First of all, I would not consider this a remake of either of the earlier movies Escape to and Return From Witch Mountain.
I would consider this movie closer to the Close Encounters of the Third Kind (the one where everyone was making mountains out of whatever they had handy and ended up going to the actual mountain where a secret government operation was going on to actually attempt to communicate with the aliens, in which they somehow succeeded.
In the original movies, Witch Mountain was a place where the aliens parked their spaceships (or lived) and has nothing to do with the government at all. I also felt that the title was misleading as well.
I do feel that this movie would have gone off better as a sequel to the original two movies other than a remake attempt. It should have stayed along the lines of the originals
I also think that a good story line would of been that Tony and Tia (or Anthony & Tina) have grown up and get married and have kids of their own. While taking their kids to visit Earth something happens to their parents, then the two kids find out that they have powers and have to get help from someone to get them back to Witch Mountain to get help to rescue their parents. Something along the lines of the original movies with some variations to avoid being an exact copy of the originals.
In conclusion, from the Witch Mountain perspective, it doesn't even come close to the original movies, however, from the Close Encounters perspective, the movie wasn't half bad
I would consider this movie closer to the Close Encounters of the Third Kind (the one where everyone was making mountains out of whatever they had handy and ended up going to the actual mountain where a secret government operation was going on to actually attempt to communicate with the aliens, in which they somehow succeeded.
In the original movies, Witch Mountain was a place where the aliens parked their spaceships (or lived) and has nothing to do with the government at all. I also felt that the title was misleading as well.
I do feel that this movie would have gone off better as a sequel to the original two movies other than a remake attempt. It should have stayed along the lines of the originals
I also think that a good story line would of been that Tony and Tia (or Anthony & Tina) have grown up and get married and have kids of their own. While taking their kids to visit Earth something happens to their parents, then the two kids find out that they have powers and have to get help from someone to get them back to Witch Mountain to get help to rescue their parents. Something along the lines of the original movies with some variations to avoid being an exact copy of the originals.
In conclusion, from the Witch Mountain perspective, it doesn't even come close to the original movies, however, from the Close Encounters perspective, the movie wasn't half bad