Wednesday, January 1, 2014

"Escape to Witch Mountain" (1975)

Rewatched this childhood favorite.  Thoroughly enjoyed it.

How come they don't make more movie plots like this?  I couldn't imagine anything better--little bit of humor, but not stupid comedy.  Characters unique and different--personable yet each has stuff they can or can't do, stuff they know about themselves, or are figuring out as they go.  Touch of imaginative sci-fi.  And the tone of the whole thing isn't dark and depressing.  No murderous alien races or world stomping terrorist groups.  In fact, no one gets hurt--not even the "bad guys".  Simple plot, just a touch of mystery without being too complicated; yet, enough complexity of dialogue and background to avoid being shallow.

How come they don't make more movies like this?

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