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Title: Treasure Planet (2002)
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| Cast overview, first billed only: | |||
| Roscoe Lee Browne | ... | Mr. Arrow (voice) | |
| Corey Burton | ... | Onus (voice) | |
| Dane A. Davis | ... | Morph (voice) | |
| Joseph Gordon-Levitt | ... | Jim Hawkins (voice) | |
| Tony Jay | ... | Narrator (voice) | |
| Austin Majors | ... | Young Jim (voice) | |
| Patrick McGoohan | ... | Billy Bones (voice) | |
| Michael McShane | ... | Hands (voice) (as Micheal McShane) | |
| Laurie Metcalf | ... | Sarah Hawkins (voice) | |
| Brian Murray | ... | John Silver (voice) | |
| David Hyde Pierce | ... | Doctor Doppler (voice) | |
| Martin Short | ... | B.E.N. (voice) | |
| Emma Thompson | ... | Captain Amelia (voice) | |
| Michael Wincott | ... | Scroop (voice) | |
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Jack Angel | ... | Grewnge / Police Robot 2 (voice) |
In this science fiction rendering of the classic novel "Treasure Island", Jim Hawkins (Joseph Gordon-Levitt) is a rebellious teen seen by the world as an aimless slacker. After he receives a map from a dying pirate, he embarks on an odyssey across the universe to find the legendary Treasure Planet. Written by Tom Daly
Disney has been attempting their latest genre, "action/adventure", and Treasure Planet is yet another of these more adult films. So far Disney hasn't done too bad in this genre, since we are now free of sitting through annoying songs and have more time to see the actual movie.
Treasure Planet is loosely based on Robert Louis Stevenson's Treasure Island. However, this one takes place in a futuristic setting; the robots are replaced with small hover-craft, the large clippers and ships with unusual opened spaceships (which makes one wonder how the characters breath in space), parrots with morphing creatures, and one-legged pirates with cyborgs.
It's really quite entertaining to see how Disney "linked" Treasure Planet to Treasure Island. Billy Bones goes into the Admiral Benbow and gruffly states, "Beware the cyborg!" which gives it kind of a humorous twist. I was pleased with the changes.
Some parts are a little out of place. Such as the colonial clothing during this futuristic galaxy. It's strange to see a boy with a ponytail and wearing colonial clothing while gazing at a marvelous 3-D holographic map.
The plot is the same as Treasure Island, which never really appealed to me until now. It's more exciting if they are no longer seafaring men, but stargazing astronomers. I was impressed with some newer additions to the story line in order to make the movie a little more thrilling, such as the black hole scene.
Treasure Planet has great graphics, excellent animation, superb actors, and an innovated plot that is astounding. While not the best animation of the year (that goes to Spirit: Stallion of the Cimarron), it surely is worthwhile. I enjoyed it from beginning to end, even the rather amusing and unexpected love that grows within the movie.
One of the better characters is Morph, Long John's pet morph. He has a quirky attitude to everything and provides the comic relief much better than B.E.N. The robot was a little annoying, and I feel that he didn't do much to help the plot.
All in all, Treasure Planet is definitely worthwhile. It's a great sci-fi movie from Disney, based on one of the more popular classics of our time.