I searched for this movie but didnt find any threads regarding it. I saw a preview screening of it this morning. I have to say, I came in with low expectations, but was really pleasantly surprised! I am not too fond of "Hook", but this was a lot better, IMO.
The SFX arent that great, but we all know that doesnt make the movie. The acting was good, the kids were decent and the jokes were plenty (and not stupid). Overall a great movie for kids, although not as funny as ELF ;)
The Director is PJ Hogan (My Best Friend's Wedding, Muriel's wedding)
i think this movie looks great. the coldplay song in the trailer fits perfectly i think, and the movie looks really good. i'm glad that they seem to be telling the story without pandering to kids and doing stuff to 'hip it up' or modernize it or something that would date it horribly, (*cough! HOOK! or however that looks in writing). i think that the Harry Potter films probably opened up the door for more serious movies aimed at kids without being like super action and super funny and no 'slow parts' etc. so, i am really looking forward to this, like REALLY.
I'd give this movie a chance, but that trailer looks like shit and the Coldplay song is really the reason I hate it so much. It's just so lame, it's almost like a joke it's so lame (not the song, the use of it)
Has anyone seen Hogan's last film, the straight to video Unconditional Love starring Kathy Bates and Rupert Everett? It has a really funny Don't Look Now joke (I guess Hogan is Australian). The rest is bad. Straight to DVD bad. Ugh.
I refuse to see it as it cannot possible compare to Hook, and I don't even want to kid myself with seeing it.
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Trailer here. (http://www.peterpanmovie.net/index.html)
Release Date: December 25th, 2003 (wide)
Cast: Jeremy Sumpter (Peter Pan), Jason Isaacs (Captain Hook/Mr. Darling), Rachel Hurd-Wood (Wendy Darling), Lynn Redgrave (Aunt Millicent), Ludivine Sagnier (Tink), Olivia Williams (Mrs. Darling), Richard Briers (Smee), Harry Newell (John Darling), Freddie Popplewell (Michael Darling), Rupert Simoneon (Toodles), Don Battee (Giant Pirate), Theodore Chester (Slightly), Harry Eden (Nibs), Carsen Gray (Tiger Lily), George MacKay (Curly), Sophie Wyburd (Jane)
Director: P.J. Hogan (My Best Friend's Wedding, Muriel's Wedding)
Screenwriter: Michael Goldenberg (Bed of Roses; cowriter of Contact); rewrite by P.J. Hogan (Muriel's Wedding)
Quote from: aClockworkWalrusI refuse to see it as it cannot possible compare to Hook, and I don't even want to kid myself with seeing it.
whens the last time you saw hook? i liked it when i was 10 years old, but rewatched it this year, and its pretty horribly dated. the sets look like sets, and some of its pretty hammy. i love spielberg but thats certainly one of my least favorites. plus that was like, some modern "hes all grown up thing" and this is the real deal baby.
Yes indeed. Hook BLOWS compared to this. Even if the special effects arent terribly cutting edge, the rest of the movie MORE than makes up for it. The guy who plays Hook is brilliant in the role, and the kids are great...
Hook is easily (one of) Spielberg's worst.
Oh, come on! Hook rocks! Who cares if it's not Spielberg's best film? It's one of the best kid films I've ever seen. I guess that's just my opinion. The humor is still funny to me now (a bunch of jokes I get now that I didn't back then) and it still has the same "awesome kid movie quality." It was no epic and it didn't pretend to be.
It gave you exactly what it came off as.
In a nutshell, Hook rocked my fucking socks off.
hmm when was the last time you saw it? Seriously.
Its really really awkward. Robin Williams is truly horrid and i feel sorry for Dustin Hoffman...
Now, for a "awesome kid movie quality" that still stands the test of time , look no further than "The Goonies" and "Pee-Wee's Big Adventure". Hook doesnt even begin to compare...
give a shit about the trailer/tool-of-the-devil. i just know this will suck.
..this is not going to be worth payin gmoney to see.unless your a peter pan afficianado....
it's all bout the movie poster:
1)when the tagline is along the lines of ......"like you've never seen it before"
thats really bad and a poor exscuse for a tagline...(i would have used tinnkerbell or something..which brings me to my next point)....)
2.)do you nnotice that on the poster that the trail of pixie dust(i.e. the flight of tinnkerbell) is COUNNTER-CLOCKWISE it's was an unnnconnscious decision by the marketers to do this that way..this is going "agianst nature and the order of time"......which signniffies that the plot will be disjoinnted....
3.)the pirate ship that is pictured has the overly cheesy and cliched "skull and two crossing swords" on the sail..if this is "like i have nnever seen it before" then why did they do this?????
4.)the kid at the top of the poster is "over-acting" the moment..do yoou nnotice how he's "studying" the centerpiece like he is reading braille?????
5.)the fact that they show captian hook in an "overly" dramatic pose it ludacris....it should have been subtle....but they choose to do it this way....so expect they effects to overcompensate for the story..
6)the gold lettering of the film's title should have been done in cursive .which denotes elegance.....
7)the director's previous two films both have the word "wedding" in the title=NO ORIGINALITY...
8)the harry potter look-a-alike complete w/the glasses......not good....
9)the screennwriter wrote bed of roses.(which had bon jovi in it)...
i think the poster is cool, and if the movie is half as good as the trailer its going to be pretty damn good.
it *is*...
/wonders if people read the actual first post or not...
Quote from: themodernage02i think the poster is cool, and if the movie is half as good as the trailer its going to be pretty damn good.
I wish someone here would see it and tell us if it was any good.
:lol:
miss cross is in it!
Quote from: MacGuffinI wish someone here would see it and tell us if it was any good.
I just came back from it. Yes, it was good. VERY good.
Quote from: CinephileQuote from: MacGuffinI wish someone here would see it and tell us if it was any good.
I just came back from it. Yes, it was good. VERY good.
this movie just kicked my ass! it was so freaking good. first of all, the movie really is peter pan like you've never seen it before. it was the closest thing to the book thats ever been put on celluloid, and whats great is they didnt 'movie it up' by inserting 3 act structure here and watering down violence, innuendo there. they just told the story, and it was great. it also allowed for the barries themes in the book to be much more present in the film like they were in the story. also, it was really funny and it never pandered to kids (hook). i thought the look was great and the special effects didnt bother me at all because they worked for this film, which is surreal and fantastic, not ultra realistic. this movie is definintely going in my top 10 for 2003. see this movie.
Good review, mod. You did the work for me. :wink:
And yeah, about the hook thing -- kids in the theatre gasped loudly at that, and then I had to laugh.
are you all playing a joke on me? i made this thread because i had seen the movie and really enjoyed it...
:? :cry: :?:
What are you? Manic depressive or something?
We saw the movie last night and really liked it.
haha ... it wasnt directed at you, but after i posted the thread and commented on the movie, there was a post that said something like "i wish someone would see the movie bla bla.."
and im here like ... uh.. *raises hand* hello?! :lol: lol
Quote from: themodernage02Quote from: CinephileI just came back from it. Yes, it was good. VERY good.
this movie just kicked my ass! it was so freaking good. first of all, the movie really is peter pan like you've never seen it before. it was the closest thing to the book thats ever been put on celluloid, and whats great is they didnt 'movie it up' by inserting 3 act structure here and watering down violence, innuendo there. they just told the story, and it was great. it also allowed for the barries themes in the book to be much more present in the film like they were in the story. also, it was really funny and it never pandered to kids (hook). i thought the look was great and the special effects didnt bother me at all because they worked for this film, which is surreal and fantastic, not ultra realistic. this movie is definintely going in my top 10 for 2003. see this movie.
At Last! I'm glad some members here finally did go and see it after all this speculation and gave us a good word. I'll definitely check it out now based on these two reviews. Thank you.
I wish I had got Macguffin a Christmas gift
Man, this movie was amazing. In fact, I think it's perfect. I'm probably in the minority here, but I'd put it over both Whale Rider AND Finding Nemo as far as family films go this year. Pure magic. The "I do believe in fairies" scene made my hair stand on end.
My only gripe (spoilerish if you don't know the story): they did such a good job at making Hook a sympathetic villain that I felt really bad when he died.
It makes me very sad to think about what a bomb it will likely be. Perhaps the eminent box office report will prove me wrong, but I doubt it.
I wish I had seen it yesterday, because then I would have had a very good birthday indeed.
wow. so we should see this?
i luved hook, btw.
I loved Hook when I was eleven. I haven't seen it since, and don't really have a whole lot of interest in it. Figure it's something best left as a childhood memory.
Quote from: SlogI wish I had got Macguffin a Christmas gift
I got him one, and in return, he gave me three coldsores.
this movie was great.
but.....did anyone else think the teeth of the girl who played wendy were fuckin huge?
She reminded me of Veruca Salt from Willy Wonka.
Quote from: GhostboyIt makes me very sad to think about what a bomb it will likely be. Perhaps the eminent box office report will prove me wrong, but I doubt it.
Opening in a disappointing seventh place was Universal's Peter Pan. The $100 million special effects film made just $11.4 million for the three days from 2,813 locations and averaged $4,059. The Jeremy Sumpter, Jason Isaacs and Rachel Hurd-Wood-starrer has earned $15.1 million since Thursday.
i saw this movie today with my mom and sister (i felt like an 8 year old, but we had fun). i really didn't think it was anything special. in fact, i was kind of bored by the whole thing. yes, the costumes, sets, and special effects were very good. but, everything else about it was just... eh. everything in neverland just fell flat. it started out promising, and after they went through space it lost me. i just didn't feel ANYTHING. what should have been the most magical scene in the movie felt so empty for some reason (probably that awful score). the "i believe in fairies" crap was too over the top for me to care, especially since i hated tink. the movie was about 45 minutes too long. after the initial fight between hook and pan, i was ready to leave, but the movie kept going. i thought everybody was terribly miscast (save for the lost boys and John, who is a pretty easy, harry-potter-looking character to cast).
Quote from: ewarddid anyone else think the teeth of the girl who played wendy were fuckin huge?
yes, and that's the first thing my mom and sister said as we left the theater.
after it was all done with, my sister and i went and watched hook, a movie that, despite its flaws (and the apparent hatred it gets from this board), has become a favorite of ours. spielberg is just very good (to me, anyway) at bringing out that sappy and sentimental side that's hiding in there somewhere. while this movie went for that, it couldn't achieve it. i ended up feeling none of the magic that you guys are talking about. it was all just a very ho hum experience.
It's a real shame the film is doing such shitty box office. The performances were wonderful. Isaacs was great at playing both Darling and Hook. What stood out for me the most was the beautiful, glowing chemistry between Rachel Hurd-Wood and Jeremy Sumpter. I'm confident Ghostboy would attest to that..
Went into this expecting something good with all the nice hype here and got even more than I expected. Excellent movie. Such a nice film to smile at and involve yourself in its world. The effects, though sometimes too hoakey to be effective, really lended itself well in consistently being applied to just about every scene in the film where I felt it was a natural character to the story. The story also was nicely paced where you could appreciate the smaller things and then appreciate the times when the story would get tricky and creative. Its just nice to see the film rest on a good basis. Also, it reminded me of the wonderful Babe movies and the similiar effect they had on me.
GT i was actually curious about your opinion on this one. although i know you dont like the LOTR movies, for some reason i had a feeling you would like this one. the more i think about this movie, the more i love it.
Quote from: The Gold TrumpetAlso, it reminded me of the wonderful Babe movies and the similiar effect they had on me.
I thought about this too, especially Babe: Pig In The City. Let's see...both are excellent family films with lavish and beautifully surreal visuals and solid emotional cores, both are directed by Australians, both cost well over 100 million of Universal's money, and both bombed.
this movie failed. terrible casting and an oft' ridiculous script. hook was pretty much the only guy who believed what he was saying..
Quote from: picolasthis movie failed. terrible casting and an oft' ridiculous script. hook was pretty much the only guy who believed what he was saying..
:shock:
I cringed at the "I believe in Fairy's" sequence.
I was bored like Taz said, right after they hit space.... If I was around 10 I would have loved this film. But not now....
chris
i didn't even like hook in this movie (though i'm sure he will kick ass as wesker in re2). give me dustin hoffman any day. he was hilarious.
AND SMEE!!!!!!!!!
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I really loved this movie. Rachel Hurd-Wood as Wendy is just wonderful! She's adorable, charming and winning.
i ended up seeing this for a second time today. i really love this movie. it didnt have the emotional punch it carried the first time, but i still really enjoyed it. its pretty upsetting to see how hard this movie is flopping. i think its because Cheaper By The Dozen came out the same day and that is the goddamn 'big mac' movie that kids want to go see.
holy crap, miss cross (olivia williams) was gorgeous. I'm in love all over again.
I saw this for the second time tonight. I think I have figured out what I really loved about it and what makes it stand out. It's not like all the other dumb, big hollywood movies. It's sophistacted, charming and it's more touching than any other movie during the Christmas season. I would love to see Rachel-Hurd Wood go on to more things. She's just wonderful! Her charm, looks and personality are all adorable. I also love how it has a British cast. They bring really nice sprinkles of humor to the movie as well as charm. I just sat there with a huge grin on my face while watching this movie.
yeah i hope a few more people go to see this. i'd say it can stand next to the disney animated version as a 'classic' telling of the story.
Peter Pan fans will certainly want to check out:
www.peterpanfan.com
They also have forums just like this one:
www.peterpanfan.com/forums
They now have a chatroom as well. It's all great!
Universal have kindly sent over the full disc specs for the region one release of Peter Pan which stars the likes of Jason Isaacs as Captain Hook, Jeremy Sumpter, Rachel Hurd-Wood, Lynn Redgrave and Ludivine Sagnier as Tinkerbell. The disc will be available to own in both widescreen and full screen editions from the 4th May this year. Each should set you back somewhere in the region of $26.98:
2.40:1 Anamorphic Widescreen Transfer
English Dolby Digital 5.1 Track
French Dolby Digital 5.1 Track
Peter Pan: Darling House
- Alternate Ending (4mins 28 )
- Deleted Scene: Mr Darling in the Dog House (3mins 48 )
- Me & My Shadow (1min 16)
- In the Dog House with Nana (2mins 45)
Peter Pan: Home Under the Ground
- Dig Under the Home (50secs)
- The Legacy of Pan: The Making of Peter Pan (10mins 59)
- The Duchess's Outtakes (2mins 4)
- Lost Boys on the Set (2mins 2)
- DVD Credits (32secs)
Peter Pan: Neverland Forest
- Explore the Forest (55secs)
- Tinkerbell: Behind the Fairy Dust Featurette (4mins 36)
- I Do Believe in Fairies (1min 29)
- Princess Tiger Lily (58secs)
Peter Pan: Pirate's Ship
- Board the Pirate Ship (58secs)
- Through the Eyes of Hook (6mins 19)
- The Pirates Vs. The Lost Boys (2mins 5)
- The Lost Pirate Song (1min 16)
Peter Pan: Black Castle
- Enter the Castle (1min 9)
- Come Fly With Me (6mins 4)
- The Mermaids Tale (2mins 7)
Multiple DVD-ROM Features
English, French & Spanish Subtitles
FANTASTIC!
possibly the WORST DVD COVER ART I HAVE EVER SEEN IN MY ENTIRE LIFE....
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i challenge anyone to come up with worse dvd cover art for a film that was a major studio release and had a cool poster.
Her fucking teeth.........
Ouch...I can't wait for the dvd but the cover art is just awful
It's an eye candy cover for the sake of getting families to actually SEE IT when it was released. Can't you AT LEAST except the world of marketing?
:shock: Somebody please make a new cover on dvdcoverart.com. That cover just looks terrible.
I don't understand why they couldn't just have the poster image on the dvd case. It would look just fine for a video cover. The studio is probably just mad because it cost 100 million dollars to make and it made one fourth of that at the box office.
Quote from: CinephileCan't you AT LEAST except the world of marketing?
yeah marketing is all well and good, but GODDAMN cant they use someone with an eye for design to make the dvd? (or atleast better photoshop skills?) seriously, the fact that they could make such a cool poster that probably took months and months, and now because they could care less, they get someone to throw together some awful piece of shit in 5 minutes. why are families compelled to see something that looks like a piece of shit? i mean, the cover makes the movie look like some cheap ass made for tv thing made for preschoolers. which its not. like, i cant even have something so hideous on my shelf. as filmboy said, someone needs to go put together a good one QUICK!
it's just a dvd cover, you're supposed to watch the movie on the disc not the cover. geez...
but the packaging is an important part of the presentation! just like the menu screens, or extras! and plus its HIDEOUS!
On the bright side: No ghetto snaps.
I saw Peter Pan earlier this week. I have vague memories of seeing the Disney cartoon when I was little, and I had the Mary Martin version on tape, but I never watched it, so it was like I was seeing the story for the first time. This was a charming and enchanting film. I liked the darkness and the tinge of sadness about being stuck in Never-Neverland as well as the budding sensuality in Peter and Wendy.
A few weeks ago on Now with Bill Moyers, Maurice Sendak (Where the Wild Things Are) said he didn't like Barrie because of his romantization of childhood. There was some of that in this film, I suppose, but the film questions how happy someone could be in perpetual childhood.
Glad you finally got to see it. I saw it for the fourth time at a dollar theater while visiting Tallahassee. It's great to see it late at night on a Wednesday!
i hope more people get a chance to see this when it comes out on dvd. because just about everybody here who did see it loved it, so i hope it gets around to some more people.
Quote from: themodernage02i hope more people get a chance to see this when it comes out on dvd. because just about everybody here who did see it loved it, so i hope it gets around to some more people.
If I don't like this movie after seeing it, I will personally feed you to a crocodile.
get out your crocodile-proof, thick rubber corpse-handling gloves, then. or be prepared to invest in a plank.
Quote from: picolas;get out your crocodile-proof, thick rubber corpse-handling gloves, then. or be prepared to invest in a plank.
no way! just check out these rave reviews....
"A lot better than Hook." - ProgWRX
"Yes, it was good. VERY good." - Cinephile
"This movie just kicked my ass! It's Peter Pan like you've never seen it before. This movie is definintely going in my top 10 for 2003." - themodernage02
"Man, this movie was amazing. In fact, I think it's perfect. I'm probably in the minority here, but I'd put it over both Whale Rider AND Finding Nemo as far as family films go this year. Pure magic. The 'I do believe in fairies' scene made my hair stand on end. I wish I had seen it yesterday" - Ghostboy
"This movie was great. But.....did anyone else think the teeth of the girl who played wendy were fuckin huge?" - eward
"Went into this expecting something good with all the nice hype here and got even more than I expected. Excellent movie." Gold Trumpet
"I really loved this movie. Rachel Hurd-Wood as Wendy is just wonderful! She's adorable, charming and winning." - Quoyle
"This was a charming and enchanting film. I liked the darkness and the tinge of sadness about being stuck in Never-Neverland as well as the budding sensuality in Peter and Wendy." - Ravi
Quote from: MacGuffinIf I don't like this movie after seeing it, I will personally feed all of you you to a crocodile.
Quote from: MacGuffinQuote from: MacGuffinIf I don't like this movie after seeing it, I will personally feed all of you you to a crocodile.
All of us? Come on, Mac, didn't you read? Even GT liked it! At least spare him.
this movie is playing at my theatre. Its cc though so i think ill wait for dvd
After themodernage02's post, I feel like a true critic. :-D
Man, I disliked this movie. I really wanted to like it, since I loved the whole Peter Pan story as a kid. But damn, I sat there cringing at half the scenes, and I definitely think half the supporting actors where miscast. Jason Isaacs as Hook was really the only actor who was great. I cringed at the "I do believe in fairies" scene, as well as every time Tink came on screen. I saw this film with my younger brother, who hated it even more than me.
I was expecting a kids' film, but I think kids' films can still be intelligent. I didn't find this quality in the film. Hell, I was so annoyed with it, that I snuck into another film afterwards, which turned out to be Scary movie 3. Now I hate the Scary Movie films, but I actually enjoyed this one, probably since it had the opposite effect that Pan had on me - I saw SM3 with low expectations, and found myself having a good time with it.
Sorry to bash a film everyone loves and all, but a bit of contrast in opinion is a good thing, right?
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Sorry to bash a film everyone loves and all, but a bit of contrast in opinion is a good thing, right?
No. Dissent must be crushed.
I saw it again with three friends and they all really liked it. More people would have liked it if they had given it a chance in the first place, but unfortunately the marketing didn't make the film look any good.
P.J. Hogan Makes Friends at Paramount
Source: Variety
Paramount Pictures has signed P.J. Hogan (Peter Pan, My Best Friend's Wedding) to direct Let's Make Friends, a comedy about male bonding, reports Variety.
The film centers on a man in his 30s whose life is perfect, except for lacking a best friend. His quest leads him to a water deliveryman, who promptly turns the lead character's life upside down and imperils his relationship with his wife.
Steven Wayne Koren (Bruce Almighty) is writing the project.
Just when I think I won't buy any DVDs this week I see Peter Pan in the Best Buy ad.
Quote from: RaviJust when I think I won't buy any DVDs this week I see Peter Pan in the Best Buy ad.
where does this story go?
It means I will be buying the DVD this week.
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But I...well the thing is...
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those were good books
i knooooow. the one with the girl who goes downstairs because she hears footsteps and she's alone and then she hears them upstairs and then they just disappear scared the everything out of me a few times.
the story and illustration of The Thing from the first book was a lot of fun. I think I'm going to go find mine now
edit: here are the 2 pics that scared me the most from the first book (in link form so the thread isn't visually confusing)
The Thing (http://geocities.com/whaleoffice/thing.txt)
Skeleton from The Haunted House (http://geocities.com/whaleoffice/thinggirl.txt)
Those books do rule. But they scared me big time all the time. The art is just eerie. I remember reading a story about some little girls who were misbehaving and their parents left them and made them live with this glass gypsy.
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