Comwayon A Disappointing Continuation

Roman Sampson One of the most extraordinary films you will see this year. Take that as you want.

Nicole I enjoyed watching this film and would recommend other to give it a try , (as I am) but this movie, although enjoyable to watch due to the better than average acting fails to add anything new to its storyline that is all too familiar to these types of movies.

Hattie I didn’t really have many expectations going into the movie (good or bad), but I actually really enjoyed it. I really liked the characters and the banter between them.

HotToastyRag Even if you've never seen Disney's Treasure Island, I guarantee you're well aware of it. If you've ever seen a pirate movie that was made after 1950 or if you've ever participated in some way on International Talk Like a Pirate Day, you're indirectly paying tribute to Treasure Island, and more particularly, Robert Newton, who is singlehandedly responsible for how we all think of pirates today. Before Robert Newton, there was no "Aarrrr!"This movie really is a must-see, if for no other reason, to honor the "original pirate". If you actually like swashbuckling movies, you have to watch this lush, energetic version. Treasure Island is a very entertaining story about a young boy who unknowingly teams up with a famed pirate, Long John Silver, who's trying to recover a lost treasure on an, well, island. Ironically, Bobby Driscoll, who plays young Jim Hawkins, gives the weakest performance of the movie. The whole time, I kept saying, "Why didn't they get the little boy who played in Oliver Twist?" It turns out, John Howard Davies was Disney's first choice, and he would have made a much more endearing lead. Not only was he a better actor and a cuter kid, but he and Robert Newton had already worked together. Robert Newton is the heart and soul of Treasure Island. It's no wonder he reprised a pirate role every two years afterwards until his death. His perpetually squinting spyglass eye, disheveled cheeks, crazed yet lovable grin, iconic accent, peg-legged limp, and green parrot atop his red coat is one of those performances that, once you watch it, you'll never forget.

Thomas Daniel Hansen I loved it!There is just something about the classic old adventure movies which can't be found today. The colors, the stages and the costumes. It just brings out nostalgia. And the music scores sets the mood perfectly!Saw it first time as a child. My father used to read the book for me. (I was a big fan of pirates).The story by Stevenson is of course pretty great, and the movie remains true to it.I'm not to familiar with the cast (It is the oldest movie on my shelf) but Bobby Driscoll provides a good take on young Jim Hawkins. And I really had a personal favorite in the character of Israel Hands played by Geoffrey Keen. He is perhaps best known for playing the British minister of Defence in many of the James Bond movies. Furthermore I really liked the fact that Capt. Flint only remains mentioned through out the movie by name and actions. It makes his character a lot more terrifying and compelling.(For me it is without comparison the all time most intimidating character who is never shown on the screen. An introduction or flash back scene with an actor playing Flint would completely have destroyed this.) But what really sells this picture and earned it a place among my all time favorites; is Robert Newton.The way he brings the character of Long John Silver to live is breathtaking. You simply can get enough of him! His portrayal of the cunning and ruthless pirate is the definitive best there is! He completely brings the whole setting of the movie up to the next level and aboard a pirate ship and sets sail. Outstanding performance! Not only among pirate portrayals but in general. It burns through the screen. He sets the standard on how to portray (and speak like) a great pirate persona. And so becomes his take on Long John the greatest pirate captain to sail the Seven Seas in movies. (Sorry Depp)And his performance is the reason why it still stands as the, by far, best adaption of the story to the big screen. And perhaps the reason why no really major blockbuster remake have been tried. (My personal favorite to try on the role would be Daniel Day-Lewis. But I can't imagine any actor do better than Newton.) The character of Long John also brought some of my favorite quotes. (Of cause spoken in true pirate tongue) ''Them that die will be the lucky ones!'' shouted at the start of the battle between the mutineers and the men loyal to the squire. And ''Oh, for ten toes!'' shouted when his fellows mutineers flees the battle leaving him behind. I will still rewind more than once to hear those.I really enjoy watching this movie. And I do so once or twice a year. It's a great swashbuckling pirate adventure that shouldn't be feared because of its old age.And it turned out to be an honorable first jump into live action by Disney. (A sequel was made. Rather poor. But nonetheless enjoyable due to Newton's performance in his return to the role as Long John)

Umar Mansoor Bajwa Treasure Island directed by Haskin is indeed commendable even after a lapse of fifty years. It is the first live action film by Disney Productions. The violence is a bit more for Walt Disney level.Robert Newton steals the show in the role of Long John Silver. He has injected the exact amount of guile, treachery, crooked chivalry and maneuvering in the robust character of versatile pirate named Long John Silver. The originality exuding from the acting of Newton far outweighs that of film giants like Orsen Welles in the film version of 1972 or by Charlton Heston in TV adaptation of 1990.The special effects and computer graphics generated in the fiction movies of this ultra advanced age have failed to come up to the austere and vivid standards of this Disney Production half a century ago. Honestly speaking, in its genre, this flick has more entertaining charm and reality than in the Pirates of the Caribbean (2006). Robert Newton as the lame, rugged and craggy natured pirate (Silver) outperforms Johnny Depp as Jack Sparrow (modern day pirate) of The Dead Man's Chest.I would go, even that far to say that Jim Hawkins played by Bobby Discroll consummates better as the young protagonist in comparison with Daniel Radcliffe playing Harry Potter, although Discroll seems younger in 1950 than Radcliffe in J.K. Rowlings children thriller.

Gunn Disney has made the best version of this timeless tale and Robert Newton IS Long John Silver personified. The entire production is excellent. Bobby Driscoll is a fine Jim Hawkins and the rest of the cast is topnotch, cream of crop. Walter Fitzgerald (Squire Trelawney), Denis O'Dea (Dr. Livesy) and Basil Sydney (Captain Smollett) really look their parts and all are excellent as are Long John's swarthy collection of pirates. Geoffrey Wilkinson (Ben Gunn) and Finlay Currie (Capt. Billy Bones) are terrific in smaller roles. Director Byron Haskin does a great job keeping the story rolling and everything else about this film is magnificent. Other versions are nothing to sneeze at, especially the 1934 Wallace Beery, Jackie Cooper version, but Robert Newton is the most perfect pirate ever put on film and that includes Jack Sparrow, Captain Blood and all the rest.