As a Peter Pan fan I've watched every single Peter Pan movies give or take the older silent films. I haven't liked many of the modern Peter Pan films coming after Hook and Peter Pan 2003 live action. With the new movie "Lost Girls" 2022 starring Louis Partridge and the "Peter Pan And Wendy" Movie 2022 Disney+ live action alongside "Pan" 2015. None of these movies have yet to ever impress me with any of their doings. The cgi is genuinely more advanced but overall the great Peter Pan story lost its charm after it was overalls modernized. However this movie being extremely different then the original book by J. M Barrie and the Classic Walt Disney's Peter Pan. It brought something really new to the table, and it was FABULOUS. I've grown up with the Peter Pan movies ever since I was 4. I've even went as far to watch all the Tinkerbell movies and the Peter Pan cartoons in Disney junior or other sites. This mini series has to be my favorite live action of Peter Pan EVER! As someone who adored the 2003 version this one won miles by far. Not only did they add more adventure they helped us connect with the characters way better than any other Peter Pan movie that is known to be "superior" in the Fandom. I even managed to like it more than Hook which I admit as a huge Peter Pan fan I hated the concept of Peter growing up. Here it was different it was a prequel, a retelling about everything that went on before the original tale of Wendy darling and her brothers flying to Neverland. This movie not only made me love the lost boys more than I ever had I found Peter way more enjoyable. The sets were more mystical than any other Neverland by far, there were some areas in Neverland the director and writer added from their minds that I HATED!! I didn't agree with the spider web idea nor the weird caves nor the city the old hooded man built. Ruined the idea of The Classic Neverland for me. However the movie being a mini series gave the prequel time to breathe and time to get everything across to everyone watching adding more wildness and adventure like it's supposed to do. The other flaws of this movie was one that pissed me off a lot. Which was none other than the iconic villain we love Captain Hook. I hated the idea of Captain Hook being in love with Peter's mother and killing off his father. Just made me feel like I was watching a Severus Snaps documentary but a dollar store version. But I was more happy with the idea that Captain Hook and Peter knew each other before the discovery of Neverland and the lies Captain Hook was keeping from Peter all along.
But what I did not like is adding that unnecessary Captain Elizabeth who didn't fail to annoy me the entire movie. She wasn't even a good villain she was just buying her way through attractiveness and that is not something I wanted to see in a film such as Peter Pan. I hated the idea of the hooded man so much I had to skip through the entire part of that and I am not willing to accept the fact of the area he built in Neverland.
Now I wanted to talk about another flaw of the movie I was very annoyed by which was Tiger Lily. She wasn't as she was supposed to be, she was more awkward than brave and had no fire to her whatsoever. I don't even know how Peter fell for her? She was so dull, boring and bland there was practically no personality in her. Even the Peter Pan original form of Walt Disney had Tiger Lily have more fire in her than this version. Even taking the fact Tiger Lily was silent throughout the entire original Disney film.
I also did not like how the iconic scene of Hook losing his hand was portrayed!! It was dull and bland. While they also overused the crocodile who was supposed to be more subtle then what they've given but at least I got to accept that more than the stupid spider scene that was given that felt I was watching a Jumanji film.
Onto the positives.
I LOVED LOVED LOVED the lost boys here I absolutely adored the idea of them being a close group before Neverland I loved it so much that I even formed a close bond with a lot of the lost boys. In fact Fox who was one of the lost boys outshone even Tiger Lily, I loved how all the lost boys especially Curly had their character developments. In other Peter Pan movies we barley even had the time to see the Lost Boys, all the attention were to the darlings which I always Nagged about.
The lost boys and Peter being such amazing, wholesome characters really helped me to connect with them. Surprisingly Tinkerbell in this version actually was really active more so than any other one of the versions besides the Tinkerbell movies
I absolutely adored the storyline and how they got to Neverland it was way more creative than the original summery prequel we got in Peter Pan 2003 in the nursery scene. This prequel was more excepting, adventurous and way beyond whatever the past Peter Pan films were.
Another thing I adored was the fight scenes. They were more intense, more active and way more scary and exciting than any other fight scene even beating out the battle scenes in "Hook" THERES no way any other Peter Pan modern film would be able to beat the fight scenes we've got here.
Another thing I loved which would be strange since I've complained about the Pirates was that I actually loved captain Hook's manipulation. He went as far to fool me and that showed how powerful he was even without the magic. He was strong and had amazing skills and intuition no doubt but I couldn't help but want him dead the entire time they got into Neverland.
I loved how the Indians were more included in this film. They even fought I just really loved this from the lack of attention in other Peter Pan films that only focused on the crush between Peter and Wendy.
I also loved the fact that this is a prequel and that the darlings aren't involved which I LOVE!! Because for once we are focusing on the true Neverland and it's true people other than Peter Pan and Tinkerbell. All we've seen from the past films is all the attention going to Wendy, Jane or the other Darlings which is annoying beyond belief. It was extremely amazing to have them finally gone and focus on what's truly interesting.
I just wish for a final critique that they didn't force the Tiger Lily and Peter Pan relationship down our throats. They killed characters who were way more entertaining than Tiger Lily just to have the two of them bond and that pissed me off. They killed my favorite lost boy Fox just for the sake of Tiger Lily and Peter having to work together. I was really annoyed
For a final positive I'm still not over how amazing they portrayed the lost boys there, they were able to move on from the grief of losing Fox and their past guardian (Jimmy/James Hook) and sticking together and fighting for what they believe in and saving each other. Really showed the power of their bond that we didn't see ever in the other adaptations
Overall this Peter Pan movie is amazing! Better than the prequel of "Pan" 2015 which was complete garbage.
Lovely movie worth the watch!! To whoever loves Peter Pan you will love this and it'll bring back the magic.
But what I did not like is adding that unnecessary Captain Elizabeth who didn't fail to annoy me the entire movie. She wasn't even a good villain she was just buying her way through attractiveness and that is not something I wanted to see in a film such as Peter Pan. I hated the idea of the hooded man so much I had to skip through the entire part of that and I am not willing to accept the fact of the area he built in Neverland.
Now I wanted to talk about another flaw of the movie I was very annoyed by which was Tiger Lily. She wasn't as she was supposed to be, she was more awkward than brave and had no fire to her whatsoever. I don't even know how Peter fell for her? She was so dull, boring and bland there was practically no personality in her. Even the Peter Pan original form of Walt Disney had Tiger Lily have more fire in her than this version. Even taking the fact Tiger Lily was silent throughout the entire original Disney film.
I also did not like how the iconic scene of Hook losing his hand was portrayed!! It was dull and bland. While they also overused the crocodile who was supposed to be more subtle then what they've given but at least I got to accept that more than the stupid spider scene that was given that felt I was watching a Jumanji film.
Onto the positives.
I LOVED LOVED LOVED the lost boys here I absolutely adored the idea of them being a close group before Neverland I loved it so much that I even formed a close bond with a lot of the lost boys. In fact Fox who was one of the lost boys outshone even Tiger Lily, I loved how all the lost boys especially Curly had their character developments. In other Peter Pan movies we barley even had the time to see the Lost Boys, all the attention were to the darlings which I always Nagged about.
The lost boys and Peter being such amazing, wholesome characters really helped me to connect with them. Surprisingly Tinkerbell in this version actually was really active more so than any other one of the versions besides the Tinkerbell movies
I absolutely adored the storyline and how they got to Neverland it was way more creative than the original summery prequel we got in Peter Pan 2003 in the nursery scene. This prequel was more excepting, adventurous and way beyond whatever the past Peter Pan films were.
Another thing I adored was the fight scenes. They were more intense, more active and way more scary and exciting than any other fight scene even beating out the battle scenes in "Hook" THERES no way any other Peter Pan modern film would be able to beat the fight scenes we've got here.
Another thing I loved which would be strange since I've complained about the Pirates was that I actually loved captain Hook's manipulation. He went as far to fool me and that showed how powerful he was even without the magic. He was strong and had amazing skills and intuition no doubt but I couldn't help but want him dead the entire time they got into Neverland.
I loved how the Indians were more included in this film. They even fought I just really loved this from the lack of attention in other Peter Pan films that only focused on the crush between Peter and Wendy.
I also loved the fact that this is a prequel and that the darlings aren't involved which I LOVE!! Because for once we are focusing on the true Neverland and it's true people other than Peter Pan and Tinkerbell. All we've seen from the past films is all the attention going to Wendy, Jane or the other Darlings which is annoying beyond belief. It was extremely amazing to have them finally gone and focus on what's truly interesting.
I just wish for a final critique that they didn't force the Tiger Lily and Peter Pan relationship down our throats. They killed characters who were way more entertaining than Tiger Lily just to have the two of them bond and that pissed me off. They killed my favorite lost boy Fox just for the sake of Tiger Lily and Peter having to work together. I was really annoyed
For a final positive I'm still not over how amazing they portrayed the lost boys there, they were able to move on from the grief of losing Fox and their past guardian (Jimmy/James Hook) and sticking together and fighting for what they believe in and saving each other. Really showed the power of their bond that we didn't see ever in the other adaptations
Overall this Peter Pan movie is amazing! Better than the prequel of "Pan" 2015 which was complete garbage.
Lovely movie worth the watch!! To whoever loves Peter Pan you will love this and it'll bring back the magic.