It's an Okay movie with some over-acted and silly parts. Hoffman as Hook is lots of fun, for sure. Williams is good as a middle-aged Peter Pan but the movie itself gets overly.. silly sometimes.
"Hook"...do you like it?
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I read a little bit about the making of this movie in a book called "Hit & Run" (a hatchet job of a biography about Peter Guber & Jon Peters, the twin heads of Columbia/Tristar at the time Hook was made). The book certainly makes a big deal out of the movie being Jon Peters' vanity project. The first and last stop on every VIP tour of the studio would be the Hook pirate ship set. (Of course, this would be nothing compared to the excesses that would destroy their reputations during Last Action Hero.)
Personally, I enjoy Hook a lot. I never saw it in theaters, although I did get some of the McDonalds toys. And I saw it on TV several times during my youth. It never quite eclipsed Walt Disney's Peter Pan or the Fox Kids cartoon Peter Pan & the Pirates as my favorite version of the Peter Pan story but I do rank Hook amongst the best Steven Spielberg movies of all time. This was back when pretty much everything Spielberg touched became something magical. This is the same Spielberg who gave us E.T., Jurassic Park, & the 1st 3 Indiana Jones movies. (I absolutely can't stand the sad sack impostor who stands in his place now and gives us depressing crap like A.I., Minority Report, & War of the Worlds. Catch Me If You Can, Indiana Jones & the Kingdom of the Crystal Skull, and The Terminal were decent but far below the standards Spielberg set for himself in the 1980s & early 1990s.)
So, to sum up, Thumbs up for Hook and I'm 25 (turning 26 on Wednesday).
I loved this movie when I was younger (26 now). I saw it a few weeks ago and I think it still holds up. Dustin Hoffman steals the movie being an awesome Hook and I always thought Bob Hoskins was underated as Smee.
RUFFFFIOOOOOOOOOOO
RUFFFFIOOOOOOOOOOO
I'm 24. It was an okay movie. Cheesy at times
"Thank you for believing!"
Amber Scott is gorgreous. She played Maggie peter's daughter. She's only 12 days older than me!
Anyone also remember Gweneth Paltrow in a small role? She played young wendy in the flashback. She's also the God daughter of Spielberg
"The Pan" part always got on my nerves.
Spielberg hated this movie so much he doesn't even want to rewatch it. Julia Roberts was apparently a bitch.
There were frequent good-natured "battle of wits" exchanges between Williams and Hoffman. In one incident, Hoffman was not happy with his performance and asked for the scene to be re-shot. Williams quipped "Try acting": a reference to the Hoffman / Laurence Olivier exchange on the set of Marathon Man
I always enjoyed the movie. Not a blockbuster in my book but still, an enjoyable movie. I'm 41 by the way.
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I love the movie "Hook". I was 11 when it came out and was enchanted by it. I love the whole vision of Neverland, the Lost Boys, Tinkerbell, absolutely loved Dustin Hoffman as Captain James Hook, Tootle's missing marbles, Granny Wendy, and just the whole story, was wonderful. Oh, I love it to this day. I wore the VHS tape out long ago but never thought to look for it on DVD. I don't even know if they made it for DVD.
I am 28 years old.
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I am 28 years old.
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Hook is available on a bare-bones plain DVD.
this was 1991 right? I would have been 18... I remember the big excitement when it came out(it was the big event film of that holiday year) but I was more excited about Disney's Beauty & the Beast(came out at the same time.) I rememeber that the reviews were bad- Siskel & Ebert reaaaally hated it & where bitching about it hilaroiulsy on Oprah. I saw it on video at a relatives house a couple years later & liked some parts but thought Neverland looked wrong, & Robin Williams seemed like he didnt want to be in the movie. I liked Dustin Hoffman & Julia Roberts in their roles though...
The first time I saw the movie was on TV. Don't even remember it ever being in theaters.
I really like this movie. It was very well done and the acting suburb. Especially Dustin. I had NO idea it was him until he loses his wig near the end. I was flabbergasted.
Julia Roberts was so gorgeous when she made herself larger. I can repeat that segment over and over.
My kids (6&7) wont sit through it but this 47 yo loves it. But maybe I lost my marbles.
I really like this movie. It was very well done and the acting suburb. Especially Dustin. I had NO idea it was him until he loses his wig near the end. I was flabbergasted.
Julia Roberts was so gorgeous when she made herself larger. I can repeat that segment over and over.
My kids (6&7) wont sit through it but this 47 yo loves it. But maybe I lost my marbles.
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I hate hate hate this movie. I just think it's awful. I don't like it. My ex-girlfriend loved it though. That's probably why I LOATHE this film.
I enjoyed it when it came out, and the last half I caught a couple of weeks ago was still good.
I grew up on the MAry MArtin TV version and all since then. Hook works for me.
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I grew up on the MAry MArtin TV version and all since then. Hook works for me.
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It was ok. I'm 30. It was an interesting twist on the story.
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