Treasure Island (1990) [VHS]
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VHS Movie Reviews of Treasure Island (1990) [VHS]
Movie Review: Just one thing
Summary: 5 Stars
I just want to say that it's RIDICULOUS this movie isn't on DVD yet. Enough said.Movie Review: Stunning adaptation of a classic adventure tale
Summary: 5 Stars
Movies rarely live up to the book they were based on. This one breaks that rule by being exceptionally faithful to the book (down to quoting many lines of dialogue right out of the book). The acting brings out the essense of some truly memorable characters (Charlton Heston, like Johnny Depp in Pirates of the Carribean, should have won an Oscar for this but I guess Hollywood has something against pirates). The props, clothing, and music add to the atmosphere beautifully. If I have any complaint, I would wish that it was a little longer.
This movie tops my list of titles that are long overdue to come out on DVD.
Movie Review: stellar cast, fabulous adventure
Summary: 5 Stars
A terrific telling of Robert Louis Stevenson's adventure, Christian Bale as the young Jim Hawkins and Charlton Heston as Long John Silver are both superb, and head a great cast: Richard Johnson, Oliver Reed, Clive Wood, and Julian Glover among the many actors that bring the story to life. Filmed in Jamaica, as well as the Hispaniola, a beauty of a ship, the scenery and cinematography by Robert Steadman are marvelous.The soundtrack is by Paddy Moloney and performed by The Cheiftains, and is also very effective.
Christian Bale, so moving two years earlier in "Empire of the Sun", is here courageous and strong; only fourteen at the time this was made, he is quite remarkable, and Heston does a turn as the bad guy, and is sensational as old wily Silver, saying things like "I'll have yer liver for breakfast !".
Director Fraser Heston, who made his cinematic debut as the infant Moses in the 1956 "The Ten Commandments" his father starred in, keeps the pacing fast and though there are a lot of sword fights and shooting, it is mostly sound effects and there is very little in the way of gore, making the film suitable for children. The dialect of the sailors sounds foreign at first, but one soon gets used to it.
Originally made for television, this is rousing, exceptional story-telling, that will keep one's interest for numerous viewings.
Total running time is 132 minutes.
Movie Review: Shiver TNT's timbers unless they issue the DVD right smart!
Summary: 5 Stars
Brilliant, wonderful adaptation of R. L. Stevenson's classic seafaring tale -- this is beyond doubt THE best pirate film to have yet been made. Bar none. If you don't clap this one to your heart, ye be a false-sworn landlubber, by thunder, and here's my affydavy on that!Movie Review: Treasure Island
Summary: 4 Stars
The movie is excellent, what's left of it, that is. The original cable TV production went on for several more hours than the VHS tape does. A good bit of footage of the more eccentric characters (Blind Pew, Black Dog, Squire Trelawney), and an unconscionable amount of the Chieftains' music, got lopped so that the cut would fit onto a two-hour VHS tape. I, personally, would pay to see the original full-length film on DVD. Whether TNT will be offering this any time soon is moot.All that said, the scurrilous lot of pirates, headed by an especially effective Charlton Heston as Long John Silver, is all that could be hoped for, even if you rehearse for National Talk Like a Pirate Day (Sept. 19) all year.
The good guys are pretty well-played, too, especially the Squire, Captain Smollett, and Dr. Livesey. I'd have given this a 5 if it weren't so short, and a 10 for the original on DVD, by thunder!