":{"rendered":"

\"Atlantis:Atlantis: The Lost Empire
\n<\/u><\/strong>Year: 2001
\nRating: PG
\nLength: 96 minutes \/ 1.60 hours<\/p>\n

I can appreciate that Disney was trying to do new and interesting things at the beginning of the millennium. There seemed to be a trend of more male-focused movies with Treasure Planet<\/em> (2002) and Atlantis: The Lost Empire<\/em> (2001). That these were leaning into science fiction instead of fantasy was also a nice change of pace. Of course, in this era of Disney trying to find its identity in a post-Toy Story<\/em> (1995) world, I can see why movies like Atlantis<\/em> have since (ironically) been forgotten.<\/p>\n

While Treasure Planet<\/em> was an adaptation of Treasure Island<\/em>, Atlantis<\/em> was an original story. Granted, some of the key elements felt like Stargate<\/em> (1994), but that\u2019s mostly because ancient tech stories have similar story beats and characters. The 1910s aesthetic and archetypes of the explorers was something new to Disney animation and were in a brown-coded contrast to the blue world of Atlantis. Of course, the themes of greed and colonialism shine through just as they did in previous Disney works like Pocahontas<\/em> (1995).<\/p>\n

Perhaps it\u2019s because musicals aren\u2019t usually something males go for, but I think it\u2019s the one thing that hindered this movie and Treasure Planet<\/em> into obscurity. There\u2019s just not anything terribly memorable about this movie despite the interesting things they tried to do with it. Even the lesser-known Disney movies usually have a song or two that people remember. In fact, I\u2019d claim this is the reason Chicken Little<\/em> (2005), Meet the Robinsons <\/em>(2007), and Bolt<\/em><\/a> (2008) also are not remembered as well\u2014even if these were CGI films and not traditionally animated like Atlantis<\/em> was. Still, Atlantis<\/em> is a deep cut from Disney\u2019s early millennium era that hopefully does not remain forgotten.<\/p>\n

A more original Disney work buried due to their failure to market, I give Atlantis: The Lost Empire<\/em> 3.5 stars out of 5.<\/p>\n

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