Why didn't this work?
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clark_gillies — 11 years ago(April 30, 2014 07:33 AM)
Remember as a kid being so excited to see this, and being so let down when I watched it.
Story seemed to be all over the place, and within 20-30 minutes I was left thinking "is this suppose to be a musical, a comedy or serious?". I know it was suppose to have the comedy, mixed with the feel good factor you would expect from movies like Big, it was just a little bit too serious in a way that a lot of the gags and jokes got lost in it.
Williams felt very lack luster in it (I have always suspected like Popeye, he was told to cut out/keep to a minimum the improve), Hoffman seems far to cartoon-ish and over the top that it just does not fit in with the movie in any way, and it is really Hoskins that steals the show (every time I watch it, its the Hook-Smee "oh not again" scene that I watch it for, then turn off).
Its a good story, with a poor script, that was over hyped for the production vale with nobody real any idea what direction the movie is taking (I feel Spielberg spent so much time campaigning to get this made in the 1980's, that he was burned out with the idea by the time it went into production) -
packfanaj-916-6 — 11 years ago(May 27, 2014 05:02 AM)
Must have missed the part about anyones personal thoughts (even if mainstream) is an opinion. We judge all other industries on financial success, and this should be no other This movie, while had major flaws, was not a flop, and the money proves it.
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joewilson70 — 11 years ago(July 26, 2014 12:13 PM)
Even Spielberg hated it.he said on radio its the movie of his he'd like to see again, just to see if he could find anything he liked out it (reference Spielberg intervie on Mark Kermode and Simon Mayo radio show)
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Stratman87 — 11 years ago(August 15, 2014 10:24 PM)
I love this movie, I think it's criminally underrated myself. My favorite thing about this movie, is John Williams' music score. I agree as said earlier that sets looked too "stagey." I know the original Peter Pan was on a stage but under the direction of Steven Spielberg you think he would've used better cinematography like he did in the Indiana Jones movies (except for Crystal Skull), you felt like you were there where it took place. Hook's Neverland reminded me of Batman Returns' Gotham. Imagine Hook remade with the effects and visuals as seen in the Pirates of the Caribbean movies, that would be awesome.
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