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Summary: love it
Review: the previews were so thrilling i had to see it. Not to mention i though Jeremy to be really cute! (dont worry I'm 14 not 40). It was so awesome it took me into another world and i still havent returned. Yes, I'm a big fan of Jeremy Sumpter but it was so much more than that. A truely fantastic amazing thrilling exciting great unbelievable movie.
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Summary: The most faithful adaptation of a lost classic
Review: 'Peter Pan' is one of those classic books, like 'Alice in Wonderland', that everyone knows and almost no one has read. Those familiar with Barrie's Peter Pan have bemoaned the lack of a cinematic adaptation of the original tale that didn't hide, alter or reject many of the story's deeper and darker allusions of childhood. The execrable 'Hook' and Disney's overly-sanitised version of Barrie's classic only borrowed the characters and climactic plot-points. P.J. Hogan has adapted the story to film for the first time without apology; at last we are exposed to the real Peter Pan with all its wickedness and violence and sadness. This is a beautiful film, made with great love for its subject, and the slight alterations to the script are minimal and not at all out of accord with J.M. Barrie's intent.Don't be surprised if much of the film startles: 'Peter Pan' was not just about a boy who never grew up, it was about the need for maturity, the benefits of growing up and the subsequent regret that comes with the loss of innocence. The blossoming sexuality of Wendy is in the original story, even more overtly than in the film. She is the real center of the story; a heroine as adventurous as Peter, but the one who goes through the true catharsis of adolescence. Peter is a boy who can never reveal his deep loneliness, and it was not by accident that Barrie chose a boy as his title's hero. Peter is not a boy who can't grow up: he is a boy who refuses to grow up, and unlike Wendy who is able to stand more firmly on her own feet, he is doomed to a life of solitude and lovelessness. These are Lost Boys who kill pirates, girls who kiss boys, boys who are sometimes brats and sometimes heroes. Barrie often commented that what he admired most in children was not their precociousness, but their sense of anarchy. Children are selfish, self-centered and often cruel; it's only when they grow up do they understand their roles in a bigger world, and break out of that selfishness into someone capable of compassion. The film is just wonderful, a great script, BEAUTIFUL performances from all the children and adults, spectacular special effects and a great night out. Don't hide your kids from it; they'll be much better for it.
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Summary: A dark and innocently sensual retelling
Review: Still familiar in my mind from viewing just a few hours ago, 'Peter Pan' was an excellent retelling of the story with a darker twist and innocent sensuality shared between the leads, Peter and Wendy. With fabulous scenery that reminded people more of a fantasy world than the rainforest look of the cartoon and wonderful acting, 'Peter Pan' was probably one of the best children's movies I saw this year.
This version was a little different than the familiar '50s cartoon. This movie was definitely darker. Neverland itself is not the Eden that it has been portrayed as before. The mermaids here are no sweet Ariels, they are dark and deadly creatures with bodies like those of corpses and talon-like nails who will drown you or harm you even if you get too close to them. The pirates are not as unharmful as they are in the cartoon. There is more blood and violence here, with Captain Hook shooting two men (who die) just for speaking at the wrong time. Tinkerbell's mischief is more dangerous here. Infact, the only safe part if Neverland seems to be the scene where the fairies are dancing one night and Peter and Wendy watch.
Many children's movies these days have a lot of violence and language and sexual content, but this movie was an exception. Yes there was violence (there were pirates people!)and just a little language, but I think the best part of this movie was the innocent love shared between Peter and Wendy. The scene where they dance in the forest in the moonlight w/ the fairies and the kiss towards the end on the pirate ship have nothing to do with sex or a sexual relationship, but instead a childlike love. True love, shared between two adolescents. And it's almost heartbreaking at the end when Wendy and Peter say goodbye forever. No, not almost, it IS heartbreaking.
The love between Peter and Wendy seems to be the plot of the story. Peter's love for Wendy is what urges him to bring her to Neverland and what urges him to defeat Hook. And it was a change (a good one)to see Wendy as the center of the story instead of Peter and Hook.
I enjoyed this interpretation a lot and would recommend it to many kids and parents alike. A delightful escape from our ordinary world.
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Summary: The Better Peter Pan
Review: I always thought that Peter Pan was confusing, and rather stupid with all of it's "delightful" characters. But this movie, shows Peter Pan and the rest to be what they really are. Wendy is not as blonde as in others, Smee, it just plain stupid, Tinkerbelle is frightning, besides what others say. Peter has the delightfulness about that that you could not find in other things. They have followed the book very well, but there are some parts which, without them, would make the movie dreadfully boring, and wonder why on earth Peter wanted to keep Wendy. It is a very charming story, and you can reallly see, I think, for the first time, the characters played out as they were ment to be.
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Summary: Captain Hook never looked so good
Review: "Peter Pan" is a beautifully done movie. The effects, first of all, are amazing, and very tasteful. Director P.J. Hogan could have opted for gosh-wow edge of your seat exsplosive special effects throughout the film, but instead opted for effects that were still breathtaking, but just a little more subtle, and this gives the movie a graceful, seamless look to it. The characters have all been very well cast, from Wendy (Rachael Hurd-Wood, who acts with surprising maturity for being so young) to Peter (Jeremy Sumpter, who stays very much in character the whole film). But the most remarkable character is Captain Hook (Jason Isaacs). Isaacs' Hook shows us a completely different side of a character who many of us previously thought was totally evil. While Peter and Tink get on the audience's nerves, Hook gives us a layered portrait of a villain who really wouldn't be all that bad if someone just gave him a chance. In him, we see a tortured, embittered soul, who is constantly conniving and plotting Pan's demise. The film shows us two reasons for this, giving the character a nice bit of depth that was not previously there. Reason one: Pan cut off his hand and fed it to a crocodile. Reason two: Hook is lonely. He has nobody who cares about him whatsoever. Pan not only has the Lost Boys, but he has brought along Wendy Darling, a teller of tales, and her two brothers (adorably played by Harry Newell and Freddie Popplewell). In fact, Hook is such a fascinating character that when Pan and his sidekick Tinkerbell (Ludivine Sagnier, being more annoying than I thought was possible even by fairy standards)come in to save the day, you feel like they're ruining the fun. Isaacs' Hook had me so impressed that I was secretly rooting for the bad guy to win. Other notable performances: The Lost Boys, and even a few of the pirates, provide several funny moments. Slightly(Theodore Chester) probably gives some of the best lines of all, and John(Newell) and Michael(Popplewell) also have several funny scenes. "Peter Pan" is an artful, tasteful movie, and is certainly worth a look for these reasons alone, but unfortunately, when good finally triumphs over evil, you leave the theater wondering if there couldn't have been some compromise between the two forces.
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Summary: The story of the boy who will never grow old...
Review: This version of Peter Pan was simply breath taking, not an exact remake of the original movie, and yes the epilogue is missing, where Peter comes back only to find Wendy grown up with a daughter named Jane, whom Peter teaches to fly and take off to Neverland. I have a feeling that we will find this in the DVD 8^). I recommend this movie for the child or the child at heart who too will never grow old. Peter Pan is a family hit, again. The scene where they all recite "I do believe in fairies! I do! I do!" truly echoed through the theater, as I am sure as was intended. Bravo, Bravo.
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Summary: Why I never liked Peter Pan but now I do
Review: I've never read the story of Peter Pan. I've seen the Disney version, of course, and we even did the play when I was in elementary school. It always seemed like a "boy story" to me, full of adventure but not substance. The main characters were Peter Pan and Hook. Then last week my friends dragged me out to see this movie. Wow! This story is really about Wendy! How cool! If you've only seen the Disney version, well, like so many other powerful stories, they watered it down and removed most of the power. This is a story about that shock time in a girl's life, when you are just becoming a woman. And in the late 19th century, that is likely to mean the end of your freedom to be who you really are... especially if you are an active, imaginative girl like Wendy. I also think this movie is good for the Peter Pans among us... all those guys who don't want to grow up, but don't understand why their girlfriends keep leaving them. If they can understand why Wendy can't stay in Neverland, maybe they might understand why THEY need to grow up in order to be with grown-up girls. This movie is NOT good for very small children. I think it's going to be a little scary for the under-7 set, especially those little kids who can't seem to deal with ANY darkness in their fiction. Hook is menacing in couple of ways I think they'll find both incomprehensible and disturbing. Good movie. See it. Bring your 10 year old (and up) daughters. Now I think I'll go and read the book.
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Summary: Full of bad acting and cliches.....
Review: What's really wrong with this movie is the content. It just does not work. The acting is at best second rate with both Peter Pan and the kids all coming out as cartoon characters done in a live action form. The CGI is awful and the script is non-existent. I have seen a lot of films full of bad acting and cliches this year, but this is the worst of all. I am really starting to think that Colombia/Tri-Star pictures should be renamed "Roger Corman R'Us", because they really turn out cheap looking TV and films.
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Summary: Peter Pan
Review: As a thrilling adventure begins the tale of a boy who never grows up is the best movie of 2003.As all big adventures there has to be a scary part with the ever so hateful Hook (Jason Issacs who plays the father aswell)that trys to get rid of him. Not only that but for a 12 year old girl playing Wendy (Rachel Hrud-Wood)did a great job.The best actor there was none other than Peter Pan, (Jeremy Sumpter)at age 14 he has played in 4 attractions.He has played in Frailty which recieved 4 stars,Just a Dream which recieved 3 1/2 stars,and Local Boys which recieved 4 1/2 stars. Jeremy Sumpter is a natural for the over thrilling epic adventure of Peter Pan now showing in theaters.
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Summary: Where's grown-up Wendy and her daughter Jane?
Review: I was disappointed when this film ended. The film ends when Wendy, John, and Michael return to London with the lost boys, instead of continuing on to what would have been the epilogue scene. The movie people decided to behave lazy and cut off the epilogue scene, which was an extremely important part of the story. After all, they did say that this version of Peter Pan was supposed to be fully realized. The reason why I am saying this is because I know they were thinking about this scene while making the film. The reason why I know they were thinking about this scene is because in the first place, the character Jane and the actress portraying her were on the cast list. The actress who was supposed to play Jane was a little girl named Sophie Wyburd (she is a London-born actress who appeared in "The Hours" as Nicole Kidman's little niece Angelica Bell). P>Oh, the grown-up Wendy, by the way, wasn't listed on the cast list in the first place, but what would have been nice was if Saffron Burrows had played the grown-up Wendy in that epilogue scene, considering the fact that she narrated the film so wonderfully (and, towards the end of the film, told us that she was Wendy). I know she would have been all right because she has been in some films in the past. Well, anyways, kudos to the film's lovely narration by Saffron Burrows, richly beautiful art direction/set decoration, top-notch special effects, fine cinematography by Donald M. McAlpine, soaring music score by James Newton Howard, and ESPECIALLY an extraordinary performance by newcomer Rachel Hurd-Wood in the pivotal role of Wendy, which I honestly think is one of the best performances ever put on screen. I could hardly believe that this was her first film. She has the acting chops of a seasoned veteran and has shown me the true Wendy. Rachel's ability to express depth and sweetness captures the essence of the story. She couldn't have done any better.
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