#CAPTIN HOOK HENCHMEN HOW TO#
He’s been away for so long that he’s forgotten how to fly, fight, and crow. Once he arrives, he learns that not only are the stories of Peter Pan true, but that he is Peter Pan-and all grown-up. Left alone to his grief and at a loss for what to do, Peter is visited by the feisty fairy Tinkerbell (Julia Roberts) who transports Peter against his will to the magical world of Neverland. While he, his wife, and Wendy are away at a benefit gala in Wendy’s honor, Peter’s two children are abducted from their beds. One Christmas, he and his family travel to London to visit an old friend of his: Wendy Darling. Peter Banning (Robin Williams) is a high-powered attorney and a (increasingly absent) father of two children. His involvement with the project began with its gestation in 1983, back when Michael Jackson was attached to play Peter Pan (which makes a perverted kind of sense). Spielberg himself had been long perceived as the live-action Walt Disney due to the whimsical sentimentality he brought to his films, so when it was announced he would tackle the ultimate childhood tale that was Peter Pan, nobody was surprised. It was considered an indulgent, sloppy affair with little redeeming value. But in the cynical adult world, HOOK was a very different beast altogether. People my age love HOOK, united by the rose-tinted glasses of childhood and the common refrain of “Rufio! Rufio! Ru-fee-oooooh!”. But over twenty years later, the question still remains: was this a story worth telling?
Given the subject matter of HOOK, it’s clear that nobody else could’ve made this story. It’s a testament to Spielberg’s pure, visceral power as a storyteller that he regularly makes such profound marks on the minds of young children. I’ve accumulated a lifetime of other memories since then, but watching it again was like returning to that innocent, primal mindset. THE EXTRA-TERRESTRIAL (1982) the other day, watching HOOK again for the first time in nearly twenty years was a visceral experience for me. I remember all the merchandising and tie-ins that was released in the wake of the film, especially the Lost Boys gear. I was six when director Steven Spielberg’s HOOK came out in 1991, and it was the first instance where I became cognizant of movies as a big, commercial thing.
#CAPTIN HOOK HENCHMEN MOVIE#
The memory of watching Disney’s PETER PAN (1953) on VHS during my fifth birthday party is seared into my brain, not to mention an even earlier memory of seeing the film during my first trip to the movie theatre. For many, it’s one of the earliest stories told to them, and the details stick because a child’s mind-untainted by the lifetime of experiences that await it– is like a sponge soaking up every little nuance. Peter Pan is one of those cultural touchstones which tends to have a profound effect in people’s lives.
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