Treasure Planet (DVD)

After seeing this advertised on 5 all week, I was looking forward to sitting down on Sunday night to watch this film, thinking it looked like a good old-fashioned Disney adventure. Unfortunately, this was one film that wasn't worth the wait and I ended up feeling more than a little disappointed. Treasure Planet is a Disney animation made in 2002 that is a re-imagining of the classic Robert Louis Stevenson novel, Treasure Island; a book I pratically worshipped when I was growing up and which still holds a special place in my book collection even now! In this latest interpretation, set on an alien planet many years in the future, Jim Hawkins is a typical ...  Read the complete review

Walt disneys Treasure planet is an adaptation Of the film Treasure Island written by Robert Louis Stevenson. Released in 2002 the film was a huge hit with people of all ages from kids to grown adults it was a massive success. The story revolves around a boy called Jim Hawkins. Jim is a bit of a troublemaker and gets into trouble alot. At the start of the film Jim is on this skateboard like flying machine. He gets caught by the police and taken home. Jim lives with just his Mum as his Dad walked out on him and his Mum when he was very young. His Mum owns and runs an inn for all types of alien species. called, "The Benbow Inn." She slaves away to ...  Read the complete review

This is a futuristic take on the classic novel "Treasure Island" by Robert Louis Stevenson. It is mainly about a young boy who is trying to find his way in life when suddenly a spaceship crashes outside his house. The pilot, who is some kind of monstrous pirate, is trying to escape from the fearsome cyborg John Silver, to protect a chest which holds the secret of Treasure Planet. Jim Hawkins, who is the main character, successfully finds the map that will lead him to the treasure from a hundred worlds. In my opinion this is not your usual Disney animation. There is not enough music and not that many jokes but it work nevertheless. During the whole film you ...  Read the complete review

Treasure Planet is a highly underrated addition to the Disney canon and a great kids film. A quirky, anachronistic adaptation of Robert Louis Stevenson's Treasure Island, the story follows Jim the cabin boy in his quest to find hidden pirate gold. Included are familiar versions of all the famous characters, Billy Bones briefly appears as a vivid space lizard and the ever-charming Long John Silver is now a hardened space cyborg. The story is captivating as in all adaptations and needs little explanation, suffice to say this is a rather faithful depiction. Visually this fill is stunning. Disney have always created the smoothest animation and this is no exception, ...  Read the complete review

Visually for sets and location backgrounds it looks excellent and is generally a wonderful adaptation of Robert Louis Stephenson's Treasure Island. I've seen a lot of different versions including The Muppet one but this is by far the best of them all. The animation and characters are excellent. The voice cast aren't at that bad but they aren't easily recognisable voices as I personally could only recognise the voices David Hyde Pierce (Niles Crane from Frasier) and Emma Thompson (Nanny McPhee). It was very well made and even if it did make a loss for Disney it has the makings of a film that could become a cult classic for characters like Morph and Ben who may ...  Read the complete review