Post by Chalice_Of_Evil on Nov 9, 2019 10:57:55 GMT
Anyone else a fan of this^ movie at all? I used to rent it out on VHS from the local video store all the time when I was young, I enjoyed it that much. I hadn't watched it since we were still using a VCR (which was quite a long time ago).
**spoilers below**
It was so nice to rewatch it again after such a long time. I still remembered a majority of it (and even lines of dialogue from it - especially Sarah Jessica Parker's. I thought she gave a delightfully weird performance. And still the best she's ever looked, I think. She was oddly sexy as Sarah). Bette Midler totally just goes all in with her performance as Winifred, and Kathy Najimy reminded me of my other favourite role she played besides Sister Mary Patrick from Sister Act (1992).
I even liked the three kids in this (and usually kids annoy me in shows/movies). Thora Birch managed to keep Dani likeable enough, and I always liked that Allison wasn't just a useless 'love interest' type of character for Max. She was actually pretty smart/helpful (except for when she opened the spell book - but at least her heart was in the right place, trying to help Binx). Speaking of Max, he was alright as the male lead. Could be a bit annoying at times, but there was actually some character growth there, as he sacrificed his life for his sister's and we saw him take the blame when Binx got squashed by the bus the witches were in (with Sarah driving - scary). Regarding Binx - ever since first watching this movie when I was a kid, I thought the idea of a talking cat was pretty awesome. I think that kick-started my cat obsession at the time. Binx was just so darn likeable. I know we were supposed to be happy for him at the end, when the witches were dead and his spirit was free to reunite with his deceased sister who he'd been cursed to feel guilty over losing for all eternity...but I just couldn't get over the sadness of seeing the dead kitty Binx lying there in the ground (I hope they gave him a proper burial).
I've always remembered the performance of 'I Put A Spell On You' by the witches. It's a fun moment, and the movie has quite a lot of those throughout it. I hear it's gained somewhat of a 'cult following' these days which I wasn't aware of until only recently. I think it's a good fun family movie and I was so glad I got to see it again. Here's hoping Hollywood doesn't try to mess it up. Leave it alone! Or the fans will come after you!
