Anna Gillis (Anna)

-- Contains Spoilers! -- While I often enjoy remakes of the Peter Pan story line, I found this as a strange although intriguing take on the plot. I do appreciate the directors taking a risk with the films direction in giving it a more...I guess "real" or "grounded" feeling, despite the magical island creature, people suddenly growing old in the matter of hours, and such. I think it portrays the basic moral of Peter pan well enough. The shots of the film were a bit shaky of times but there have been worse films like that. To me it didn't really seem like there was a strong enough plot driving the movie, although similar in some ways to other P.P. stories this one feels like it's missing something. I think they definitely could have cut the movie down. The character also get a bit confusing because aside from Wendy, Pan, and the twins, the other characters basically have no personality or screen time, whereas in other adaptations there's something to go off of. I also thought the end was awful. The overall message of P.P. is typically that everyone (well i mean except Pan), has to grow up at some point. This didn't really show that. To me it it seemed to say that growing up means losing hope and happiness, as all the Olds seem miserable and want nothing more then to become children again. I suppose it kinda redeems itself in the end with James being semi-happy as the new Captain Hook. And while James having his arm cut off is a tad gruesome for a child to request, it does tie in with James and Peter's shared vision of doing whatever they can to keep young. It also helps establish more of a relationship between the twins because he remarks that he promised his brother he would stay young forever. But even so in an overall perspective it's horrifyingly tragic. I mean James set out into the unknown with his siblings, went through the thought of losing his twin brother and lost all hope. Only to suddenly age into an adult, and NEVER be able to return home and see his siblings or mother again. That's basically the same as if Douglas actually had died. And we never even got to see their mother's reaction to their return or them explaining what happened to James. I feel like if they included that it would have a more emotional impact of their actions or something. The camera work also gets pretty shaky at the end in the "home videos". The actors were all wonderfully casted and talented though. Especially Pan and Wendy. And I enjoyed seeing the character of Peter being played by a different race because for me Peter is just a boy who wants to stay in the childlike wondrous state forever and I don't see any specific type of race that necessarily portrays him. Peter can be anyone. My only complaint would be that at first he doesn't seem to care about his Lost Boys, although I suppose it makes sense considering the emotional detachment helped keep him young, and he did redeem himself in the end. All in all it was an interesting take on a classic story but it could have been executed better.

WAY to much auto tune on the songs :( Kinda disappointing cause Laura is a good singer on her own.

*Contains SPOILERS* I didn't love the first movie, but I think this one is a lot better. The emotion the actors portray through the screen is so real and adds a lot to the movie. As far as team Noah vs Marco goes, I'm kinda torn. I can see how Marco would treat her a lot better but there's also something about Elle and Noah that;s great too. I do think there might be a chance for Marco and Elle if they make a third movie. Now, aside from the whole love triangle. What I REALLY LOVE about the movie, was how it showed other characters relationships, like Lee and Rachel and Miles and Ollie. AND OMG Miles and Ollie's romance was adorable and amazing and ahhh. That was definitely one of the best pasts of the movie. Even though it was only a part of it, I like how LGBTQ relationships are being brought into teen movies like this. And again, though his character wasn't a large part of the movie, Ollie was portrayed very realistically. In the end of the movie you can see his relief (as well as his internal struggle through the movie in general) when he finally gets to be with Miles.