A Yeti Adventure AKA The Yeti Adventures AKA Mission Kathmandu: The Adventures of Nelly & Simon

A Yeti Adventure AKA The Yeti Adventures AKA Mission Kathmandu: The Adventures of Nelly & Simon

10e Ave

5 October 2017

Children's, Animation, Historical  Comedy, Adventure?

DVD
C-

The story has potential, but the animation and the dialogue are disappointing.  Pierre Greco and Nancy Florence Savard co-directed, and Greco co-wrote with somebody else.

Treasure Planet

Treasure Planet

Disney

November 27, 2002

Children's, Animation, Sci-Fi, Adventure

DVD
D+

Setting Robert Louis Stevenson's Treasure Island in space makes it much less interesting, but it was nice to hear David Hyde Pierce do voicework.  Ron Clements and John Musker co-directed, and co-wrote with others.

The Treasure of the Sierra Madre

The Treasure of the Sierra Madre

Warner Bros.

January 24, 1948

Adventure?

DVD
D+

The setting, including location shooting, is more interesting than the plot or characters.  Director John Huston adapted B. Traven's novel.

Nim's Island

Nim's Island

Walden Media etc.

April 4, 2008

Children's, Adventure, Comedy
DVD
C-

I could see kids really liking this, but as an adult I was too distracted by things like how they got such good Internet reception on a remote South Pacific island, especially back then.  This is based on the novel by Wendy Orr and co-directed by Jennifer Flackett and Mark Levin.

The Jungle Book (2016)

The Jungle Book (2016)

Disney

April 15, 2016

Children's, Fantasy, Adventure

DVD
D+

I don't think it's just that I grew up on the '60s "Bare Necessities" version that made this a little dull for me.  Jon Favreau directed, thirteen years after Elf.

Desert Command

Desert Command

Mascot Pictures

1946

Adventure

DVD
D+

Re-editing of the 1933 serial The Three Musketeers, which updates Dumas to the French Foreign Legion.  Colbert Clark and Armand Schaefer co-directed.

Homeward Bound: The Incredible Journey

Homeward Bound: The Incredible Journey

Disney

February 12, 1993

Adventure, Dramedy, Children's

DVD

D+

I read the Sheila Burnford book many, many years ago (maybe as a kid), but I found this adaptation cheesy and unfunny, especially Fox's voiceover.  Duwayne Dunham directed.

Duma

Duma
Warner Bros.
April 22, 2005
Children's, Adventure
DVD
C+

Too much boy, not enough cheetah.  This is based on How It Was with Dooms, written by Carol Cawthra Hopcraft and Xan Hopcraft.  Carroll Ballard directed, twenty-six years after The Black Stallion.