The Three Investigators and the Secret Of Skeleton Island [DVD]

When is this coming out in Region 1 dvd??? Haven't we waited long enough? Oh and while you're at it, release Terror Castle as well! The better of the two, though I enjoyed them both. If you're a fan, please join my facebook page at [...]The movie gets started right away with a little suspense/action sequence in an elevator shaft that leads into another scene where the Investigators solve a mystery and introduce themselves. The title sequence then rolls and introduces the characters and then shortly after we're off to Skeleton Island. The story has very little to do with the book but I found it enjoyable, maybe because I hadn't read Skeleton Island since I was a kid. It had some fun "Indiana Jones" type action sequences, though I thought the movie could of used some more suspense and a little more action too. There were a couple small laughs and some fun *winks* referencing previous books for the fans that I thought were cool. They should of done a little more with that, but I thought it was great. The story was easy to follow and had some nice exotic locations. Though all the kid actors didn't quite fit the book descriptions, I thought they did a great job.The movie cost about $17 million U.S. dollars to make, but I couldn't find out any box office numbers to see how the film did overall. They have made a second film based on Terror Castle but I know that this was a planned trilogy so I'm not sure if production was already under way before the first movie came out or not.Overall I found the movie very enjoyable. If you're a diehard of the books you might find it less so, but if you just have fond memories of the books and haven't read them or even remember them much, I think you'll like this movie.

I use to read these books when I was young and quickly became obsessed with the adventures of The Three Investigators. I stumbled upon this video and watched it expecting it to be as good as the books. Now, if I were to rate this movie in comparison with the books, then I must rate it a lot lower. However, to be fair, no movie is near as good as its written counterpart... am I right? Putting the movie into a more proper perspective, I imagined how I might have reacted if I were a kid again. I then had to reconsider my adult critique and realized a more justified approach.

Great family movie; my kids are 9, 12, and 15 and all of them enjoyed this! It was very clean and the acting/effects were pretty good compared to many kid/family movies. We also watched the second movie in this series which they enjoyed even more. They all agreed that both had the right amount of action and suspense without actually being scary. If they finish with a third, we will gladly watch that together as well!

At first I was expecting this to simply be a little kids movie, but as it went along I was more and more intrigued by the characters and their talent and wit/cleverness.Chancellor Miller plays Jupiter in an enjoyable story of three boys who love investigating and finding answers to the unanswerable. Jupiter's ingenuity is much greater than anticipated and was actually fun to watch for a person who is used to the best in detective shows and films. The two boys who back him, Pete and Bob, are entertaining and pleasant enough. Pete acts as the cautionary one who is always the first in the safe zone, but last into danger. Bob, whom some may recognize from Music Man with Kristen Chenoweth, plays the brainy sidekick. Oddly enough, he finds all his research through books, which is unusual to modern movie goers because all the slueth films today have the nifty computer gadgets. Supposing though that the movie was coming out around 2007 in Europe and 2008 in the US. Being made therefore before 2008, it can be guessed that this was around the time when computers and cell phones were just beginning to be a big thing (iPhones first came out in 2007).A fun and enjoyable watch, great for any young slueths out there who want to sit back and take in an investigation!

I saw this for a VERY good price. After enjoying what I saw,I bought the one about the haunted house too.Blimy! Thunderstorm! Better get off-line and finish this later...as I understand it, this is a German/Disney co-production.Excellent SF/X... sorta like the thunder 'n' lightning, ouside.Later!

I Always Loved The Three Investigators When I Was A Kid. I Love Them Still, Though There Where Some Things That Didn,t Happen In The Book, There Was Alot Of It That Did , I Was So Glad After Years Of Reading These Books I Was Glad Sooooo Glad The Books Are Recognized As Great Plots For Film Status.

It's a good thing to know that there are movies worth buying for the kids and that you don't need disrespect, cockiness or vulgar language to make to work.

If you want to see this movie because you are a fan of the books, DON'T. This movie has almost nothing to do with the book and shows appallingly little respect for the source material.If, however, you are looking for an exciting, fun adventure with lots of twists and surprises, then this is a good movie for you. As long as you can watch it with no expectation of it being a Three Investigators movie, it's not bad.There are some inexplicable moments of stupidity -- who would be dumb enough to attempt to suck snake venom out of a stranger's leg, when there is no sign of a wound? Apparently, she thinks she can suck the venom out by leaving hickeys on smooth, uninjured skin?

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My son loves this and the terror castle film. A level of scary and tension appropriate for a 9/10 yr old he says (he's a gentle child!)! But I'm sure a less sensitive child would be fine from 7/8. Enough humour to keep the tension down. Why only 2 films though? He thoroughly enjoyed watching both and we now have a book waiting to be read...

As a long time fan of the series I wasn't sure what to expect of this movie. But, it was rollicking good fun, and money well spent. I hope they make some more instalments.

Loved the books as a kid. Great family film for boys and girls, we enjoyed it with an 8 and 10 year old-they have since watched it several times. Shame there are only 2 in this series....

Ich beziehe mich bei meiner Rezension hauptsächlich auf die Äußerungen von Christian Dueringer "rockawaybeach", die man in einer anscheinend sehr beliebten Rezension hier nachlesen kann.Grundsätzlich sollte man eins im Hinterkopf haben, wenn man sich diesen Film ansieht: Es ist ein Kinder- bzw. Jugendfilm. KEIN Film für Anfang-/Mitt-/Enddreißiger, die (wie ich) seit ihrer Kindheit Die Drei Fragezeichen lesen oder hören. Es wäre in diesem Zusammenhang absoluter Quatsch gewesen, den Film in den Achtzigern spielen zu lassen. Das hätten manche vielleicht lustig nostalgisch gefunden aber hey - welches Kind möchte das sehen? Man fragt sich wirklich, was manche Fans (zu denen ich mich eigentlich auch zähle) wollen - wollt ihr in der Tradition so vieler "Ewiggestriger" das alles immer so bleibt wie es ist? Ihr seid nun mal keine Kinder mehr, und falls ihr es im Geiste noch seid, dann Kinder der 70er oder 80er. Wenn die ??? sich nicht im Rahmen eines Kinofilms anpassen, wie wollt ihr dann bitte Kinder von heute dazu bringen die Hörspiele zu hören geschweige denn die Bücher in die Hand zu nehmen? Ist euch Authentizität lieber als der Weiterbestand der Serie?Zum Thema "Action": Die gibt es auch zu Genüge in den ??? Büchern. Auch da gibt es Verfolgungsjagden a la James Bond und manchmal sogar ein explodierendes Auto.Einziger Störfaktor ist Huguenay, der leider wirklich vom Gentleman-Gangster zum Brutalo wurde.Fazit: Ein guter Film, wenn man die Zielgruppe im Hinterkopf hat. Und wenn er nur eine Handvoll neue ??? Fans zur Folge hat, dann ist er ein Erfolg. :)