Hello friends, happy Friday! I hope you’re all doing well. Today I’m diving back into the world of Disney with my Disney Movies project, watching all the movies in chronological order. Today I’m looking back on the early 60s, let’s jump right into it!

The 60s had a total of 52 movies, which took me about 5 months to watch. I’m going to be breaking the 60s up into 3 posts; early, mid, and late 60s.

What I noticed was that the 60s had very few animated films, there were only a handful of them (only 1 in this post), which made me sad. This decade also made me fall in love with Hayley Mills and Fred MacMurray. Also, the focus on dogs was very high in the early 60s. I don’t think I’ve watched so many dog movies. Most of these were hit or misses, sadly more misses than hits, some surprises and I believe, for the most part, these were all new to me. I’ve heard of a bunch of these movies, but never seen them.

Toby Tyler or 10 Weeks With a Circus: For some reason this movie is on Prime and not Disney+. Despite the strange title of this movie, I actually really enjoyed it. I’m not a fan of circus’ but overlooking that this was a good film. It had a lot of heart and feel good moments as well as some goofy moments too. The premise is this young boy, Toby Tyler has an argument with his aunt and uncle and runs away from home to join the circus. Once there, he takes on a multitude of jobs from selling concessions to being in the show. He befriends a chimp named Mr. Stubbs who really moved the plot along. If it wasn’t for Mr. Stubbs, this movie might have been a drag to watch, but he held everything together, causing mayhem, exposing people, all while having great fun. This was fast-paced and never had a dull moment; it was told in a way that kept my attention from start to finish. Every time something new would happen to Toby I was left wondering what would happen. The characters were great because they all weren’t good or bad but morally gray which gave Toby important life lessons to learn. I wanted to hate on some characters but then we’d see a different side to them and I couldn’t hate them, which gave them layers, which were really well done. The friendship between Toby and Mr. Stubbs was cute and wholesome, even if the chimp did some outrageous things throughout (some didn’t seem plausible). Overall, this was just a good feel-good film about a kid joining the circus. It definitely has rewatchability. (1960)

Kidnapped: Another movie that isn’t on Disney+ so finding it is a bit tough. What’s also a bit tough is getting through this. For the most part, I enjoyed this, but I kept losing the plot. While watching I couldn’t figure out who was supposed to be the bad guy in this, was it his uncle or was it the people on the ship with him. This film was based off of Steven Louis Robertson’s novel by the same name where a young man named David Balfour takes a letter from his recently deceased father to the Shaw house. From there he meets his uncle, Ebenezer. The two don’t really get along once David starts to ask questions about the family (having never heard of this uncle). Trouble ensues when Ebenezer tries to accidentally take care of David, then has him kidnapped by a captain of a ship to get rid of him, where David finds most of his time on this ship at sea. The first half of this movie was good and pretty straight forward to follow, but I really started to lose interest once he was forced on the ship. It was adventurous but when you lose the thread of what’s happening, it makes it hard to stay engaged. The characters were interesting, but there wasn’t much about them that made them memorable or easy to distinguish one from the other, especially when it came to the ones on the ship. I wish this had been more exciting to watch, but this just fell into the Disney period pieces that have been done before. (1960)

Pollyanna: This movie really surprised me. I saw that it was over 2 hours long and I thought to myself that it would be a drawn out story… but it wasn’t. The movie barely felt 2 hours, everything just flowed into each other, the pacing was done just right that you never got bored of the story. I think it was so long because of how many townspeople Pollyanna meets – for a small town, there sure are a lot of people. This is the story of Pollyanna being sent to live with her aunt Polly after the death of her parents. Polly is a very rich, but a very mean and lonely woman. Pollyanna is so full of hope and gladness that she tries to spread it to the rest of the town. At first they’re all opposed to her childish ways, but soon start to warm up to it. Her aunt has the town so wrapped around her finger that they’re afraid to do what they want. So when the town wants to host a bazaar, Polly wants nothing to do with it, meaning the rest of the town shouldn’t either, it’s Pollyanna who tries to speak reason to not only her aunt but the rest of the town. I loved the way we got to see the different characters through Pollyanna’s view and how she couldn’t understand what was wrong with these people, always complaining thinking they had nothing to be glad about. The story was so sweet and heartwarming. It was fun to watch these old cranky people become soft and alive because of a young girl and her optimism. It was also nice to see her aunt change for the better by the very end. For the most part, it’s very predictable where the story is going to go, but at the very end when tragedy strikes, I didn’t see that coming, although they did foreshadow it really well. In the end though, this was an enjoyable feel-good movie with high rewatchability. (1960)

The Sign of Zorro: This movie was in black and white which surprised me, but it didn’t take away from my enjoyment of this. After looking it up, this was in black and white because this was taken from the TV show, Zorro from the 50s. I surprised myself in how much I liked this. The deceit and misdirects felt so funny to me (which I think they were made to be). I found myself really invested in the whole story and wondering if Zorro was going to get found out. The whole plot behind the captain knowing who Zorro was but he couldn’t prove it to anyone, you would think that would be annoying to watch, but since we don’t like him, it’s a lot of fun to watch. The premise of this is that De La Vega has returned home to Los Angeles from Spain where the captain plans to become the richest man in California by overtaxing, and imprisoning anyone who speaks against him. De La Vega then goes undercover to learn about the captain’s plans so that he can plot against him. The plots and characters were highly entertaining. I think they made one of the character’s mute in order to give the movie exposition because gosh, did we get a lot of it throughout, which I would be lying if I said didn’t help the plot, because I think it did. I feel like it helped to understand the more complex plots. In the end though, this was a fun, at times, intense film. I would actually watch this again. (1960) 

Jungle Cat: This is the seventh and final movie in Disney’s True-Life Adventure films… thank goodness. I have to say these were getting a little tedious to watch, so I’m glad we’re at the end. This one followed the same pattern as the previous films – real life mixed with (annoying) music and narration. The music in this one felt really obnoxious and loud and it didn’t make this more enticing or exciting to watch. Half the time I wasn’t even listening to the narrator because his scripts have gotten to the point where it’s less about the actual animals and more about personifying them as humans that it doesn’t even feel like a documentary anymore. Anyways, this last one follows a jaguar in the Amazon jungle. We see her live her life; find a mate; raise cubs; hunt for food – all these movies follow this same plot that it makes it feel repetitive. It was cool to watch them in the wild, but again, how much did Disney stage so that it looked real? This one also had a lot of killing. We get it that these big cats have to hunt for food, but we spent what felt like most of the film watching them kill multiple animals; at one point I don’t even think they killed for food but more for sport. This had interesting moments, but otherwise this was just an alright watch from this series. (1960)

Ten Who Dared: This was yet another Western that wasn’t on Disney+. I thought we’d left westerns behind in the 50s, but here we are. This one wasn’t that bad – but it still wasn’t my cup of tea. It wasn’t slow paced because things did move, but it wasn’t fast paced either  so it was kinda a nonchalant journey to this new world. This film was about ten men who dared to go on this journey (hence the title of this). This told the story of a US Army officer, John Powell who was the first to travel down the Colorado River, which was based on true events and a real person. How true the actual journey that was portrayed in this film, I’m not sure but I’m sure they fluffed it up a little. This told the story of their journey and showed them making a map of their expedition. Some of the things they encountered were interesting, some were a little more boring – the dog in this was the true MVP. I feel like he carried the story because that dog went from almost being killed, to saving a man’s life to almost drowning, this dog was everywhere! The ending had me actually guessing if they’d make it to their destination or not. I mean, this is a Disney film so I expect nothing short of a happy ending, but they really had us guessing until the end. In the end, I didn’t hate this, there were some enjoyable moments, but would I watch this again? No, it’s going to end up being one of those Disney films I don’t remember much of, probably. (1960)

Swiss Family Robison: This film started off with a Disney disclaimer – it’s been a while since I’ve seen one. But before I get to the bad stuff, this film was actually enjoyable to watch, it didn’t feel two hours long (for the most part – there were scenes in the middle that I could have done without; mostly the two boys fighting over a girl and all the ways in which they kept using animals in this) and the visuals were really appealing to watch. The plot was easy to follow, it wasn’t always the most interesting, but I didn’t feel bored and it wasn’t a slog to get through. If anything, the pacing to this was just perfect. So this film is about a family who become shipwrecked and find themselves stranded on an island. After realizing they may not make it home, they decide to make the island home. I have to say though, the home they make is something else – like top tier treehouse, I’d want to live there. That aside, this does bring up colonization, since they just start living there, claiming it as theirs without seeing if anyone else has inhabited the island. Even in the end, the father is made governor of the new “colony”. There are also pirates in this, which cool, makes for a good adventure, but I was reading they were made to be Asian, going so far as to paint some of the actors to look Asian, which is so wrong. I also wondered about the animals and if they were real ones that they used to shoot with (they probably were based on the times) and I felt bad for them. So there were things that this film promoted that weren’t great. In the end, despite its faults I thought this was an entertaining adventure film, that could have done better. (1960)

One Hundred and One Dalmatians: I have memories of seeing this, but damn if I actually remembered what the plot of this actually was. I knew that it was about Dalmatian puppies being stolen to make a coat, which is the very basics of the plot, but how we got there I did not remember. For some reason I thought the mother had birthed 101 puppies(!) which was clearly not the case. In the story, Perdy gives birth to 15 puppies. We meet our villain, Cruella  right before Perdy is to give birth because she wants to buy them, knowing her friend Anita can’t afford them. Anita doesn’t want to, and so Cruella must do what she needs to in order to obtain them for her coat… she steals them, along with 84 other Dalmatian puppies. The humans can’t seem to find the lost puppies, so it’s up to the dogs to set out for a rescue. I thought it was cute to watch all the dogs from around the country come together to help find the lost puppies. This was an entertaining and just wholesome movie. The animation is so good because all those dogs looks so cute. It kinda gave me flashbacks of the Aristocats movie that I’ve seen multiple times and that I will get to once the 70s come. I wonder if these two movies shared characters because they looked really familiar. Anyways, this was so much fun – even the wild ways in which Cruella is portrayed, yes it’s waaay over the top, but I think it’s made that way to be funny. It could get annoying, but the fact that they didn’t go overboard on her antics ensured that it was more funny than tiresome. The only thing I thought was strange was the opening scene where we see Pongo and Robert meet Perdy and Anita. It all happened so fast because in the next scene, they’re married. Did we need that establishing scene? I feel like we could have done without the one scene origin story. It just felt like Disney force feeding us holy matrimony down our throats again. We could have started with them all already together. But anyways, aside from that, this movie was fun, adventurous and definitely rewatchable. (1961)

The Absent-Minded Professor: This movie was oddly entertaining, I really didn’t go in with high expectations because from the title alone, it sounded kinda corny. And corny it was, but in a way that had me actually watching it rather than being bored by it. The premise of this is that this professor who’s so fixated on his work, forgets his own wedding… three times. He comes up with this invention call flubber, which allows whatever you attach it to, to bounce or fly. He wants to sell this idea to the government, but people get in his way. I could have done without the whole government plot – that felt a little out of left field to me and just complicated the movie for no reason. Watching this guy invent this thing was fun and seeing what he could do with it was exciting. This was filmed in black and white which surprised me, but I guess the budget for the movie wasn’t high enough. This reminded me of the shaggy dog in a sense, not only because the actors were basically the same, but it had a similar plot with something strange happening and the government becoming involved (for no reason). I liked this one more though, because the plot had less holes and felt more wholesome in a way I just can’t explain. This one has a rewatchability quality to it. (1961)

The Parent Trap: I’ve never seen this nor the remake (shocking I know, especially coming from a kid from the 90s) but I knew going in that this was a classic and that everyone loves it. I understand the hype now because this was such a cute and wholesome movie. These two girls, Sharon and Susan notice that they look alike when they go to camp, only to realize that they’re actually twins and play a switcharoo so they can meet their other parent and try and get them back together. (This also had a very similar plot to It Takes Two, which I’ve seen multiple times.) This had the same actress who played Pollyanna and I really liked her in that, and it was no exception that I adored her in this too. She’s comical without trying too hard, which can be rare to see, especially in a kid. The movie took some time for me to get into, the beginning was really slow, but once they realize who they are to each other, it seemed to kick the movie into another gear and the time was flying by. All the mishaps were just enough to keep me engaged without boring me by being overplayed. The romance of it all was also really sweet and felt genuine – although, the whole plot of each parent keeping a kid and basically hiding them from each other is a little whack. I like when Susan tells her mother that makes her feel like a used towel, hilarious, yet a very good simile for the situation. There were a few outdated themes, but they weren’t overtly in your face and the fact that this movie actually talked about divorce (after how many Disney movies kept throwing marriage and its holiness in our faces) felt progressive. There were also a few scenes that were cringeworthy, as the green screens were so obvious. There’s one scene in the car in particular where they cut to actually being in the car on the road… to the car on a green screen and it was such a jarring and drastic change. Aside from that though, I get why people watch this over again because it’s funny and gives you that heartwarming feeling. I could see myself rewatching this. (1961)

Nikki, Wild Dog of the North: First off, this one isn’t on Disney+ and it’s probably for the best because I don’t even know what I watched. This film didn’t know what it wanted to be. It started off like a film, then moved into a more documentary type (although more like mocumentary film), where it would have fit in perfectly with those True-Life Adventure films, ending like one of the period pieces from the 50s. This film was all over the place. We meet the dog, our main character, Nikki, who’s only a puppy, he’s obsessed with this bear cub he’s found so his owner decides to keep it. When the animals get separated from their owner, they have to fend for themselves… while attached to each other. Once they do separate from one another, Nikki needs to figure out how he’s going to survive in the Canadian Rockies. It’s not long before he’s captured by this guy who uses him for dog fighting. It’s this mishmash of things put together to make a story. The whole time I was watching this, I couldn’t care less about what happened to Nikki; they never made this dog feel like we should care. It left me bored and wondering when it would be over… and it was only an hour and 15 minutes long. The way animals were treated in this was gruesome. I’m sure it was to depict real life, but some things were just terrible, especially since this wasn’t a documentary, so all this was set up for a purpose. The odd narration in the middle to tell us what Nikki was doing and thinking is what made this feel right at home with their documentary series. The French they tried to include because it took place in Canada was also weird because they didn’t really speak French they just made these noises that were supposed to sound French and maybe a word here or there. They could have done without that. They could have also done without the Indians too because they were just treated bad and didn’t add anything to the story. Yeah, this film is a no for me – not glad I watched it and won’t be watching it again. (1961)

Greyfriars Bobby: We have another dog movie, but this one was so much better. Based on a real dog named Bobby in Edinburgh (in which there is an actual statue of him you can visit – I’ve been to it! And it’s said if you rub his nose it will bring good luck). When his owner dies the dog does everything in his little power to still be with him by sleeping on his grave. But because Bobby belongs to no one, the police want to take him away because he has no collar or license. The grave-keeper wants him gone, but a restaurant owner and the local children have a soft spot for him. It then becomes this whole court battle about who’s going to own Bobby so that they can keep him in Edinburgh. This was such a charming film; it was heartfelt and just so nice to watch. The only thing about this is that it could be so boring to watch at times. The pacing was so slow and the acting felt like it was in slow motion. For a movie that’s only an hour and a half this dragged. That aside though, although I can understand not getting through this for pacing alone, but the overall story was good and had merit. The dog was also super cute so it was fun to watch him dash around town getting into things. I wouldn’t say this is the most entertaining movie about a a dog, but it’s also not the worst. I don’t think I’d rewatch this one, but I’m glad I saw this once. (1961)

Babes in Toyland: I’m surprised by how much I enjoyed this, given it’s a musical (and I’m not a musical person – I find you either are one or you aren’t). I also found out it’s a Christmas musical, which now makes sense about all the toys and the deadline and how it ended. I didn’t know that going into this movie; that didn’t ruin anything for me, but I might have been slightly less confused by certain plots. The fundamental plot was that Mary is set to marry Tom, but the evil Barnaby wants to marry Mary for himself. He does everything in his power to stop the wedding, from having his goons kidnap Tom, to stealing her sheep; plot after plot this guy won’t give up. Even though this was very predictable and goofy – it was done really well and I can see why children would love this. The antics are silly, they’re over the top to a degree that a child would find hilarious and adults find endearing. I didn’t looove that they broke out into song every five minutes, but that’s what you get in a musical. Some of the songs were a little outdated in their thinking, like the one where she can’t add the sum for all her expenses because it’s too hard was very misogynistic because it basically was saying she needed a man around in order to keep things in check, yuck. But aside from that, this was pretty enjoyable with a lot of lighthearted moments and fun. There were scenes from the forest with the tree people that felt super familiar to me and I can’t explain why because I know I’ve never seen this movie before, or heard of it. Also the scene at the end looked like the workings of what would become the Santa Clause… in 30 years time! Overall, I’m even surprising myself by saying I’d rewatch this because it wasn’t half bad. (1961)

Moon Pilot: First off, this movie isn’t on Disney+ but finding it online is pretty easy. I have to say, I didn’t hate this, but it was totally weird. This was in the era of the US getting ready to send men to the moon. In this film, they had sent a chimp up and because they saw that as a great success they’re ready to send a man to orbit the moon. So they ask for volunteers, but of course no one wants to. Captain Richmond inadvertently volunteers and he’s to keep the mission a secret. Before he leaves, he notices he’s being followed by a woman. I think we’re led to believe that she’s a Russian spy, even if they don’t come out and say it. Turns out she’s a friendly alien from another planet, Beta Lyrae. She’s trying to convince him that she has what he needs to protect his brain from proton rays when he goes out to space. The whole movie is Richmond going back and forth on whether he believes her or not. Like I said, it was really weird, but it was also entertaining. There wasn’t a moment where I wasn’t watching. They filled all the spaces with something and I appreciated that because there have been so many movies in the past that have had too much dead space that I lose interest. I didn’t care for the fact that the commanders were always yelling. I think that was supposed to be a character trait and it was supposed to come off as funny – it came off as more annoying than anything else. The characters all felt like caricatures of people, but I think that’s what they were going for because nothing about this film felt like it was too serious. The plot was wonky, the characters too, which is what made it entertaining. I don’t think I’d watch it again, but I enjoyed that I saw it once. Also, side note but this was one of Sally Fields’ first acting gigs – she’s in it for a split second but I know her voice anywhere. (1962)

Bon Voyage!: Another movie not on Disney+ and I’m not sure why because there wasn’t anything really wrong with it. This film was hella chaotic though; in just the first 20 minutes alone, the family trying to get to the ship was bonkers – it was supposed to be funny, but it was hard to watch them fumble and goof off. It made me anxious to watch it. This film felt like a “what happens in Paris, stays in Paris” kinda deal. The premise of this film is Harry Willard is finally able to take his wife and family on a vacation abroad. They take a ship over to Paris, where romances ensue; like every character has a romance plot, aside from their 12-year-old son, Skipper, who we barely see and I swear this family forgets about most of the time. The two teenage kids strike up a romance, although not very good ones and both end tragically. Then the mother has this creepy admirer and the father has someone interested in him too. It was just an all around strange movie. Amongst all the (what’s supposed to be) funny gags, (but weren’t really) were some tender moments. We’re so used to seeing Fred MacMurray playing the goofy roles, that this one felt more on the serious side as he played the father to these three kids. He did a really good job, like the scene he has with his daughter near the end was actually really beautiful, and super unexpected in a film like this. That’s not to say, he didn’t have goofy parts in this, because he did, but it was a lot more subdued. This movie did not have to be over 2 hours long, it felt a little long winded by the end and the plot didn’t feel like it progressed at all because the characters ended up in the same spot they started in. I think the only thing they learned was the value of family because by the end, the siblings looked like they liked each other, whereas in the start, especially Elliot, they wanted nothing to do with each other. I know I wouldn’t watch this again, but I don’t hate that I watched it the first time, because for the most part it was enjoyable. It’s an American family on a trip to Europe for the first time, from the 1960s, it’s exactly what you’d expect. (1962)

Big Red: Another film that isn’t on Disney+ and we’ve also hit another boring slow movie. I think they tried to add action and adventure but this sorely lacked in both departments. This was more a story of a young boy and his dog than anything else. We first meet the boy, Rene, who’s an orphan; he finds work with this sportsman who wants Rene to train the dog to be a show dog. Unfortunately, all this dog wants to do is run free and has no intentions of being trained. They try to separate the two in order to help train the dog, but when Rene visits the house, the dog does everything in its power to see him… what a mess the dog makes! Not only does he make a mess of the house, but he’s now hurt and can’t be used as a show dog, so they plan to put him down (how ruthless!) That’s when Rene steals the dog to save him and tries one last time to train him to hunt. I feel like kids would like it for the fact that there’s a boy and his dog – it’s not always pretty but the love the two have for each other is wholesome. I just found this rather boring because the pacing felt dragged out, the acting was more so on the wooden side and even the parts that were supposed to be dramatic, felt underwhelming. I would also qualify this film as being a French Canadian movie because, one, it was filmed in Quebec, two, the kid is speaking québécois french… in which only québécois understand, so this felt like a very niche film. Not to say you can’t enjoy it, but this film wasn’t for me. I just found it too slow, too boring, and not really well acted. This felt like a slapped together movie that Disney threw out there after he released some quality movies, just to get something out there. I won’t be rewatching this. I want to say that this film isn’t that bad, but I don’t think adults would enjoy it, maybe children would. (1962)

Almost Angels: This wasn’t a bad movie, but could get really boring because the pacing wasn’t the greatest. I definitely liked moments throughout but as a whole, it dragged with the long choir singing scenes. Those could have been cut down, I really don’t think we needed to listen to whole songs. We as the audience get the point, we understand how important the singing is to the main character, but it’s like, give him his solo, add some of them singing as a choir and cut it and move on to help move things along. This movie follows Tony, a young boy who loves to sing and can sing, so he wants to audition to become part of the Vienna Boys Choir. His father is so apposed to him joining, but somehow his mother convinced him (we’re never told how, it’s just one scene they’re all arguing about it, the next they’re sending him off to the school). From there he’s made into a solo singer (I feel like that term might be wrong) and the current solo singer, Peter is jealous. Tony spends most of the film fighting for his position in this choir but he really does persevere, and that’s why I really liked moments of it because you get these real moments that these boys would feel and act. You get the two boys as rivals, but you also get them as friends as they realize how they can help each other out in ways they didn’t realize themselves, so this film was really beautiful in that sense. I mean the singing was also beautiful, but could have been cut down, like I said. Overall, this was a really nice film on friendship and about singing in the choir, the hard work it takes. (1962)

The Legend of Lobo: I have no idea what I watched; this movie didn’t know if it wanted to be a western or a wolf documentary because it was a bit of both and I all around thought it was boring. Some of the wolf facts were cool, but there was no investment in this what so ever. This film is also only an hour and change so in theory it doesn’t take long to get through, but it sure does feel a lot longer than that in reality. This is about a wolf named Lobo. We see him grow up, and how he grows up and lives, with full on narration (hence the whole documentary feel), and then the plot kinda happens around the middle when Lobo kills and disrupts this cowboy’s cattle. Now there’s a bounty on Lobo’s head. No one can catch this wolf so the price keeps going up. No one could catch him because none of them had any aim, gosh it was so painful to watch these guys try and shoot down the wolf. This wolf was supposed to outsmart everyone, but the people he was outsmarting, weren’t very smart to begin with, so it really wasn’t that hard. Then the ending was super anticlimactic it really made me wonder who this film was for and what was the purpose. It also made me wonder why I even bothered at all because the movie just ends. No conflict resolution, this angry cowboy just lets everything go. I couldn’t understand that; the ending made no sense. Also who’s to say Lobo won’t come back, we learn very early on when he won’t leave any of the other animals alone that he’s a disturber in the worst way possible, so yeah this film made no sense. I almost forgot about the songs, there are quite a few songs in this that I guess are supposed to be entertaining, but it was another form of narration because they just tell us what Lobo is doing. It’s pretty clear that I won’t be watching it again, it’s not on Disney+ so it’s not like it’s readily available – there are way better movies out there about wolves. (1962)

In Search of the Castaways: The title basically tells us all we need to know, but in this adventure movie, Mary Grant, (played by Hayley Mills and as much as I’ve adored her in her two previous Disney roles, this one felt kinda flat, but that could have been the movie as a whole, too.) and her brother Robert are in search for their father, Captain John Grant. When Professor Paganel, a French geographer, finds a message in a bottle, Mary knows it to be the handwriting of her lost father and a clue to his whereabouts. The only question is how are they going to get to where he is. They must then enlist the help of a captain, but that’s easier said than done. Mary takes it upon herself to befriend the captain’s teen son, who then convinces his father to go on this mission, and from there adventures ensue. From earthquakes to tidal waves, being captured by Indians to having their ship raided and stolen there is a lot happening. This movie was ok, I tried to stay engaged with it, but because it was one thing after another I got bored. I could see how kids would find this hilarious and entertaining but watching it as an adult, nothing felt like it made sense and the special effects that they had at the time felt really cheesy and they ended up taking me out of the movie a bit because I got too focused on them. I also felt like I stopped paying attention to the smaller plots, in the end all I wanted to know was if they would find their father. There of course had to be a little romance involved with the two tween characters. It wasn’t exactly needed because you’re so focused on all the other plots happening around you, but I get why it was added because it did move the plot along quickly in the beginning. The actor who played the professor was hilarious. I don’t know if he was doing these funny bits on purpose but he did make the viewing experience that much better. This film isn’t on Disney+ which brings that count up to 19 films in their repertoire (so far) that aren’t on their streaming platform, but finding it online isn’t too hard. I don’t know if I’d watch this again, it was good, but it wasn’t that good. Seeing it the once was enough for me; it had a lot of qualities I like in a movie, but it just didn’t come together in a way that I found entertaining. (1962)

Have you seen any of these movies? Let me know in the comments below!