[and some others, but this is the only one I feel like talking about now]
I was disappointed by this film.
There was a show on Fox maybe 6 or 8 years back called Fox's Peter Pan and the Pirates. It doesn't seem to have inspired the fond memories that Ducktales or Rescue Rangers inspired; indeed, my strongest memory of that show was annoyance over one character's refusal to use contractions. Nevertheless, I watched it occasionally, and the plot of this movie is no better, no grander, than any generic episode of that series.
Of course, that series didn't exist when Disney made this movie. But even the movie suggests that Peter Pan had lots of adventures with Captain Hook. For the event of a movie, why not make THIS adventure his biggest adventure yet? The adventure we get is not only not special, but not even especially entertaining. There's not much geniune humor. I wasn't big on the songs (though, after the movie, the tape included a song that was written and recorded by not included in the movie, and thankfully so: It's probably worse than any of the songs that made it in [its ranking with "Following the Leader may be debatable])
I never saw this movie before, so I was surprised by a few things.
1) The indians in this movie are borderline offensive. They are coloured tomato-red (and sing a song titled "What Made the Red Man Red?"), the chief looks like the Cleveland Indians' mascot (only older, pudgier and with an even bigger - or at least rounder - nose) I think they're also refered to as "injuns" at least once. When I was a child, that term confused me to no end, such as when I saw a movie based on Tom Sawyer. I didn't understand how Engine Joe had anything to do with engines.
2) There is no scene where Tinker Bell is brought back to life because children believe in her. I was expecting that. Even if I wasn't - well, she IS blown up in this movie, but she survives for, I guess, no reason.
3) Another thing shown after the movie was from an old stage production of the movie, with a nurse dog played by a person in a costume (which towered over the children) I think this movie would have been much better if it was like Who Framed Roger Rabit, but, instead of being live action with some cartoons inserted, it was a cartoon just like it is now, but with that live-action dog costume inserted.
Seriously, the dogs introduction in the film as the nurse gave me a little chuckle - one of the few of the film.
Um, I think I actually had more to say about this, but I'm wrapping up now. And I'll be heading home soon, too.
I was disappointed by this film.
There was a show on Fox maybe 6 or 8 years back called Fox's Peter Pan and the Pirates. It doesn't seem to have inspired the fond memories that Ducktales or Rescue Rangers inspired; indeed, my strongest memory of that show was annoyance over one character's refusal to use contractions. Nevertheless, I watched it occasionally, and the plot of this movie is no better, no grander, than any generic episode of that series.
Of course, that series didn't exist when Disney made this movie. But even the movie suggests that Peter Pan had lots of adventures with Captain Hook. For the event of a movie, why not make THIS adventure his biggest adventure yet? The adventure we get is not only not special, but not even especially entertaining. There's not much geniune humor. I wasn't big on the songs (though, after the movie, the tape included a song that was written and recorded by not included in the movie, and thankfully so: It's probably worse than any of the songs that made it in [its ranking with "Following the Leader may be debatable])
I never saw this movie before, so I was surprised by a few things.
1) The indians in this movie are borderline offensive. They are coloured tomato-red (and sing a song titled "What Made the Red Man Red?"), the chief looks like the Cleveland Indians' mascot (only older, pudgier and with an even bigger - or at least rounder - nose) I think they're also refered to as "injuns" at least once. When I was a child, that term confused me to no end, such as when I saw a movie based on Tom Sawyer. I didn't understand how Engine Joe had anything to do with engines.
2) There is no scene where Tinker Bell is brought back to life because children believe in her. I was expecting that. Even if I wasn't - well, she IS blown up in this movie, but she survives for, I guess, no reason.
3) Another thing shown after the movie was from an old stage production of the movie, with a nurse dog played by a person in a costume (which towered over the children) I think this movie would have been much better if it was like Who Framed Roger Rabit, but, instead of being live action with some cartoons inserted, it was a cartoon just like it is now, but with that live-action dog costume inserted.
Seriously, the dogs introduction in the film as the nurse gave me a little chuckle - one of the few of the film.
Um, I think I actually had more to say about this, but I'm wrapping up now. And I'll be heading home soon, too.
