There are many stories out there that we have heard
since we were babies. The story of Peter Pan is one of them and really a
beloved favorite. But where did Peter originally come from? I asked my Mom once
and I don't remember what she said because I knew it wasn't the actual story,
but she is good at making things up. That is why I was interested in checking
out this week’s movie, Pan, for the review.
The movie starts
somewhere around 1930 where a woman seems to be sneaking around an orphanage
where she walks up to her baby and gives him a necklace with a metal pan
flute on it and a letter addressed to Peter.
About twelve years
later, during WWII, Peter (played by Levi Miller) wakes up in
the orphanage with his friend Nibs (played by Lewis MacDougall) in the
bed beside his, also awake. After jumping on the beds, they go downstairs to
eat their breakfast, a gruel of some sort. Peter complains that they usually
get bacon with it, and goes to sit down with Nibs. He mentions that he suspects
Mother Barnabas (played by Kathy Burke), is hoarding food for herself. Peter
and Nibs sneak into Barnabas' office and find a secret hatch with a bunch
of junk foods and a door leading to the orphanage records. Nibs finds Peters
record with the note from his mother that says that she loves him and will meet
him again in this world or another. Barnabas finds them in her office and
punishes them by whipping their hands and having them do chores around the
orphanage.
Later that night,
while all the kids go to bed, Barnabas puts up a pirate flag on the roof. Then,
when the kids are asleep, pirates come down from the roof, grabbing the orphans
and leaving, which Peter and Nibs see happening. The two run for the door, but
Nibs gets caught just before leaving, then peter gets kicked by Barnabas into a
pirate, which grabs him and pulls him up onto their flying pirate ship. Nibs
tells Peter that he needs to jump off with him as he jumps, but Peter hesitates
and gets flown off with the pirates.
The story plot from
here is Peter meeting Hook (played by Garrett Hedlund), Smee (played by Adeel
Akhtar), Tiger Lily (played by Rooney Mara) and Blackbeard (played by Hugh
Jackman) and becoming the flying child we know and love. It also leads to Peter
going on a great adventure to meet and know these characters. It was
very imaginative and makes everything that Peter Pan is make complete
sense. There are also some very interesting plot twists about the different
relationships between the characters from what we already know about them, and
to what is going on at that particular moment. And the costume and set design
used to show us all of this was amazing. In short, I really liked all the work
done on this movie.
As for the acting, I
enjoyed that they used actors with theatrical backgrounds to bring the
characters to life. I really enjoyed Hugh Jackman's performance the most. His
portrayal of Blackbeard brought a lot of dimension and realism yet
drama to the character. I did think that Garrett Hedlund was a little overboard
at times but still enjoyable. I think the real cheers go for Levi Miller and
his portrayal of Peter. He really gave us his true character from
troublemaker to boyhood hero.
I would rate this
movie 8.7/10 for overall greatness in most aspects, but sometimes there are
moments where it goes a little wrong in some way.
I'm thinking about
changing the color of the font to orange for Halloween. Do you think I
should do it or not? Leave a comment down below if you have
a specific shade of orange I should know. Thanks!
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