Peter Pan and Wendy Trailer Notes 2:
* Just like in most of the film adaptations, the reason Wendy wants to go to Neverland is because she’s afraid of growing up, and according to the plot description, she’s trying to avoid going to boarding school. Glad they’re doing that instead of the “being afraid to be a woman” thing that they did in the 2003 movie! But what I’m curious about is that Mary Darling says, “You can’t stop time Wendy, whether you like it or not.” and then there’s a close-up of a watch. Obviously, this is a way of foreshadowing the clock in the crocodile’s mouth and Hook’s fear of the ticking and the crocodile eating him, but this makes me think that time might be a theme in this version? Or maybe it’s just perpetuating Wendy’s fear of growing up while also being a bit of foreshadowing. Now that I think about it, that’s probably what it is.
* It looks like Tinker Bell is helping Peter Pan kidnap Wendy by using her dust to make her fly out the window. I am glad they are still making Peter do wrong things like kidnapping, and that’s something that Barrie would approve of since Peter tries to kidnap Wendy in the play and book before she willingly agrees to fly away with him, but the fact that Tink is helping him and not being jealous probably means that she won’t be jealous or hate Wendy in this movie like all the other adaptations, which is disappointing. This is further evidenced from in the last trailer where it looks like Wendy is brought down and almost killed from a fall in Neverland from almost being hit by a cannon from the pirates, and not from Tink trying to kill her. But I’m not surprised by this since Disney has been trying to make Tinker Bell nicer since those saccharine direct-to-DVD movies about her.
* I think the way they fly to Neverland is cool in this version. They’re not flying through weird CGI looking outer space like the 2003 movie did!
* Neverland itself looks good.
* Despite the fact we haven’t seen that much of them in the trailers, I like the Lost Boys and Lost Girls so far. I know the movie Hook has it’s flaws, but the Lost Boys in that movie were fun and energetic and the Lost Children in this movie give me that vibe. I also like that they don’t look too clean, you can at least see a little bit dirt on their faces and clothes. And I like their costumes.
* Captain Hook kills a pirate! Yay! It’s hard to tell, but he uses his gun to shoot a pirate through the door and the door falls on the pirate’s corpse. If you look closely, you can see the bullet hole in the door. Jude Law’s performance as Captain Hook however, though little has also been shown of him, is not winning me over. And I don’t like his costume.
* “All your times are old Captain!” Very happy that there’s some cockiness in Peter! I’m glad there’s much more of Peter in this trailer overall!
* The first fight between Peter and Hook looks like it’s going to be in their version of Skull Rock and not Marooner’s Rock, although it is a remake of the animated film after all, so that’s not really a problem. Although whether Peter will say his iconic line “To die will be an awfully big adventure!”, which they didn’t do in the animated version but have done in other adaptations, we’ll have to wait and see.
* Not sure what that Christmas scene is about or who’s flying an airplane and for what reason in this movie, but again, we’ll see.
* It looks like in this version, Wendy will walk the plank and Tink will save her with pixie dust.
* Looks like the Native Americans are being portrayed more accurately, so that’s good!
* There’s a scene of Mary Darling, Nana, and a very young Wendy and John having a picnic in a park. Could it be Kensington Gardens? I hope so!
* Very happy this version will have the Lost Boys and Girls stay with the Darling family in the end, which they changed in the animated version with the Lost Boys staying in Neverland.
* In the teaser trailer breakdown, I said I hoped they didn’t kill off George Darling in this, and, thankfully, it doesn’t look like they have because he’s seen with the Lost Children when they are in the Darling nursery and wanting to live with the Darlings. I recognized the actor playing George, Alan Tudyk, in the scene.
* Tiger Lily is going to help fight the pirates in the final battle scene, so that’ll be cool to see!
* The final part shown in the trailer looks like the ending of the movie. Peter has taken the Darling children and the Lost Children to London and Peter is sitting on the roof of the complex where the Darlings live and Wendy goes to sit with him and you can see the Jolly Roger floating above them. Wendy is telling Peter that growing up might be the greatest adventure of all. First of all, they spoiled the ending of Wendy’s arc of her fear of growing up by putting this in the trailer. Second, Wendy seems to be about to have a similar conversation with Peter that Mary Darling has with him in the play and novel about offering him to stay with the Darlings too and grow up, but of course Peter refuses to grow up! Once again, it’s very disappointing to me personally that Mary isn’t having this conversation with Peter because it perpetuates the theme of motherhood that is present in the play and novel. Only the 1924 silent film has had the conversation with Mary and Peter take place. But no adaptation been made so far that emphasizes the themes of motherhood like the play and especially the novel do. Maybe Mary will join Wendy and Peter on the roof to join in on the conversation, but I highly doubt it.
* I will say though, about that last scene we see, from the look on Peter’s face, it looks like we’ll see the sensitive side of Peter as well as his cockiness! This makes me very happy! The animated version made Peter practically unlikable because the filmmakers for whatever reason decided to show Peter’s cruel and cocky side, but not his sensitive side at all! Other adaptations either make him too sweet (the musical!) or with the 2003 version, they showed his cruel and cocky side, but though they tried to show him being sensitive too, they executed it poorly because they make those feelings imply that Peter has romantic feelings for Wendy, which is not accurate to Peter’s character at all! Hopefully this version will have the right balance and NOT make Peter have an inkling of romantic feelings for Wendy!
Overall, I really liked this trailer, and it gives me a bit more hope that this version might be good!
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