Peter Pan — Page 2

And there you have it. :)

Too lazy to look it up. :P

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Not sad at all.

I know all the names, just sometimes confuse the roles.

It's hard when you know the names of so many performers from so many films and stage productions.

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Let me ask you, since this is a question I am helping a local school decide:

Captain Hook. How do you prefer the character be portrayed? More comical, ala Cyril Ritchard; or more sinister, ala Paul Schoeffler?

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I agree. He should have light/funny moments, but overall be scary. I mean, what group of pirates would want their captain to be funny? That is not the way of the pirate

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CapnHook, I had NO IDEA PeterPanFan was your site!1 Wow! (I'm Wendy Moira Angela there, in case anyone cares lol) Anyway, the site is amazing =) But I can't remember, was it you that posted the review saying you didn't like the 2003 Peter Pan movie? because I ADORE that film, and think Jason Isaacs was THE BEST Hook ever...anyway sorry to get excited, but we needed a Peter Pa nthread here =) Keep up the great work on the website!!!

I love Peter Pan.

Loved the Mary Martin TV version as a kid. One of the reasons I became an actor. Martin was pure joy up there, but her woundedvulnerable moments were so honest. I loved Cyril Ritchard's very foppish Hook. Delightful, light, fun.

Equally impressed by the Rigby Pan. Nicely re-worked, dazzling ograhy (esp. the Indian stuff), great prod. values. Rigby is more boyish and very athletic in the role. Her Hook (in the A&E vers.) was quite sexy and sinister, I enjoyed his take as well.

? in those Sandy Duncan photos, is that "Mr. Belvedere" as Hook?

Great site Capn, Bravo! Keep up the good work.

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I think Hook needs to be very menacing to support the suspense. That still leaves lots of room for comedy, as the character is so colorful. I love how Paul Schoeffler played it. The asides and inside jokes with the audience are perhaps the most fun part about playing him. One bit that we got a lot of mileage out of (and anyone is welcome to use) was after Wendy forbids the boys from eating the poisoned cake in Act 1, foiling Hook’s plot, he tells the pirates, “Get that out of my sight! Uh, but take care of it—we shall cut it up and sell it later (tilting his head at the audience).” There were some very concerned children at intermission when there was a table with volunteers dressed as pirates selling green cake.

Princess,

No, I adore the film, however I was very disappointed. I was expecting a very different kind of film. The promotional stills were very deceiving, as were the trailers.

The film had many good moments, and others not so good. The flying was very unimpressive. They relied totally on their CGI backgrounds, the children did nothing. But I don't expect the Darling children to do anything, I expected Peter Pan to fly better. It was all very dull.

The Black Castle scene was my favorite. A great battle, lots of comedy, and one nice flying stunt.

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