Wow. What a cool flick and how unlike all the previous versions. Peter Pan isn’t some happy go-lucky kid. Rather, it seems his inability to grow up is a severe failing. How radically different from what you know is that?
Just a spectacular movie. Naturally any flick that has Jason Isaacs in it is bound to be great. One the one hand he plays the slightly nebbishy Dad trying to gain some status in the world against his own better instincts and on the other the magnificently flawed Captain Hook doomed by his own ambition. Watching the flick it occured to me that I am Captain Hook, and that is not a good thing. Watching the Captain finally surrender to fate – and the crocodile – at the end really got under my skin. “Old. Alone. Done for.” Spine tingling.
Managed, finally, to sneak this one in at the crappy theatre in Hanover so if you haven’t seen it yet your chances are slim to none. I’d recommend at least a rental though when it makes its appearance on DVD.