AC11: Random Movie Review - The Road to El Dorado

Something I have noticed from DreamWorks Animation (of which I will be reviewing a number of films from for the next few days) is that they decided to quit the traditional hand drawn 2D animation route much earlier than Disney did but have weaved in some 2D moments in their most recent films. I guess they learned early on that 3D animation whether it be stop-motion or CGI was the way forward and for better or worse, they were right. That's not to say that hand drawn animation is bad. But as we all know, everything has its limits. So today's film is one of DreamWorks Animation's flops in that it was a box office flop and the film was met with mixed reviews. It has been ages since I last saw this film so this review will be based on when I saw it last and I apologise in advance if I miss anything. So let's get to it:

Set in Spain in the year 1519, we meet two con artists called Tulio (voiced by Belle's 2017 father, Kevin Kline) and Miguel (voiced by Gilderoy Lockhart himself as well as legendary film maker, Kenneth Branagh) who manage to win a map to the legendary so called City of Gold, El Dorado in a rigged dice gamble. Escaping from their opponents, they then find themselves on a ship and then eventually arrive on an unknown shore at the edge of Mexico (obviously prior to the so called wall being built by one Donald Trump) alongside a horse that seemingly followed them. They soon find a woman and after chasing her, they arrive at the City of Gold unaware of a prophecy that involves them, but not quite how the people of El Dorado (well a handful at least) envisioned it.

So while I will say that the humor is actually pretty decent and its well animated, the film itself has a very predictable plot and very thinly made characters by which I mean they don't bring anything original to the table at the time of its release. But saying that, the film isn't too bad. But its not one of DreamWorks Animation's best ones. But kids will enjoy it so its not all bad. 7/10