As I grow older I like to take on my nostalgic glasses and watch movies from my childhood. The Road to Eldorado is one of them, and almost all the way through it holds up. First of all, it is a comedy. That holds up very well, because these two fast-talking main characters, Miguel and Tulio, are hilarious even for and adult audience. Perhaps young adults and fully grown adults will get even more out of the comedy. The animation is still great. The travel through the jungle and the design of El Dorado and what happens there are colourful and vibrant. Many of the song sequences also do great jobs at creating atmospheric colouring and fluidity in the animation. The villainous shaman Tzekel-Khan is actually at quite scary villain, but is well balanced with good humor like most of the characters. Personally, I think he is the most memorable character in the movie even though Miguel and Tulio have a charm to them. And that is one of my minor complaints about in my adult experience of The Road to El Dorado. Miguel and Tulio are funny, but you always have to refer to them as a whole, because they are very similar. And I mean REALLY similar in spite of fact that they had two different voice actors. The music by the great duo of Elton John and Tim Rice is also not that memorable. It is by no means bad, but neither is it a new Lion King soundtrack. The songs are serviceable, let's put it that way. The Road to El Dorado is fun and colourful and should be experienced as such. It is worth watching and recommendable to all who need an hour and a half of good entertainment.

I watched the film on DVD, but I got really bored for the majority of the film, I did not even finish watching it.The story was very poorly done, I did not feel much adventure and all in all it was really boring. The worst part of it is Miguel and Tulio stayed in El Dorado for the majority of the running time. If the title is "The Road to El Dorado", they should have made Cortez and his men trying to make Miguel and Tulio stay on the boat to Cuba, arriving in Cuba, doing penal labour there, and escaping from Cuba, so that they continue their journey to El Dorado, and last but not least, Miguel and Tulio finally arriving in El Dorado should have been the ending of the movie. That way, the story could be up to the name of the title, as well as more excitement and adventure. And if there was a sequel to the movie, Miguel and Tulio would become Spain's richest men, where they could help give money to the poor or something like that.On the positive side, the music by Hans Zimmer and John Powell was good, the voice acting was excellent, featuring Kenneth Branagh, Kevin Kline and Jim Cummings as Miguel, Tulio and Cortez respectively. The beginning of the movie was one of the best scenes I have ever seen in a DreamWorks Animation film and is also memorable and very exciting where we see Miguel and Tulio playing a sword fight, running away from the bull and later running away from the guards, as well as going on Cortez's boat, with Altivo the horse helping them escape, as well as being on an escape boat stranded in the middle of the ocean, but when they arrived in El Dorado, it's all downhill from that scene onwards and the film got really boring.Overall, this film is not worth watching as it shows a story that could have been so exciting and memorable that actually turns to be out boring and forgettable.

The Road to El Dorado (2000), an animated cult film if there ever was one. It's interesting to compare this flick to Disney's The Emperor's New Groove (2000), which came out the same year. Both are traditionally animated. Both are wickedly funny. Both underperformed at the box office. While Emperor has gone on to be one of the most beloved modern Disney films, El Dorado is still only a cult film. That's a real shame, because it's a fun ride with snappy dialogue and cool characters.If I have any complaints, then it's that the mixing of traditional animation and CG has dated badly. Most of the musical numbers are forgettable and could have been done away with. Luckily, those issues don't hurt the picture much.

I remember the first time I watched this; I was 9 years old and I was sick. My mother had to go to work (leaving me alone), so she bought this movie on DVD, got some oil paints and a art book and set my bed up in front of the TV in the lounge room. As she left, I felt all the comfort leave with her. I was in a state of boredom/sadness and felt a little bit scared. That all left me when this movie started - I don't remember a second that I wasn't immersed into this animation film, experiencing so much emotion (probably side effects of my sickness). None the less, I have to say this is an all time Favorited for me within all genres of film. I know what you're going to say, "oh, but it's rated 6.4 or something, and you're picking it over classic Disney films?"YES. MOST DEFINITIVELY. This film is so funny and clever that I still can enjoy it today - I have to say that Elton John's music was the cherry on top. It was just so memorable and heart warming/wrenching (depending on the scene). People read to much into movies such as these, commenting that it doesn't have that much depth or isn't historically correct or just plain simple hate it.I just enjoy it for what it is - a humorous animation movie made for children and adults.