What's your happy thought?

[Guitarded]

My cousin (19) had never seen Hook, so my best friend and I found a DVD and made her watch it (of course she loved it). However, I guess the story of us watching it isn't really the point of this thread...

Throughout the course of the movie, there were several times where Peter smiled or chuckled and was "happy" as far as the general definition goes. That being said, he couldn't actually fly until he realized what defined his happiness - what gave his life meaning: his fatherhood. Taking that into consideration, what would you think of that would enable flight for you?

I think mine would be my mother or my best friend. Thinking of either would probably get me off the ground.

 

[TEACAKE'S PLEATHER DOME]

Peter Pan had kids?? That is kind of icky.

 

[Guitarded]

Don't tell me you've never seen Hook? Assuming you haven't, judging by your post, it's about Pan after he leaves Neverland and grows up.

 

[TEACAKE'S PLEATHER DOME]

No I've never seen it. I rarely watch anything outside of sci-fi or faint relatives of sci-fi.

Peter Pan growing up is just too MJ for me.. awful mental images.

As far as what would enable flight for me.. I don't need much. A sunny day, or a suitably dramatic rainy one. Some nice rye toast.

 

[Kestra]

Spoilers!!!

 

[Guitarded]

No I've never seen it. I rarely watch anything outside of sci-fi or faint relatives of sci-fi.

Peter Pan growing up is just too MJ for me.. awful mental images.

As far as what would enable flight for me.. I don't need much. A sunny day, or a suitably dramatic rainy one. Some nice rye toast.

I'd say it's definitely worth a watch. Great casting choices, ESPECIALLY for Hook. Hoffman is brilliant.

 

[Amaris]

Indeed, Hoffman is brilliant. I love this movie, it's one of my top 20 movies of all time, and it's just filled with so much wondrous magic and mystique, a revelatory movie that engages the inner child but is so much fun for anyone of any age.

 

[Guitarded]

I suppose this thread has taken a turn for "Hook" discussion (which is fine with me, I love the movie)

It was my favorite as a child, but I was bored to tears until the last 25% or so of the film where he was able to fly and fight and all that stuff. I appreciated it even more when I matured enough to come to the realization that it's about Peter Banning coming to grips with and remembering the fact that he used to be Peter Pan. That, and I appreciated the fact that this movie is just as much Captain Hook's as it is Pan's, in a sense.

 

[Amaris]

I suppose this thread has taken a turn for "Hook" discussion (which is fine with me, I love the movie)

It was my favorite as a child, but I was bored to tears until the last 25% or so of the film where he was able to fly and fight and all that stuff. I appreciated it even more when I matured enough to come to the realization that it's about Peter Banning coming to grips with and remembering the fact that he used to be Peter Pan. That, and I appreciated the fact that this movie is just as much Captain Hook's as it is Pan's, in a sense.

Yes, indeed, this Jas Hook was the quintessential Captain Hook (with a great supporting role by Bob Hoskins as Smee). As for a happy thought (to keep it on thread), I think about my Dallie dog, and all the fun we used to have, with her belly skritches, 3 AM cold nose in the ear wake up calls, the satisfied pup floor roll when I gave her bacon, all the fun little silly ways she used to get my attention, and being my little 2 1/2 foot tall shadow that followed me everywhere, and that makes me happy.

 

[TEACAKE'S PLEATHER DOME]

Well I might watch it. I'm not into inner child stuff though. Bores me. So the guy only gradually remembers he was Peter Pan? That intrigues.

 

[Guitarded]

Well I might watch it. I'm not into inner child stuff though. Bores me. So the guy only gradually remembers he was Peter Pan? That intrigues.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=LxnR9e7M8Vw

Yay for cheesy 90's trailer editing.

Keep in mind this trailer definitely doesn't capture the feeling of the entire movie, which I think is good. In the past few years, trailers seem to show a condensed version of the entire movie to showcase what it has to offer. You can watch this and still be very surprised by the film.

 

[TEACAKE'S PLEATHER DOME]

Well I might watch it. I'm not into inner child stuff though. Bores me. So the guy only gradually remembers he was Peter Pan? That intrigues.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=LxnR9e7M8Vw

Yay for cheesy 90's trailer editing.

Keep in mind this trailer definitely doesn't capture the feeling of the entire movie, which I think is good. In the past few years, trailers seem to show a condensed version of the entire movie to showcase what it has to offer. You can watch this and still be very surprised by the film.

Okay that looks good! I like that idea. "who?" very nice.

:: makes a little note ::

 

[Guitarded]

Plus, anything with music by John Williams is a plus.

I just found this trailer, too. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=u41hhkg_3gc&feature=rec-LGOUT-exp_fresh+div-1r-3-HM

It's shorter, but shows a bit more of what the film itself contains.

 

[TEACAKE'S PLEATHER DOME]

Plus, plus yeah.

This made me remember Jumanji. I loved that movie.

 

[Pingfah]

I preferred Zathura to Jumanji.

 

[TEACAKE'S PLEATHER DOME]

Wow. I didn't care for that sequel much. It didn't suck me in the way Jumanji did. That said I want to watch both of them now.

 

[Pingfah]

Perhaps it is that I am not a big RW fan, although I did love him in The Fisher King.

Although perhaps it is that I was totally space crazy when I was a little kid and dreamed of things like the adventure they went on, so Zathura stirred the inner child in me more effectively than Jumanji.

 

[Spot's Meow]

Hook is awesome, one of my favorite movies. I am having a really hard time thinking of a happy thought though...I don't think I have one yet.