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| Treasure Island : 3 of 5 | |
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11.29.2003
5:29 PM | Link |
 I think I may have seen Treasure Island before, but it was fun to watch it again on DVD. This was Disney's first live action movie, and it's a pretty good one, but it definitely requires that you get used to the extreme over-acting (I think that was just the norm during the time). Long John Silver is especially good, twitching his eye and spouting a hundred pirate cliches per minute (of course, this story is probably where most of those cliches came from). There's no peg leg - just a missing leg, which I think it more dramatic as he hobbles around on his crutch. Bobby Driscol as young Jim Hawkins is pretty awful, in my opinion. He was a big Mickey Mouse Club star, but his acting is just bizarre, especially the way his emotions turn off and on, which makes his relationship with Silver seem totally unbelievable. He does this weird brow-scrunching thing, too. Anyway, it's a wonderful, classic story that makes a nice evening of DVD adventure!
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