As I started watching this film, it was like a song or poetry. It seemed familiar but like I was hearing it for the first time again with fresh ears. Well, it was exactly that as this was the first time I have watched Hook since having it on VCR as a child. It's no wonder the first third of the film is so familiar, I probably lost concentration after halfway through and played with something whilst watching half-heartedly as a child. I did feel myself slipping away during the 2 and a bit hours. Although it drags, there aren't any scenes that I would say were unnecessary so maybe you just need to be in the mood for the whole thing. I particularly enjoyed the message even if it was kind of messily executed in my opinion. That somehow felt rushed i.e. the way Peter realises his happy moment but then forgets everything about his life after Neverland seems jumpy and not seamless. Probably to push the plot for the Tink kiss so in my opinion, a little gimmicky and not completely thought through. I love the kids in this movie - I wish their personalities which I got a glimmer of in the very beginning of the film had shone through rather than it be the Robin Williams' show but then again it is Robin Williams. I wouldn't class this as one of his iconic performances though. Overall, a nostalgic childhood movie of mine that I probably shan't be revisiting for a while until I've forgotten again. Much like Peter himself.
Review by Daisy Victoria EdwardsBlockedParentSpoilers2015-07-03T00:54:50Z
As I started watching this film, it was like a song or poetry. It seemed familiar but like I was hearing it for the first time again with fresh ears. Well, it was exactly that as this was the first time I have watched Hook since having it on VCR as a child. It's no wonder the first third of the film is so familiar, I probably lost concentration after halfway through and played with something whilst watching half-heartedly as a child. I did feel myself slipping away during the 2 and a bit hours. Although it drags, there aren't any scenes that I would say were unnecessary so maybe you just need to be in the mood for the whole thing. I particularly enjoyed the message even if it was kind of messily executed in my opinion. That somehow felt rushed i.e. the way Peter realises his happy moment but then forgets everything about his life after Neverland seems jumpy and not seamless. Probably to push the plot for the Tink kiss so in my opinion, a little gimmicky and not completely thought through. I love the kids in this movie - I wish their personalities which I got a glimmer of in the very beginning of the film had shone through rather than it be the Robin Williams' show but then again it is Robin Williams. I wouldn't class this as one of his iconic performances though. Overall, a nostalgic childhood movie of mine that I probably shan't be revisiting for a while until I've forgotten again. Much like Peter himself.