| UltimateDisney.com's
Top 30 Live Action Disney Movies Countdown 21.  (1950) |
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| As a youngin', I was enchanted with Pirate lore - Hook
was my favorite movie character, Pirates of the
Caribbean was my favorite ride, and Treasure Island
was my favorite book. My obession with the book
transferred over to Walt Disney's screen rendition the
first time I saw it, and from that point on, every
Saturday afternoon I'd pop in the VHS, put on my
pirate hat, and watch the movie. It was exciting and
scary at the same time - but all of it was fun.
Today, it serves as a great piece of nostalgia for me
and an enjoyable escape for an hour or so. -Jack Seiley What I like best about Treasure Island (1950), first of all,
is the fact that it is the first of the purely live action Disney films.
The films that came earlier, while qualifying for your criteria for this
Countdown, had a good deal or at least signigicant segments that were fully
animated. Treasure Island proved that Walt Disney was capable of
branching out from being just a cartoon house. In the context of the
history of Walt Disney Pictures, that alone would qualify the film as one of
the top 20 for me.
However, it also happens to be a very entertaining movie. Long
John Silver and his band of pirates clearly left a lasting impression - and
no doubt lent a lot of inspiration to those imagineers who later developed
the "Pirates of the Caribbean" amusement ride. Great color; exotic
locations; great music and a great cast - all of these became hallmarks of
the Disney style of entertainment that we love, and they all started right
here.
Treasure Island is one of those movies that instantly grabbed my attention as a child. Everything about it just seemed so amazing--the search for
treasure, pirates, betrayals, and more. It's hard to make a movie live up
to the potential of a book, but that's exactly what Disney managed to do
here. A classic that's aged well, people who fell in love with Pirates of
the Caribbean should do well to see Disney's earlier live-action pirate movie. Truthfully its been many years since I've seen the film,but I just have some cherished childhood memories of watching it MANY times. Disney needs to release a cool Vault Disney version of the film instead of the current version. |
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