Have you watched Disney's Swiss Family Robinson movie (1960)?

I have watched it and wondered about certain things but liked it better on a repeat viewing. BTW the snake was real and frightening to the actors. No CGI animals.

I remember seeing some version of Swiss Family Robinson as a kid in the 70s. It might have been the version with Martin Milner.

I watched it as a kid and enjoyed it. I loved that house they built, and got to visit a replica of it in Disneyworld back in the summer of '96. You can imagine how sad I was when they repurposed it as the "Tarzan Treehouse" in the early 2000s after the Tarzan film came out.

Unfortunately, there were some parts of the film I didn't like. Fritz always annoyed me because he was always getting into trouble and wanting to turn every animal in the jungle into his pet, even if such animals were far too dangerous and wild. It was also annoying to see the two oldest brothers fighting over Roberta (hated her short hair, but there was no helping that, due to her disguise her grandpa made her put on), when it was pretty clear Roberta preferred the oldest, most attractive brother over the dumber, younger one.

The film balances itself out, though, because it was fun seeing an 18th century Swiss family building a home on a tropical island, all the fun animals, and fighting pirates. It certainly was more fun to watch than trying to read the book. I attempted it once and fell asleep on just the first chapter.

I loved this movie as a kid. Haven't seen it since the early 1970s. I'd be curious to see if nostalgia can hold it up.

Sometimes I'll watch a movie from my childhood and wonder why I loved it. Movies are a product of their time. Some hold up, some don't.

I think it's dumb Disney puts a warning label of "harmful Stereotypes" on this movie on Disney Plus. It's still enjoyable and a lot of fun.

I was a good girl and also posted the link to this thread under the actual movie's page. I'll do that with the Elephant Man, too, to boost the traffic on the specific movie pages. I do like posting these threads in General Discussion though, to get higher volume and immediate responses.