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Actors: Brian Murray, Joseph Gordon-Levitt, Emma Thompson, David Hyde Pierce, Martin Short
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| Review Summary and Plot Commentary about Treasure Planet |
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This Disney movie is based on Robert Louis Stevenson's "Treasure Island" It intertwines CGI Animation and Hand Drawn Animation fluently for wonderful detail and awesome effects.
It is mainly about 15 year old Jim Hawkins(Gordon-Levitt) who finds a treasure map to a planet that is 'the loot of a thousand worlds'. Doctor Doppler (Pierce) finances the trip and they board the RLS Legacy with Captain Amelia (Thompson) who assigns young Hawkins to the ships cook, John Silver(Murray), a cyborg. Jim and Silver develop a father-son relationship and find that they care for each other. Just as Silver and Jim seem to have established a bond, Jim finds himself in the middle of mutiny. Silver plots the entire mutiny and will do anything to get his treasure. Jim,the captain and Doppler escape the ship and find B.E.N (Short) who leads Jim right ot the treasure. Silver must choose between the treasure and Jim when Jim's life is in danger. Jim proves himself to be a man and Silver proves himself to be a caring character.
--LaVada, Resident Scholar
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This Disney movie based on Robert Louis Stevenson's novel, "Treasure Island" is a very unique blend of computer animation and regular animation and they do it very well. Although at times, they try to be too funny, it turns out well. It is basically the classic plot of young Jim Hawkins (Gordon-Levitt) who finds a map to Treasure Planet, which contains all the treasure of a long lost pirate. He boards with Captain Amelia (Thompson) and is assigned to be assistant to John Silver (Murray), the cook who is a cyborg, half humand, half robot. Jim and Silver develop a father son relationship and find that they care for each other. But Silver has bigger fish to fry. Through discoveries, Jim finds that Silver is planning to take over the ship and the map and take the treasure for himself. Jim gets the remaining crew off before the seige. They camp out on the planet and meet a friendly robot, B.E.N. who leads the way to the treasure.
--Michael Gookin, Resident Scholar
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| Analysis of Treasure Planet |
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Ratings are on a 1-10 scale (Low to High)
Plot
Composition of Movie
Actual chase scenes or violence - 20%
Planning/preparing, gather info, debate puzzle - 30%
Feelings, relationships, character bio/development - 50%
**Fantasy or Science Fiction?**
- science fiction story
Spying - Investigations
Yes
What is main char. doing?
- fighting space pirates (really!)
Stealing/recovering/destroying
- treasure/money
If a cartoon...
- animated cartoon
Main Character
Identity:
- Male
Profession/status:
- student
Age:
- a teen
Hair color?
- brunette (Brown)
Hair type
- (man) short/medium straight
Body type
- average (man)
Events of movie makes character more...
- caring
Ethnicity/Nationality
- White (American)
How sensitive is this character?
- sensitive to others' feelings
- middling sensitive to others' feelings
Sense of humor?
- Mostly serious with occasional humor
Intelligence
- Average intelligence
- Smarter than most other characters
Physique
- average physique
Secondary Main Character
Identity:
- Male
Hair color
- brunette (Brown)
Hair style
- (man) short/standard straight
Body type
- very skinny (man)
- fat (man)
How much in movie?
- 80%
- 90%-100%
Ethnicity/Nationality
- White (American)
- Irish/McCourt
Main Adversary
Identity:
- Male
- general circumstances
Age:
- 40's-50's
Profession/status:
- pirate
How much of work is main antagonist actually present in:
- 60%
Body type
- fat (man)
Ethnicity
- British
Sense of humor?
- Mostly serious with occasional humor
Intelligence
- Average Intelligence
How sensitive is this character?
- hard edged
Setting
Spaceship setting:
- futuristic human freighter/transport
A substantial portion of this movie takes place on a non-Earth planetary body:
- humans in a futuristic society
- humans in a primitive/fantasy society
- empty, or nearly empty world
Planet outside our solar system?
Yes
Takes place in spaceship?
Yes
In Space?
- nebula
- black hole
- asteroid
Misc settings
- mansion
- bar/restaurant
Small town?
Yes
Style
Accounts of torture and death?
- generic/vague references to death/punishment
Tone of movie
- upbeat
Comedy or somewhat funny movie?
Yes
Any profanity?
- None
Kinds of F/X
- Things that change shape/morph
- exploding vehicles
- exploding bombs
- exploding spaceships
- exotic spaceships
- exotic aliens
- exotic big cities
- exotic alien landscape
If Soundtrack VERY NOTICEABLE...
- Orchestra/classical
Is this movie based on a
- book
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