Peter Pan & Wendy

And that is all it is. The acting is so bad and the characters had zero character. Felt like us was watching a cheap theatre show down the local civic centre. But this is the future of everything now. When will they learn to listen to the majority of the public.

And repeat again to get the review in although I do t have much more to say really. And that is all it is. The acting is so bad and the characters had zero character. Felt like us was watching a cheap theatre show down the local civic centre. But this is the future of everything now. When will they learn to listen to the majority of the public.

You gotta have an energetic, boisterous, charming, confident to the point of cocky and at least sometimes likeable Peter Pan for this tale to, um, fly. Which is a really tough thing to put on a child actor, or any actor. It's a role that not even Robin Williams always nailed. No amount of CGI wonderment or heart string pulling nostalgia can make up for simply not having the essential characteristics of Peter Pan in a Peter Pan movie. Not even the title sharing Wendy, with her well performed trepidation about impending maturity, nor Hook and the deeper than usual dive into his PTSD, can make up for a flat, boring, Peter Pan that gives you no reason to root for him.

I went into this neutral, excited that Disney plus had finally put something new on, but oh was I disappointed. The pacing was all over the place and too fast, the main characters were bland and un-likeable, the camera angles were odd, the colour scheme was washed out and depressing... so in conclusion, it's unwatchable and boring, save yourself time and don't watch it. The only pro is that they finally made a Peter Pan film with a Native American Tiger Lily, otherwise there's nothing to like about this film. Stick to Hook, the only real live action Peter Pan worth watching. Robin Williams and Dustin Hoffman will always be Peter Pan and Captain Hook.

Much of what you expect from pretty much every unnecessary Disney live action remake these days is very much represented here, but what surprised me was how consistently grim of a viewing experience this was. The few times the film attempts to recreate some of the visual gags of the original feel half-baked by comparison, but much of it is also replaced entirely. Dour monologuing, bickering and expanded origin stories dominate the runtime, and I question why - given how this is still clearly oriented towards children - anyone thought this was going to be appealing.

Attempts at thematic depth are noble, but this is not an enjoyable watch for either adults or kids, so I don't know who this was intended for. Good thing there's Disney+ now to drop these in and avoid the shame of a major box office bomb.

Also, I don't care that Tinkerbell is black but those special effects on her were... yikes!

Overall I like Peter Pan. The fun loving playful attitude of pan makes him a great character. I also use to really love hook as a villain. Personally I did not feel a strong connection to either character. The every scene seemed to be lacking a bit of emotion to me. The small twist they had among Captain Hook and pan was some what clever and did add something to the movie. But the overall feeling that pan gave me and the depressing feeling I got from these two was a bit upsetting to me and took away from the movie. I feel Disney has gone back and tried to give these villains more of a silver lining and make them more likeable, for example cruella was great. I personally thought they could have done better with hook as a villain. Also I personally have loved the alligator in the past and felt he did not get enough love in the movie but that is a personal bias. I was a bit underwhelmed in the end.