"If I believed in fate, I wouldn't be playing with loaded dice."

Year: 2000

Directed by: Eric 'Bibo' Bergeron & Don Paul

Written by: Terry Rossio & Ted Elliott

Two Swindlers, Miguel and Tulio, end up on an unknown coast after several misadventures with only a horse and a map to El Dorado. They decide to find the city of gold and steal the gold, but neither of them could've expected that the natives mistake them for their gods. 

When I was a kid, The Road to El Dorado was one of my favourite movies. Sure, that can be said of many movies, but the point is, I wasn't the only one. Especially now I often find out how so many people loved it as well. I think I've heard almost anyone saying at least once that they loved it, and most say it was their favourite film growing up.

It's not surprising. The Road to El Dorado charms you right in the beginning. Even if you usually hate songs in animated films, the music of this one is amazing. Every song is beautiful and amazing, and makes me feel nostalgic these days. And they don't ruin the dialogue by turning a conversation to a song (Apart from It's Tough to be a god, but that song was so good it didn't even matter). Instead they are planted in scenes where no words are spoken. It works very well, and is a lot better than characters of the movie singing. Even if the music in the Lion King is phenomenal, Can You Feel The Love Tonight is kind of ruined by making the stanza Simba and Nala's thoughts, it kind of ruins the moment. In this film, it works way better. Both soundtracks are by Elton John, but The Road to El Dorado works better.

And the animation is so beautiful. It's really captivating. The human characters look so much better than what Disney's usually do, especially because they are way more diverse instead of just putting the same face on every Disney prince. And the world around the character is the most beautiful I've seen in an animated movie. It's very colourful, it's lovely.

But what really keeps the movie going and makes the story really stand out, is the main duo. Miguel and Tulio are great characters. They are different from each other, but they want the same things - which is why I wouldn't want to see a sequel for this movie. I'd rather see a prequel. How did they meet? How did they end up doing what they were doing in the beginning of the movie? It's interesting. And thankfully Miguel and Tulio aren't exactly the kind of heroes you'd except. In fact they aren't really heroic, apart from one or two deeds. Above all, they start as criminals. And their chemistry is so good. And these days there are a lot of rumours going around that they were meant to be homosexuals, but I don't really know if that is true. I haven't seen any reliable information, only speculation and claims that had no proper sources. If anyone has a proper source, please, let me know, because I think it would be interesting to read.

The Road to El Dorado has always been amazing movie, and that hasn't changed in all these years. If you haven't seen it, do yourself a favour and watch it. It's great, and it's hilarious. I could go on an mention every good thing about this movie, but I think that would be pointless. This movie is one of the best animated films that has been ever made.

☆☆☆☆☆☆☆☆☆☆

10 / 10