When I say there are so many flaws, I am not alluding to the special effects within the film. They did rather well for the time this film came out. No, my statement is regarding things that occur within the story as there are just some things that make one scratch their head. That does not include the strange obsession with dogs this film has that makes it out like dogs are going to play a huge part in the film as they are within the opening credits and the two kids keep talking about them and then they are not really all that important to the story at all.
The story has two orphan kids who do not know who their real parents are being brought to a orphanage because their foster mother and father died. The girl is prone to flashbacks, so much so, that you will get sick of seeing them. Both share strange psychic abilities and telekinetic abilities. They soon are taken to a mansion where a businessman wishes to exploit their powers and in return he will give them everything they want. Strangely they don't want to and so they must try to get to Witch Mountain!
So many things make one go, "Huh?" as an adult that we would have just ignored as a child. Why does none of their real relatives track them down? They should easily be able to find the kids as their powers are greater. What are the odds of the kids helping the one man who works for a person who is wanting to enlist people with psychic powers? Why bother chasing the kids in the first place, as they do not want to help and as their powers grow they will only become more uncontrollable and you have the end of Firestarter!
So the film has its moments, but the plot is all out of whack, too much for me as an adult to ignore. The film has Eddie Albert who looks like he is 80 in this film, but would go on to live well into the 2000's and it also has Donald Pleasance who turned up in quite a few movies back in the day. There are some humorous moments and one creepy one as the boy makes puppets come to life...
The story has two orphan kids who do not know who their real parents are being brought to a orphanage because their foster mother and father died. The girl is prone to flashbacks, so much so, that you will get sick of seeing them. Both share strange psychic abilities and telekinetic abilities. They soon are taken to a mansion where a businessman wishes to exploit their powers and in return he will give them everything they want. Strangely they don't want to and so they must try to get to Witch Mountain!
So many things make one go, "Huh?" as an adult that we would have just ignored as a child. Why does none of their real relatives track them down? They should easily be able to find the kids as their powers are greater. What are the odds of the kids helping the one man who works for a person who is wanting to enlist people with psychic powers? Why bother chasing the kids in the first place, as they do not want to help and as their powers grow they will only become more uncontrollable and you have the end of Firestarter!
So the film has its moments, but the plot is all out of whack, too much for me as an adult to ignore. The film has Eddie Albert who looks like he is 80 in this film, but would go on to live well into the 2000's and it also has Donald Pleasance who turned up in quite a few movies back in the day. There are some humorous moments and one creepy one as the boy makes puppets come to life...