Peter and Wendy movie and Come Away

[Dani1923]

Has anyone seen the Peter and Wendy movie from 2015? Is it any good? Also I’ve seen the recent trailer for Come Away which is a movie about a young Peter and Alice from Alice in Wonderland as siblings and I think it seems like it should be pretty good! What do you guys think?

[Brutus]

I saw when it was broadcast on TV. I liked it very much and liked the way the film intertwined the story of a patient at Great Ormond St Hospital with the story of Peter Pan, as she dreams herself in the latter. Stanley Tucci was excellent as Capt Hook - but I wasn't very keen on Paloma Faith's Tinker Bell.  The children actors were great. I also liked the way the girl/Wendy re-imagined Tiger Lily as a princess from India, because that's the way she interpreted "Indian princess". I thought the way they worked the scene of Tink being revived by people believing in fairies was very clever and very moving. This adaptation is also much darker than the Disney version (not difficult) and the 2003 film, and closer to Barrie's  spirit. You can view the trailer on YouTube and the DVD is available.

I'm wondering what the Disney remake is going to be like? It will obviously follow its own storyline and will have Peter as an elf with pointy ears rather than a normal boy.

I had a look at Come Away trailer and agree with you. It looks good and an interesting angle! I hope they don't do a "Pan" and reimagine a completely unbelievable origin story (with shades of Harry Potter & Dickens) that bears no relation to Barrie's vision!

[Dani1923]

Thank you for your response! Yeah, I’ve only seen Pan once years ago, and I remember being very disappointed by it! I don’t mind changing bits of the Peter Pan story since I think PP can be open to interpretation, but it has to be changes that makes sense and are interesting, which Pan did not do!

[Brutus]

Exactly. Pan was such a mish-mash of ideas it made absolutely no sense at all, visually and intellectually. A waste of Hugh Jackman in my opinion!

[Dani1923]

Yeah I think Hugh Jackman could have been a good Captain Hook if given the right material to work with!

[Hannah Grippo]

Has anyone seen the 2020 film simply entitled "Wendy"? It's available to rent digitally now, but I saw Rotten Tomatoes gave it poor reviews. I may try it anyway, but was wondering of anyone's opinion. "Peter and Wendy" sounds like a good idea, but haven't watched it or a trailer yet. I am very curious about "Come Away" and will be watching it sometime. I hope they got some of Barrie and Carroll's spirit in there. 

[Dani1923]

Yeah, I heard bad things about the Wendy movie, but I never saw it so I personally don’t have an opinion on it.
When you see that film and the other films, please tell us your thoughts! Without spoilers of course! 😉

[Hannah Grippo]

Come Away was just released to quite negative reviews on Rotten Tomatoes. I don't think I'll be spending $20 to see it. Maybe catch it when it's free on one of the streaming channels. Pity, it looked kind of interesting, but maybe it's a mess. I went on the Facebook page just to see if some people had seen it yet, and what they thought. There were no helpful comments. No one thinking of what makes a good movie, and no one having much of an idea about Carroll or Barrie's spirit for childhood. Everyone was saying terrible things with the fact that Alice and Peter are biracial in this film. Seriously, what is wrong with people!?!?

[Dani1923]

Yeah I read about that! As a black person, I am definitely offended by that! Bigots have unfortunately been very talkative recently, and I think it’s because of the presidential election outcome, so they are spouting racist garbage to keep their “entitlement”! It’s just disgusting!

If I had $20 to spare to watch Come Away, I would, but unfortunately I don’t! Hopefully I will soon and whenever I do see it, I will post my thoughts on the forum!

Meanwhile, if you’re looking for something Peter Pan related to watch for free, watch the Syfy miniseries “Neverland” from 2011 on YouTube! I watched it the other day and gave my long thoughts on it here on the forum, and basically it has a lot of minor flaws, but as a movie on its own, it’s passable and enjoyable for the most part!
If you watch it, you can give your thoughts, I’d love to hear other people’s opinions about the movie!

I’m currently about to watch as many free live action Peter Pan adaptations that I can find online that seem interesting, and that a lot of people might not know about! I discovered some interesting ones this morning, mostly short films, and after I watch each one, I will share my thoughts about them on the forum!

[Hannah Grippo]

Don't let the bastards get ya down! But yes, it is frustrating and just terribly wrong. All my siblings are a different race than me, and I hate how they never saw themselves in stories while growing up like I did (it was hurtful and damaging to them). It's important for children and adults to be able to see themselves in fantasy or whatever kind of story one is interested in. I get happy when you can imagine Peter or Alice or whoever in more than just one way.

I think it will be curious to see how the family dynamic of the 4 main cast plays out (I love the man who plays the father in several other roles).

While critics are not liking Come Away, the audience reviews place it quite well. Once pricing goes down, I definitely will take a peak.

[Dani1923]

Thank you very much for your kind words Hannah!
And I definitely love it too when people can see Peter Pan, and other stories, in their own ways!

In my opinion, Peter Pan is an enigma. No one, not even Barrie, can really pin him down on who exactly he is or where he comes from, in the narrative or in Barrie’s real life!
You can tell Peter’s story in different ways, the most important thing for me personally, is that the storytellers stay consistent with what they’re trying to say in their narrative.

If they’re making a prequel or a sequel to Peter Pan, they HAVE to make sure to stay connected with the original Peter Pan story and make sure that their story and the original story are aligned in some way, so that it all makes sense, other wise the story fails! That’s the main problem with all of the prequels and sequels made to Peter Pan so far, 2015’s Pan, the Syfy Neverland miniseries, and Hook, even though I actually like the last two. I’ve also read that that was the problem with book prequels and sequels like Peter and the Starcatchers, Peter Pan’s NeverWorld, and Peter Pan in Scarlet.

And if the storytellers are making a different version of the original Peter Pan story, they have to stay consistent within their own version of the story.

Peter Pan the character can be whoever the storyteller wants the character to be! A girl, a boy, transgender, white, black, or any race!

Based on the trailers I’ve seen from Come Away, it seems to be about a girl and boy siblings (I think they might be twins?) who happened to be named Alice and Peter that use the stories of Alice in Wonderland and Peter Pan to help them and have comfort from whatever troubling times they’re going through. And that is a really good concept!

But of course I won’t have a real opinion on the movie until I actually see it!

[Hannah Grippo]

I see that Come Away is now available for a few bucks, depending on where you get it (only a $1 at Redbox, but probably a few more on Prime). In case anyone's interested. No idea from this poster yet as I haven't seen it. But, Dani1923, I thought you'd be curious to take a peak, and I'd love to hear your opinion. I'll share mine too once I get around to watching it. 

[Dani1923]

Thank you Hannah! Not sure where you live, but here in the U.S. it’s only $4.99 ($5.99 in HD) to rent on YouTube! Pretty cheap! I will have to check it out soon!