Hercules (1997)
Let's look at another Disney Renaissance film, Hercules. The Movie: Hercules is the 35th movie in the Disney Animated Canon and the 8th movie of the Disney Renaissance. This movie was directed by John Musker and Ron Clements to get one more commercial hit to please Jeffery Katzenberg and allow them to do their pet project, which would be Treasure Planet. Though Hercules received positive reviews, it didn't do as well as the early Renaissance films at the box-office. Hercules is based on the Greek myth of Heracles. (Yes, the story set in Greece went with the Roman spelling.) Disney's version is an anachronism stew that plays fast and loose with Greek mythology. In this version, Hercules is the newborn son of Zeus and Hera, rulers of the gods. Meanwhile, Hades, god of the underworld, is given a prophecy that his plan to take over the world in 18 years will be stopped by Hercules, so he sends his minions Pain and Panic to kidnap Hercules, turn h...