This is absolutely NOTHING like the actually tale of Hercules. Hercules is actually the child of Zeus and a human woman, and Hera, who is mad at Zeus for cheating on her again, punishes Hercules by casting a spell on him that causes him to kill his family. To atone for this, he does these 12 tasks and yada yada yada. While this movie strays from the story on which it's based a little TOO much, it still is a fun movie. Watch out for violence though, Hercules decapitates a Hydra at one point.

I am 5 years old and the pit of death/souls scene scared me very much. I had nightmares and was freaked out and thought that it was real. I don't think this movie is for kids aged 5. (As told to my Dad who typed this).

I love this movie...it may have some not so gud scenes but it teaches u leasons...if u really get into the movie....it shows how Hercules had to go through life and Hercules learns to not just care bout himself but about otha ppl

i liked it until i found out the real story of hercules how he became very savage and his father Zeus wanted to kill him

Ah, yes, I remember loving this film when I was younger, but looking at it now, it's just kind of... meh. The animations I won't dwell on as Disney was just simply trying out a different style for the film. (Even if the CGI is rather cheap for the time, and considering how good the panther head in Aladdin looked there is no excuse for that) The songs are also very nice, Menken once again impressing me, but the story is not only the most predictable of the 90's (Pretty much retelling Superman/Rocky) but most of the main characters (Keyword being MOST!) are very bland a 2-dimensional. Hercules himself is nothing more than a boring hero, that guy who barrels into danger without thinking. I can barely tolerate it in rpgs, and at least those have something to distract me from the blandness... this doesn't. The only interesting characters are Meg and Hades, Meg having more depth than most Disney females in films like these and Hades just bringing with him a great personality and the way his flames are like a mood ring is pretty cool too. Everyone else is just bland and never really changes as a character... well, not by much anyway. Something my dad pointed out while we were watching this was that the fight scenes were much more cartoony than in other Disney creations, and I can see that. While I normally see heart and soul put into the action scenes in other Disney films, these fight scenes had little to no soul, just "hey, let's have these characters kick each other around". They're entertaining, sure, but they're not the most memorable out there.

Well I was kind of disappointed because I'm obsessed with Greek myths so I saw how many things they got wrong, still it was enjoyable.

pretty good movie. meg is just awesome.

A movie about the Gods & Goddesses and greek mythology without all the blood, cusses, and plain old boringness. Hercules is the story of an outcast who finds out he is the son of Zeus, and that to be with the rest of his family on Mt. Olympus he must prove himself worthy by bieng a hero. Parents might want to talk about how the Underworld and Hades represent h.e.double-hocky-sticks and the devil. Philitites, a satre training Hercules is a player in this movie and flirts a lot, but nothing goes farther than his come-ons (besides a smooch at the end) Hades; the villain in the movie may be scary to the youngsters. spoiler alert for parents: The scariest part is somewhere towards the end where Hercules must swim through a sea of moaning dead bodies to get to his dyeing love Megera. You see him slowly ageing and beging to die. He doesn't though, and niether does Meg. Parents should also be advise of a fight where Hercules cuts a gooey head off a monster repeatedley.