L'Île aux trésors

One of those films that almost had me walking out of the cinema before the end. It's the most ridiculous hodgepodge of nonsense except is not even funny. 'Short' John Silver is an unfunny joke, Jim is dull and dimwitted, La Baronne is another unfunny joke though at least - and of course - she's beautiful. The heaving of her boobs alone is enough to make you seasick but vomiting you will be anyway if you waste your time and money on this - one of the laziest, most unimaginative, tedious pile of rubbish I have ever had the misfortune to come across. I knew it was French thus I imagined it wouldn't be any good - I have adored the novel since my childhood and I have to investigate anything remotely connected with it. However never did I expect such enormous nonsense. Honestly, I wanted to ask for my money back. Stay well clear....

I Hate This Movie! This is a mockery, outrageously dull, absolutely awful, rape of Stevenson's masterpiece. The script of this $#1T has NOTHING to do with the book, except for the names of the characters and the Jolly Roger. Jim Hawkins is some mentally challenged sucker, Dr. Livesey is some drunk idiot who even God doesn't know why CUTS OFF LONG JOHN SILVER'S LEG AT THE BEGINNING OF THE MOVIE!!! WHAT THE F**K, MAN!!! Not only that, but there is also a slutty poker-playing homicidal psycho bitch countess, a big bad black GAY of a pirate and I assure you - it's not funny, it's PATHETIC! For the sake of your sanity, avoid this movie at all costs!

I recall reading the book and maybe seeing some movies as a young lad... and I recall that I wasn't very absorbed by the story. It always felt kind of serious and boring.

Later on I've developed some admittedly geeky habits and "cultural preferences" if you will... Now that I've settled down, with my forehead boldly approaching the back of my head, and with my little kids fighting for my attention during the evening when I'm back from work, I've stopped even pretending interest in hoher Kultur. In the precious little free time that I have to relax, between the moment my kids (finally!) fall asleep and before I myself shut down for the day, I tend to like *simple* movies that are fun to watch, aren't complex, don't present conflict... but somehow aren't boring to the geek in me. Fairly tales for the boy who's never grown up. I don't mind an absurd black-humoured gag or two - at my age I know how that compares to reality.

I have to say that I liked this piece. It was the right action brainwash, matching my tastes. It kept me waiting with a smile for the next funny twist, for another gag around the corner... and I don't mind the anticlimactic ending. Probably because of me living this side of the pond.

Even during the scenes of sometimes absurd violence, the movie didn't feel insulting to me. I don't like torture porn thrillers, generally I don't like movies where women and especially *children* are being hurt. This movie is none of that. This is a well-cast comedy with a pinch or two of tongue-in-cheek bloody violence... Even the homosexual twist is presented in a very civilian, non-homophobic way. It makes you smile in surprise, but it's in no way insulting. Iconoclastic? Maybe... Well there you have it - I like much of what the Monty Python's had to say in their day... I liked the acting performance of the teenage Jim Hawkins (flat as he might seem) and especially the Dr.Livesey seemed rather persuasive to me, in all the bizarre situations :-)

To me, the movie was good fun.

Based on the work, but with some adaptations, such as Evangeline Trelawney, which does not exist in the book, and exerts a great influence on the book's script, the production is good, weak script, uninteresting plot, the opening scene, of the captain's leg being closed , gave me the false impression that we would have a good one, aware that it would not be faithful to the original work, I found it rather boring and boring...