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Post by cj3 on Jul 29, 2023 23:41:13 GMT -5
I watched this movie with my Boyfriend thinking I was missing something iconic....instead it was an excellent first act, a decent second act, and a final act that drags on and actually put me to sleep. I appreciate the soundtrack and set design....but I just really don't enjoy this.
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Post by Mozenrath on Jul 29, 2023 23:46:12 GMT -5
It's always been a divisive movie, like it used to be considered one of Spielberg's worst by many, even if I don't agree with that.
I enjoy the movie, but I definitely see how parts of it would drag, and that if it loses you, it's probably real hard to get you back. Really impressive sets, though, and I am always going to have to fight the urge to audibly join in the "RUFIO, RUFIO, RU-FI-Ohhhhhhhhhhhhhh!" chant, but it's because I grew up with it on VHS.
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Post by Fade on Jul 29, 2023 23:59:12 GMT -5
I might be blind to the structural flaws. I never really tried watching it from a critical pov, and tbh, I have not seen the film in its entirety in a long, long time.
But I do think it captures the “essence” and “spirit” of ‘Peter Pan’ more than any other interpretation but one, and I’m not talking about the animated Disney classic.
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Post by mcmahonfan85 on Jul 30, 2023 0:36:38 GMT -5
the appeal can be summed up in two words:  Rufio's hair if you ain't down with that, you need to go in the boo box |
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Post by Hit Girl on Jul 30, 2023 0:52:08 GMT -5
I watched this movie with my Boyfriend thinking I was missing something iconic....instead it was an excellent first act, a decent second act, and a final act that drags on and actually put me to sleep. I appreciate the soundtrack and set design....but I just really don't enjoy this. That's what a pirate would say. |
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Post by Ultimo Gallos on Jul 30, 2023 1:50:51 GMT -5
Feels like a movie that if you saw it when you were young you enjoy it. I was grown by the first time I saw it and it was OK I guess.
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Post by J. Hova on Jul 30, 2023 2:34:23 GMT -5
I watched it when I was six, I thought it was shit. I don't remember on what I watched it on during lockdown and I still thought it was the shits.
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Post by RI Richmark on Jul 30, 2023 5:58:36 GMT -5
Did anyone else read the title of this thread and thought the OP meant to put this in the AEW section?
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Post by BorneAgain on Jul 30, 2023 6:07:27 GMT -5
Hook is a film where so many of the individual concepts are great (Roberts' casting as Tinkerbell aside) but it never really feels like it comes together. Honestly even as good as Spielberg is at capturing child like wonder and adventure, I often wonder if he was really the right director for this kind of film because the movie feels stylistically at odds with itself at times.
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Post by Totorob101 on Jul 30, 2023 6:57:31 GMT -5
I rewatched it recently and Robin and Dustin are brilliant as Peter and Hook, and Ruffio is cool too but i have to admit its really not all that great and drags quitw a bit in places,the movie feels a bit to long for what it needed to be and tinkerbell was just awful (never been a Julia roberts fan anyway).Theres lots to enjoy, the food scene with Robin finally imagining all that amazing grub, Hook in every scene, and Robin being hilarious at times, but its defintly better watching as a kid rather then an adult where you can see its many flaws.
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Post by Baldobomb-22-OH-MAN!!! on Jul 30, 2023 7:34:27 GMT -5
WHAT WAS THE DEAL WITH HOOK?!?!?!? I WANT MY 8 BUCKS BACK!
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Post by Spider2024 on Jul 30, 2023 7:36:30 GMT -5
Did anyone else read the title of this thread and thought the OP meant to put this in the AEW section? Yep. Anyway: |
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Post by KAMALARAMBO: BOOMSHAKALAKA!!! on Jul 30, 2023 8:39:31 GMT -5
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Post by Hypnosis on Jul 30, 2023 9:38:16 GMT -5
Luke from Street Fighter is unhappy with the thread title. |
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Post by Ryback on a Pole! on Jul 30, 2023 10:23:02 GMT -5
I rewatched it a couple of years ago. It was a very mixed bag.
Dustin Hoffman was great, and there were a lot of fun moments. But there were also a lot of momenets where I found myself drifting off and losing interest.
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Post by Citizen Snips on Jul 30, 2023 12:07:55 GMT -5
It’s got Bob Hoskins. Any movie with Bob Hoskins is worth a watch.
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Post by darbus alan on Jul 30, 2023 12:28:01 GMT -5
It's an OK movie carried by some great acting.
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Post by Mr PONYMANIA Mr Jenzie on Jul 30, 2023 12:36:33 GMT -5
watched it last in december, gave it an 8 score it's a tad too long, but very enjoyable, and fanciful and whimsical disney pan - classic and horribly non-pc  peter pan - slapstick and thick pan - awesome |
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Post by zrowsdower on Jul 30, 2023 17:33:54 GMT -5
Oh, you didn't enjoy it, even though you watched it with your boyfriend?
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Post by Mozenrath on Jul 31, 2023 1:37:19 GMT -5
It's an OK movie carried by some great acting. Absolutely. Some fun set pieces and such, too. If nothing else, it seems like one of those movies where most of the people in it probably had a good time making it. |
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