How Accurate Is Hercules Not Accurate?

Hercules movie is not an acceptable adaptation to the myth. The movie is not accurate because it adds or does not include important events in the Hercules story. Many characters that were not in history show up in the Hercules movie. Some of Hercules’ most heroic deeds were not included in the movie. Even though Hercules was made for little kids and events had to be filtered out, Hercules is not an accurate adaption to the myth because it adds and switches characters and is missing key elements in Hercules' story. There are many reasons the Hercules movie is not accurate. Hercules’ childhood was distorted. Hercules was born of Zeus and Hera in the movie. He was later stolen by Pain and Panic. Pain and Panic tried to take his strength away. In the real story, Hercules was born from Zeus and Alcmene. Zeus was married to Hera but had an affair with Alcmene. The movie was aimed for children, so showing Zeus cheat on his wife would not be appropriate. Pain and Panic were also made up characters for comedy. It did not include in the movie Hercules killing a snake as a baby and how Hera tried to kill Hercules as a child. …show more content…
In the movie, he was an awkward boy who didn’t know how to control his strength. He often destroyed things. He must prove himself to be a hero to return to Mount Olympus. He hires a trainer named Phil to help him become a hero. Pegasus the winged horse was also on most of Hercules adventures. He was created from a cloud in the movie. In the real story, Hercules had no struggle with strength and was heroic as a teenager. Phil is a made up character and is there for comedy. Pegasus was a winged horse and born from blood of medusa. Hercules being trained by Phil did not happen in the actual story. Many adventures were not included from Hercules’ teenage years. There are many other reasons why Hercules is not