Atlantis: The Lost Empire (2001)
My rating: 3 of 5 stars
This is one of the earlier Disney films that I can recall from when their art style was really changing. This also fell in the time frame when I was largely following animated films for babysitting material and was not enjoying them myself as I once had before. Years later, I find that I can pick this film back up and enjoy it the way I should have when it first came out.
1914: Milo Thatch, grandson of the great Thaddeus Thatch works in the boiler room of a museum. He buries himself in books, dreaming of unlocking the secret to the mysteries of Atlantis. He knows Atlantis was real and that he can get there if only he can obtain the mysterious “Shepherd’s Journal.” Although his theories are ridiculed by his colleagues, he is persistent in his dreams of one day discovering the lost isle. His dreams are realized when he is given a spot in an expedition financed by a friend of his grandfather to go in search of Atlantis. The Guardians of Atlantis, however, await the explorers, and the deadly truth about Atlantis's demise puts Milo, the royal family, and all of Atlantis in mortal jeopardy.
- source: listal