Top 10 Moments from Hercules (1997)
After the battle with the Hydra Hercules is celebrated as a hero as the Muses sing "Zero to Hero" as a montage of Hercules defeating Hades other monsters as well all the fame and fortune.
I agree with you on this scene. The CGI on the Hydra looks good. I just love it.
Very underappreciated song.
My favorite Hades moment is when he becomes furious with his inability to kill off Hercules. He notices that Pain is wearing Hercules brand sandals, and Hades becomes more and more angry as he yells out, "I have 24 hours to get rid of this bozo or the entire scheme I've been setting up for 18 years goes up in smoke, AND YOU ARE WEARING HIS MERCHANDISE!" Then, he stops and sees Panic drinking out of a Hercules drink and chuckles nervously, saying "thirty." Hades literally explodes.
After realizing Hercules one major weakness his love for Megara Hades uses her to trick Hercules into giving up his god like strength so he and the Titans can take over Mount Olympus after the deed is done Hades reveals that Meg had been working for him all along.
Meg pushes Hercules out of the way of a falling column that ends up crushing her as Hercules regains his god like strength thanks to the deal with Hades stating if anything happened to Meg he would get his strength back.
Hercules meets up with Phil who is reluctant to train Hercules as a hero but after some persuasion by Zeus Phil agrees though it starts off rough eventually Hercules is able to rise up and be the hero he was meant to be.
To save Meg's soul Hercules jumps into the river of Styx in the underworld as he attempts to save her before he succumbs to death.
Hercules first test as he goes attmpts to save Meg from Nessus the Centaur though things don't go as smoothly but eventually Hercules is able to conquer the centaur though Meg isn't too impressed.