From the age of 8
Jim Hawkins is a fifteen-year-old boy who dreamed of travel and adventure since childhood. The day a stranger named Billy Bones arrives at his mother’s hotel with a treasure map, pursued to the teeth by a horde of armed pirates, Jimmy’s everyday life changes in the blink of an eye.
When an expedition is organized to find the fabled “Loot of a Thousand Worlds”, a young man enters a cabin in the RLS Legacy, where he meets a cyborg who works as a cook in the building: John Silver.
Often considered a lean period for Disney studios, sandwiched between the Golden Age of the ’90s and the Rapunzel-led revival of the early 2010s, the 2000s still held a few nuggets that would be remiss to forget.
Directed by Ron Clements and John Musker (the legendary duo who also boast Basil, Private Detective, The Little Mermaid, Aladdin and Hercules), Treasure Planet is one of those unknown films, and very unfairly ignored by the general public, that You are recommended to catch up immediately.
directly inspired Treasure IslandA highly acclaimed adventure novel written by Robert Louis Stevenson in 1883 (and already adapted into live action by Disney in the 1950s), this animated film really packs a punch.
Set in a world at the crossroads of steampunk and space opera, where ships no longer divide the waves but fly to the stars, Treasure Planet benefits from high-quality animation and a great soundtrack by the great James Newton Howard. It depicts the exciting story of the friendship between young Jimmy and the charismatic John Silver. Be careful, if you allow yourself to get carried away enough, you might find a little dust in your eyes on the film.
What will you like…
- John Silver’s character, a complex, highly engaging, multi-faceted hero unlike any other Disney studio hero. Note that it is animated by the brilliant Glenn Keane, known for his work on Aladdin, Ariel or even Pocahontas.
- The change of scenery the film offers and the breathtaking journey it offers to the ends of the earth.
- Supporting characters such as BEN, a robot abandoned for many years, and especially the lovable Morph, a kind of little floating blob who acts as a parrot for John Silver.
What could be bothering them…
- Some renegade RLS Legacy pirates, including an arachnoid Scrooge, who is definitely down on his luck.
- John Silver, it’s him again! Because yes, we told you, this character is complicated and his intentions aren’t always very noble. Some of his reactions and his “dark side” may surprise viewers who are too young to understand them.
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