![]() He’s cocky and reckless, he loves to show-off for his friends and enjoys attention from his fans, as well as riffling up Captain Hook, sometimes to detriment of the task at hand. Peter is the best at what he does and he knows it, many people admire him, so Peter can be quite conceited and aloof to a fault. Peter Pan is the living legend of children’s fairy tales, a boy hero who never has to grow up, has no responsibilities, and gets to have endless adventures in the fantasy world of Neverland. ![]() I suppose you could chalk their oversight up to the stress. Like I said, the climax involves Captain Hook trying to force the kids to walk the plank, and at no point do any of them suggest trying to fly out of there. The second, and less noticeable, problem “Peter Pan” has is that the movie really doesn’t make it clear if Tinkerbell’s pixie dust wore off over time (which would be sensible), or if all the main characters forgot they had powers during the last act. Thankfully, they’re only given three scenes. The end results range from cringy to goofy. These guys though are every 1950’s cliche about ‘injuns’ and ‘redskins’ rolled into one movie, with literal flaming redskin and a whole song devoted to how they’re walking stereotypes. When it comes to potentially racist Disney moments, I went easy on the crows from “ Dumbo” because those guys had layers and they didn’t come off as being that offensive to me. “Peter Pan’s” portrayal of Native Americans, even childhood fantasy ones, has not aged well. I’ve mentioned before that I like how every classic Disney film feels like a product of its time and nicely encapsulates the style and attitudes of that period (like how “Pinocchio” feels exactly like a 40’s movie, and “ Lady And The Tramp” feels like a 50’s movie, and “ The Jungle Book” feels like a 60’s movie). There are primarily two flaws in this movie, the first of which is glaringly obvious. And the funny thing is, despite all that messed-up stuff I just listed, this movie is still toned down a lot from the original novel, where Peter Pan was a full on sociopath. She might not like the idea of having her own room, but the chances of her and her brothers getting shanked by something are significantly lower back in London. No wonder Wendy was ready to pack it up and head home after only twenty-four hours. Captain Hook tries to drown Tiger Lily, blow Peter Pan to smithereens with a bomb, and force the Darling kids to walk the plank to their watery doom. Sometime before this movie, Peter Pan chopped off Captain Hook’s hand and fed it to a crocodile, and that crocodile still follows Hook around everyday, tormenting him, so it can try to eat the rest of him. The local native tribe accuses the kids of kidnapping the chief’s daughter and promises to burn them all alive (along with their stuffed bear) if they don’t return her. Tinkerbell tries to straight-up murder Wendy as soon as they get to Neverland because she got jealous of her. Captain Hook casually kills one of his own crew members because he didn’t like his singing voice. ![]() ![]() When you think of dark Disney movies, “Peter Pan” isn’t something that immediately jumps to mind like “ Pinocchio“, but despite having such a lighthearted concept, this movie is dark as hell. Something I enjoyed about revisiting this film was discovering just how sharp its claws could get. ![]() Ever since “ Snow White“, Disney had been all about bringing whimsical fairy tales and children’s stories to life with the untapped potential of animation as a medium, and to further that trend, who better to bring to the big screen than Peter Pan, the flying boy hero? The movie involves a living legend of childhood fantasies and his fairy sidekick whisking three kids off to a land of imagination and whimsy so they can have adventures, fight pirates, and never have to face the reality of growing up. “Peter Pan” is another of Disney’s classic fairy tales, and the property seems like such a good fit for the studio. ![]()
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