I’ve been looking forward to the new film version of Peter Pan ever since I stumbled across the trailer in mid-November. Kalyx just got to see it, and her writeup just makes me want to see it more…
This was the best adaptation that I have seen. Peter Pan has always rubbed me the wrong way. I saw the musical as a child and the Disney film, and found the music annoying, and just nothing overly interesting about the story except for Hook and the Crocodile. Well, the version in theaters currently is so not the Disney classic. There are no songs and the story adds so much depth to the characters. This is a darker and more complex Peter Pan.
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The elements of the Disney classic, which is the version of the story I am most familiar with are all there. But this version puts the pieces together making sense of the myth. It doesn’t shy away from the erotic nature of the Peter Pan story and certainly does not avoid the real issues of childhood stirring within. We understand Peter’s attraction to Wendy is not that of a boy, but the stirrings of adolescence and the jealousy of Tinker Bell, makes sense in this context. We also see Wendy’s eventual welcoming of adulthood after her own recognition of Peter’s shortcoming, essentially that he is a boy that can never grow up.
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…this film feels a deep grief for Peter, for the never ending cycles of games and adventures that will always leave no real mark or impression, as he is incapable of growth. This is a fairy tale that welcomes adulthood while grieving the loss of play. And this film does not shy away from allow Peter Pan to be tragic figure.
This is truly a lovely telling of the classic tale.
I’m so looking forward to this, and thankfully, I don’t have to wait much longer — Prairie and I have plans to see it New Years day.
Second star to the right, and straight on ’til morning…
My little brother saw the ‘remake’ a few days ago; according to him, it’s a very nice family-film, although not comparable to the disney classic. Still, sounds like a good one to watch.