**SPOILERS**
In the beginning when the two heroes are in Spain, I grew to like the characters from the start. What bothered me is the lack of complexity towards the other characters. The natives just worship the heroes upon arrival without any real tests, aside a volcano spontaneously combusting. Turns out the evil 'priest' was trying to sacrifice people and the heroes taught the people to be better. We never learnt why Chel was running away, why she fell in love. She's just promiscuous and has a knack for helping the outsiders execute their con. The other priest finds out that they aren't gods, but chooses to worship them anyway? It almost seems that by some naturally gifted qualities the natives gravitate towards worshipping the heroes. In the end the natives are saved from Cortez and the evil priest who wanted to manipulate them.
It's something I'd write with my highschool best friend, and it'd be our self obsessed adventures. It'd be largely ignorant and lack much complexity. You may say that as a children's film it does it's job, I'd say that it does too. I think it could have been utilized to convey a better message.
In light of the Spanish Conquest of America, this is very depressing. But it's just a movie. I think you'd moderately enjoy it!
In the beginning when the two heroes are in Spain, I grew to like the characters from the start. What bothered me is the lack of complexity towards the other characters. The natives just worship the heroes upon arrival without any real tests, aside a volcano spontaneously combusting. Turns out the evil 'priest' was trying to sacrifice people and the heroes taught the people to be better. We never learnt why Chel was running away, why she fell in love. She's just promiscuous and has a knack for helping the outsiders execute their con. The other priest finds out that they aren't gods, but chooses to worship them anyway? It almost seems that by some naturally gifted qualities the natives gravitate towards worshipping the heroes. In the end the natives are saved from Cortez and the evil priest who wanted to manipulate them.
It's something I'd write with my highschool best friend, and it'd be our self obsessed adventures. It'd be largely ignorant and lack much complexity. You may say that as a children's film it does it's job, I'd say that it does too. I think it could have been utilized to convey a better message.
In light of the Spanish Conquest of America, this is very depressing. But it's just a movie. I think you'd moderately enjoy it!