deepspace93
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I personally thought this was a pretty good film. I wouldn't say it was any outstanding epic, nor do I expect it to be. But for being a fine family film, based on the classic children's tale of Peter Pan, I thought it was great. It was all I expected and more.
The acting wasn't top of the line but it was certainly several steps above the norm for family movies.
What was outstanding were the effects and the flying and the sword-fighting.
All-in-all an above average family film. I do just have two little gripes with the film:
The first is the fact that Jeremy Sumpter didn't even attempt an English accent. He was about the only non-British actor in the movie, and it showed. Especially since the film even establishes that his character was from England before he went to Neverland, and all the many decades he was meant to have been in Neverland he was always around other people with British accents, and every time he left Neverland he always went to London, where he would have heard the British accent again, so why on Earth would Peter Pan talk with an American accent? There are after all dialogue coaches that can teach accents and it would have just helped to complete the magic of the movie.
My second gripe is the narration. I felt that most of the time the narration was redundant, explaining things which I think even the younger audience members could grasp from the visual presented. I feel that overall the narration takes away from the magic of the story by explaining scenes which are either visual enough or actions that should be left to the imagination of the viewer in some cases. There were some scenes where it particularly offended me by telling me how I should be interpreting a particular scene. Putting a book to film already destroys some of the viewer's ability to imagine scenes of the story, but adding a narration to explain what's already visually evident destroys even more.
Looking past these gripes the film is still quite spectacular for its genre and I do recommend it.
The acting wasn't top of the line but it was certainly several steps above the norm for family movies.
What was outstanding were the effects and the flying and the sword-fighting.
All-in-all an above average family film. I do just have two little gripes with the film:
The first is the fact that Jeremy Sumpter didn't even attempt an English accent. He was about the only non-British actor in the movie, and it showed. Especially since the film even establishes that his character was from England before he went to Neverland, and all the many decades he was meant to have been in Neverland he was always around other people with British accents, and every time he left Neverland he always went to London, where he would have heard the British accent again, so why on Earth would Peter Pan talk with an American accent? There are after all dialogue coaches that can teach accents and it would have just helped to complete the magic of the movie.
My second gripe is the narration. I felt that most of the time the narration was redundant, explaining things which I think even the younger audience members could grasp from the visual presented. I feel that overall the narration takes away from the magic of the story by explaining scenes which are either visual enough or actions that should be left to the imagination of the viewer in some cases. There were some scenes where it particularly offended me by telling me how I should be interpreting a particular scene. Putting a book to film already destroys some of the viewer's ability to imagine scenes of the story, but adding a narration to explain what's already visually evident destroys even more.
Looking past these gripes the film is still quite spectacular for its genre and I do recommend it.
I may be a little ignorant when it comes to comparing this film against other versions or the book, as I have only seen this version as well as Disney's take on the other Mark Twain work, Tom Sawyer (Tom & Huck - 1995); and I personally feel that Disney did a better job with this story than they did with the Tom Sawyer story.
A lot of people seem to have mixed feelings about the performances in the film, particularly Elijah Wood's performance as the title character. Having not read the book or seen other versions of the film, I think that Elijah Wood did an outstanding job. He brought a certain "joie du vivre" to the part. His age allowed him (and the writers) to pull off both childhood innocence and mischievousness; and find a balance between the two.
Courtney B. Vance does a fine job as Jim, playing the part with real determination to gain his freedom and real loyalty to Huck despite a few conflicts in their friendship. He also brings a certain innocence to his character. He expertly portrays a real sense of wisdom, despite his character's lack of education.
Jason Robards is simply wonderful in everything he plays. This is no exception. Along with Robbie Coltrane, the two deliver wonderful comedic performances as The King and The Duke. Ron Perlman is also wonderfully scary is Pap Finn.
This film is great for kids 9 through 99 (younger kids might find certain scenes a little too frightening).
A lot of people seem to have mixed feelings about the performances in the film, particularly Elijah Wood's performance as the title character. Having not read the book or seen other versions of the film, I think that Elijah Wood did an outstanding job. He brought a certain "joie du vivre" to the part. His age allowed him (and the writers) to pull off both childhood innocence and mischievousness; and find a balance between the two.
Courtney B. Vance does a fine job as Jim, playing the part with real determination to gain his freedom and real loyalty to Huck despite a few conflicts in their friendship. He also brings a certain innocence to his character. He expertly portrays a real sense of wisdom, despite his character's lack of education.
Jason Robards is simply wonderful in everything he plays. This is no exception. Along with Robbie Coltrane, the two deliver wonderful comedic performances as The King and The Duke. Ron Perlman is also wonderfully scary is Pap Finn.
This film is great for kids 9 through 99 (younger kids might find certain scenes a little too frightening).