Ha ha....
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Well, actually, even though I like Eris a lot (ESPECIALLY how she's animated) I do agree that Hades is a better villain...my problem with Eris was that you never really knew WHY she did what she did, she just wanted to throw the cosmos into "chaos"--what for? Even though she had a definete cruelty about her, her character just was never fleshed out--OK, what's her story? What does she really want? In this way she's like Shan-Yu--OK, he's evil, that's been established. What next?
Michelle Pheiffer just added to this problem. In many interviews she said: "I didn't really want to make her "evil", but playful." Uch! What the heck is she a VILLAIN for, then? It doesn't really seem like Michelle had a lot of direction for this role. Her attraction to Sinbad is interesting but not enough was made of it, thus it falls flat. (I couldn't stand Michelle in Prince of Egypt BTW. I don't know why Katzenberg keeps casting her.)
I do like Hades more, although personally I think the character owes more to James Woods' performance than to Musker and Clements' story.
Hades is not just evil but CRUEL and SEDUCTIVE at the same time. Plus he seems so calm and just like that he loses his temper! James Woods did so much for that role when you really look at it though. If you think about it, the Hades character suffers from some of Eris's flaws--you never really know why he hates Zeus or Hercules or anyone else so much. But Woods was able to provide that 3-dimensionality that really added to the character--Hades had a sort of human desperation to be the best at everything and to have everyone's respect--you can relate to that, that's part of what makes Hades so interesting. This might sound weird but in some ways I found Hades more likable than Hercules, who kind of annoyed me at certain times. Heck, Hades was SEXY. If I were Meg, I'd've stayed with him in a second.
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You can’t just have your characters announce how they feel! That makes me feel angry!