Witch Mountain
Sep. 12th, 2009 08:01 pm![[personal profile]](https://www.dreamwidth.org/img/silk/identity/user.png){kind=small}
osprey_archerMy dad and I drove out to look for covered bridges this morning, and we saw the best vanity license plate ever
I have to wonder: is the driver a fan of Buffy, Twilight, or Anne Rice?
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I saw Race to Witch Mountain yesterday, which is not exactly a remake and not exactly a sequel to Escape to Witch Mountain, which was probably the most awesome movie Disney made in the seventies. Yes, better than Aristocats, The Rescuers, and Freaky Friday; better even than the animated Robin Hood with the foxes and waterfalls and that awesome archery contest -
Okay, maybe not better than Robin Hood. HOWEVER, I love the original Witch Mountain with an undying love that remains undented by the fact that the child actors are wooden, the special effects are pretty sad even for the seventies, and the plot is kind of bizarre. It transcends all of that; it's about orphan with telepathic powers finding their way home, and it has a good and zany heart.
Race to Witch Mountain, on the other hand, is a bog-standard action movie about car chases, government conspiracies, the vague threat of alien invasion (which probably would have made the author of the original novel tear his hair out) and an assassin bot who looks disturbingly, copyright-infringingly like the Kull Warriors from Stargate. The main character is now a cab driver characterized mainly by bog-standard wisecracks, and the kids (who have become cardboard cutout characters, and speak like robots) have powers that are flashier but, somehow, far less amazing for it.
It's a sad, sad excuse for a companion movie to Escape to Witch Mountain.
I have to wonder: is the driver a fan of Buffy, Twilight, or Anne Rice?
***
I saw Race to Witch Mountain yesterday, which is not exactly a remake and not exactly a sequel to Escape to Witch Mountain, which was probably the most awesome movie Disney made in the seventies. Yes, better than Aristocats, The Rescuers, and Freaky Friday; better even than the animated Robin Hood with the foxes and waterfalls and that awesome archery contest -
Okay, maybe not better than Robin Hood. HOWEVER, I love the original Witch Mountain with an undying love that remains undented by the fact that the child actors are wooden, the special effects are pretty sad even for the seventies, and the plot is kind of bizarre. It transcends all of that; it's about orphan with telepathic powers finding their way home, and it has a good and zany heart.
Race to Witch Mountain, on the other hand, is a bog-standard action movie about car chases, government conspiracies, the vague threat of alien invasion (which probably would have made the author of the original novel tear his hair out) and an assassin bot who looks disturbingly, copyright-infringingly like the Kull Warriors from Stargate. The main character is now a cab driver characterized mainly by bog-standard wisecracks, and the kids (who have become cardboard cutout characters, and speak like robots) have powers that are flashier but, somehow, far less amazing for it.
It's a sad, sad excuse for a companion movie to Escape to Witch Mountain.
