The Road to El Dorado


Disney video




EL DORADO = CITY OF GOLD


STUDENT REVIEWS (Summaries):
1. Lauren P. 2. Melissa L. 3. Laura K. 4. Ashlee P.
5. Anna V. 6. Brooke K. 7. Susana K. 8. Justin H.
9. Rodrigo L. 10. Britton N. 11. Alyssa L. 12. Derek J.
13. Sonia W. 14. Nick A. 15. Vassa I. 16. Kaila D.
17. Anna L. 18. Renae S. 19. RayAnna D.



LINKS: Other "Trails" to "City of Gold" Adventures
1. MovieWeb: The Road to El Dorado
2. PopMatters - Film Review of The Road to El Dorado
3. Welcome to the Unofficial Road to El Dorado Fansite
4. The Road Less Traveled
5. The Road to El Dorado, Adventure (Fanfiction, Pictures, Tour Guide, Journal, Links, etc.)
6. DreamWorks SKG Fansite--The Road to El Dorado


THE ROAD TO EL DORADO NOTES
by Lauren P.

Cortez was getting ready to leave Spain and go to the new world. The year was 1519.

Tulio and Miguel were betting and the other guys bet their last possession, a map. But the other guy found out the their dice were loaded.

Miguel and Tulio faked a fight and eventually ended up in some barrels which were being loaded on a ship. The exact same ship that Cortez was taking to the new world in.

They were taken prisoner but Cortez’s horse named El Tivo, saved them by bringing the keys.

After days in a row boat they landed in the new world. After some arguing they decide to search for El Dorado. (They still had the map)

Following the map they come to a giant rock. Deciding that El Dorado was a hoax they prepared to leave.

But then a girl and a group of guys show up. The men took Tulio and Miguel to the city of... El Dorado!!!

The chief and the high priest both offered a tribute. A ceremony at dawn of a feast that night. Both, decided Miguel and Tulio.

Chel, the girl they met at the rock, was allowed in on the scam. The feast was huge and lasted into the night.

The next morning the high priest tried to offer a sacrifice but Miguel and Tulio stopped him. Although they excepted the chiefs offering of gold.

A boat for the “gods” can be ready in three days. Meanwhile Miguel explored the city.

He stopped to play ball with some kids but Tulio and the high priest came. Then they had to play a real ball game.

Three day’s later the boat was finished but Miguel didn’t want to leave. He came in the middle of a conversation and thought Tulio said forget about Miguel.

The high priest took control of a jaguar-monster thing. It chased after Miguel and Tulio but the tricked it and it fell in Shibulba.

The High priest was also sucked into the giant whirl pool. Cortez found him. The High priest started to lead him to El Dorado.

Meanwhile Tulio and Chel got ready to leave. Although the warriors found out about Cortez. They made a plan and left the city. They made the pillars fall and hide the city.

Miguel, Tulio, Chel, and El Tivo left El Dorado without a map, a plan, and a care.



THE ROAD TO EL DORADO
by Melissa L.

In the movie “The Road to El Dorado " there are two men who try to find and ancient city in Spain.

There are two men who are wanted and they are gambling. They two men win a map, but they almost lose it because they're dice are loaded. They two men (Tulio and Miguel) sword fight and almost have a bad run in with a bull. The two men hide in barrels and are put on a ship and are punished because they are stowaways. They know they must escape. They rescue the horse when he jumps in the water after an apple.

They two men and horse get stuck in a storm,and they get stranded. Tulio, Miguel, and the horse land on the island to El Dorado. They have many unwanted encounters, like leeches, paranas, monkeys taking their clothes and getting lost. Tulio, Miguel, and the horse fall off a cliff and find El Dorado which means “Big Rock.” A woman is running from some men of her culture and runs into the two friends, the men take Tulio, Miguel, and the horse to the city of gold. The people of El Darado they think that Tulio and Miguel are gods. The volcano erupts and the people of El Dorado want Tulio and Miguel to show them there powers. Tulio yells “STOP!” and the ash and lava go back in the volcano.

Chel, the woman who ran into the men wants to go back to Spain with the gold too. There is a feast in honor of the “gods” (Tulio and Miguel). There is another celebration in their behalf. The people are going to sacrifice a man but Tulio and Miguel stop them and get gold.

The sailors that had Tulio and Miguel in he barbells arrive at the island. The gods and Chel get a boat built for them.

Miguel is walking the streets, the guards of the city were about to kill a man but Miguel saves him. He plays a game with some kids. Tzekel-Kan sees him and talks to Tulio about it. Tzekel-Kan wants Miguel to act more “god-like.” Tzekel-Kan has the gods play against fifteen mortals. At half time Chel gives the two gods an armadillo for a ball. Miguel kicks the real ball and wins. Miguel stops all sacrifices.

Tzekel-Kan is going to set a bad spell in Tulio and Miguel. Tulio wants Chel to come to Spain with him instead of Miguel. Tzekel-Kan makes a potion so a stone jaguar alive to destroy Tulio and Miguel. The jaguar chases after each other. Chel is almost captured but the horse saves Chel.

Tulio and Miguel fight over their friendship. Tzekel-Kan falls in a river and sees the leader of the sailors and thinks he’s a god. Miguel and Tulio find their way back to El Dorado and Miguel wants to stay and Tulio and Chel are going to leave.

There is smoke and Tzekel-Kan is leading the sailors to El Dorado. Tulio thinks of a plan to knock down the pillars by the gate so they can’t get in. When the sailors reach the entrance it is blocked and the sailors are going to kill Tzekel-Kan. After that Chel, Tulio, Miguel, and the horse head home.

THE END



THE ROAD TO EL DORADO
by: Laura K.

The movie “The Road To El Dorado”, is about two men named Tulio and Miguel. They are playing a game where they roll the dice and they bet. Miguel wants to win so he says to use loaded dice. The man says to use his dice and he still wins. They find out he was trying to cheat. They run away.

They run away and jump into two barrels. Some men put a lid on the barrels. They get put on a ship. The ship sails and they open the barrels and get out and get put into jail. They got put into jail because they were stowaways.

Then they convince a horse to get a crowbar. He gets keys instead. They get out. Then they get in a rowboat and the horse does too. They sail away. They finally arrive on land.

Miguel has a map of the city of gold called El Dorado. They follow the map and they finally get there. El Dorado stands for really big rock. They find a lady near the rock. She had something in her hand. Some men come take Miguel and Tulio and the lady away.

They take them through a waterfall and through a cave. They arrive at the city of El Dorado. The king and the priest there think Miguel and Tulio are gods. they want them to do magic.

There home is in a temple. They are talking to the lady. The lady that they met is named Chel. Chel asks to help with their idea to get the gold. They let her in on the scam.

They get ready for a feast. They sing and dance. The people there praise the gods. (Miguel and Tulio.) After the feast they go to sleep.

The next morning the priest is going to have a sacrifices to the gods. They are going to scarifies a man. Tulio and Miguel say no to sacrificing the man. They are going to sacrifice some gold. They throw the gold into the water. Miguel and Tulio say to put it in their temple instead.

They go to the king and ask him to build a boat to take them back to Spain. The king says they will have a boat done in three days.

Miguel decides to take a walk in the city. He plays music for the people. He plays a game and does different things for the people.

The priest Tzekel-Kan goes to talk to Tulio. Tzekel-Kan scares Tulio.

Tulio and Miguel are playing a game. They don’t know how to play. It is fifteen men against Miguel and Tulio. The men were tough and big. During the game they are down 2-0. Tulio and Miguel are very tired. They get some points by cheating. They cheated by using a animal for the ball. The ball got switched with a real ball. They still scored. They won.

Miguel tells Tzekel-Kan to get out of the city because he wanted to make another human sacrifice. Tzekel-Kan plans to do an evil thing to Miguel and Tulio and the people of the city.

Tzekel-Kan made a potion and it turned into a big giant animal. It would do whatever he said. The monster started to chase the people. They get chased into lava. They get out.

Tulio and Miguel start arguing. Then the monster jumps off and knocks Tzekel-Kan into the water. The water leads out of the city.

Then Miguel decides to stay. Tulio is going to leave with Chel. Tulio and Chel are getting ready to leave.

Then the white people from Spain are coming near the city and they are going to attack.

They have an idea. They are going to hit the pillars and block the entrance. They do and it works and Miguel has to jump on the boat. They don’t get the gold because their ship crashed but they are all OK.

The men don’t get in and Tzekel-Kan gets captured.

They leave El Dorado and they all are fine and they live a happy life.

THE END




The Road to El Dorado
By: Ashlee P.

The movie starts out with a song then a guy says they will sail to find gold. Two guys are betting on the map to El Dorado. (They’re names are Miguel and Tulio.)

The dice rolls on a 7 and only a 7. Miguel and Tulio sword fight. They jump off the roof and land in a bulls pen. The bull chases them around.

Miguel and Tulio jump into two barrels and they did not know that the barrels are going on a boat. The guys that are on the boat capture them as prisoners.

Tulio try to figure out a plan to escape. They escape with a horse named El Tivo’s help. El Tivo brings them the keys.

They are going to row to shore just then the horse jumps into the boat and he decides that he is going with them. They row to shore. A storm comes.

In the morning a bird lands on the boat but just when they were about to catch it a shark jumped up and ate the bird hole.

Miguel and Tulio are regueting things because they think that they are going to die. They look down and they realized that they are on land. Miguel thinks that they are in El Dorado. then they both realize that they are in El Dorado.

Tulio wants to go back to Spain. Miguel doesn’t want to go back he believes that their is a city of gold.

They both go swimming naked. After they are done swimming they fallow the trail to El Dorado. Then Tulio and Miguel fall off a cliff.

They come to these BIG rocks and Tulio thinks that this is El Dorado but it isn’t. Then a woman comes and Tulio and Her play catch.

A guy takes out spears but then takes them the real El Dorado. To get to El Dorado they have to take a boat ride. When they enter Miguel and Tulio are in amassment. It is the city of gold.

The people think that they are gods. They ask them to do some magic but when they are trying to think of something a volcano erupts and every one yells then Tulio screams “STOP” and the volcano stops erupting.

The people bow because they are in amassment. Miguel and Tulio talk about how they aren’t gods and Chel herd them. She wants to get out of El Dorado the city of gold. She offers to help them only if they will help her. Miguel is in love with Chel. They all go to dinner.

A baby bites Tulio’s finger. Miguel and Tulio agree that Chel is off limits to them both.

The people offer Tulio and Miguel tributes. They pick gold. They think that they will get the gold but they don’t it is given to Shaballba. So Chel fixed every thing.

They both want to go back to Spain. Tulio asks the king for a boat. It will take them 3 days to build it. So Miguel and Tulio accept it. Miguel leaves.

Chel really likes Tulio. Tulio starts to like Chel. Meguel is playing an instrument. A little girl likes the instrument. Meguel takes a ride on a giant turtle. Spain is in their way to El Dorado.

Meguel and Tulio have to play ball against 50 men. The 50 men are winning. Meguel and Tulio cheat they use a animal as the ball.

Tzekel-Kan wants the 50 men to die because they lost. Meguel said that their will be NO more sacrifices not now not ever.

The boat is all most finished. Chel wants half of the gold. Tulio want Chel to go back to Spain with him and Meguel. Tzekel-Kan is making potion. Meguel wants to forget the whole plan they had to go back to Spain.

Their is a monster coming after Meguel and Tulio. After they defeat the monster they get up and the people start to cheer.

Tulio want to go back home now but Meguel wants to stay. They wont talk to each other. Tulio and Chel say good-buy to every one. An army of strangers is coming to El Dorado. Tzekel-Kan is leading them. Meguel and Tulio are hitting the pillars so the strangers can’t come through.

Tulio is on the boat with Chel so they can both go back to Spain. Meguel decides to come with them.

The soldiers come but their is no El Dorado now because their is no entrance. Meguel, Tulio, Chel and Altevio go home to Spain.




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