Peter Pan & Wendy (Live-Action)

[Woodrow Pride]

At the special screening two days ago, Ever Anderson is in the exact same pose in all of the pictures…

Cast and Filmmakers Attend Special ‘Peter Pan & Wendy’ Screening in New York
https://dapsmagic.com/2023/04/cast-and- ... -new-york/

[D82]

• New clip featuring Tiger Lily.

• New interviews with the cast on TV programs:

Jim Gaffigan and Jude Law talk about 'Peter Pan and Wendy' l GMA
Actress Yara Shahidi talks about new movie, ‘Peter Pan & Wendy’ l GMA

In this one, Ever Anderson, the actress who plays Wendy, says something interesting that explains why her character looks a bit older than she should be. Pre-production was about to start when the pandemic hit and it had to be delayed. In the meantime, she had a growth spurt and was convinced she would be fired.

• New articles:

Peter Pan & Wendy team talk reinventing Hook and stepping into Neverland
Why Peter Pan And Wendy Is Director David Lowery's Favorite Project Of His
'Peter Pan & Wendy's Jude Law on Turning Captain Hook Into an "Overheated, Angry Dad or Uncle"

• The soundtrack tracklist has been revealed. Apparently, the film has three new songs: "All Grown Up", the one we had already heard about, which is written by the composer of the score, Daniel Hart, and performed by Molly Parker, who plays Wendy's mother. And two other titles written by Curtis Glenn Heath and performed by Ian Tracey titled "Behemooth" and "Ode to the Falling". Here are links to them, but I'm not sure if they'll work in all territories:

All Grown Up
Behemooth
Ode to the Falling

"All Grown Up" seems to be a lullaby and the other two sound like pirate songs. Apparently, none of the original songs are included in the soundtrack, but perhaps they're still featured in the movie.

Got to see some of the cast at the NYC premiere today, inlcuding apparent show-stealer Alyssa Wapanatahk (Tiger Lilly), Ever Anderson (Wendy), Jude Law (Hook), Jim Gaffigan (Smee), and Yara Shahidi (Tinker Bell), who I managed to get the attention of by shouting "Hi, Yara, I loved you on Grown-ish," to which she warmly said "oh thank you": https://www.facebook.com/al.patrickson. ... 2TkCyudBEl.

So couple that with the growing positive reactions it's getting, I don't know, I think this will be another hit for Disney+, critically, in terms of ratings, and maybe awards-wise, too.

That's so cool, D23ExpoVisitor25! I hope the movie is good too and it's a hit and gets good reviews. We'll soon find out. At the very least, I think it'll be interesting to watch since it doesn't seem to be a shot-for-shot recreation like some of the other Disney remakes.

[D23ExpoVisitor25]

That's so cool, D23ExpoVisitor25! I hope the movie is good too and it's a hit and gets good reviews. We'll soon find out. At the very least, I think it'll be interesting to watch since it doesn't seem to be a shot-for-shot recreation like some of the other Disney remakes.

Mmm hmm.

[Sotiris]

The soundtrack tracklist has been revealed. Apparently, the film has three new songs: "All Grown Up", the one we had already heard about, which is written by the composer of the score, Daniel Hart, and performed by Molly Parker, who plays Wendy's mother. And two other titles written by Curtis Glenn Heath and performed by Ian Tracey titled "Behemooth" and "Ode to the Falling". Here are links to them, but I'm not sure if they'll work in all territories:

All Grown Up
Behemooth
Ode to the Falling

"All Grown Up" seems to be a lullaby and the other two sound like pirate songs. Apparently, none of the original songs are included in the soundtrack, but perhaps they're still featured in the movie.

The songs are nothing to write home about. I don't understand why they bothered to write a couple of new generic Pirate songs when they have the very memorable and beloved A Pirate's Life and Never Smile at a Crocodile. They could have even used the cut The Boatswain Song or The Pirate Song. If in fact there is a song from the original left in the movie, it's very strange, not to mention insulting, that it's not included on the soundtrack. But this remake is filled with nonsensical and inexplicable changes, so I guess it's par for the course.

[Disney's Divinity]

I'm going to wait to listen to the songs tomorrow when I watch the film (or whenever I get around to it), but I agree, that's pretty ludicrous that they think anything one of the subpar talents they usually find to work on these remakes was going to come up with anything more memorable than music that already exists in a classic film.

Is the film already available or will it only become available at midnight or something?

[Marce82]

I wasn't planning on watching this.... but I couldn't help myself. I figured... it's 90 minutes. And it was GOD AWFUL.

Almost gets nothing right. Neverland is a drab, joyless place. So is Peter Pan himself. THere is no sense of playing games, or fun.

Horrible direction, horrible acting... terrible script. Character motivations are never explained... or even hinted at. Somehow, this movie felt both too slow and too fast at times. Why is Wendy so horrible to her mother??? Unprovoked!!
Why is Tigerlily so involved in this stuff? What is the dynamics between the indians and the lost boys??

I won't even touch on the ridiculous new backstory for Hook...

Hook himself has become a very boring character... where is the refinement? the arrogance? the self importance??? the comedy? THE FUN???

And the kids don't even try to fly inside the house??? they just jump out a window???

The ending was also a misstep...

I could go on... but it was pretty terrible.

[carolinakid]

So glad to hear...another live action stinker from Woke Disney!

I’m sticking with the 1953 classic and the Broadway stage play!

Anxious to read other reviews.

[Marce82]

Oh... the wokeness went a little overboard with representation here. But I won't go into it.

I forgot to mention that Tinkerbell looks completely computer-generated (and kinda uncanny Valley... there is a weird tone to her skin that makes her look like a corpse). Seriously bad.

[PatchofBlue]

Better or worse than last year's Pinocchio, Marce?

[Marce82]

Marginally better than Pinocchio. But barely.

Frankly, both were a chore to sit through

[Sotiris]

I won't even touch on the ridiculous new backstory for Hook...

I just read out about his backstory online. So stupid.

[D82]

The reviews from critics aren't as bad as it seemed they would be. The audience score, though, is very low:


Source: https://www.rottentomatoes.com/m/peter_pan_and_wendy


However, as some fans are pointing out on Twitter, the movie is being review bombed on IMDb by people who are against Disney for being "woke", so most likely the same is happening on Rotten Tomatoes.


Source: https://twitter.com/uncledaemonkink/sta ... 5056632834

[Marce82]

In all honesty, I am definitely a liberal/democrat.... my issues with the movie had nothing to do with the wokeness. The movie is pretty bad from every angle. I could write paragraphs.

Whatever modern-perspective "improvements" they made came at a severe cost in the character department.

[Farerb]

I have no desire to watch this, what is Hook's backstory?

[Sotiris]

He was Peter Pan's best friend in Never Land but he decided to leave because he missed his mom. He got lost at sea trying to leave and the pirates found him and raised him. When he returned to Never Land to rejoin Peter and his crew, Peter rejected him because he couldn't accept how much he changed. That's how they became enemies.

[D82]

In all honesty, I am definitely a liberal/democrat.... my issues with the movie had nothing to do with the wokeness. The movie is pretty bad from every angle. I could write paragraphs.

Whatever modern-perspective "improvements" they made came at a severe cost in the character department.

I'm not saying all the people who gave it a bad score did it for that reason, just that so many giving it one point is suspicious. I haven't seen the film yet. I'm watching it with some family members this weekend, and I wanted to see it for the first time with them. Who knows, maybe I'll agree with the public, though I doubt I'll hate it that much.

By the way, I have a question. Were any of the original songs featured in the movie, Marce82?

[Farerb]

He was Peter Pan's best friend in Never Land but he decided to leave because he missed his mom. He got lost at sea trying to leave and the pirates found him and raised him. When he returned to Never Land to rejoin Peter and his crew, Peter rejected him because he couldn't accept how much he changed. That's how they became enemies.

Thank you.
I agree that this is completely stupid.

[Sotiris]

However, as some fans are pointing out on Twitter, the movie is being review bombed on IMDb by people who are against Disney for being "woke", so most likely the same is happening on Rotten Tomatoes.

Disney and their hardcore fans love to pretend the sludge they churn out that gets poorly reviewed online is due to them being "woke". That way they never actually have to improve their product.

Thank you. I agree that this is completely stupid.

Even OUAT created a better backstory for Hook than that.

[Farerb]

Disney and their hardcore fans love to pretend the sludge they churn out that gets poorly reviewed online is due to them being "woke". That way they never actually have to improve their product.

They also like to gaslight anyone who doesn't like it and try to insinuate that it's all politically motivated. I do think that "woke" lost all meaning (like Mary Sue), and it's probably better to describe what is the issue one has with a film. I personally just don't care that they constantly take stories that were written before the 21st century and change them because of internet nitpickers and people who are constantly on twitter.
I can understand treating the Native Americans with more respect, but what they did here is changing every aspect of the story, arrogantly thinking they were fixing it.

Even OUAT created a better backstory for Hook than that.

[Marce82]

Sotiris: yes, there are a few original songs.... but they barely lasted 10 seconds (not joking), they would immediately cut away to something else while the song played and they would end VERY fast.

The score did have a couple of references to the original songs.

Regarding the backstory... I got the impression that "James" got kicked out by Peter because he didn't like him missing his mother. Either way. STUPID.

Fareb, the native Americans are basically cut out of this film... there is only a quick glimpse at their village, and they never talk or interact with the cast. The only one is Tigerlily, who is a teen/adult in this version. And she is so wise/stoic/mature (boring)... and I am still not sure why/how she is involved with the lost boys.

Note: I have some issues with one of the lost boys having down syndrome... I understand "representation", but there are other implications in this case.