A little boy named Jim Hawkins wants his mother to read him a bedtime story. It’s about pirates, ships, and adventures. But his mom wants him to go to bed. Regardless of that, though, Jim continues to read the book under his bed covers.

Twelve years later, Jim is having an adventure around his area. Unfortunately, he gets into trouble.

This stresses his mother out. Her husband, and Jim’s father, left a while ago, and never returned.

An anthropomorphic dog-like astronomer named Dr. Delbert Doppler tries to help both Jim and his mom. However, a spaceship crashes into their home. But it was on purpose thanks to this alien pirate, Billy Bones.

After warning them about a cyborg, the rest of the pirates attack the Hawkins’ home until it’s completely destroyed. Luckily, Dr. Doppler accommodates Jim and his mom in his house.

While there, everyone finds out that the sphere reveals a holographic star map. It leads to the location of the legendary Treasure Planet.

But because of all the trouble Jim has gotten into, his mom is hesitant to let him go find the treasure. However, Dr. Doppler says that he will accompany him and make sure he’s out of trouble at all times.

Jim and Dr. Doppler climb aboard the ship and meet the crew, including Mr. Arrow, whom Dr. Doppler mistakes as captain. But the captain is a cat-like woman named Amelia. She is strong, but not exactly the most understanding.

She sees little to no potential with Jim being on board. So, she assigns him to assist the cook, Silver.

Of course, Jim does not enjoy that. He ends up cleaning day in and day out. And Silver keeps watching him, making him more uncomfortable.

Silver also has a little magical pet called Morph. Morph is a pink blob that can take the form of anybody or anything—including Jim.

Regardless of their not-so-ideal relationship, after some time, Jim and Silver work together to the point where they reconcile. They are now close like a father and son.

Unfortunately, there is a supernova devolving into a black hole. Jim is responsible for securing everyone’s lifelines.

However, this creepy arachnid guy, Scroop, decides to cut Arrow’s lifeline and throw Arrow overboard. Even worse, he acts all innocent and blames Jim for not being careful enough.

Jim is confused because he remembers securing the lifelines perfectly. But then he takes the blame and gets upset. Luckily, Silver comforts him.

Despite his and Silver’s changed relationship, though, Jim finds out that Silver leads all the pirates—including the bad ones. He tries to attack everybody and sees Silver as an enemy.

Later, Jim, Dr. Doppler, and Captain Amelia get separated from the ship and end up on Treasure Planet prematurely. They also meet this friendly, but not-very-bright robot called B.E.N., who helps them look for the treasure.

However, the evil pirates and Silver cause trouble and capture Dr. Doppler and Captain Amelia, who has gotten weaker.

Stakes rise as Jim has to make lots of difficult decisions.

Even though this film is underrated and kind of forgotten, I ended up enjoying it a lot. Aside from the fast pacing, the tension levels were high, the adventures were intense, and characters were memorable.

That being said, I will admit that Silver’s characterization was too inconsistent. He started out unlikeable, likable, unlikable, and back to being good. I’m not going to spoil the ending. But I thought it was sloppy for his sides to change too much. He should have either stayed good after reciprocating with Jim or remained evil after betraying him. I almost thought that he pretended to be kind to Jim.

On the bright side, I liked seeing him comfort him after Arrow died. In addition from Silver, I also found Dr. Doppler to be memorable. And he remained a good guy throughout the story, despite how he only had some screentime.

Jim, the main character, was developed how a hero should be: brave, flawed, nice, and determined. I also admired B.E.N., in spite of his minor role.

The worldbuilding was strong, as well. This is one of those Disney films that incorporated science fiction elements, such as fictional planets, robots, and aliens. It also required some scientific knowledge, like mapmaking.

Like any good movie, there were a lot of twists and turns, including a romantic relationship. See the film to find out who falls in love with whom.

Overall, I enjoyed Treasure Planet. It was a fun watch that people of all ages could see.

I give it 4.5 out of 5 stars.