![]() ![]() Don’t get caught somewhere in the middle, wandering around Neverland without a fairy guide. Give me something dark and gritty, or give me something full of wonder and life. In the meantime, I’ll be holding out for someone, someday, to step up and do something totally audacious with this property, instead of just poking it with a big director’s stick. This Peter Pan could use a little more fairy dust. His character, much like the movie, lacks the requisite cockiness that’s a bare minimum for a decent Pan. Under those ho-hum circumstances, Jeremy Sumpter is only a passable Peter. But in the process it loses a lot of the magic and wonder that made the story so appealing to begin with. It’s even a bit refreshing in the way it captures the total terror and confusion of approaching puberty in pre-teenagers. It’s ambitious and at times even original. The movie has a lot of fantasy violence, including swordfights, guns. The movie is OK for tweens who aren't frightened by brief but graphic images such as Captain Hook's amputated arm as he puts on one of his hooks, or demonic-looking mermaids. I think someone took, “second star to the right, and straight on till morning,” too literally. Parents need to know that this Peter Pan is a 2003 live-action version of the classic movie and book. But it suffers from a lot of bad visual choices, like vampire mermaids and yes… flying through the solar system, jumping to light speed and then ending up in Neverland. In the movie, a lot of that is still there, and much of it is indeed quite beautiful. The DVD was accompanied with special features including a. Peter Pan was re-released as a special-edition VHS and DVD release in 2002 to promote the sequel Return to Never Land. What ought to work best in Peter Pan are the visuals, since the original movie stills we saw had a dark and unequaled flair. Peter Pan was released on DVD on Novemas a part of the Walt Disney Limited Issues series for a limited 60-day time period before going into moratorium. I choose to pretend they slipped a wire on his belt while he was hanging out at a snack tray and that once he was in the air he had no choice but to go along with it. It’s dismally disappointing, and horribly ill-conceived, just as you might expect it be. So good is his portrayal that I can nearly forgive his flying. He does a fantastic job of giving the character to life. The weirdness of Hook’s relationship with Wendy is not however, Jason Isaacs’ fault. ![]()
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