Let's talk about Hook

[MartyMcFly]

Watched my blu ray when Bob Hoskins passed and I still love the flick but I guess I need some older heads or cats with a more refined taste than mine or no nostalgia to it to explain to me why the movie has/had such a bad reputation. It's one of a couple flicks I love that have a bad rep and I consider myself pretty good at seeing why a film works or doesn't work and for the life of me, I can't figure this one out. It's got a great performance by the aforementioned Hoskins, Robin Williams is pitch perfect as a grown up kid, the story is interesting if not typical Spielberg, and Dustin Hoffman is the definitive Captain Hook in my opinion. Every line he says, every action he does on screen is perfect and adds to the character.

Is my vision clouded by seeing the flick as a 6 year old during christmas time or is it a good flick that everyone else is wrong about?

 

[The Guru]

Hoffman as Hook
Rufio and the Lost Boys :
The dinner scene
Gotta train- IN THE RAIN

Julia Roberts as Tinkerbel

 

[MartyMcFly]

Hoffman as Hook :nas:
Rufio and the Lost Boys :
The dinner scene
Gotta train- IN THE RAIN

Julia Roberts as Tinkerbel

 

[the cool]

One of my favorite movies growing up as a kid. His son in the movie was a fukking faq though, I wouldn't go to any of his baseball games either

 

[MartyMcFly]

One of my favorite movies growing up as a kid. His son in the movie was a fukking faq though, I wouldn't go to any of his baseball games either

 

[GzUp]

Your doing it Peter

 

[MartyMcFly]

So objectively, what is wrong with the movie?

 

[acri1]

I haven't seen it in ages, but I loved it as a kid, definitely a bit of a darker take on Peter Pan and very interesting.

I'm not sure why people don't like it either.

 

[My Girl is Bow Legged]

this and the Rocketeer were my favorite movies growing up, both seem to be slept on tho especially Rocketeer

 

[nieman]

So objectively, what is wrong with the movie?

They wanted a mega-blockbuster and when that didn't happen, the critics started bashing it.

I LOVE it. It explores the psyche of Pan in an excellent way

 

[Roaden Polynice]

It's one of those films that is heavily shrouded in nostalgia that probably masks it's shortcomings.

I haven't seen it in years but if I were to see it again today I probably wouldn't like it. A lot of those things that I loved from my childhood I just let em be. No reason to go back just to realize something could be bad.

(Though I've watched The Goonies pretty regularly over the years )

 

[THE 101]

First film I ever seen in the cinema

 

[MartyMcFly]

They wanted a mega-blockbuster and when that didn't happen, the critics started bashing it.

I LOVE it. It explores the psyche of Pan in an excellent way

Even Spielberg bashes it though which is what has me questioning shyt about it

 

[nieman]

Even Spielberg bashes it though which is what has me questioning shyt about it

I think everyone associated with the movie has at some point. Its really ridiculous.

 

[James Carter]

Even Spielberg bashes it though which is what has me questioning shyt about it

Yeah Spielberg is on some "I won't watch this ever again" shyt. He said he hated the Neverland scenes but I must be clouded with nostalgia too cuz all that shyt is still dope to me.