Atlantis: The Lost Empire and Emotional Storytelling - A Video Essay
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- čas přidán 7. 06. 2024
- Made for the Lessons Animation Taught Us series by Filmjoy.
And since I don’t think I said it anywhere in the video, the crystal chamber scene is rad as hell and I really love the Hunchback of Notre Dame, especially the stage version.
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0:00 - Intro
0:54 - Chapter 1: An Introduction
3:22 - Chapter 2: Production
9:13 - Chapter 3: Story
19:31 - Chapter 4: Emotional Storytelling
25:09 - Chapter 5: Closing Thoughts
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For some reason, I love that Audrey has to kick the door open twice? she kicked so hard it fell back shut, so she has to kick it again. It's such a small insignificant detail, but for me it always made the scene feel more alive.
I adore that little animation detail.
In a movie with real actors this would happen randomly, but the fact they purposefully animated it really makes you understand the level of detail of this film
I thought exactly the same as a kid!!!!
audrey totally would kick it so hard that it closes- its very character focused like that so all those critics complianing it didnt have character fell asleep at the helm writting that false narrative. it pains me to think such idiots might have swayed someone who might have enjoyed this movie from seeing it.
It’s very Miyazaki.
The relationships are one of my favourite parts of this film. Milo never once tries to stop being so intellectual, or excited about the prospect of learning more, and even though the group are initially dismissive of him and make fun of him, Milo never changes who he is. He never gives up any part of his nerdiness, and they become his friends anyway, or even better because of it! I know there are many flaws but it was so important to little nerdy me, that a person could unapologetically be a nerd, and be loved because of it!
This is a sweet interpretation
You and me both, mate.😁
Love this!
I teared up reading this. 😢
Characters who barely change by Act III usually aren’t that interesting...
"Why flooding the city makes the people forget their own script, even if they speak the language"?
The writers were probably reading a lot about the Minoans. If they studied Atlantis, they probably studied the Minoans and their kinda but kinda not offshoot, the Mycenaeans, supposedly the inspiration for much of the Atlantis myth in their city on Thera (the island that blew up around 1100-1300 BC). The Minoans had a writing system, linear A, half inherited by the Mycenaeans, a satellite culture of their civilization. The Minoans are a mysterious culture unrelated to any other we know in terms of language and art, but they imported their culture, their ways and their script to the shores of Greece, where the Mycenaeans, ancestors of the Greeks, used the script of the Minoans and tweaked it. We can't translate Minoan, but we do know Mycenaean Greek and we can read Linear B.
Here's the thing: The Greeks eventually forgot how to write. After the Bronze Age Collapse (1200 BC circa) the Mycenaean palaces burnt down and their system of government disappeared. Ancient Greece changed forever, no one knows why (whole empires crumbled at the same time; the Hittitles were defeated, Babylon collapsed and only Egypt survived, slowly sliding into a new period of division and crisis). The Greeks had lost their states, and thus they had lost their need for script. Centuries later, when the new city-states rose in Greece, they had forgotten how to read the strange symbols of the time of Odysseus, Achilles and Agamemnon, and adopted the Phoenician script to their own language, later putting the stories of the Mycenaean age in a foreign writing (the Illiad, the Odyssey, etc).
The movie doesn't explain why the Atlanteans forgot about their own language, but it's very likely that the writers got this idea for their plot device from reading about Linear A and B.
Sorry about the wall of text.
I never knew that, thats so cool!
I know I'm one of *those* people...
But AC Odyssey sort of touched upon this. As when Alexis/Kassandra run into a few peeps investigating ancient structures. They talk about how they don't understand the writings
And I was like. Ah. I know why now. Yes...
The only problem with this in Atlantis is that the atlanteans like Kida were alive before the big disaster, so it's strange that she would forget it. Then again, it was 8000 years ago, so maybe after some time of not writing anything, you just forget it, kind of like how a child who lives in Spain can speak Spanish fluently, but then their family relocates to Germany, and eventually the Spanish is forgotten because it's so rarely used.
@@Niobesnuppa I was fluent in Lakota until I was required by the schools to learn English.
Now. I don't know how to speak or read Lakota, just a few phrases here or there or just generally understand conversation and tbe like
@@colleennewholy9026 Very much this with me when it comes to Welsh. Until I was 10-11, I was bilingually fluent in both English and Welsh, as I lived in N. Wales where my school was Welsh-language oriented and I spoke it every school day, then flipped to English after school at home, switching between both seamlessly.
But when we moved down to S. Wales, I was the only Welsh speaker in my family and my school was English speaking oriented. I rarely spoke Welsh at all with conversations etc, bar some Welsh 1st Language oriented subjects from when I was 11-16, my knowledge of my language that what was once used daily eroded away quickly. Simple words that are needed to string sentences disappear into the fog of memory and now I can't understand a good number of the bilingual signs I see and speaking it takes a lot of mental power to do.
So when Kida described how their language is worn away as the years pass, I can fully understand and empathise with it. Especially as Atlantis sank beneath the waves 8000 previously and my own loss of language happened in the space of nearly two decades.
I missed the film;s initial release as we did the move above, but watching it when I was 15 and my language was eroded, it really struck me hard in the soul, alongside all the great story telling and visuals (plus Wales gets the only cameo ever in a Disney film I know of with the flag in Mole's dirt as Wales was the birthplace of a lot of Geology. He still calls it England though...).
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Kida was “naive” because Atlantis has never been at war in her memory, or even in contact with another culture.
@Miro Kai it’s also a shame that people are critical of her initial naivety because some of her best moments are when she criticizes her father for willfully keeping them all in a state of naivety. Her whole motivation is to break out of that bubble and assert herself as a proper leader of the people, and the lengths she goes to do that are genuinely heart wrenching and inspiring.
True, her naivety was more of an result of getting literally denied certain information about her culture and living isolated from the outside world for thousands of years, it makes sense that's she's naive. Kida views these strangers from the upper world as a chance to save her dying civilization, she's open-minded.
This movie was, and still is, massively underrated.
100%
I think it's because it came out at a bad time. 2001 had a lot of great movies that. Harry Potter, Lord of the Rings, Monsters Inc and Shrek to name four. I personally loved this movie.
Amen!!!
No, it is because it is basically Stargate. It's beautiful to look at, but everything about the plot fees soooo tired.
True.
I just hope the writers, actors, artists, and every other crew member from Atlantis and Treasure Planet know how much we treasure them even if they weren't appreciated at the time.
those two movies are some of my favourites to this day
As a history nerd sweets is my favorite character he's a child of a Plains Indian woman and a Buffalo Soldier . hes a doctor he's explicitly indigenous and black throughout the movie I absolutely love him oh my God
Why is his race so important to you?
@@ianian4162 off the top of your head could you give me examples of indigenous men, especially afro-indigenous men, in film who are not just stereotypes? there are barely any
@@uh8300 I mean, how many do you need? And where are the sterotypes?
Sweet is a pretty round character, and so is Audrey ( a hispanic woman). If you mean the Atlantians themselves, we have Kida and the Old King. I would have loved to see more of Atlantis, though, and one of the movie's few flaws is that it's too short.
@@ianian4162 no I mean sweet is one of the only characters I can think of with indigenous heritage who is a well written character, and yes it does matter especially in American media because there are still plenty who either see indigenous peoples as stereotypes or extinct and it matters for indigenous kids for obvious reasons. And in terms of how many I need, how about more than one?
@@uh8300 So...two? Is that it? Why?
I would rather have one truly well written character (i.e., Sweet) then many cookie-cutter or boring characters.
As for representation, the Atlanteans are a mix of many cultures, including Native American. Is that not validly "indigenous"?
And don't forget the other minorities. Vince is Italian-American, Mole is French, and Audrey is hispanic.
To be fair, his line of "Sound off, who's not dead" is always hilarious haha
I still use that one
What I relate to most is that she has to kick the truck door twice.
When you're pisses so you slam something open/closed only to have it fly right back.
Thaddeus Hamlet OH YEAAHHHH
I am 22 years old and it never even crossed my mind that Atlantis didn't have any singing in it, and I've seen this movie at least 6 times
they even made a joke about it in the movie itself when Packard was reading the itinerary over the intercom when she mentioned dinner followed by showtunes or something...
I never noticed too
The only reason I knew about this was that Disney doesn't include Kida as a disney princess because she didn't sing. Even though she is a damn princes! And has done more to help her people than most of the other disney princess. But Mulan, who is not a princes, ended up getting disney princess status (which kind of annoys me because princesses are born into power, but Mulan had to make her own power).
Moral of the story:
A piece of literature can be deeply flawed, but that doesn't diminish the emotional impact it can have.
Audrey was one of my favorite characters of the movie, as well.
She's probably the sole reason a lot of my character art from that time had big clunky shoes with overlapping jeans and gloves with massive wrist bands. I still use very squared off folds in clothes when I doing a quick sketch.
@Studio Autio And?
Cree Summer emphatically states that Kida is her most favorite role throughout her career as a voice actress. Not only because she got to voice a Disney Princess (despite what the company tells you otherwise) but because during production the animators would often sketch her during recording, a practice common in most Disney films to better capture her performance in the character. It was something she never experienced before and would treasure always.
Would kida be considered a Disney princess or queen? Considering she took over from her father
@@kaelang12 Unfortunately, because Atlantis wasn't considered a success at the time, Disney does not consider Kida an official Disney princess on the likes as Snow White, Cinderella, Aurora, Ariel, Belle, or Jasmine. Nevertheless, she was the first princess character to be coronated Queen by succession, beating Elsa by twelve years.
Oh wow I forgot Cree was a Disney Princess too.
Esmeralda and Kida
should have been Disney princesses
@@kavyasundar7240 Actually, not in the case of Esmeralda, from both a Disney and IRL Roma cultural perspective: Esmeralda is not a princess by birth in the movie, nor does she have an animal companion, nor does she marry into the royal family, at least one of which, and preferably all three, are required to be a "Disney Princess".
Meanwhile, the Rom, (what most people call "Gypsies", though calling them that is like using "the N-word" with an African American person), IRL, don't have Princesses, having been a genuinely Democratic society since before that was cool, and are sick of people across Europe acting as if they do, so, on that level as well she shouldn't be a Princess.
Kidagakash should totally be a Disney Princess though!
Im glad that there are still people who are fascinated by this movie.
its an amazing piece of animated cinema in my opinion
It’s one of my favorite movies ever since I was a little kid when it came out. I remember constantly watching it on VHS and being amazed by the settings, the music, and the characters. because it wasn’t as popular as other movies I get super excited when other people say they like it too
sadgxrl Atlantis is my favorite Disney movie because it includes steampunk or dieselpunk, favorite characters and a very good soundtrack.
I fell in love w this movie the minute I watched it when I was a kid. I was fascinated with the story of "history", discovery and the animation
It was actually one of the few movies that I was hooked on as a kid
The first time I saw the teaser trailer for this, I was 11. The very end of it had Kida as a crystal with the voiceover of her saying “All will be well, Milo Thatch”, then snapping her eyes open. I wanted to see it that fucking day.
I remember seeing that trailer when I was like 4 or 5 on some Disney vhs (can’t remember what movie) and obliviously that quick snippet was more memorable than whatever movie was actually on the tape. Hell I remember popping it in just to watch that teaser over and over for months until it actually came out. I convinced my dad to take me to see it without telling my mom cause she was super religious and from her seeing that snippet on the tape, she thought Atlantis was some evil black magic boogaloo. lol Luckly my dad was an ex sailor and history nerd so he was somewhat curious to see it just for the oceanic themes but he didn’t much care for or understand the magical/spiritual elements of the movie. Looking back now, this film was my earliest exposure to the type of spirituality I have now as an adult. Not sure if I can say that about any other Disney movie lmao
@@coltenhubbard163 That’s such a cool memory! I’m in an Atlantis group on Facebook and you’re not alone in your “spiritual awakening” being from this movie. Lots of people have said this influenced how they approach religion/spirituality, their careers, their morals. Hell, it made me want to be a linguist. The movie may not have been a critical darling, but it’s damn good.
@@marielpare8290 what’s the name of the group?
@@coltenhubbard163 Atlantis: The Lost Empireposting. Some people who worked on the film post there often, as well!
@@marielpare8290 awesome! Thanks:) I’ll make sure to join and check it out
I was literally 2 years old when this came out and the imagery of Kida's crystal-necklace-rising-and-her-floating-upward stuck with me so strongly that I re-created it with my dolls pretty much obsessively until I was 10-ish. Anyway, it's just a gorgeous movie.
I especially loved that sub as a kid. Also now it still looks amazingly cool and one improvement I wish for is that they didn't blow it up after staying in it for like 10 minutes.
Omg I did that exact scene with my dolls lmao
"I can't claim this movie is perfect but
I can tell you that it was perfect for me."
I want to cry for your beautiful words. I love it.
I never understood why people didn’t like this movie.
It was boss.
And the only one i think who doesn't have a song in it , and i like that.
i dont care for most Dizzie stuff, but Atlantis fucking slapped. But i would def prefer it more as a TV show, with side characters and the world getting fully fleshed out :3c
KOT EBANA ROT if you want a TV show version of this movie, check out the sequel. Atlantis was supposed to follow the trend of being made into a Disney Channel show, ala Aladdin, Little Mermaid, and Lilo & Stitch, but since it flopped so hard, the three episodes they did have animated were lazily strung together into a psuedo-sequel like that weird Tarzan sequel was (before they made an official prequel for Tarzan) -- I think if I recall right, they were meant to explore other lost civilizations / legends of the world, and the three episodes were a Cthulhu Story, a Native American legend, and Norse Mythology.
I'm your 200th like
Mr Reason nice
"Rourke is never funny."
Me as a normal movie watcher: All who's not dead? Sound off!
He's comedically serious.
i'm still hurt from when i discovered that this film wasn't popular
This and Secret of Kells
@@bemotivated8443 I lOVE THAT MOVIE SO MUCH. WHEN I FOUND OUT ALL MY FRENDS HADNT SEEN IT I FLIPPED OUT
Well, it is what it is. Disney tends to be pretty bad at sequels anyway, so one bad sequel is enough for me. I am completely fine with this just being a standalone movie that I can keep introducing to people becouse they have never seen it.
Yeah... this and treasure planet
@@emptilion the sequel wasn't even released properly and is one of the few that were ok. It feels cheap compared to the original like, the executives said " yeah, fine but that's 20 grand, no more " to the exited writers
When Kida walks on water towards the crystal - I always get the most unsettling and ominous feeling.
I feel almost the same way but I've always felt a romantic melancholy for strong willed good people sacrificing themselves for the greater good or for a calling that brings the next phase of a civilization's destiny. It makes my heart warm a little as well as a little painful at the same time. Like if Kida's mother's death made me sad for Kida but also proud of the true sacrifice a royal bloodline must bring to the table as the most privileged as well as the most burdened class of society.
@@bloodcottoncandy1514 As a kid, I always got chills whenever Kida's mother stopped speaking mid-sentence and started walking away so that she could sacrifice herself in the prologue. I was raised by a single parent, so seeing Kida and her father losing her mother gave me so much respect for her character. Not to mention, it's one of my favorite prologues ever
It feel so natural to love and respect someone you never knew who could be so noble doing something that is so selfishly selfless. The pain it brought to their family is probably tremendous and could never heal but to everyone else it was a gift and a great symbolism for hope, strength and love.
For me, I always felt in awe. It felt religious and grand and I love it still.
This entire sequence, from Milo and frenemies descending to the cavern until Kida walks past them all now transformed I’ve nicknamed “Kida’s Ascension” and every single time it comes on I stop whatever I’m doing (I tend to craft while watching TV or Films at home) to give it my undivided attention. Doesn’t matter how many times I’ve seen it, this sequence is a masterpiece of cinema and deserves my awe and respect
This movie made me want to get into linguistics when I was a child, because I was so impressed with how Milo could decipher this ancient language. Today, while not exactly doing archeology and ancient languages, I'm studying English linguistics and cultural studies.
That is pretty dang cool.
no way!!! Because of this movie?! That's awesome!
It really is, though I only started about a month ago and there's a lot of theoretical stuff you have to remember 😅 But I already feel like I've learned a lot about how the English language works and is constructed :)
You'll probably already have seen Arrival then, but if you haven't already, make sure you do.
@@Trazynn honestly, as slick as Arrival was overall, I kinda feel like it ended up clinging to the Sephir-Worf stuff a little too much... like don't have to take that sort of thinking too much further to come to some pretty fucked shit...
Anyway, getting back to the main thread, can someone _please_ link me some resources on Atlantean beyond the DVD bonus features and some trash link to some Hungarian shit that's _actually survived???_
I love the movie so much, but man did we miss out on LAVA WHALES.
At least we got lava dogs
*Plays Mya song*
Me: Eww turn that off
*Plays OG score*
Me: Ahhh yes there it is
I became so emotional watching this video because Atlantis The Lost Empire is the film that made me fall in love with movies and cinema
Oh that's lovely!! For me it was Lord of the Rings, I'm glad you liked the video :)
I second that.
Ladyknightthebrave Star Wars and Dick Donner’s Superman was what got me into movies.
For me, it was one of those movies I’d seen as a kid, and liked, but couldn’t remember anything about it other than how it made me feel.
Between this, Great Mouse Detective, Pulp Fiction, and LOTR, my childhood career goals were set.
The mention of hellboy made me imagine an Atlantis live action reboot directed by Guillermo del toro and now I Want It
You. You get it
NOW I WANT IT TOO.
That was confirmed a Rumor and Del Toro said he had no interest.
Personally I want to be the one to do it.
OMG HE WOULD NAIL IT
Just as much as how I WANTED Del Toro to direct The Hobbit. Middle Earth with Hellboy vibes? Yes please
Everyone keeps mentioning how much they want there to be a live action version of this film. But, as a die-hard fan of the original, I just wish Disney would recognize the original for how awesome it is, first. As in, GIMME MORE MERCHANDISE THAN JUST OLD MCDONALD'S TOYS, DAMMIT!!!!
...And THEN they have my permission to make a live action version.
I had that light-up necklace that came with happy meals for YEARS until the light/battery died. This just reminded me it existed
Better yet DON'T REMAKE IT
Seriously, think about it: action motivated movie (like 80% of every popular live action nowadays) with absolutely no definitive style, which, because it was not successful, Disney doesen't even care about, just to draw crowds of people who don't realise that the thing that makes the movie they love special and y'know, unique, is that it is animated, and will need to convince themselves that it was good because they have been asking for it.
Yeah, that's a movie that I want.
They are remaking movies like Lion King and Aladdin that really can only ever be inferior because they were made with animation in mind. Atlantis is one of the few movies that would work just as well in life action.
Unfortunately they only do the live-action remakes of the Box Office smashes that everyone still talks about like Beauty and the Beast, Aladdin etc. The ones that are considered flops or disappointments won't get touched because they're not guaranteed hits from a financial point of view.
@@BetterWithBob Honestly I would hate this Movie in a Live Action setting because the stylistic choice of this with the blend of Hand Drawn and CGI works much better than if it was all the same.
ngl in 13:39 when you said “when you put him next to other disney villains, do you notice a slight difference?” i went “he’s not gay? OH-“
Bro me too, the Disney villains she mentioned were funny and silly but also they were queer coded and I was just surprised she didn’t mention it lol
The best part of Audrey is the second kick of the door. It really sells her emotional conflict. She really doesn't want to get out of the truck but she knows she has to. She knows she has to because if she doesn't she'll always know that blood paid for her shop. Maybe I'm reading into it too much, but someone took the time to animate that door being kicked twice and I'll always appreciate it.
One blink and you'll miss it touch that I adore from this movie is Milo's 'fight' with Rourke that is just the most anticlimactic 'holy crap this guy stands ZERO chance' beating I've ever seen put to film. Pretty much exactly what you'd expect to happen if a linguist picked a fight with a longtime mercenary.
The score in this film is phenomenal and when I first saw this film I distinctly remember getting chills at that scene of Kida walking across the water and the score that went with it!
i'm 23y.o., i saw the movie for the first time when i was around 5 and i watched it countless of times (at least twice a year but sometimes even twice in the same day xD) and i still get chills listening to the music...i have just one wish for this movie and it's that all the people that worked on it and saw it flop because disney just didn't care at all, see now how much of an impact it had for thousands of kids, how the love for this movie changed every single one of us and how many die hard fans it has, just because they poured all their talent and passion into it...they may have not gotten paid enough for their hard work, but i hope for them it all was worth it
Atlantis is a very Romantic story (in all senses) which is exceedingly rare for Disney nowadays, I find it to be a breath of fresh air. It’s just a good old Verne-esque fantasy adventure with fun characters, legitimately threatening villains, breathtaking scenery, a wholesome leading couple, and a compelling story. I can’t believe I never saw this movie as a kid, and I saw basically every Disney movie from the late 90s-early 2000s era.
19:14 if you pay attention to Sweet throughout the entire turncoat sequence, he's the only member of the entire crew who never picks up a weapon. Maybe it's because it's against his morals or it's because he's a doctor, but that always stuck with me as a kid. The doctor never picked up a gun.
@Miro Kai A peaceful big guy is also an archetype. With many tropes, subverting them is so simple and efficient that doing so becomes a trope in and of itself.
I also love how he mentions he's part Native, and I think that was a great thing. Cause I have a lot of black friends who become happy when they find out they have native blood. I love it.
Honestly, the only thing I didn't like about this movie was that it was too short. I remember wishing they'd spent more time traveling to Atlantis.
That bit where the Leviathan's blast lances through the heart of the Ulysses is how I've been picturing cool sci-fi explosions for basically 20 years now.
Thank you for this.
I adored this movie as a kid, even wrote my own language after being transfixed by the journal.
So many flaws, but considering all that came before it, it made leaps and bounds in ways I wish were recognised today.
The music alone is exceptional (aside from that credit song of course).
The strong female characters still stick with me as some of the first of my childhood
"I can't tell you that this movie was perfect, but I can tell you that it was perfect for me."
I've never heard that sentiment put so perfectly.
I have never heard a quote more true!
This movie and like Eldorado are like the best underrated movie's
And home on the range
El Dorado is actually kind of forgettable outside of the visuals.
El Dorado and Atlantis are 100% my go to childhood movies, along with Milo and Otis, and Fly Away Home.
kinda funny both movies have the whole lost city angle
@@tigerfestivals5137 Fuck no. The characters are hilarious, and the songs are unique. Good movie all around
As soon as you put up that little slideshow of nerdy early 200s characters, I felt called out 😂 those were inevitably my favorite characters when I was watching those shows.
Also I feel SO VALIDATED! Audrey going back for Milo in the third act also haunted me as a kid. Like, literally anytime I get so whipped into a moral outrage that all I can do froth at the mouth, Audrey’s “this is wrong and you know it” plays in my head on repeat. This movie meant so much to me as a kid.
The background characters fit into types but they feel very real to me. They always intrigued me
"Probably gonna sell it off to the Kaiser."
"I prefer the term, adventure capitalist."
When I was a kid, I’d watch Atlantis, Mulan, and Hercules on repeat. They were like my holy trinity lmao
Treasure Planet, Atlantis, and Notre Dame were my trinity.
Mine were Mulan,Atlantis,and the Prince of Egypt :) Still my favorites + some others.
My trinity were Little mermaid, Atlantis and Hercules.
although i didn’t watch them that much, think mum conditioned me against TV!, Atlantis, it’s sequel and Hercules have always been the most memorable and enjoyable disney films from my childhood
My holy trinity was always treasure planet, el dorado and Atlantis plus sometimes hercules when I got older but not as much.
Did you know there was originally going to be an atlantis world in kingdom hearts one? Yeah I feel robbed too
I DID NOT
Yeah, they apparently took it out because it didn't fit thematically with kh1. But maybe the fact that they considered it means it might come back?
Unfortunately it seems unlikely now just based on how little we see of Kida in Disney Princess lineups(She wasnt in Wreck it Ralph 2) or the lack of merchandise you can find for Atlantis at a Disney store compared to like...Lilo & Stitch,
It would be awesome if they added it in KH4. I feel like the tone is just right, especially with Star Wars coming into that universe.
Atlantis still remains an important film in my life. I also really enjoyed the relationship Kida and Milo had and the very well developed mythology of the place. The Disney Adventures issue covering the story was great. I’ve even memorized some of the Atlantean language (and I went to that special features video so many times). The score still gives me goosebumps to this day.
Thank you so much for covering this movie. I’m glad there are people who still love it! (Also, glad I’m not the only one who noticed the Stargate connection ;) )
In Disney Sea in Tokyo, they have a ride dedicated to Atlantis and 20,000 leagues under the sea. The environment around it is awesome.
I feel the same way about Treasure Planet that you do about Atlantis. I saw it in theaters, was completely enamored, and didn't realize it was badly received until YEARS later.
Of course, most of the reason it flopped is that Disney barely marketed it and released it under the shadow of Harry Potter and the Chamber of Secrets. They didn't even try to make it a success.
The early 2000s animated sci-fi trilogy:
Atlantis: The Lost Empire
Treasure Planet
Titan A.E.
Yes
HELL TO THE HEAVENS YES!
I watched all of those 3 movies when I was a kid and rewatched with my little brother. I still can't understand why the 3 are all underrated.
@@darcyliz9993 The only guess I have is that most people don't like history. Do you like history? Are you inclined to read and historical/period stuff?
@@elumiomerk4013
Definitely yes. I love history.
This movie made me addicted to glow sticks as a child. Go on expeditions with friends, And diving underwater, and "exploring" cave drawings by water parks. Also writing with coded letters and walking on water. I mean, this is such a treat for the imagination.
This movie makes me all fuzzy inside, Im a mixed girl (european african) and.... Kida is exactly what I needed when I was young, she's badass and caring and she looked like me but with white hair (I love her hair) and I've always like nerdy boys ( cf : My fiance ). And now I still inspire to be as cool, badass, gorgeous and loving as Kida. It is and will always be my favorite movie.
“It’s 18 years old” **remembers I was born the same year this movie came out** shit
Yeee! We're gonna turn 20 this year!😂😭
This movie was THE movie to make me realise I’m gay now. But seriously, this is such an underrated gem, and it never had singing in it, because it never needed one. This will always be in my list of favourites animated movies!
Omg YES. Kida’s hot and all but that blonde lady who shot Rourke down in the end? BAE
Helga!!!
"the movie is old enough to vote now" OKAY YOU KNOW WHAT THAT MAKES ME FEEL B A D
Bruh, Trek be old enough to _retire,_ but between the two, guess which Okrand conlang is still easier (read: possible) to fucking learn.
Link me if I'm wrong.
10:43 Okay why is Milo’s concept art so freaking CUTE?? He looks a model posing for shots!
Mulan, Hunchback of Notre Dame, Atlantis: The Lost Empire, Treasure Planet, and The Black Cauldron are my top five Disney movies hands down. No particular order but all loved and are dear to me.
Those films shaped me as a person and really semented the type of stories I enjoy.
I remember seeing Mulan in theaters as my first movie going experience but Atlantis was the film that shook me to the core! The opening is enough to chill your bones!
As for people of color wearing less clothes, outside of Muslim cultures, *this is the truth.* WE WEAR LESS CLOTHES IN THE ISLANDS. ITS HOT. And we got larger busts (front & back) than most other races.
*So it makes sense we'd get portrayed that way* compared to white women who typically wear more (European cold climates) and are typically fatter front and back.
I don't see the problem with this. 😐 Besides, *the 18 yr old Hispanic* (sorry I forgot her name) in this film *is a person of color, right? She's fully covered* in the SAME film that's being criticized for not giving Kiva enough clothes!!
Yeah. Not to mention the Atlanteans live on a steaming bubble atop a clogged volcano, the heat must be unbearable.
Not to mention atlantos exist pretty much during the early EARLY years of humanity. Like how the greeks just work decorative table cloths for clothes that wrapped around their bodies. It only makes sense for another civilization to do something similar.
To add even a bit more their clothes aren't that far away from Native American (Central, Carribean and South) just maybe a little more colorful or with more vivid colors. I got the feeling the Atlantians were designed based on Islanders POC, Indians and/or Natives Americans and I don't know why but I also got the feeling that those complaining weren't part of any of those groups. lol
Ignore it, usually it’s people wanting to get their pandering brownie points by pointing out issues that don’t exist, as if someone made them a leading authority in the matter.
Zethare Rey If you check out the documentary, the creators say that the Atlantians were a mix of every single race, and the idea was that races as we know now came from them. And no, when there is complaints of that matter it’s usually never from the people that these problems are supposed to concern.
The crystal chamber scene gives me chills still after 18 years. Literally every time i watch it.
This almost made me cry. Hearing you explain 'emotional storytelling', isn't that just another way of explaining the ancient story type of the fairy tale? The plot elements may not all make sense logically, there may be a lot of stuff that's contrived or silly, but this isn't about that. It's about the journeys the characters go on.
Some additional reasons I love the movie:
- It's a very rare movie that even briefly addresses imperialism and the violence and destruction behind such seemingly innocent sciences like archaeology (Rourke's chilling quote along the lines of "If we gave back all the artifacts and stolen treasure, the museums would be empty"). While Milo's love of learning is genuinely pure, he can't escape the responsibility of the fact that other people may use his work for profit and destruction - in this case, he is the one who led Rourke to Atlantis and who located the crystal. He then has to make a choice between his science (exposing Atlantis to the world, prove he's not a nutcase to everyone who ever doubted him, go down in history as the man who discovered Atlantis) and the safety of the people who would be affected if he revealed the truth. In the end, he and the crew choose to lie and pretend the expedition was a failure rather than endanger them. That is incredibly powerful, a complex narrative, and remains relevant and under-depicted to this day. I mean, how many Disney characters are scientists, period? For the more adult/educated audience, this message is heightened even more by setting the movie at the beginning of the 20th century: much like Milo, still innocently clinging to old traditions (that are not-so-innocent), unaware of what is to come.
- It's a rare movie to have a protagonist driven by a passion for science and discovery, as opposed to becoming rich, finding love, or [insert other objective here]
- The crew dialogue/banter just works. Joss Whedon in his prime, I guess?
Fantastic essay, by the way.
Oh my god, the hug thing has always reminded me so much of Pacific Rim and I'm so glad you brought up the comparisons between them.
These kinds of love letter essays to underrated gems of old are some of the best content on youtube
Audrey was always my favorite character in the movie and then Kida. Helga was an interesting villain. The females in this movie just killed it overall.
Please don't forget Ms. Packard.
Candy C I agree, that’s how you write a strong female character
I blame Helga for my taste in women.
Audrey is my tomboy spirit animal.
Helga isn't even what I'd call a villain. The only thing she does different from the good crew members is not be persuaded from leaving with Rourke and then fight him and prevent him leaving for non-altruistic reasons. She's what could be written up as "choosing to remain the villain's accessory is their only real villainous trait".
"Or how about the fact that we still haven't gotten an Atlantis level in the Kingdom Hearts series. Which is, a crime."
THANK YOU!!!
YES!! WE NEED IT!!
But of course they give us how many Atlantica levels again? Ugh.
Atlantis is so good. The animation, stylization and characters are so distinct and all things considered I think it will always have a place in my heart.
Since I was a child and first saw this film, it was and has remained my favorite Disney film, followed only by Treasure Planet and Emperor's New Groove. It's art, it's world building, it's characters and plot. They all capture some deep sense of adventure in me like none other. I'm glad it's creators took a risk and went out of their way to make something different and unconventional.
Honestly speaking Atlantis and treasure planet are both so good and so over looked. I am so glad now I have video essays to point to how good they are.
Now I want to rewatch both these movies- glad I found this vid :)
As a black kid I loved Kida! I loved magical brown people like Storm in X-Men and while there's definitely a design problem of being scantily dressed and of a particular build, her personality of being fun loving as well as strong was really aspirational to me. I watched the dvd so MUCH growing up! Atlantis should've made so much more money!
I'm white and i don't relate to any of her phisical characteristics. I don't have brown skin or blue eyes or white hair, i'm not even skinny. But even so, as a little girl i thought Kida was SO badass and i wanted to be like her when i'd grow up.
Same. It’s just something about seeing her brown skin being such a independent soul that always inspired me.
this movie was one of my inspirations to become an archaeologist, I simply love it
This movie was one of my absolute favorites growing up. Kida’s transformation sequence burned into my memory and still gives me chills.
I met Mike at Lightbox this year. His booth was set up for Hellboy but when I told him I only wanted to talk to him about Atlantis he perked right up. He told me about how he felt like he was scamming Disney. Which I thought was an odd remark, but this video has clarified that he just wasn't aware of how much of an influence he was. Then he told me he didn't think they should have opened with the destruction scene and I told him he was wrong, which dampened the convo but not even Mike Mignola is going to sway me from that.
Also yes, Hunchback is another one of my favorites for the same reasons. We gotta be best friends now.
monderigon couple of years back he attended a local con near me where he had a panel and the conversation ended up on his involvement im Atlantis. He explained that the reason why he feels like he scammed Disney is because (and I am quoting to the best of my memory) he basically spend the whole thing sitting alone in a giant office, doodling and from time to time say yes or no to the harried people running in and out of the office with stacks of paper and then at the end being handed a giant sack of money by Disney for basically doing nothing for a couple of month. It had nearly been twenty years since and he was still baffled. It’s still my favorite anecdote from a convention panel.
That is so cool! I mean that you got to meet him.
It puzzles me how people missed this gem!
"When you put him next to other Disney villains, do you notice a slight difference?"
Him and Frollo are just about the only villains among those without layers upon layers of queercoding? Oh is that not what you were leading to?
I’m so glad you talked about Audrey because... yes. This movie and I were born the same year so I’ve never lived a conscious life without it, I don’t remember the first time I saw it or anything like that, but I’ve never forgotten it and I’ve never forgotten Audrey. In a movie with a female character like Kida you’d imagine that all of Disney’s “compelling character for women juice” would have been used up already and all the other female characters would be forgettable and under-baked but Audrey is anything but. She’s always been my favorite character in these movies and always felt incredibly relatable to me. I just love her dearly and I’m glad other people do too
This was my absolute favorite movie growing up--it was one of the only "big kid" movies that was at my local library, and introduced me to high-stakes adventure storytelling. It actually inspired me to be a Linguist, and I've only ever told one person that's why I picked my major.
Bruh, you know of any good Atlantean resources that have actually survived? Like all I've ever really found was a bunch of Wiki and Wikipedia pages that end up focusing more on the script, shit directing me to the DVD or an edition that's probably been out of production for Kings-know-how-fucking-long, a few SocMed groups that are probably down by now anyway, or some shit that's _supposed_ to link to a page that Okrand supposedly got set up, but ends up being little more than some random Hungarian bullshit.
@@seand.g423uuuuhhh…….what? Lmao
Honestly thinking back, the most impactful scene from my child brain at the time was when the main submarine was being crushed. The scene of the sailors running for their lives to the bulkhead doors as water rapidly floods in and just seeing that girl shut the door as three poor sailors look on in horror as it shuts, knowing that they're going to die there.
It really stuck with me. Seeing the immediate reality of just how much was lost, and then of course feeling further dread as each of the smaller submarines crash and explode as they try to flee. Leaving the expedition with only... two submarines? Of like ten that escaped.
Sorta influenced my outlook on loss of life.
Although the influence came in later years, but still, a heavy load to process as a kid.
Atlantis is the greatest, most underrated Disney movie ever. The animation, style, characters, and story were amazing. And the soundtrack...wow! I love listening to it whenever I’m in the Port Discovery area of Tokyo Disney Sea where they play it in the background once in a while. 🥰 I wish theyd make a live action version of it
20:59 I'm not American so I never understood the term people of color. The term is used for all non-white people which is weird because not only distances white people from the rest of the racial groups by also puts together people that have nothing in common with its other. Yes, the Atlantians are not white in the movie but they are not Black or native American or middle easterner/north African or Asian. They are of the Atlantian race because they are a fictional people group. So saying that the Atlantians should have been declared officially "people of color" for better representation is stuped because Atlandians don't exist in real life so they can be represented by this movie. Also depicting the Atlantians as white (more specifically Mediterranean white) wouldn't be weird because it is Greek/European myth. And yes similar myths about the so-called "sea people" existed in other cultures in the Mediterranean and the middle east but the Atlantian myth was specifically Greek.
Edit: And the myth also says that Atlantis was an island the size of Asia minor (modern-day Turkey) off the coast of Portugal which means that if they existed they would probably look like Iberians(Spanish and Portuguese people)(Mediterranean white)
sorry for my bad English
I am from middle east and you are right. I am so tired of this term poc. Like white people are colorless? No its just wrong.
_"I'm not American"_
Well there you go. You should read the book _"How the Irish became White"_ by Noel Ignatiev to understand that it is not US minorities who made these racial distinctions or exclusions. The term "White" itself purposefully erased the various different European cultures who sure as hell weren't the same to unify the "race" against "non-Whites" to maintain rule and ensure Poor European immigrants wouldn't ally with minorities. But the more pressing issue is why is it always minorities who have to answer for this system that was thrust upon us? Hundreds of years of subjection where people were killed, brutalized and made sure to understand they weren't White but you're concerned about the word PoC being exclusionary to Whites not the other way around?...Ok maybe reexamine that reaction.
As for the terms PoC and BIPOC, they exist as a show of solidarity for marginalized minority communities who tho vastly different share in being subjugated by White Supremacy and the exclusion from Whiteness by ruling European settlers who from the US to New Zealand beat the distinction of "YOU ARE NOT WHITE! YOU ARE NOT ONE OF US" into the population.
In the US this is far more prominent as our society never actually dealt with the racial issues mainly because it requires those in charge to take responsibility, actually feel regret, shame and have a desire to do better which ain't happening a sit requires empathy. People won't even wear masks and our Gov't won't give us universal healthcare during a fucking pandemic, our society sucks bruh. We're still arguing if 19th century salve owning traitors should have statues honoring them and their flags on state capitol buildings. Germany went bat shit crazy twice yet figured out that maybe Nazis/Nazism shouldn't be proudly honored within decades ironically with the help of the US who at the same time still was lynching Black people. We got deep conflicting issues that are not minority created.
Now PoC does not mean Europeans/"Whites" can't be allies, that we reject them nor that all have no "color" cause naturally darker skinned Europeans exist but White itself is the absence of color and was created to exclude specific groups of "darker" skinned people. It's not shocking that by doing this for so long minorities built a bridge with the excluded instead of those who benefited for this system even marginally. The US should be lucky we stopped at a word instead of a war.
@The Dynast Queen U basically summed up all of my thoughts on PoC
You're not American and this is an American film so that's why you don't have that same type of framework to understand this analysis.
I never had an issue with the atlanteans design at all as a person of color. They are brown skinned and colored its obvious but not all colored skinned people are the same so what's the issue with her eyes or hair? There are colored people of many looks and designs and they are all different, kinky hair or straight or small nose or big. They aren't black they are atlantean and no one knows what that looks like so someone being mad at how they are portrayed is kind of stupid imho. They could be bald for all we know cuz they saw hair as vanity or some outlandish thing like that we dont know. I dont think it needs to be stated at all cuz that couldve also been bad. There are colored people with blonde hair. They aren't black if that's what that person was getting at or trying to and they aren't even seen in real life to tie them down to what we say they should be. As a kid I thought Kidagakash was beautiful, the way she is shown and I never once was like oh she's gotta be like black or related to some form of that or this. She was kida, an atlantean. Though I get the whole sexual thing. The Kida was disposed thing shouldn't be an issue, it is foreshadowed alot that she will be chosen next.
On the note of why they lost their language and ability to teach. I think that it kinda goes with how languages we know in real life due out. They are so focused after the great flood on survival and survival alone. Whatever else is left to the side. They are now confined to a small area and most of what they had is lost now and destroyed. Just like in real life most young folk aren't interested in learning the language they will rather learn to defend themselves and their home now that they are weakend. Though I do believe it was the father who really took control of that. Those who did know the language more then likely died out by then and tried passing what they could but it wasn't enough. Her father sees it as they are preserved, no one can know now what they did there if found, no one will steal their ways or power. For all we know the king probably put it into act they won't learn the language, forget their past and move on. That is until the shephard comes with his journal and studies their language and such and dissects it and learns himself. I dont mind Milo coming in and teaching what he knows cuz never did I feel he felt like it was his duty or that he got an ego from it. He knew what they lost, had a piece of their life in that journal and returned it to where it belongs and was willing to stay there to help them grow and he didnt have too.
This color and representation oversensivity is an American thing. I was lucky to watch all Disney movies dubbed in my language and no matter how hard I look I can't find any of those ''inappropriate'' details which may supposedly offend somebody. I see no Nativ Americans, Blacks or Whites, I only see characters speaking my language. Obviously, accents are lost in translation but maybe it's a good thing.
@@kacperwoch4368 hellyeah that's how I often feel when I watch movies :D I didn't know that Donkey have been spoken by a black voice actor until I heard the English version many years after I watched Shrek for the first time.
I just experienced him as a character funny guy who wanted to be friends with Shrek and not a typical black dude companion side kick comedy relief character? Idk I didn't even know that this was a cliché in another country.
Totally agree with both points. I live in South America and tbh I never once was taught the importance of race as in different races, as our population is heavely mixed. When I saw Kida I thought she was beautiful and reminded me of many friends that have really really brown skin with gorgeus green eyes. The blue gave it a fantastical mysticism. The way their clothes were so revealing reminded me only of our aboriginals, but I was a child so I didn't understand sexy-time lol.
The language thing and Milo coming to teach the once forgotten is also normal?? I never understood why it wouldn't make sense. Specially with such a catastrophic event that would destroy their culture to the root.
I think the whole written-language-dying-out thing doesn't make sense if you think it started dying out after Atlantis sank, cos it's highly unlikely that a language will completely die out in what effectively was one generation at most, much less if you suppose Kida's dad didn't die of old age. Yeah, thousands of years have passed but it's the people who do know about stuff who die that sort of causes the dying-out, so all the people in Kida's dad's generation must have not known the written language at all (and the people's longevity was actually stated to be caused by the crystal, o it wasn't just the royal family living hella long or anything). Given how desperate Kida seemed in being able to decipher the language - it being the only thing remaining of the great empire - it seems highly unlikely someone who could read the language would withhold the information. And for it to have gotten to the point that you couldn't even attempt to decipher it at all.
And also, the whole "oh a white guy just had to be the one to save everyone", and "Kida was useless at the end because she was the love interest" sarcastic comments mainly come up because Atlantis is not a stand-alone film, in the sense that it is one of many Disney films. The issue (at least what I think) is that both of these happening in every, single, film, is simply not a good nor an accurate and fair representation of the world. But then again (though I can't say the same for a lot of the other films), I feel like in Atlantis there was rational, reasonable intent behind these two things happening. Beside which, for all the (slight) plot holes and animation errors, I still appreciate the movie, and all this can't take away from when I watched it first...
@@aster3380 Good point. I forgot Kids was present before and during the catastrophy. At least half the population should've been lived with the knowledge of the written language. Now that's a plot hole that I cannot unseen.
I have to say my favorite thing about this movie is the music, especially IN Atlantis. The use of the gamelan really made it feel like we were in a lost empire. And the Crystal Chamber is a BOMB song.
The animation in this movie is a triumph. I remember it from childhood, marveled at it as an adult, and still get the goosebumps while watching this video. It’s so obvious the animators loved this project; it’s in every cell.
I loved this movie as a kid so much!!! I know people say this a lot, but I ADORED Audrey because for the first time ever there was a girl in a movie that looked exactly like me! I probably first watched it on 2007 because movies used to take a lot of time to be available in my country (I live in Chile), but I was obsessed with her character, her skin, her hair, her lips and her attitude!!
I've always loved animation, and as a kid I must've rewatched this movie more than 15 times. It's always given me Ghibli Studio vibes, and now that I've seen your video I reckon it must be because of the steampunk aesthetic, the mysterious but fascinating setting and the flying vehicles. Your video also shed light on something that annoyed me a lot as a kid and I couldn't explain why: Kia becoming that weird crystal vessel (cool concept & imagery but I missed her when she wasn't talking) and the weird naivety that the people of Atlantis had, weren't they such a great civilization? Can't say I don't love this movie regardless, but still, haha.
*Me when I see videos about movies I've always loved but don't get as much appreciation as they should:* vinDiCaTION!!!!!!
I've been saying this for years a live action movie would crush it at the box office.
Aquaman did pretty good. 😛
This movie, more than any other, influenced my love for science fiction, fantasy, and just plain adventure over romance. Now that I think about it, this movie even changed my favorite color from pink to blue. That's how much I loved this movie as a kid. I never understood why there weren't more movies like it; Treasure Planet was the only one that I found similar at the time.
Words cannot express how much I love this movie.
Just really LOVING these magical video essays of yours!! Yaaaaaaasss!!!!!!
This was my favorite movie as a kid. I never realized it didn’t have a single song until... today.
Listen, I'm not gonna lie, this is my all time favorite Disney movie. It may be my favorite animated movie. And everytime the soundtrack plays in this video, my heart goes nuts, and I get this overwhelming feeling of wonder just like I had as a kid
I stopped halfway through this video to go watch the movie. Thank you!
Glad to see this movie getting some credit for being AMAZING. It will always be one of my absolute rewatchable favorites. And I agree, one can acknowledge a movie's shortcomings while still loving and enjoying the heck out of it for it's strengths.
Also, I hope 2D movies make a comeback someday.
Genuine question: How is Kida being a person of color NOT obvious?
I KNOW, RIGHT?? I Always perceived her as black and I'm an European white woman... I always thought that atlanteans were beautiful and cool.
The people around her don't share her traits except for maybe her mom. Everyone else is just kind brown and that's it lol
@@austincde Yeah but, they're clearly *brown* aka people of color
Because kids don't really pay attention to that kind of stuff before being told about it. They notice they're different for all of two seconds before shrugging and forgetting about it. Or at least that was me as a kid.
@@cortster12 I honestly can't relate to that at all. Even I as a kid noticed they had a different skin color, wore different clothes, eat weird, exotic foods, and had a complete different life than the team from above the surface. For me, there was no way to not notice.
Atlantis: The Lost Empire is still my favorite underrated Disney movie. I don't understand how more people haven't seen this movie in all honesty, whenever I try bringing up this movie with some of friends and or peers they have to Google what I'm talking about. The thing I think I love the most about this movie is the incredible flow of hand-drawn animation and CGI, as well as the style they went with to make this movie. I love Pixar and Disney and how beautiful and realistic they can make their animation, but I wish they made more stylistic movies like Atlantis because they feel/become more memorable and unique. Overall, I thought this video was amazing (Thanks CZcams recommendations) and excuse me as I'm now going to watch Atlantis on Disney+.
Same! I found this through recommendations too!
I was so happy for hellfire as a kid, it really vindicated everything I felt about priests and their general unpleasantness, lecherous gazes, condescending attitudes and what not.
Your videos are phenomenal. It’s clear how much effort and research you put into these review and it’s very appreciated. Thank you!!
This film made me bi. Helga is a babe.
SAAAAAAAAAME
It made me bi as well bc Kida
movie made me bi bc Audrey
This movie made me not racist, because of Audrey
hearing her say 'nothing personal' still makes my heart flutter
After the submarine launch this movie was already in my top ten animated movies.
After the secret swim it was number one.
And then came the crystal cave scene...
Yes, Atlantis is my favorite movie of all time.
dude i found you thanks the letfs fight a boss podcast, and im just wanna thank you for all the passion you put into each of your videos so far, I love the way you put into words in an organized way why you like some shows or specific characters,keep up the good work :)
Atlantis was one of my favorite movies growing up. I love it so much I named a recurring RPG character I play after Kida. Everything about this movie was FANTASTIC and it's a shame more people don't talk about or love it. I wish we'd get a new DVD release of it because I would by that up in a freaking heartbeat. I agree that we need an Atlantis world in Kingdom Hearts. If we can get one for Tron and Tron Legacy, we can get one for Atlantis.
The visual of Daniel Jackson next to milo, I now know where my taste in men came from.
This will forever be my favorite Disney movie.
There's a genuine, informal elegance to the way you describe this film and what it means to you. You talk about the construction and the history like it means something. It's not a factual retelling, but context that matters and how it all builds into the final story. Even touching on things briefly (such as musical score and animation quality) seems to have distinct weight in the conversation that keeps it memorable. It's eloquent and personable, and I want to watch this movie all over again.
fun fact i've been visually and emotionally obsessed with the scene where kida gets transported by the light since i first saw it. i dont know what it is about it that just mesmerizes me and just i cant ever forget it.
The weird crystal monster that Rourke turns into terrified me as a kid, but Atlantis was one of the few movies that scared me that I would still watch because of how cool I thought it was.
I’m so glad they cut out the lava whales. Holy shit. I did not need that heart attack first thing in the morning.
But that’s crazy how many obstacles they had the characters going through. It would seem more like a journey movie along the lines of LotR if they had left it all in.
Funny how Milo is a Linguist and so was Tolkien!
And Atlantis takes place just before WWI breaks out. A War in which had Tolkien fighting as a soldier.
I love this video essay, it encapsulates everything I love and hate about one of my favourite movies, whilst introducing me to new thoughts and ideas to explore in my own time. I LOVE IT! Thank you for making such inspiring content. :)
I've been vocal on my love for this movie ( & treasure planet) so I'm glad CZcams bugged me to watch your channel.
Beautifully edited & thoughtful. Well done.