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To: HamiltonJay
Treasure Planet, like nearly ever film from Disney post Lion King was largely forgettable. Yes, some of the visuals in that film were nice, but the story, the premise, the execution was thoroughly forgetable.

You can't very well blame the story on Disney; it was a direct adaptation of Robert Louis Stevenson's novel, which was and remains a classic. If you don't like the animation, you're welcome to your opinion of course. For my part, I particularly enjoyed:

* The scenes in which the cyborg was using his mechanical appendages to help him cook.

* The opening sequence in which Jim Hawkins is riding his pseudo-windsurfing board.

* The scenes in which Captain Amelia jumps from spar to spar to personally inspect her ship's rigging (not to mention Emma Thompson's execution of the voice work).

* The entire premise of adapting the visuals of wind-powered vessels to a high-tech spacefaring universe.

Though I agree with you on the other films you list (at least, the few that I have seen), I persist in my opinion that Treasure Planet was good art.

20 posted on 07/02/2012 7:23:45 AM PDT by Oberon (Big Brutha Be Watchin'.)
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To: Oberon

There is a huge difference between visually stunning and a good movie.

Cars 2 was amazingly visually stunning, but a horribly average at best film overall.

I agree with you that Treasure Planet had some amazing visuals, but it wasn’t a great film, it was mostly forgettable, which is why you can find it in the discount rack and playing on disney jr for free 3 or 4 times a month.


27 posted on 07/02/2012 7:48:28 AM PDT by HamiltonJay
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