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TrueHello Fun premise, good actors, bad writing. This film seemed to have potential at the beginning but it quickly devolves into a trite action film. Ultimately it's very boring.

Brennan Camacho Mostly, the movie is committed to the value of a good time.

Raymond Sierra The film may be flawed, but its message is not.

AaronCapenBanner Fraser Clarke Heston directed his father Charlton Heston, who plays pirate Long John Silver. Christian Bale plays Jim Hawkins, who runs a coastal Inn with his mother, and encounters drunken pirate Billy Bones(played by Oliver Reed) who lets slip that he has a treasure map from Captain Flint's ship. The Inn is attacked by pirate Blind Pew(Christopher Lee, quite menacing) who also wants the map, but is forced back by the authorities, led by Squire Trelawney and Dr. Livesy, who, along with Jim, take to the high seas in pursuit of the treasure, with Long John Silver also aboard, and planning mutiny...Among the best remakes in cinema history, with an outstanding script that brings Robert Louis Stevenson's classic novel to vivid life, along with a sterling cast and lush production that is high adventure of the first order.A classic!

Steven Patterson This is probably the closest adaptation from the novel, slightly marred by a tendency to linger over scenes inspired by iconic illustrations of NC Wyeth and others. The pacing when establishing characters is like a too-slow striptease, especially Billy Bones (Oliver Reed), Blind Pew (Christopher Lee), and John Silver (Charleton Heston). Heston's delivery, like Christian Bale's (as Jack Hawkins) is understated, which removes a little of the fun and all of the mercurial affection established by Robert Newton and Bobby Driscoll in th e1950 version. Both Bale and Heston are just a bit too cold to perform the Tango of a sonless rogue and a fatherless boy, so their path to grudging admiration plays out more like a chess game. I'd rather have Reed and Heston exchange roles, but what's done is done. Lee's vocalizations, usually so plummy, are disappointingly squeaky, a surprising choice for such a sinister role, but his physical acting superb. Julian Glover as Dr Livesey, Richard Johnson as Squire Trelawny and Clive Wood as Captain Smollet all capture their characters, though again, Glover's expressiveness is a tad subtle. The Chieftains...well, certainly there are many points in the film where the strident fiddling is extremely appropriate, but but what's missing is a few melancholy bars and some strains of sober suspense. Surely the Chieftains had a plaintive flute or something that could have done the trick. A bit of thumping drums delightfully prefigures "the Battle" music from Master & Commander, but the gunnery work in the assault on the blockhouse is unconvincing visually, especially the recoil effects and explosions. This is a film that could benefit from a little CGI tinkering, since the special pyrotechnics budget was apparently so frugal. The locations are really quite good, and the Hispaniola looks good on the outside, sometimes appearing to be actually sailing. The interior scenes are a bit too stable and a bit roomier than they should be.

oscar-35 *Spoiler/plot- 1990, A boy and his mother have a country inn on the ocean cliffs. An old sailor moves into the inn and is dying. He befriends the son of the inn keeper with is stories of living on ships. One night a strange blind man arrives and marks the old sailor for death from a pirate brotherhood with the 'Black Spot'. During a cutlass fight, the boy finds a treasure map in the sea chest of the dying sailor. He takes the map to the local authorities that know about it and set up a ship and crew to find the treasure. Once the ship, 'Hispaniola' leaves the port with mostly a secret pirate crew aboard; they arrive at the Treasure Island. The crew takes over the ship and attacks the obedient crew members trying to get the treasure for them. A marooned sailor helps the obedient crew members to find and stow the hidden treasure aboard the ship to go back to England for justice. 'Long' John Silver shows that he is an able conman, pirate, liar, double-crosser, and schemer through this whole treasure hunting experience.*Special Stars- Charlton Heston. Dir: Frasier Heston*Theme- Men will look for treasure even if they suffer for it.*Based on- Robert Louise Stevenson's famous pirate novel*Trivia/location/goofs- TV series remake condensed into a feature film. The "Hispaniola" ship used for the film is actually the "Bounty" a ship originally built for the MGM classic film with Clark Gable and Charles Laughten. The pirate dialog is a joy to hear and understand.*Emotion- A rather good updated version of the Stevenson pirate movie using Mr. Heston's strong leading man charisma and acting talents. This film is a very nice example of Heston's later screen appearances and excellent casting with an authentic West Country English accent and language colloquialisms of the 17th century seamen. Well worth your time and very entertaining.

bryankendallm I have read the book many times and have every version of this classic available. I am a devotee of pirate history as well so I hope to speak with some qualification.This is, without doubt, the finest, richest version of Treasure Island I have ever seen. The director seems to capture the mood of the story and the broad strokes are well directed making for a well told tale. But, the movie is marvelously rich in detail.The ensemble acting is .......with good chemistry. No one actor steps out as a soloist ......as it should be. And the young man acts a lad should.Why, why, oh, why is this not on DVD?