So as my son gets older I find myself wanting to
introduce him to the films I found to be magical experiences when I was a boy.
And so he’s seen the Star Wars
trilogy and E.T.
and The Wizard of Oz. But there’s one
that I loved that was perhaps less well-known, certainly less popular compared
to those blockbuster classics. Disney’s live action adventure Swiss Family Robinson won’t be making
anyone’s list of the greatest films, but boy is it fun!
This movie has everything: a shipwreck; exotic locations;
a menagerie of incredible animals; pirates; guns; coconut bombs; and the
coolest fucking treehouse you’ve ever seen. That treehouse is so awesome, so
wondrous that it became a beloved attraction at both Disneyland and The Magic
Kingdom theme parks.
