Treasure Planet (2002)

I thoroughly enjoyed Treasure Planet! It has likable characters, great animation, a good pacing and amazing voice actors. My favorite voices in this movie are John Silver (Brian Murray), Captain Amelia (Emma Thompson), Mr. Arrow (Roscoe Lee Brown) and Scroop (Michael Wincott). But the absolute best thing about this film is the relationship between Jim Hawkins and John Silver. Jim gets the father figure he lacks, because his dad apparently left him. Speaking of his dad, the flashback during the song "I'm Still Here" makes me cry almost every time. But Silver cares for Jim, but is still a pirate who wants his treasure. That interaction between Jim and Silver is just great! Scroop is actually a more scary character than the leader of the pirates himself!Of course there are some of those comedic characters that can seem either out of place or annoying. Personally, I find Morph entertaining, because he is a quite clever take on a futuristic parrot, not mimicking other people's voices, but transforming into other people. B.E.N. on the other hand can be REALLY annoying, but he is not a pointless comedic character without a role in the overall plot. The fart joke kind of pirate had me smiling a little, but is rather pointless. There are also some things about the setting which are never answered. Like how they breath in space, but I can live with that. After all, it is a fantasy film.Really underrated movie which despite its flaws and unanswered questions about the setting. I highly recommend it.

Underrated movie from the era where traditional animation first blended with CGI.The technical qualities of the computer generated graphics show some age when viewed today, but still the movie has managed to age quite well thanks to memorable characters, solid traditional animation and beautiful backgrounds.The sci-fi adaptation of the classic Treasure Island novel works well without falling prey to too many genre clichés.Recommended.

Treasure Planet (2002) was one of those turn of the century hand drawn Disney movies that were released just after the computer animated boom. Along with Atlantis: The Lost Empire (2001) and Brother Bear (2003), Treasure Planet was one of the nails in the coffin of traditional animation due to its poor box-office returns. Now does that mean that the movie is bad? No, but its not great either.The story begins with young Jim Hawkins (Joseph Gordon-Levitt) as a boy reading the legend of Captain Flint and his infamous band of pirates. Years later the boy turns into a rebellious young trouble maker desperate for adventure. How can you tell he's rebellious? He has a rat tail in the future! After coming across a map to the legendary treasure planet, he and a family friend commission a ship from Captain Amelia (Emma Thompson) and her first mate Mr. Arrow (Roscoe Lee Browne). Things however aren't what they seem aboard the ship as the crew led by John Silver (Brian Murray) are actually pirates in hiding.Like a massive man-o-war in a modern harbor, the film is impressive to look at but listless and mostly for show. The visuals are the only thing that gets the star treatment while the script itself is lacking anything that isn't dated Disney fair or clunky exposition. There also seems to be a problem with general writing mechanics. When Jim tells his mother that he wants to go on his grand adventure she doesn't seem that adamantly against it. When the Dr. Doppler character (David Hyde Pierce) seems distracted by Captain Amelia we get nothing to show a growing romantic relationship. When the film should emotionally invest in the characters of Jim and Silver, we instead get montage. In other words this movie has a hard time getting from point A to point B.Still It's not like Treasure Planet was a failure of epic proportions. Say what you will about Disney, if this is the worst it can get than I'm actually impressed.

Inspired by the book "Treasure Island" by Robert Louis Steveson. (which he also wrote "Strange Case of Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde). Treasure Planet needs to be watched multiple times to understand the whole world of Jim Hawkins. It has this realist features if you understand what he has been through before the film started. It shows Jim that he is trying to find who he is and what he really wants in his life and it is really rewarding at the end. Jim just wants to redeem himself in order to proving what he is by going on an adventure to find the famous Captain Flint's treasure. Some minor characters are great at times and slides off at times but it does fit the space pirate Sci-fi adventure.