[.ca] Hercules & Xena: The Battle For Mount Olympus (Full Screen) (ISBN 0783225806)

cheesy, corny, but hirariously addictive:
Okay, so this movie was pretty goofy and the animation isn't exactly Shrek quality, but I definitely think it's worth seeing. It seems to help to have a good sense of humor going into this. I can safely say that five out of six of my friends (mostly females from the ages of 17 - 20) enjoyed it quite thouroughly. It is filled with songs that somehow everyone knows the lyrics to them the first time. ;)If you are the type of person who can get through life without taking things too seriously, you would prolly enjoy this movie...besides, Artemis IS pretty cute!

What were they thinking?:
They took these two amazing television shows that has an average viewing age of 20 and made a poor-quality animated movie meant for kids around age 8. Universal truly needs to get a clue. I mean the landscaping was cheap slops of paint on cels that were very far from realistic. And, while they may have some meaningful style for the creators or artists, they have nothing to do with the story or series. The animation is about the equivalent of the original Snow White (not cleaned up) with a Saturday morning cartoon quality. The characters do the most obnoxious things and I can see why Sam Raimi chose a "Executive Producer" credit instead of a director one. Story: mediocre. Zeus abducts Hercules's mom and flies off to Mount Olympus just as Herc tries to stop them and fails. Hera, jealous at Zeus's audacity, steals a stone from a pedestal in the middle of the throne room. This stone is apparently the essence of Earth and the source of the Gods' powers. Hera unleashes the titans and they all climb Mount Olympus. Herc decides to save mommy by climbing Olympus. Artemis and Hades choose Xena as their hero after Herc turns them down. Aphrodite spends more time surfing her shell-board than making any sense. After that it all falls apart and it is a mediocre film. I rented it to see if it was worth the money. If you have kids who may have seen the series (doubtful) they will love this. I am surprised they got away with the singing and the opening to the movie that is almost verbatim and identical in introduction as the Disney movie a few years ago... Better animation and better story would have helped. But Universal apparently did not look at this before they released it. Oh, one last thing: they must have rushed through the coloration, as Xena's warrior suit is plain white with pencil outlines in a few cutscenes. How poor is that?

WHAT?!?!?!?!:
I bought this becuase it was a xena movie but was extermely disappointed. I am thankful they kept the original cast but I seriously think the writters and amination artist were smoking something. The Story line is not that great but it could have worked if it were live action. I think it would have been cool to see the titans as we saw many other creatures on the shows. I loved both the shows and will watch them whenever I can but have not watched this again since the first time I got it. I was hoping that they would make a Xena live action movie beucase after all Herc got four live action movies. A good Xena movie will never happen becuase Xena is 'dead' and Kevin Smith sadly died. But they could always make a Xena movie to clear up somethings from the past and Gabby could alway wear a wig or it could be something from the last seasons. Sorry I strayed but there is not anything good about this movie. Even for a die hard Xena fan it is a snooze to watch. Refers to the VHS version.

Bad Everything:
There isn't ANYthing in this cartoon to recommend it. The art is bad. The script is bad. The animation is bad. The acting is bad. This isn't even "Sheena: Queen of the Jungle" bad, it's just plain lousy. I tried to laugh AT it, but couldn't. Even the \omoney\c I spent on this seems too much. They should have paid ME for wasting my time like this. GroOooaAannn...

A True, Die-Hard Xena Fan:
I loved it, as any true, die-hard Xena fan would. Though I'll admit that the animation should have been done by some competant artists. When Xena was singing, most of the color for her breastplate, bodice, leathers, and skin was missing. Everything else managed to have color during the movie. Most of them were completely out of character. But what can we do? What's done is done. Now that the sixth season is over, there's more details to their personalities, and this animation was created less than five years ago. In spite of all of that, I loved it, because, it's Hercules and Xena!!!! The music was fab. I managed to find pieces in the soundtracks. And whenever Lucy Lawless sings, I become inspired. I just need to tune my voice up a bit. If you love Hercules and Xena, and you're not critical, then this is definitely for you. Adios from a Chamorro Xena (wanabe). Hee Hee!