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 Movie
B+ |
Video A | Audio A
| Extras B+
voice talents of Joseph Gordon-Levitt, Brian
Murray, Emma Thompson, David Hyde Pierce
director John Musker & Ron Clements | Disney
2002 | Animation - Adventure | PG | 95 minutes
Region 1 | DVD-9
anamorphic
widescreen 1.66:1 aspect ratio
and full screen
THX-certified |
Dolby Digital 5.1
Summary: Disney’s Treasure Planet is one
of the studio’s feature full-length animated film for 2002. It combines the old world wonder and fascination of pirates and stolen treasures with the futuristic setting of an intergalactic spaceport in the distant future, complete with strange alien lifeforms.
As a young boy, Jim Hawkins loves stories about space pirates for their adventures and treasures.
As a young man, he has strong mechanical inclinations, creating his first space sailboard at an early age.
He sails for sport and tries to help his single mother with her inn, but he dreams of a life of adventure.
When an alien crash-lands one night near the inn, Jim tries to save the
alien, but it is too late.
The alien asks him to watch over a mysterious spherical object and warned him to keep it
away from the Cyborg. With his mechanical abilities, Jim discovers how the spherical object works.
It turns out to be a map to the legendary Treasure Planet, where the late
legendary pirate stashed all of the worldly treasures.
Needless to say, Jim is overjoyed with excitement. He wants to find the treasure to prove that the legend
is true, and to bring back a handful of the riches to help his innkeeper mom make
it through the rough times.
His mom reluctantly agrees, even with coaxing from the trusty Doctor
Doppler. So Doctor Doppler and Jim hire a ship of the their own and set off in search of
the legendary Treasure Planet.
Treasure Planet brings a number of good values to young children: friendship, loyalty, trust, and
courage.
The storyline is strong and coherent, with good character development, but can be a little slow at times.
Morph, a mystical character that can take any shape or form, provides much of the comic relief.
His character supplants the traditional role of talking parrots in pirate movies of yesteryear.
Visually, this modern piece of computer and hand-drawn Disney animation is dazzling in some key scenes.
There are lots of scenes with impressive 3-D flybys. The surround sound mix envelopes the viewers in the excitement and action.
Treasure Planet falls short of the really big Disney feature animated films of the recent past, but it is a worthy film for Disney fans.
Special Features: visual commentary by the
producers and directors; two deleted scenes and an alternate ending;
"RLS Legacy: Virtual 3D Tour and Treasure Hunt" featurette with
Technical Tour, Nautical Tour, and Treasure Hunt; "DisneyPedia: The
Life of a Pirate Revealed" featurette; "Disney's Animation
Magic: Hosted by Roy Disney" featurette; "I'm Still Here (Jim's
Theme)" music video performed by John Rzeznik of The Goo Goo Dolls;
Behind the Scenes with Story, Art Design, The Characters, Animation,
Dimensional Staging, Merging 2D and 3D Worlds, Music, and Release
featurettes; Sneak Peeks of Finding Nimo, Brother Bear, Atlantis:
Milo's Return; Stitch: The Movie; Bionicle; The Lion
King: Special Edition DVD; George of the Jungle 2; Castle in
the Sky
DVD released on 4/29/2003 | Reviewed 4/29/2003
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Associated equipment used in evaluation: Sony
DVP-S7700 reference DVD player, Sony
KP-61V45 61" rear projection TV (4:3 screen aspect ratio), Sony ES STR-V444ES A/V receiver, four
B&W CDM 9NTs as left/right main speakers
and left/right surrounds, B&W CDM CNT center channel speaker, Monster Cable M-series S-Video cable MSV-500, Monster
Cable Interlink LightSpeed 100 (Toslink) optical cable, Monster Cable
Interlink 400 MKII interconnects, Monster Cable
Original speaker cables in bi-wire configuration with Monster Cable twist-on gold-plated banana plug
connectors, Lovan Sovereign T HiFi audio
rack, and Sony MDR-V600 studio monitor headphones. Our home theater equipment was calibrated
with the Video
Essentials DVD.
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2001 and our list of this year's Oscar winners on DVD.
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