My Favorite Movies: Hook

In honor of the week leading up to the Oscar's, I wanted to talk about my favorite movies. I picked movies based on watchability and how much enjoyment I still get from them. If any of these shows are on ABC Family or TBS/TNT, just know I'll for sure be watching them. The first up is Hook starring Robin Williams and Dustin Hoffman.

 

Basically this movie did back in 1991 that the show Once Upon a Time is doing currently which is flipping well known fairy/fantasy tales on their head. This movie centers on Peter Banning, a typical 80s/early 90s job obsessed person. He constantly makes and breaks promises to spend more time with his  family.

The story picks up when the family flies to London to go to a ceremony honoring Peter's foster mother/ his wife Moira's grandmother Wendy Darling. While their gone the children get kidnapped/brainwashed by Captain Hook as he tries to get revenge on Peter Pan from all those years ago. The story follows Peter's journey to reconcile with his former self and rescue his children.

I absolutely love this movie. It's super colorful and memorable. It also has some amazing lines like "Rufio, Rufio, Ru...Fi..oooo" from the Lost Boys and "Death is the only adventure" from Hook (which is very Dumbledore-like). It also has a great soundtrack and a fantastic single in "When You're Alone".

In high school I was in marching band and we did a "Hook" show in my junior year. I even had a nice feature part during it. I loved the show cause we had the memorable characters like Hook, Smee, and Peter.

When I was younger I remember being scared in the beginning part in Neverland when the guy gets thrown in the box with scorpions. I also loved Peter and Wendy's backstory since it's so melancholy and bittersweet when you realize that Wendy loved Peter all along but couldn't be with him. Also another sad moment was when we see Peter as a baby deciding he doesn't want to grow up and then Tink takes him away.

Even as I'm writing I'm thinking of all of the great parts in the movie. This movie is equal parts sweet/heartwarming and funny.

FanGirl Rating: 5/5 (I know these are my favorite movies, but it's amazing and I always look forward to watching it.) Between the visual, the music and the acting, I would recommend this movie to anyone who wants a more grown-up version of the classic Peter Pan. Plus Robin Williams+Dustin Hoffman is a great pairing.