Guest Blogger: Lindsey 2

When I was a young child there was only one movie that I liked to watch and that was Hook. I would watch this movie every single day! This movie is similar to Peter Pan but it isn’t animated and the plot is slightly changed. In the beginning of this movie Peter Banning’s two children, Jack and Maggie are taken by Captain Hook and taken to Neverland. Tinkerbell comes to Peter’s mothers’ home and takes him to Neverland. Captain Hook tells Peter if he ever wants to see his children again he must learn how to be Peter Pan again in just three days. By learning how to be Peter Pan again he must learn how to fly. Peter doesn’t remember how to fly so Tinkerbell takes him to the Lost Boys. The Lost Boys become friends with Peter and try to help him get his kids back. The two main actors in this movie are Robin Williams, and Dustin Hoffman. Robin Williams plays the role of Peter Pan. A few character traits of Peter Pan are hard working, easily frustrated, and acts like a child. He is hard working because he is dedicated to his job. He misses his son’s baseball games, and doesn’t want to miss work to go on a family vacation. He is easily frustrated when he can’t learn how to fly, because he remembers it being easy for him as a child. He also acts like a child because in one scene he is having a food fight with The Lost boys. In this movie, his motivations are to learn how to fly so he can get his children back. Robin Williams is one of my favorite actors and I wasn’t disappointed at all. He did a great job of making the flying look real, and he had excellent facial expressions making me truly believe what he was feeling. Another character in this movie was Captain Hook who was played by Dustin Hoffman. A few character traits of Hook were that he was mean, jealous, and cruel. Hook was mean because he made Jack and Maggie believe that their parents didn’t care about them. He also made Jack smash a watch that his father had given to him as a gift. Hook was also very jealous of Peter Pan. He didn’t want Peter Pan to leave NeverLand and he wanted to continue to fight him. Hook was also a cruel man. He and his fellow pirates would hurt The Lostboys. This movie was the first time that I’ve seen the actor Dustin Hoffman. I was very impressed with how he played the role as a pirate. What I found most impressive is how he managed to act great with just using one hand, since the other hand was a hook. The major theme in this movie is to never grow up. I see this theme in multiple scenes. When Peter Pan was a boy he told Wendy that he never wanted to grow up. That he wanted to always be a kid and live in Neverland forever. In another scene, The Lostboys try to convince Peter Pan to stay in Neverland so he can always be a kid. One more scene is when Hook also tried to convince Jack and Maggie that they should stay in Neverland with him, so they don’t grow old like their father. One critic mentioned that Hook was “My favorite Peter Pan movie ever! This movie is a great kid’s adventure, it furthers the story of the classic play, and the actors are fantastic. I highly recommend it.” I completely agree with this critic. They are right on how it’s a great kid’s movie, because I did watch it as a young child and loved it. Also it has great actors such as Robin Williams, Dustin Hoffman, and Julia Roberts. I also think that it is very different than the other Peter Pan movies because it isn’t animated and it has a different plot! I think that everybody should watch this movie at least once and if you like it buy it! It will be worth your money I guarantee it!