Treasure Planet
2002
I’m in love with my DVR. Being able to record stuff that I don’t really need to watch, like My Strange Addiction (for the record this show is awesome, even if it is a waste of time!) makes me happy. Do you know what’s even better than recording random shows that probably kill brain cells? Finding out you can record Disney movies that you are forcing yourself to watch! It’s truly excellent, as I saved a whole dollar and a trip to Blockbuster today! Woohoo!
This movie makes me happy. The storyline of Treasure Island, the book this movie is based after, has always been a favorite of mine. I mean, it had pirates! What more could someone want? Don’t say ninjas. Everyone knows that pirates would beat ninjas if it came down to a death match. Everyone knows that right? Right? Don’t tell me you are Team Ninja. That’d break my heart.
Jim Hawkins is a scoundrel of a kid. He loves to get in trouble, driving his poor distraught mother insane. One day, a sailor kind of guy crashes at the Hawkins’ family inn. I’m not sure what to call him, since this is set in space, so he’s not a sailor. Whatever. I’ll just call him Billy Bones, since that’s his name. Works for me!
Bones is injured, and dying, and looks like a turtle. While dying, he gives Jim a cube. No. Not a cube. A sphere. That’s something completely different. It’s a sphere. After he dies, a bunch of pirates come and burn down the inn. Are they pirates? I’m so confused. Luckily Jim, his mommy, and Niles from Frasier all escape safely. Once in a better location, one that is actually not on fire, they discover the SPHERE is actually a map to a treasure planet, a planet they had only heard of in stories.
Now they must find it! Niles, really a dog type alien, and Jim find a crew and take off to find the treasure. Of course they find a corrupt crew! That would be their luck. Will they be able to find the treasure? Or will the crew win? Well wouldn’t you like to know!
You would like to know? Well then why don’t you go watch this movie? It’s a great idea! Because this was a good movie. I’ve always liked this movie. Ever since I was nine and I saw this in theatres, I’ve adored it. It probably has to do with the fact pirates have always been cool in my world. Even though these aren’t really pirates. But they are? They have ships. But they are in space. Does that make them spaceships? So are the astronaut pirates? Now I am REALLY confused. Astrates. That sounds like something unpleasant. I swear I’m not crazy.
Besides the whatever they are, this movie is just fun. It’s a good action cartoon. It’s not mindblowingly fantastic, but it’s still quite entertaining. And that’s good enough for a “children’s” film I think. Right? I’m not crazy!
Movie Watching Budd(y)(ies): I think people have given up watching these with me. Losers!
Best Song: N/A
Best Part: Morph! He’s a pink blob of cuteness. He’s like a Ditto from Pokemon, but cuter. I feel way too nerdy after I made that reference.
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