Atlantis: Milo's Return (2003) (V)

Directors:

Victor Cook
Toby Shelton

Writers:

Steve Englehart (screenplay)
Henry Gilroy (writer)

Release Date:

13 May 2003 (USA)

Genre:

Adventure | Animation | Family | Action | Comedy

Plot:

Milo and Kida reunite with their friends to investigate strange occurances around the world that seem to have links to the secrets of Atlantis. |

Plot Keywords:

Atlantis | Sea | Lost World | Sequel | Edited From TV Series

Awards:

1 nomination

Cast

James Arnold Taylor	...	Milo (voice)
Cree Summer	...	Kida (voice)
John Mahoney	...	Whitmore (voice)
Jacqueline Obradors	...	Audrey / Nurse (voice)
Don Novello	...	Vinny (voice)
Corey Burton	...	Mole (voice)
Phil Morris	...	Sweet (voice)
Florence Stanley	...	Packard (voice)
Frank Welker	...	Obby / Mantell (voice)
Steven Barr	...	Cookie (voice) (as Steve Barr)
Clancy Brown	...	Volgud (voice)
Jean Gilpin	...	Inger (voice)
Kai Rune Larsen	...	Seaman / Gunnar
Bill Fagerbakke	...	Sven (voice)
Thomas F. Wilson	...	Carnaby (voice) (as Tom Wilson)

Runtime:

70 min | Argentina:84 min

Country:

USA

Language:

English

Color:

Color

Sound Mix:

Dolby Digital

Certification:

Argentina:Atp | Australia:PG | Germany:6 | UK:U | USA:G

Company:

Walt Disney Pictures

Trivia:

Like many of Disney's direct-to-video sequels, this was intended as the pilot for a TV series. This is evident by the episodic structure of the plot, which would be cut into three separate episodes for the show's regular run. However, due to the disappointing box office of Atlantis: The Lost Empire (2001), production of the series was halted and the ending was rewritten to provide closure.

Goofs:

Continuity: At the end of the first movie, Kida was seen with new tattoos on her face, which have disappeared in this sequel.

Quotes:

Kida: [being shown around the ship; she grabs a life belt] This! What is this?
Milo: Oh, that's a life preserver.
Kida: So... you wear it and it preserves your life? Like our crystals!
Milo: No, no, no; you throw it to someone in the water.
Kida: Oh, so it is a game!
Milo: No. You throw it to them when they're drowning.
Kida: Does that not make it difficult for them to play the game?

Movie Connections:

Featured in "Troldspejlet: (#29.14)" (2003)

Loosing touch with magic.

Where's the touch of magic Disney studio's used to have with every movie they made? I don't know. If you know, tell me! New movies like Nemo still reach the public, but even there I see a constant repeating of things I have seen in movies before. In every Disney/Pixar movie they seem to need to show toys laying around from Toy Story. And every new movie has the repeating thing of Simba in The Lion KIng. As for the video's and all the sequels, this is the last one I have bought. All these numbers II, I will ignore from now on when I walk through the store.

Milo's return is nothing more than 3 short stories, which misses the charm of the first movie Atlantis. The only reason to make such sequels seems to me to get some money easily out of the pockets of ignorant parents who are willing to buy anything 'disney' for their spoiled kids, without even thinking about quality. Why is Disney leaving the 'yellow brick road' they were walking on? There are numerous stories around the world that have the magic Disney used to bring to us in it's classics.

I will always be a Disneyfan in heart and soul, but at the moment it only means that I play the old classics over and over again, eagerly waiting for the day that Disney 'comes back to it's senses' instead of bringing us such bad sequels as 'Pocahontas II', 'Hunchback of Notre Dame II' and 'Cinderella II'.