Sweetie is in Southeast Oklahoma tending to business so SuperPizzaBoy and I went to see Race to Witch Mountain. A PG rated Disney movie.
The movie is about a Taxi Driver and two teenage aliens who save the earth by subverting the evil designs of our federal government hot on their trail plus an alienbot programmed to kill the kids. The movie is entertaining as far as it goes and is really not bad. I may have erred by taking SPB as he is only 10 and I think the target market may be more the 14 to 16 year old kids. There was lots of fighting, bombs, violence, etc but it didn’t seem to bother SPB too much.
One thing that annoyed me is that the script included a few GD words. Their use was totally gratuitous and not necessary. I am not not a prude and for adult movies I prefer language to be appropriate and realistic to the settings so if the words are appropriate and natural to the scene then, by all means throw a few in. In a movie that kids are going to see, hold off a little bit!
Anyway, SPB and I enjoyed ourselves and the movie was well done for what it is. I give it 2.5 stars out of 4.
Good to know.
I forgot to call tonight but I was thinking SPB can come over to play Saturday afternoon. Give me a shout!
Brett said he agrees with your review. He and Courtney just got home from seeing it.
I’m with you on the language. It infuriates me for Disney to feel like they NEED to put in foul language in their movies. It’s completely uncalled for. Grrrr!!!