Peter Pan (2003)

XxSuRgEoxX · Post by **XxSuRgEoxX** » Wed Dec 17, 2003 9:48 am

It looks really good. I never cared for Disney's Peter Pan, especially after reading the play. I hope this one is more true to the story

Captain Hook · Post by **Captain Hook** » Wed Dec 17, 2003 5:20 pm

I talked to my friend who watched the preview, she loved it, and I think I'll have to go see it now.

Hook

Lady · Post by **Lady** » Fri Dec 19, 2003 9:14 pm

does anyone know why Disney backed out? it seems like a financially profitable venture.

Disneykid · Post by **Disneykid** » Sat Dec 20, 2003 9:05 am

This explains it all:

http://www.ultimatedisney.com/forum/vie ... php?t=1957

Rather idiotic of them to drop out of this film. It's like they want to lose business. They've turned down this, Lord of the Rings, and the one thing that would've suited them perfectly (Chronicles of Narnia) is already being made by Walden Media. Their only chance, now, is to make a deal with Walden Media to release Narnia since Disney desperately needs to hop onto the big-budget movie series wagon all the other studios are on.

2099net · Post by **2099net** » Sat Dec 20, 2003 11:06 am

Especially when the Great Ormand Street Hospital for Children is the premiere Children's Hospital in England and is an NHS hospital. All money earned by them from Peter Pan is basically charity and put into treating the children.

http://www.gosh.org/index.html

or for more on The Great Ormand Street Hospital and Peter Pan see http://www.gosh.org/about_us/peterpan/index.html

Rebel · Post by **Rebel** » Sat Dec 20, 2003 12:47 pm

Jack wrote:I don't have much of an interest in seeing it. IMO, Disney's Peter Pan is the best it can get, and Hook was enjoyable too. There's nothing in the new one that catches my eye as worth paying 8 bucks to see.

"Hook" started out good and went downhill from there. I saw it in the theatre when it came out, but do not expect to ever sit through it again.

Lady · Post by **Lady** » Sat Dec 20, 2003 12:57 pm

it is funny how Disney thinks they own Peter Pan just because they made an animated film and theme park attraction based on it.

Fletcher · Post by **Fletcher** » Sat Dec 20, 2003 3:49 pm

Please no Disney for "The Chronicles Of Narnia." I like Disney, but I cringe at what they would do to some of my favorite fantasy books, and based on the fact that Miramax was willing to accept a two-movie version of "The Lord of the Rings," (and then demand it to be cut down to one,) I don't think that would have been much good either.

Disneykid · Post by **Disneykid** » Sat Dec 20, 2003 4:02 pm

But now's a little late for Disney to make anything drastic out of Narnia. The reason being is Walden Media is at the moment doing The Lion, the Witch, and the Wardrobe, meaning if Disney ends up being a distributor, the production will be well enough underway that they can't make any (or many) last minute changes. If Wardrobe is successful, Walden plans on doing the other 6 books in order of publication (which is how it should be, IMO).

To make this post a bit more on topic, I really hope the new Peter Pan gets excellent DVD treatment next year. The question is, will this be a Columbia DVD or a Universal one? I hope Columbia because Universal has stopped making inserts even on their 2-disc sets, is dropping trailers, and then there's those forced ads at the start of a disc.

Grunches · Post by **Grunches** » Sun Dec 21, 2003 1:12 am

I want to see it. It looks good

2099net · Post by **2099net** » Sun Dec 21, 2003 1:45 am

To make this post a bit more on topic, I really hope the new Peter Pan gets excellent DVD treatment next year. The question is, will this be a Columbia DVD or a Universal one? I hope Columbia because Universal has stopped making inserts even on their 2-disc sets, is dropping trailers, and then there's those forced ads at the start of a disc.

According to the IMDB it's Columbia for US (and a few other countries) and Universal for the rest of the world (including the UK)

Choco Bear · Post by **Choco Bear** » Sun Dec 28, 2003 2:22 pm

well this basically bombed at the box office only get 15 mill over a 4 day period...im kind of happy though

Lady · Post by **Lady** » Sun Dec 28, 2003 2:36 pm

did anyone see it? any reviews in yet? does anyone prefer this version to the disney version?

Joe Carioca · Post by **Joe Carioca** » Sun Dec 28, 2003 6:30 pm

What a shame... it seems "Peter Pan" bombed, while the real bomb, "Cheapen By The Dozen", did pretty well!

http://www.boxofficemojo.com/weekend/ch ... 52a&p=.htm

Post by **Luke** » Sun Dec 28, 2003 6:53 pm

Joe Carioca wrote:What a shame... it seems "Peter Pan" bombed, while the real bomb, "Cheapen By The Dozen", did pretty well!

http://www.boxofficemojo.com/weekend/ch ... 52a&p=.htm

So you saw "Cheaper By The Dozen"?

Joe Carioca · Post by **Joe Carioca** » Sun Dec 28, 2003 7:04 pm

Luke wrote:
Joe Carioca wrote:What a shame... it seems "Peter Pan" bombed, while the real bomb, "Cheaper By The Dozen", did pretty well!

http://www.boxofficemojo.com/weekend/ch ... 52a&p=.htm
So you saw "Cheaper By The Dozen"?

Well, hmmm, cough, cough...

Grunches · Post by **Grunches** » Mon Dec 29, 2003 1:20 am

I saw Peter Pan

and I prefer the Disney version

. Cheeper by the Dozen looks better. Even though I haven't seen it yet, I plan too.

Captain Hook · Post by **Captain Hook** » Mon Dec 29, 2003 2:22 pm

I saw Peter Pan and REALLY liked it. It was very good. However, I would have to say that I enjoyed the Disney version better. The new Peter Pan was exceptionally close to the story (which was MUCH darker than the Disney version). The mermaids were awesome and terrifying, Hook was great

and the cast was superb. Though I saw it with some younger children, I would suggest that the 6-7 below range should stay home, the violence definitely deserved a PG rating and there was some brief nudity.

Overall, it deserves about an A- and I'm sure it's better than that rip off Cheaper by the Dozen.

Maerj · Post by **Maerj** » Mon Dec 29, 2003 3:16 pm

Captain Hook wrote:
Overall, it deserves about an A- and I'm sure it's better than that rip off Cheaper by the Dozen.

Actually isn't Cheaper by the Dozen a remake of the classic 1950 film, which was adapted from a book about the true story of the Gilbreth family?

Also...there was nudity in Peter Pan??

Disneykid · Post by **Disneykid** » Mon Dec 29, 2003 4:13 pm

According to Leonard Maltin's review of it on Hot Ticket, Cheaper By the Dozen has nothing to do with the 50's movie or the book.

I still haven't seen Peter Pan, yet, but hopefully I will Saturday. Every review I've seen it of it has been extreme-people either love it or hate it. Leonard Maltin hated it (which is bizarre because he's a Peter Pan fan in general) yet Roger Ebert loved it.

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