Swiss Robinson 1960

 A surprisingly faithful adaptation of the book, but for me a bit too long. Walt Disney bought the rights to the 1940 film version because he thought he could make a much better film. I think it probably was more successful commercially, however, it focuses on things that are just not interesting for me. There is no explanation as to how the family was able to survive and thrive in this environment, that gets overshadowed by a really forced love triangle, the threat from some pirates. One thing that both adaptations do which is strange for me is they are faithful to the wide variety of animals that are on this island found in the book, which doesn't make any sense at all. Because the island is supposed to be somewhere in Asia, are ostriches, zebras and tigers. Honestly, I was bored by the end and the most exciting thing for me was that the caption froze for the last half of the movie and all it said was what I'm going to do

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