Treasure Planet
2002 Directed by Ron Clements, John Musker
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Find your place in the universe.
When space galleon cabin boy Jim Hawkins discovers a map to an intergalactic "loot of a thousand worlds," a cyborg cook named John Silver teaches him to battle supernovas and space storms. But, soon, Jim realizes Silver is a pirate intent on mutiny!
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This film definitely gets better on subsequent watches. Perfect? Nah. But it's fun, with some great drama, good action, and minimal content. Bumping my rating to 4 stars.
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As with many films produced in the early 2000s period of Disney's traditionally animated productions, it occasionally suffers from having a thinly-written script that puts too much emphasis on brisk pace over character development. But thankfully the strengths of the classic novel that it's based on nonetheless shines through, and Treasure Planet remains a hugely enjoyable, old-fashioned adventure tale in the best sense of the word, with a unique style of 2D/3D animation that hasn't dated in the slightest.
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A surprisingly wonderful science fiction story that is also a retelling of "Treasure Island." I was expecting to hate it, but I had a lot of fun. I cared more about the hero than I usually do in Disney movies, I'll watch anything with Emma Thomspon in it, and the little shape-shifting alien named Morph is probably my favorite "cute Disney animal" from any of their films. A lot of real laughs and characters that I cared about. Definitely worth watching (even more than once!).
Sidenote: Still doesn't make sense that they can breathe in space. Just sayin'.
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There's a lot to really like here, the animation is excellent and it makes me sad that western traditional 2D animation is near-extinct. But it's also a hot mess of wasted potential in its portrayal of family and fatherhood.
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My main problem with Treasure Planet is either the character of Jim Hawkins or the world of the film itself. It's hard for me to decide which is the larger factor. In both cases, though, it's a matter of shallow characterization.
Jim Hawkins in this version of the Stevenson tale is made into more of an angsty and rebellious teen than an adventurous youth. That's probably a decent way to frame the story, but in this film it's very surface-level stuff. He has the obligatory run-ins with the law because he's "skateboarding" and all of that. I just didn't really find myself connecting with him and his emotional struggles at all.
Which is a pity, since I think the film…
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i grew up with this movie
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Lovely movie, very good voice cast too.
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A slick, beautiful, and surprisingly emotionally-effective re-imagining of the Robert Louis Stevenson classic. Treasure Planet casts the story of Jim Hawkins, John Silver, and the lost treasure of Captain Flint against a backdrop of sea-faring galleons and steampunk pirates, creating a look that's at once totally evocative of the spirit of the original story and completely original and unforgettable. The strides in combining CGI with hand-drawn animation first seen in Tarzan's tree-surfing scenes comes to full fruition here with mesmerizing action scenes pared with gorgeous character work.
The movie moves over some well-worn territory here, both inside the original tale and with the choice of added material. Jim is a surly 15-year-old, a boy who's father walked out on him…
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Seriously underrated
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The concept for this is so good, but I can't help thinking it would have been a whole lot better if it had been a live action film. And if the ending had been less sweet and fun. And if Disney hadn't made it.
But saying that, I did rather enjoy the development of Jim and Silver's father/son bond forming via inspirational musical montage. Very Disney.
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As with many films produced in the early 2000s period of Disney's traditionally animated productions, it occasionally suffers from having a thinly-written script that puts too much emphasis on brisk pace over character development. But thankfully the strengths of the classic novel that it's based on nonetheless shines through, and Treasure Planet remains a hugely enjoyable, old-fashioned adventure tale in the best sense of the word, with a unique style of 2D/3D animation that hasn't dated in the slightest.
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The concept of translating literature's greatest pirate story into a space-faring adventure was a sound one, with lots of great and clever parallels - Long John Silver as a cyborg was an inspired choice.
Great movie although visually sort of dodgy - perhaps it's just showing its age, but the far-too-clean CGI environments usually felt at odds with the fantastic traditional animation. A cheesy musical number also conspires to take it down a peg.
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There's a lot to really like here, the animation is excellent and it makes me sad that western traditional 2D animation is near-extinct. But it's also a hot mess of wasted potential in its portrayal of family and fatherhood.
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I saw this film because it came on while my 4yo daughter was watching Disney Jr.
Now, I have no idea why it was on that channel. Quite frankly, it seemed to be aimed at an older age than the usual programming they have, and I don't think it was at all suitable for a 4yo.
Not a bad movie though.