Wednesday, November 2, 2016

Disney's Hercules

The disney redemption of Hercules' epic life was very simplified for the sake of the intended audience. A lot of his story was changed, including the fact that he murdered his wife and family which in my opinion was for the better because this is a children's movie. However, the fact that he was cast out of Olympus because of a completely new tangent with Hades, was probably unnecessary. Hera was not his true mom and it would not have caused too much of a plot change to keep that little detail in, making the tale more realistic. Hera could have helped Hades get rid of him instead of Meg, and the happy go lucky Disney movie would've survived with Hercules only having a dad. Meg could have still been his love interest, just in a different way.

1 comment:

  1. The simplification of the film was for the most part a good thing because creating a story that more closely follows the myths would have been to graphic for children. There are several areas that Disney oversimplified. Including changing Hercules' parents. I agree that Hera should have played a different part and possibly been an ally to Hades.

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