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[kelpieice]

Different Peter Pan Fight Scenes

Peter Pan in cannon is a crazy little shit who is very dangerous with a blade. When watching any kind of telling of J.M.Barrie’s character we expect an entertaining fight scenes with Peter Pan and his arch nemesis captain Hook. There have been many different displays of these fight scenes. But I will be focusing on Disney’s original animated Peter Pan, their 2023 Peter Pan as well as the 2003 Peter Pan. This is because the 2023 Peter Pan seems to be trying to take cinematic elements from both. However, they are very loosely on the 1953 Peter Pan.

Disney Animated Peter Pan

This Peter Pan uses a lot of slapstick to change the violence of the story. It is still entertaining to watch. While there are a lot of things i didn’t like about this Peter Pan in the 1953 film, he was at least was still memorable and competent. I think when Disney decided to bring back their iconic Peter Pan adaptation they did better in Return to Neverland than the 2023. Jane Darling in the Disney verse is a competent girl and I do like her fight scene against Hook. This is because they still make Hook look dangerous and intimidating and she has to start out by fleeing from him. When she finally frees Peter Pan she doesn’t suddenly go female power and out shine him. It is still Peter who takes out his arch nemesis. So it is better to have them both look good.

2003 Peter Pan

What I like about this fight scene is how they show that Hook is smart and had this whole plan to kill Peter Pan. Hook is dangerous and a worthy enemy to Peter Pan even managing to over power Peter; Peter knows he is in trouble and needs to try and escape his enemy but Hook grabs him in time. Then throws him towards an open net to drown. This Peter Pan is still a cocky, cheeky smart ass, but he doesn’t underestimate captain Hook. He knows Hook is dangerous and Hook IS supposed to be dangerous. This film didn’t feel the need to tone down the fight scenes. Peter Pan ends this scene with being saved from the crocodile, both of them hearing the ticking clock. Hook gets distracted and when he remembers Peter, he has already fled. They made Wendy more proactive in the fight scenes and I don’t dislike that because she’d have to adapt to this dangerous island in order to survive. So Wendy with sword skills I have always liked to HC. They also made her show her leadership skills when Peter Pan is a little preoccupied fighting captain Hook.

Peter Pan 2023

This movie should of just been called Wendy because they decided to go down the route of insufferable girlboss. This Peter Pan is incompetent and he gets overpowered by Hook not because Hook managed to overpower this not normal fairy child, but because this Peter Pan is an airhead. He gets himself and the Darlings blown up then separated, fails to look for Wendy which in cannon is something Peter Pan does do. Then when we finally see him face Hook; he has this whole distraction when fighting Hook after he realizes Wendy is alive. He has a flipping conversation with her with captain Hook standing right there. This Hook somehow hurts him through his shadow? It was strange. So Hook didn’t feel like he earned his victory. This Hook normally gets his but served to himself from an airhead. They then get saved by Tik Tok the Croc but what I took weird was that Tik Tok didn’t tik until Hook was on his head. Does the Crocodile have control of its own ticking now? It was strange.

The fight scene just feels lack luster, like we expected a better fight scene. They do try to copy the slap stick I suppose, with Hook balancing over the Crocodile’s jaws. But animated Hook has tons of slapstick and was kicked into the jaws of Tik Tok. This Hook found himself here because he is not observant enough. Doesn’t help that the constant ticking of the Crocodile does not happen in this film. So...it is a miracle this Hook hasn’t been eaten yet.

[kelpieice]

My biggest annoyance is when Wendy's femininity, kindness and maternal instinct is tossed out a window. These are key parts to her character. To who she is. Wendy always had positive femininity but here in the 2023 one, they made her toxic and unlikable. Are you sure this is Wendy? She doesn't act like a Wendy...

This John and Micheal have the misfortune of having the worst big sister ever.