Movie Debate #116: Hook

[G-type | 2,484]

not a good movie at all. 

Might have worked better as a musical.

[guitarzombie | 924]

41 minutes ago, G-type said:

You're thinking of Nick Castle, director of the Last Starfighter and The Boy Who Could Fly.

I was, as I know he was the OG Michael Myers (just met him in Oct), I just wrongly thought he directed it, he just wrote the screenplay as corrected above.

[guitarzombie | 924]

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Edited March 27, 2023 by guitarzombie
double post

[Webhead123 | 679]

I have to admit that it's been more than 15 years since I've seen the movie...but I remember liking it well enough. It had ups and downs for sure but I think its heart was in the right place and the casting is just absolutely boss. Mr. Smee was always a personal favorite character and Bob Hoskins does a bang-up job with it.

My gut instinct gives it a 6 but that's going purely off distant memory. That could go either way if I were to watch it again today.

Edited March 27, 2023 by Webhead123

[Sumez | 2,969]

As far as making up sequels for classic fairytales and/or children's books, I don't think you can pull that off much better than Hook does it.

Saying "what if Peter Pan did grow up to become an adult and everything he didn't want" seems like a cliché, but it manages to put a really beautiful spin on the whole mythos, digging into what it actually means to grow up, building new priorities, and even having kids of your own. It's a fun story too, but where the movie really excels is the way it tugs at my heartstrings as it hits something that I think is close to home for a lot of people. It's the kind of movie that I've found new qualities in every time I rewatched it as I grew older, and as an adult I don't think I'm ever able to watch it without shedding a tear or two.

It's funny, because it's generally considered a creative failure and one of Spielbergs worst movies, especially for that era. And looking into what people dislike about it, I can see what they mean. And yeah, it's hamfisted as hell, and most of the stuff with Tinkerbell could have been cut out easily. But powered by an amazing production quality for its age, and really brilliant performances by Dustin Hoffman, Bob Hoskins, and Robin Williams, it's really hard for me not to love the movie in spite of its flaws.

9/10

Edited April 5, 2023 by Sumez

[Reed Rothchild | 9,551]

Okay, the lesson here is that I have been a disaster at restarting this debate line.  I trusted my memory, and it failed me three times (and counting).  Clearly I have to reference my documentation going forward.

[Sumez | 2,969]

Wow, at least my comments and rating on the movie was consistent between both threads

[RH | 4,924]

17 hours ago, Reed Rothchild said:

Okay, the lesson here is that I have been a disaster at restarting this debate line.  I trusted my memory, and it failed me three times (and counting).  Clearly I have to reference my documentation going forward.

I'm sure I'm wrong but I also felt like... we might have rated Fellowship of the Ring in the past.

But may be not.

[Reed Rothchild | 9,551]

21 minutes ago, RH said:

I'm sure I'm wrong but I also felt like... we might have rated Fellowship of the Ring in the past.

But may be not.

We haven't.

Unless we have.

[Link | 2,715]

https://www.videogamesage.com/search/?&q=fellowship&search_and_or=or&search_in=titles 

[JamesRobot | 5,808]

Solid meh.  Robin Williams kinda gets on my nerves.  

[theirontoupee | 44]

I thought it was great. Good nostalgia and I still quote it randomly to my wife

[RH | 4,924]

I just watched this with my wife and kids.  We both noticed for the first time that both Phil Collins and David Crosby were in this film—something I never noticed as a kid.

[Reed Rothchild | 9,551]

11 minutes ago, RH said:

I just watched this with my wife and kids.  We both noticed for the first time that both Phil Collins and David Crosby were in this film—something I never noticed as a kid.

I'll do you one better

[RH | 4,924]

11 minutes ago, Reed Rothchild said:

I'll do you one better

You know, I always felt that guy looked off… jeez, this movie seems loaded with cameos.  I’m gonna have to look it up and see if there are more.

[RH | 4,924]

Ah, after looking it up, Jimmy Buffet is the pirate that complements Peter on his shoes, and when Tink flies over the kissing couple on the bridge, supposedly that’s George Lucas and Carrie Fisher.

Well this film had a ton of odd cameos?!