For anyone who is interested, this is happening tonight:
https://people.com/tv/freeform-hocus-pocus-25th-anniversary-special/
I intend to watch it. Should be fun!
This is not exactly what I thought it would be.
shareCouldn't even make it through 45 minutes. Thought it was terrible. Cant wait until the Ladybugs reunion. Hoepfully they get Jackee to host.
shareYeah, I didn't like it.
I'm not sure exactly what I was expecting, but I know I didn't expect what they gave us. It just wasn't fun.
I was actually a little bit surprised that it was aimed at older fans who grew up with it instead of younger folk who are within the original target age range, but I guess it makes sense since it an anniversary celebration. I didn't think that was good or bad but it did surprise me.
My wife got through about 20 minutes and flipped the station. Telling since she's a huge fan of this film.
I think a one hour documentary with just the cast and crew would be far better. The whole drag queen costume party type theme is off-putting, and it wouldn't surprise me if there weren't a drag queen as one of the witches..
Yeah, exactly, the whole tone and feel of the thing was, as you say, off putting. It just didn't feel right.
A documentary would've been cool. I do like the idea of there being some live element as well, but not what they gave us.
The funny thing is that, while I can't point to any single thing that wasn't especially non-family friendly, there was something about it that didn't FEEL family friendly.
I dunno. It was dumb and seems like a wasted opportunity to give fans something memorable.
I haven't seen the film (which I'm watching soon) or the special but it sounds like the special was trying too hard to be funny.
shareIf you enjoy family movies, then you should definitely check out the film. It's a lot of fun.
As for the special, in my opinion, the whole thing was just weird. Like I said earlier, the tone felt off and there was also just a lot of shit that I couldn't care less about, like various musical acts that performed.
There were a lot of people in the crowd though, and everyone seemed to be having fun, so it's whatever I guess.
Glad to get a second opinion that the film is fun. One of my friends is real gung-ho about it, quite the super fan. Been recommending it for some time, haha! I'll let you know my impression on it after watching it. Cheers!
shareAwesome! Well Halloween is fast approaching, so definitely watch it sooner than later!
I will be interested in hearing your thoughts.
It was nice to see some of the main cast, I’ll tell you that much.
But as for this being aimed at older fans, I think it was only appropriate dedicating it to the age group that basically made this movie a Halloween classic.
Anyway, gonna catch it on the big screen tomorrow. That’ll be fun and cool!