Cubussoli Very very predictable, including the post credit scene !!!

Noutions Good movie, but best of all time? Hardly . . .

Catangro After playing with our expectations, this turns out to be a very different sort of film.

Kinley This movie feels like it was made purely to piss off people who want good shows

berberian00-276-69085 Here is a story I want to tell. Yesterday, a friend of mine vouched that nobody could write a better piracy story than Stevenson's "Treasure Island" - tale of buccaneers and buried gold originally published in 1883. Nope, I replied, I have something at hand that is equally intriguing as plot but remained obscure since publishing date in 1972. You can Google it as "Veseliiat rodzhŭr" but full text is not available online. Plus, it is not written by neither Rafael Sabatini nor Emilio Salgari, etc. that are pioneer storytellers of pirate stories. Author is Georgi Dobrentov and here is resume of plot which I will divide in several subplots for more appropriate understanding.Subplot, part I - It's year 1683, sometime after Restoration, Charles II is reigning. Sir John Richmond, a hereditary aristocrat, is getting married to Lady Jane Crossword. They are going on wedding trip to Le Havre, France. Their small brigantine is shipwrecked near the coast of Spain where they are attacked by Barbary Coast Pirates. The barbarian leader is called Ali ben Jusef ibn Saada or "GreenEye Beast", but this Muslim proves gentleman and didn't kill the crew while only Lady Jane elopes with him under name "Fatima".Subplot, part II - Sir John manages to sail back to Portsmouth, South England, on his dilapidated ship but is furious on his wife's adultery. Since he is very rich, he seek vengeance by means of becoming pirate himself. He gets charter by Charles II which gives him right to liberate criminals from Newgate Prison. He engages 300 person by ransom and boards them on three-masted heavy frigate, a vessel specially built for him. His new crew is detached of scoundrels but that's the only way retribution can come. Names here are Don Pedro Quickdeath, Linden Hallelujah, Richard Artichoke and Black Mike. The first three are faithful to their Master, but commander Black Mike is traitor who works for notorious Caribbean Pirate Dick Dack (aleas Richard Misfit).Subplot, part III - Under Jolly Roger flag, Sir John Bloodthirsty hunts for his adulterous wife. Meanwhile, Muslim pirate Ibn Saada is ambushed first by Dick Dack and then overwhelmed by Sir John and his crew. Before dying Ibn Saada tells him that Lady Jane "Fatima" had further eloped with a Dutchman. When the latter is caught, she is already with a French, then with a Swedish and finally with a Spanish noble that makes the protagonist crisscross the Seven Seas. At last, the Sea Hike has trailed to a desert island in the Caribbean where Pirate Dick Dack has lounged his settlement. The guy alludes to revenge against Sir John and his progenitors because the latter's grandfather had blinded his one eye while Richard Misfit had been working as alchemist at Court. So far, everyone gets ashore where looking for treasures the island explodes into the air and that's it.Epilogue - Some of the Pirates survive the Alchemist plot and live till old age (Pedro Quickdeath, Linden Hallelujah, Richard Artichoke). Lady Jane is seen last with her lover Black Mike and then with a common sailor. Sir John changes his secular name to Saint Augustine and lives till 80 years of age. Now, if you liked my story I will be perfectly glad. And don't forget "Treasure Island" (1990) with Charlton Heston. Watch it!

Steve This version of the classic Treasure Island novel is without a doubt a classic. It is not only the best film based on the Stevenson classic, but it is also the best pirate film ever. What makes it good enough to be given such honors? Listed below from order of most important to least important are some of the reasons. 1. I would say the most important factor would be this: the pirates sounded and looked like real pirates. In a pirate movie, this is the most crucial piece in making the movie worthwhile. If the pirates are not believable, then the movie really seems cheesy and unrealistic. Seriously- take a second to think this to yourself: "What is a pirate?". There is nothing romantic about them. A pirate is nothing more than a rogue on a ship who has turned to a life of crime and murders and loots and spends all day on a ship surrounded by other crude, dirty, vulgar ruffians. It stands to follow then, that they would be dirty, unsightly, muscular, coarse people with ruff voices. This movie did the best job of any pirate movie in portraying them as just that. 2. This movie also had amazing actors. With a cast that includes Charlton Heston, Christian Bale, Oliver Reed, and Christopher Lee, how could the acting not be superb? All the actors, whether in a supporting role or a leading role, were amazing. 3. The script writers nailed the attitudes of all the characters perfectly. When you heard Captain Smollet you could easily find yourself believing that you were hearing a captain from the olden days speaking to you. 4. The props and costumes were excellent. While I was terribly disappointed by many versions of Treasure Island for their bad costumes, this had perfect costumes. 5. The musical score was absolutely incredible. The music (performed by The Chieftains) was not only beautiful, but it fit the mood of every scene perfectly. I would say more, but then I'd need to add a spoiler alert, and since I don't want to do that I'll content myself with giving only that small amount of praise.

ishmael-18 In the same way as Kevin Costner played Robin Hood in the movie with the money, while Patrick Bergin did a far better job in the other Robin movie of the same year (1991), and in the same way that Carrol Read's Oliver! (1968) was a film of Lionel Bart's musical (1960), itself a treatment of David Lean's film Oliver Twist (1948), this Treasure Island fails to match up to the BBC version of 1977, which seems to have inspired it.Imagine the scene; the Hestons viewing the 1977 tape, not a star to be seen, and Charlton lamenting his never yet having played the Sea Cook; surely Junior could write the script - and direct it, no point in letting someone else stick their oar in - and with Charlton's name involved, surely they could get some real stars, and make a much better movie; after all, they'd have more money.And there's the first rub, Oliver Reed never quite gets beyond Oliver Reed (and who decided Billy Bones was a Scot?), Christopher Lee is a shade gratuitous as Pew (did we have to be shown the true horror behind the mask?), and Julian Glover (Livesey), so accomplished as a villain, is a little too much like a villain with nothing bad to do today, than a truly good man. There's lots of star quality, but not much depth.As to the script, it's not bad, though the BBC influence is definitely there, the trouble is that while the BBC adaptor, John Lucarotti had a fine grasp of RLS's pirate idiom, Fraser Heston hasn't.It's forgivable for an American writing UK English to make the mistake, but 'Bugger', Bloody Hell' and 'Bastard' were not common C18 nautical curses, and 'Blighter' is definitely Victorian; Heston's pirates slip into 1940s far too often, and it jars. (And Trelawney habitually drinking tea; where did that come from? Is it just to underline that this story happens in England not America?) Having said all that, Christian Bale is extremely good as Jim, and Heston's Silver is all it should be (the pity is that we just don't see enough of him), Michael Halsey is splendidly nasty as Israel, Stephen Mackintosh does a highly effective cameo as Dick, and John Benfield is a really scary and violent Black Dog.It's not a bad film by any means, just not nearly as good as it should have been.

ewilgus I am a life-long fan of the book. This film captures wonderfully the book's spirit (Adventure!). Prior to this film, I had always disliked Charlton Heston for his pompous saintliness. In this film, however, as a villain, he is a WONDERFUL villain - refreshingly non-stereotypical, and a good translator of the author's ambiguous character (the amoral ship's cook). And Israel Hands, the quintessential pirate-up-the-mast, with his, " Ahhh, Jim, you didn't keep your powder dry!" lends a great flavor to the translation. Mr. Bale, as the hero, has good substance, though older than the original character. After thinking about this film for years - both my thumbs up.