![]() To be blunt I feel they dealt with that aspect of the story a little weak in later scenes because I feel it’s very unrealistic Hercules would have so little reaction to it and I wish we could have seen more of the inner trauma she must have been in there. Last I find that this scene is important because a huge pressure comes over Megera, which is whether or not she’s willing to hurt Hercules to get her freedom. The exchange here tells us everything about this trait and we finally see why Hades is dangerous to Hercules as well as how insensitive he can be to accomplish his selfish desires. This is how he is able to get people to do what he wants and is the key to his power. Therefore it’s very fitting that Hades’s biggest strength as a villain is to play with those weaknesses to bring his enemies down. For example both Phil and Megera are characters that live an unhappy, worthless life because they’re trying to protect themselves from their past mistakes and Hercules makes them get past that. This is a movie about through persistence overcoming weaknesses and not letting them bring you down. The animators did a great job at communicating this point through the staging because all throughout the scene Megera never once looks Hades in the eye and holds herself in a guarded posture (a visual symbol because the way she is trying to block herself off from Hades represents the way she is trying to block off all her emotions.) The second reason this is a very important moment in the plot is because while we see that Hades is a villain we also see why a character would fall for his tricks, which ties into a key theme in the movie. However we see in this scene that while she is trying to protect herself that at heart the sensitivity is still there because she isn’t willing to see that Hercules has a weakness and tries to do everything she can not to help out Hades. Megera is a very emotional character and to avoid getting hurt her solution is to put a wall around them. We learn the reason why she is working with Hades and why she is guarded in nature. ![]() This scene is a critical moment in the story because it is the first time we begin to understand Megera and get a glimpse of her emotional side. This scene is so strong in visuals and characters that I have decided to select it as one of my picks for 50 Greatest Scenes in Disney History at number 47. Not surprisingly my favorite scene in the film has both in them: it’s the scene where Hades, at the brink of defeat, tries to convince Megera to turn Hercules on so she can find out his weakness. Both performances I feel are very interesting and unique. ![]() While I like the humor and satirical tone of the film in my view the best work in the film lies in two animated performances: Hades, the explosive over the top villain, and Megera, the atypical heroine. Hercules is quite possibly the closest Disney animation ever came to doing a farce and is one of the studio’s wittiest films. Key Players: Sergio Pablos, Nik Ranieri (Animators on Hades), Ken Duncan (Animator on Megera), Ron Clements and John Musker (Directors), Barry Johnson (Head of Story), Rasoul Azadani (Head of Layout), Gerald Scarfe (Production Designer) ![]()
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