Atlantis: The Lost Empire is a film made by Disney in 2001, and it shows the journey of Milo Thatch, a cartographer, linguist and an expert in almost all things Atlantean. He, with a group of mismatched peers, including a expert in engines, and one in demolition, a geologist and a medical officer, set off to find the ruins of Atlantis, a country that to be only a legend since it was swept away by a flood, and they are going to prove it really once existed. Most of the group, unbeknownst to Milo, are after a seemingly infinite power source that was foretold in many of the different depictions of Atlantis. They decide to steal the power source, to exploit the resources of the land and to recover any gold they can. In the film, it draws on many
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Milo may know the stories of their culture but those are thousands of years old and it's almost certain that they would have evolved since then. They need his help, a white man, who has his own culture that is different than theirs in almost every way, to be able to save their society. Rather than asking him to teach them to read, they need him to be the translator between them and their own language. He is the one who discovers that the crystal is their life source, the only reason they are able to survive, and without him, they would have died out because the power was diminishing. An outsider to their culture runs in and saves the day. The group, who kidnap their princess, cause the death of the king and almost destroys their land by waking up the volcano, are praised and sent away with many gifts of gold and valuables. They fix their mistake, rescuing Kida and protecting the island, and are celebrated. They caused all the problems in the land, yet they are celebrated when they correct all they've done wrong. They are given the gold and valuables that they came for, and are sent on their merry way. Who in their right mind would praise someone who almost caused the collapse of their society if not because they think the outsiders are better than they
Milo may know the stories of their culture but those are thousands of years old and it's almost certain that they would have evolved since then. They need his help, a white man, who has his own culture that is different than theirs in almost every way, to be able to save their society. Rather than asking him to teach them to read, they need him to be the translator between them and their own language. He is the one who discovers that the crystal is their life source, the only reason they are able to survive, and without him, they would have died out because the power was diminishing. An outsider to their culture runs in and saves the day. The group, who kidnap their princess, cause the death of the king and almost destroys their land by waking up the volcano, are praised and sent away with many gifts of gold and valuables. They fix their mistake, rescuing Kida and protecting the island, and are celebrated. They caused all the problems in the land, yet they are celebrated when they correct all they've done wrong. They are given the gold and valuables that they came for, and are sent on their merry way. Who in their right mind would praise someone who almost caused the collapse of their society if not because they think the outsiders are better than they