Whoops, I forgot about this! But it's back for one of my favorite animated films, "The Emperor's New Groove", which was created before I was born! Wow!
In this movie, Emperor Kuzco is turned into a llama by Yzma's assistant Kronk, who was supposed to put poison in Kuzco's drink. Except, instead, he puts "llama extract" in the drink, which turns the emperor into a llama. After that, he's instructed to "finish the job", which is when he puts Kuzco in a bag, dumps him into an artificial river that becomes a very tall waterfall, and then subsequently saves Kuzco in order to get rid of him a different way. (Talk about stupid assistants, right?)
He, however, loses the bag, which lands on the cart of a peasant named Pacha. Pacha had recently been informed by Kuzco that his hometown was going to be demolished so that the prideful emperor could build his summer palace- named Kuzcotopia- on that very hill, despite many similar hills being nearby, so when Pacha discovers Kuzco, and Kuzco wakes up, Kuzco immediately accuses Pacha of making a pathetic attempt to save his town, and then demands that Pacha, who he has now declared an enemy, must help him get to the palace. Pacha initially refuses, but changes his mind and goes back, just in the nick of time to save Kuzco, who's currently a llama, from a pack of hungry panthers.
This is followed with a long journey that results in Pacha and Kuzco being in a restaurant, where Kuzco finds Ysma and Kronk, and discovers they were the true culprits. Even though he hated Ysma and fired her, he's distraught that she wants to kill him. From there on out, it becomes a race against time for Kuzco and Pacha to make it back to the palace, break into Ysma's lab, and steal a potion that will transform Kuzco back into a human. In the process of the chase, Ysma and Kronk end up falling off a cliff, and somehow they beat Kuzco and Pacha to the lab. ("It makes no sense by all accounts." -Kronk)
After dodging guards and testing potion after potion, Kuzco and Pacha finally figure out which potion it is by process of elimination, which, sure, when drinking magical potions in a cupboard of someone who makes poisons for a living, must be a great idea. Kuzco drinks the potion, becomes human, and no one questions what on earth was going on. Ysma was doomed to cat form forever, and Kronk got a job teaching kids how to speak Chipmunk. Kuzco once again insults Pacha by saying his hill was actually a pretty terrible place, and instead builds his summer palace on the hill right next door, which makes perfect sense. If one hill's terrible, the next one must be sunny, right?
Moral of the story? If you're turned into a llama, make a long and dangerous journey so you can test potentially dangerous poisons.
WARNING: Spoilers present! This is a summary that gets the plot of the movie wrong, sort of how Honest Trailers do it, however spoilers may still be present.
In this movie, Emperor Kuzco is turned into a llama by Yzma's assistant Kronk, who was supposed to put poison in Kuzco's drink. Except, instead, he puts "llama extract" in the drink, which turns the emperor into a llama. After that, he's instructed to "finish the job", which is when he puts Kuzco in a bag, dumps him into an artificial river that becomes a very tall waterfall, and then subsequently saves Kuzco in order to get rid of him a different way. (Talk about stupid assistants, right?)
He, however, loses the bag, which lands on the cart of a peasant named Pacha. Pacha had recently been informed by Kuzco that his hometown was going to be demolished so that the prideful emperor could build his summer palace- named Kuzcotopia- on that very hill, despite many similar hills being nearby, so when Pacha discovers Kuzco, and Kuzco wakes up, Kuzco immediately accuses Pacha of making a pathetic attempt to save his town, and then demands that Pacha, who he has now declared an enemy, must help him get to the palace. Pacha initially refuses, but changes his mind and goes back, just in the nick of time to save Kuzco, who's currently a llama, from a pack of hungry panthers.
This is followed with a long journey that results in Pacha and Kuzco being in a restaurant, where Kuzco finds Ysma and Kronk, and discovers they were the true culprits. Even though he hated Ysma and fired her, he's distraught that she wants to kill him. From there on out, it becomes a race against time for Kuzco and Pacha to make it back to the palace, break into Ysma's lab, and steal a potion that will transform Kuzco back into a human. In the process of the chase, Ysma and Kronk end up falling off a cliff, and somehow they beat Kuzco and Pacha to the lab. ("It makes no sense by all accounts." -Kronk)
After dodging guards and testing potion after potion, Kuzco and Pacha finally figure out which potion it is by process of elimination, which, sure, when drinking magical potions in a cupboard of someone who makes poisons for a living, must be a great idea. Kuzco drinks the potion, becomes human, and no one questions what on earth was going on. Ysma was doomed to cat form forever, and Kronk got a job teaching kids how to speak Chipmunk. Kuzco once again insults Pacha by saying his hill was actually a pretty terrible place, and instead builds his summer palace on the hill right next door, which makes perfect sense. If one hill's terrible, the next one must be sunny, right?
Moral of the story? If you're turned into a llama, make a long and dangerous journey so you can test potentially dangerous poisons.
This is one of the best Disney movies ever.
ReplyDeleteI need to make a meme that says at the top: "When Disney makes a good movie:"
DeleteAnd then an image of Kuzco saying, "Boom, baby!" xD
One of the greatest underrated movies in history.
ReplyDeleteI had no idea it was underrated O.O
DeleteI need to go on an advertising campaign for this movie!