Just like Atlantis itself did, this movie sank fast...
Of course I had never heard about the 1991 fantasy movie "Atlantis" from writer and director Michael J. Murphy, as I stumbled upon it here in 2023. And given it being a fantasy movie, of course I opted to watch it. And the fact that it was apparently an Atlantis-themed movie just served as icing on the cake.
The storyline in "Atlantis", as written by writer and director Michael J. Murphy, was a pretty straightforward storyline. Not anything impressive or overly interesting actually, and thus also not particularly entertaining. "Atlantis" looked and felt like a low budget amateurish attempt at staging a grand adventure movie with an Atlantean theme. It didn't really pan out as intended.
Needless to say that I wasn't familiar with the cast ensemble in the movie. The acting performances were actually fair enough. It was not top notch acting performances, of course, but far from being among the worst I have sat through.
The props, especially the swords, looked so horribly and laughably fake. But at least they get points for trying. Some of the costumes were actually fair enough. Nothing fancy or overly impressive, mind you, but some of the wardrobes and costumes in the movie were actually not all that bad.
The effects in the movie were non-existing. It was pretty low key and practical effects whatever was in use. Not that it really came off as being impressive, though.
"Atlantis" was painful viewing experience to sit through, and it is not a movie that I would recommend to fans of the fantasy genre. Nor is it a movie that I will ever return to watch a second time.
My rating of "Atlantis" lands on a two out of ten stars.
The storyline in "Atlantis", as written by writer and director Michael J. Murphy, was a pretty straightforward storyline. Not anything impressive or overly interesting actually, and thus also not particularly entertaining. "Atlantis" looked and felt like a low budget amateurish attempt at staging a grand adventure movie with an Atlantean theme. It didn't really pan out as intended.
Needless to say that I wasn't familiar with the cast ensemble in the movie. The acting performances were actually fair enough. It was not top notch acting performances, of course, but far from being among the worst I have sat through.
The props, especially the swords, looked so horribly and laughably fake. But at least they get points for trying. Some of the costumes were actually fair enough. Nothing fancy or overly impressive, mind you, but some of the wardrobes and costumes in the movie were actually not all that bad.
The effects in the movie were non-existing. It was pretty low key and practical effects whatever was in use. Not that it really came off as being impressive, though.
"Atlantis" was painful viewing experience to sit through, and it is not a movie that I would recommend to fans of the fantasy genre. Nor is it a movie that I will ever return to watch a second time.
My rating of "Atlantis" lands on a two out of ten stars.
- paul_m_haakonsen
- Nov 22, 2023