Peter Pan & Wendy

Disney should have stuck more to the original material. They tried to make this children's movie emotionally deeper and ended up drowning out any fun this movie could have offered. The storyline was all over the place and hard to follow and comprehend. Wendy attempts to be a therapist to Captain Hook who seems to be dealing with mommy issues and Peter Pan often comes across bland and emotionless. Tinker bell and Tiger lily was worth watching and the only characters they improved. I wouldn't recommend watching this at all. Save your time and watch Hook with Robin Williams. It was as more creative and light hearted.

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.

Don't ask questions, just consume product an get excited for next product....

Things just happen in this movie and are barely explained, just hand waved away. Its like the writers expect you to know the original story but then if you know the original story you are guaranteed to be annoyed by the changes they have made for the so called "modern audience"....

The cast is alright from my point of view, not perfect just good enough, the problem is the writing and the overall production value, it lacks entertainment value, I didn't feel the magic....

The common excuse is that its for children but I wouldn't recommend showing this to children....

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!