Does the world really need another Peter Pan movie? I didn't think so. I enjoyed watching Robin Williams do his schtick with Pan in Hook, and I always liked the Disney version, which is why I think this movie was barely a blip in the boxoffice. But I rented the DVD recently out of curiosity and a friend's praise of it. It was eerie how Hollywood finds lolita-esque children to play child-adults. And this film is no exception. The two leads, Peter and Wendy embark on a love story, much more than any other Pan movie, and they often teeter on the edge of creepy child sexiness and yet on another scale, teen sexiness. Strange. The mood of the film is very
overdone and overstuffed with special animation and blue screens. Just the colors of Neverland will make you smile, but with all children-filled movies, the acting can get a little canned and annoying. Never wanting to grow up is the theme and for a while you understand why he doesn't want to go back and live a life going to school and then to an office, stuck and stifled forever. But his antics begin to grate you as he remains so childish while Captain Hook, played very well, becomes more and more appealing. Even Wendy considers becoming a pirate. All in all, an average film, but more for children than adults. Maybe I am just getting older and losing the essence of the film in my reality, but I really felt for Hook. They put him out on the plank and chant, "Old, alone, and done for." Over and over, "Old, alone, done for," they yell. It's sad. We never know why Hook is the only adult figure in Neverland. How did he get stuck with all those obnoxious boys? I sympathize with him. I would have turned to piracy as well.