Pan - Nostalgia Critic

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It was a critical and box office disaster. What is it about this prequel to a classic children's story that rubbed everyone the wrong way? Nostalgia Critic takes a look at Pan.
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Pan is a 2015 American fantasy film directed by Joe Wright and written by Jason Fuchs. The film serves as a prequel to Peter and Wendy from Scottish author J. M. Barrie, which was first staged in 1904, and focuses on an alternative origin story for Peter Pan and Captain Hook. It stars Hugh Jackman as a fictionalized version of Blackbeard, Garrett Hedlund as Hook, Rooney Mara as Tiger Lily, and Levi Miller as Peter Pan.
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[@jerricablackcat4303]

Can you review Life Size? What's it about? In an attempt to bring her mother back from the dead, Lindsay Lohan accidentally turns her Barbie doll into Tyra Banks.

[@deshawnedwards6412]

The only good thing that I can say about this film is, that it has a great original song to go with it. "Little Soldier" by Lily Allen.

[@chasehedges6775]

The teaser trailer to this movie was awesome. It’s a shame the film itself wasn’t

[@r1skyray01]

Plz review Arthur and the Invisibles (2006) plz

[@nataliehughes1020]

That’s a great origin of Peter Pan. Can you please review Escape from Cluster Prime, Escape from Tomorrow and The Ultimate Enemy?

[@pepito2847]

Tbh I like the idea of Hook starting off as Peter’s ally Though it was kinda weird seeing him act like Han Solo

[@mrcritical6751]

Personally I would’ve made Hook be Blackbeard’s put upon British chart guy who has to keep watch and jot down how much is being found in the mines

[@questworldiangreenknight7455]

Agreed!!!

[@anguirus6803]

Real peter pan: "Wanna hear about the time i cut off hooks hand and threw it to the crocodile". Me: that's what I've been waiting for .

[@JuMiKu]

The idea is OK, but the books hint at a far more disturbing and interesting idea: Peter throws out or even kills Lost Boys, whom he considers too old. How interesting would it be if Hook and the other pirates had actually been a best friend or brother at some point, but Peter forgot like he forgets everything or simply doesn't care, because he's a psycho.

[@anguirus6803]

@@JuMiKu that's a good idea i like. But one detail you have to remember. Peter dosen't forget thing's because he doesn't care. He forgets because it's the nature of the island. He's been there so long that now he forgets things like mad. Micheal and john barley remembered there parents by the time they came back

[@TheWhoEditor]

Honestly if we took the character relationship and story ideas of the mini series of 'Neverland' and combine it with the visuals of 'Pan' we could've had a great Peter Pan prequel.

[@kingsleycy3450]

Its visuals are its biggest enemy though. It is possible to go too busy. There is a reason why even MCU movies use a lot of grounded visuals.

[@ericjanssen394]

I was about to point out the, er, "Unreasonable similarities" to Sci-Fi's "Neverland", before getting a big taste of just HOW bat**** this studio-budgeted version was.

[@steveandjeanniefrith236]

Neverland was great though. I love Mini Series-s?

[@cutieboychase]

Honestly if we took our butts, connected them, and farted, a gross smell would materialize

[@gregjenkinson7512]

I might be wrong but wasn't that the one where Hook wasn't a pirate he was a fencing instructor /Fagin like character? And wasn't Neverland on another planet?

[@DiegoHernandez-xt2su]

Peter: we always be friends hook aren’t we? Hook: always, what could possibly go wrong? *This Movie Bomb at the box office*

[@elder-woodsilverstein7716]

Hehehe

[@KTKomedy2813]

Ah, so THAT’S how they became enemies.

[@caccadimiele6096]

*Peter become Robin Williams and hook killed by a crock* ops....

[@coolnerdlll6053]

You don't watch Cinematic Excrement by any chance, do you?

[@DiegoHernandez-xt2su]

@@coolnerdlll6053 yes I did watch his reviews

[@OliverTCrowe]

I'm really glad Doug referenced Once Upon a Time's Peter Pan in this. For as many mistakes as that show made in character/plot choices, their version of Peter Pan just leaned completely into him being a cocky mischievous villain, and it was honestly a great way to go with him.

[@madelyn3245]

Absolutely! He was my favorite character on the show, and I'm happy to see him get some recognition.

[@mrcritical6751]

He was terrifying

[@fangedgames4285]

I honestly enjoyed jackmans’s Blackbeard cause it’s almost like he’s a senile angry old man who’s trying to stay calm but at times just slips up. I honestly find hook’s character just dull though

[@julesguermonprez1392]

The only reason I don’t consider him the worst rendition of Hook is because Christopher walken took care of that ^^

[@bookwyrmbaneoftheplothole8500]

I remember watching this with my family and during the Nirvana sequence my dad and I just slowly turned to look at eachother without saying a word, that’s the clearest thing I remember about this movie, that look on my dad’s face.

[@barbarabaker1457]

Substitute me and my mother and my story is identical.

[@troywright359]

I remember me and my dad said HWHAT????! at the same time, and then he said "come on we gotta go kid, looks like ol' Bucktooth is at it again!" Then we left in his buick slapping asses as we went.

[@kirara2516]

Yeah, I rented this from the library and watched it. That was the same moment where I went "wtf am I watching?" Not Hugh Jackman's best.

[@leonardodelimaferreira8509]

Honestly, this was my introduction to this song, yes, I'm kinda young, didn't make a fuckin sense, but hey, great music

[@jimmymelendez1836]

I've never seen Pan and really, I have no desire to see it. That Nirvana and Ramones song are so out of place.

[@SuperflyWTF]

This movie has the honor of being the only movie I’ve ever fallen asleep on in the theater. Usually my dad is the one that falls asleep on movies but we both ended up taking a nap halfway through.

[@NoRegs30]

For me it was Fantastic Four silver surfer Same energy

[@adamvialpando106]

For me it was Dolittle. Went to it with my whole immediate family and my nieces wanted to see it. Didn't completely fall asleep but got some decent rest, the theater had really comfy seats.

[@chayacarney5873]

Mine was Jurassic world

[@chasehedges6775]

@@chayacarney5873 Jurrasic World was a better movie than this.

[@pallydan893]

Solo

[@renji90998]

Since Disney is giving their villains origin movies I’ve got an interesting one for Hook. In the books Peter would actually kill the Lost Boys when started to get too old. Wendy would ask him and say “they became pirates”. Hook starts out as a Lost Boy until he starts to see that there’s something wrong with Peter. After questioning is authority, Peter tries to kill him but escapes. He fully dawns on the pirate persona with other former lost boys to combat Peter. It reveals that Peter kills the Lost Boys so he can stay young. An offering to a magical crocodile, aka: Tick Tock the Croc. And Hook tries to extend a hand to Peter hoping the could be friends but Peter pull Vader and chops it off. Offering it to Croc.

[@Jack1994hoo]

Disney, give this man a job

[@Marcelelias11]

"In the books Peter would actually kill the Lost Boys when they started to get too old." I mean, the last time I've read the Peter Pan book was probably like 2013, and I don't have many recollections of it, but I sure as hell don't remember THAT.

[@godsclown4419]

this is AMAZING, and a great damn idea.

[@renji90998]

@@Marcelelias11 your version may not have been the original. Granted I’ve never read the Peter Pan books. Just looked up bits of information on it involving the author which are quite questionable. It’s been said that only Peter was ageless and he would “thin the herd” involving the Lost Boys. Who are children that Peter would straight up kidnap. He was never a protagonist. Disney made us all see rose colors when it comes to these fairy tales.

[@Marcelelias11]

@@renji90998 Maybe, and yeah, the version I read was darker than the Disney version (and better - Peter saying that death would be an exciting adventure after being left tied to a rock in a cave with rapidly rising water really stuck with me for all these years), but I don't remember it being *that* dark.

[@josephblumenberg6574]

Ah yes…another movie that I COMPLETELY forgot existed

[@fireball1249]

Another Movie that I didn't even know existed.

[@Jangobadass]

Remember: The Nostalgia Critic remembers it so we don't have to!

[@JamesASharp]

Yeah. I also forgot about this movie.

[@rogue7723]

The _only_ reason _I_ knew this existed was because The Black Critic Guy did a review/rant on it.

[@sparco956]

I saw an Ad for this movie on a bus bench, the year it came out. Then I fully forgot about it until Critic made his video.

[@hyungyuchoiboi1179]

I remember the SyFy miniseries “Neverland” casted actual Native Americans and treated them with much more respect and dignity than most Peter Pan media. It makes me curious why this movie with a much bigger budget couldn’t cast Native American actors to portray the tribe

[@sebastianemond5313]

I agree. I much prefer the Neverland miniseries as a prequel to Peter Pan than Pan (2015). Rhys Iffans was great as James Hook, showing a mentor-student friendship between him and Peter, and slowly revealing it to be based on a false premise.

[@koneheadcokehead4981]

I'm gonna say sadly Hollywood and being lazy

[@bellatrixm98schannel99]

This mini series is amazing! I used to watch it on repeat! Wish it came a real show!

[@sebastianemond5313]

@@bellatrixm98schannel99 Me too! The actor who played Peter in that show was also great, which is surprising where he started with Golden Compass and Nutcracker 3D, but he's gone on to bigger things like Red Band Society, Salvation, and Rocketman (2019).

[@erainmartinez8175]

that movie sucked 21:50

[@sp00kd37]

The way Chris Stuckmann described this movie as the cheap grape cool aid version of the original Disney movie which was a quality original grape Capri sun was a perfect analogy

[@electricsheep1277]

FYI, grape Capri Sun is mostly water and sugar, grape and pear juice concentrates, citric acid and "natural flavor". Not exactly pure grape juice. You should've went with Welch's, at least that's closer to real juice.

[@gregorymelissinos337]

@@electricsheep1277 actually that analogy works because the original movie is a watered down version of the book

[@electricsheep1277]

@@gregorymelissinos337 I'd never even heard of Capri Sun until about a year ago, then it suddenly became the go-to reference for people online. So the point of the OP was that Pan is Kool Aid and the Disney version is Capri Sun? I guess that makes sense. I was always partial to Peter Pan and the Pirates.

[@matthewjones6786]

"So that's it, we some kinda... lost boys?" Oh I've been slain. This was an especially hilarious review!

[@arrow_of_ravenclaw5155]

In OUAT, Pan was a cult leader and convinced a eleven year old to rip out his own heart. That’s probably my favorite version

[@a.r.m.ymoaengene6250]

Same he was my fav villain of that show

[@mrcritical6751]

Pan is fucking terrifying in that show

[@azurakozumi4292]

Is it weird that this version is closer to the original peter pan who murdered the lost boys when they aged out of their teens

[@koneheadcokehead4981]

Mine too i love that version of Peter Pan Somalian Pirate edition

[@sebastianemond5313]

I remember watching Doctor Sleep, the scene with Danny Torrance talking with Lloyd the Bartender, who now resembles Jack Torrance, and his speech about his true self, the one who resented his family for eating up all his time, and how he depended on alcohol as his way of coping with that, reminded me very much of Peter Pan from Once Upon A Time, when Pan tells the truth of how he felt about his son, Rumple. "I remember looking at you, the littlest babe. Helpless and all mine. Those big, big eyes, just full of tears... pulling at me. Pulling away my name, my money, my time. Pulling away any chance I had of making my life better for myself. This pink, naked, squirming little larva, who wanted to eat up all my dreams and never stop! ...Can't I be free of you??"

[@EvieRawlings]

When Pan came out I was ten years old. I don’t remember anything of my first viewing in the theatre other than internally screaming”THAT SHOULD HAVE BEEN YOUR STORY!” after that line of Hook and Pan always being friends.

[@geoffreyrichards6079]

Now THIS should’ve been the Neverland we got in “Hook”. Lots of people (including Spielberg himself) felt its depiction was underwhelming. Had they had the capability back then, it probably would’ve turned out like this.

[@OliverTCrowe]

I have to agree. Combine the scale and overall look of Neverland from this (minus the ugly neverbirds) and mix in the script and characters from Hook, and my god that would have been an even more amazing movie.

[@thefreakmachine]

Well, seems good they did not! Else it would have been a very confused and generic reboot that does not even know if it wanta to be a kid or a adolescent movie.

[@prufan]

@@OliverTCrowe the Hook script would need a rewrite too, it does too much wrong

[@geoffreyrichards6079]

@@thefreakmachine I'm referring to the movie's aesthetics, not the story.

[@thefreakmachine]

@@geoffreyrichards6079 I know, that's exactly what I'm pointing to: focus, more on the story and less on the aestethics.

[@loneronin6813]

The whole, "I have your eyes," line in this movie sounds less like, "We have this physical trait in common," and more like, "I have your eyes...on my nightstand." :P

[@gmh3]

for anyone that thinks the idea of a peter pan origin story has potential, the British miniseries "neverland" is not half bad

[@Alejandroigarabide]

It's in fact great! Also, that was the first actual time Rhys Ifans played a one-handed villain who fights a hero named Peter.

[@filmfangirls9163]

Love it. I watch that one every Christmas cuz it's just so good.

[@RoseBaggins]

Agree, it's certainly better than this movie. It even makes Hook and Pan enemies!!

[@Alejandroigarabide]

@@RoseBaggins That should be a given, but considering Pan...

[@jesusrox4u]

Must resist Michael Jackson joke.

[@wstine79]

Malcolm: "Captain Blackbeard, I found 'Norm of the North.' We can make a remake of this one." :::Rob grabs the DVD and tosses it in the pit::: Rob: "No! I don't care what the charts say."

[@jbcatz5]

Something too terrible even for H E double hockey sticks

[@jareththegoblinking3191]

Tamara: “Wait, what about *Picks up The Last Unicorn book* The Last Unicorn? Surely it deserves a live action remake” Malcolm: “Is that the unfinished draft, or the finished book?” Tamara: “…The..first one?” Malcolm: “Noo” Doug: “Doh!” Malcolm: “Don’t be next to me holding that” Doug: “Are you serious?” Tamara: “But it’s got some good ideas” Doug: “Yea but it’s incomplete. We gotta use work that’s completely whole” Malcolm: “Even if it sucks” Doug: “Especially if it sucks, now keep mining!”

[@dylansharp8471]

@@jareththegoblinking3191 Huh?

[@ChrisNeufeldMusic]

In case you forgot… Cara Delevingne played ALL of the voiceless mermaids (with the “jellyfish tails”) in the film.

[@englishatheart]

Which is not a good thing. She looks too much like a dude.

[@trailguidealex5010]

I feel like this could be a cool idea for series. Imagine a story were the stars are islands and space is an ocean. Fairies are the inhabitants of these islands that either kidnapped people and stranded them on islands or either told them how to make it to the sky ocean

[@coolnerdlll6053]

I suggest that if you want a 2010s movie that butchers Smells Like Teen Spirit, stick with The Muppets. It's actually good.

[@averymerrick]

The Muppets was good.

[@dynaco4_homebase594]

And they joke about their cover

[@nicocancilla8386]

That song was already butchered the second it was written. 😁😎😏

[@coolnerdlll6053]

@@dynaco4_homebase594 Well, they were RUINING ONE OF THE GREATEST SONGS OF ALL TIME!

[@cyber-thundr_]

Even Black Widow 👌🏻

[@adekunletaiwo1342]

Dude this movie confused the hell out of me as a kid I fact even though this one was big flashy and had tones of special effects I still as a 9 or 10 year old would have watched hook over this any day

[@hurricanefury439]

what's funny is that there are a couple of books about peter pan's origins that haven't been adapted yet. both are pretty good and would make for very good movies.

[@lutherheggs451]

Kinda hard though to have an origin of something that was written as a stage play in 1904 then adapted into a book in 1911, oh and the author is dead.......Its kinda like having Ridley Scott write a prequel story for Alien when he had nothing to do with writing Alien....Hard to origin something when your not the original author and really don't know what the original author's intent was. You can guess but at best your writing a fan fic.

[@andrewcook2625]

You talking about Peter pan and the star catchers?

[@hurricanefury439]

@@andrewcook2625 yep

[@Eliwoodfan10]

@@andrewcook2625 I loved those books.

[@Orochi2345678]

“With moments of the extraordinary dropped in” Probably the best way to describe it. A lot of the changes they made just don’t work very well, Tiger Lily being a major example. However, I think the visuals are some of the best in any Peter Pan project. Even the mining scenes which look bland or dull are still suitably epic in scale considering it’s literally showing child slavery. I also liked Jackman’s performance of Blackbeard and I especially like they didn’t make him exactly like Hook (in comparison…Hook should’ve been more like Hook with at least an anger issue or a dark streak to imply villainous things in his future). Blackbeard comes off as completely unstable, a man who can switch between emotions at the drop of the hat for almost no apparent reason. And I think that’s what the performance is meant to convey. But beyond those two things they really screwed themselves with this film. As it is people aren’t really fans of Chosen One stories anymore, but it’s so strange that they decided a Peter Pan story needed one when the entire story is already right in front of them. They could’ve even looked at any of the other spin-offs and taken ideas. The review mentions how the Robin Williams film had the Lost Boys come from different time periods and then gave them different period outfits to subtly show that. Great idea, makes perfect sense for the narrative, add more ideas like that and less like Peter being some special fairy boy. I didn’t even mind the orphanage being in league with the pirates, they just never explained why lol.

[@SparkTheSnorlax]

It's great to see that Doug is feeling better. Hope you all stay safe and healthy!

[@ChannelAwesome]

Thanks!! You as well!

[@ExplorerDS6789]

@@ChannelAwesome Remember, Channel Awesome, we got your back.

[@MrKaywyn]

It's really good news.

[@dannyfain3961]

What happened?

[@christianjohnson2918]

@@dannyfain3961 read the community posts bro

[@metalmaiden]

I went to see this in theatres at the behest of my then-girlfriend. Not knowing it was Hugh Jackman at first, I was thoroughly convinced it was Johnny Depp playing Blackbeard

[@gregarious1]

Was expecting this film to be discussed by the Critic but that Peter Pan remake in 2003 deserves a full review.

[@RoseBaggins]

Hard agree!!!

[@AirQuotes]

I actually kinda like that version. I admitly haven't seen it since I was a kid

[@jbcatz5]

The music is awesome in that. Plus, Jason Isaacs saying “I do believe in fairies. I do, I do.”

[@ShadowSonic2]

@@jbcatz5 It was nice seeing him do the dual role of Hook and Mr Darling, with Mr Darling being such a quiet nervous man.

[@jbcatz5]

@@ShadowSonic2 It certainly makes Hook’s behaviour towards Wendy creepier since he resembles her father.

[@RogueVader-lr1ql]

You had me chanting "ThE GrEaTeR GoOd" at the exact moment you played the clip! Perfection.

[@koneheadcokehead4981]

Man the X-Men films really did a number on Hugh Jackman

[@TheSeleneSeipher]

And Marvel wants to pull him back in

[@Geronimo_Jehoshaphat]

You mean make him a movie star?

[@strwrbttlfrnt]

@@Ph33791 smells like teen spirit

[@RB01.10]

I miss him as Wolverine, though I can understand why he stepped away as you want to move on after a while And I enjoyed seeing him in the Broadway show “The Music Man”

[@missbellaiza]

@@Ph33791 nirvana - smell of teens spirit

[@BrandontheBeldam2993]

While I never read the original book, my favorite portrayal of Pan is the one from Once Upon a Time. Its so dark and twisted and I wish more Disney live adaptations did more chancey stuff like it.

[@22espec]

It wasn't a book, it was a theatre play before anything else.

[@lutherheggs451]

​@@22espec Yes it started as a stage play in 1904 and then J.M Barrie turned it into a book 8 years later when it was published in 1911

[@barbarabaker1457]

Sooo... I never gave once upon a chance after the first episode paled so much compared to the tenth kingdom, then I saw these comments out of morbid curiosity from Doug's comment... Mind changed.

[@englishatheart]

@@barbarabaker1457 The 10th Kingdom is still way better.

[@froggyfriend2744]

The interesting part is that there is a prequel story of the Peter Pan story everyone knows and it's literally just the book by the same author of Peter and Wendy in Neverland, Peter Pan in Kensington Garden. it's a great read and I would definitely recommend it

[@oliverpony]

I'm guessing the reason why Hook isn't evil yet It's because they were setting it up for a sequel or trilogy where he would gradually become the pirate Captain Hook and Peter's Arch nemesis But because of poor Box office sales and negative reviews from audiences and critics it'll never happen

[@calebray1834]

Yeah it would have been a better ending to turn Hook evil at the end.

[@ShadowSonic2]

There's a theory that he'd never turn evil. It's just that Blackbeard would come back, kill him, steal his name all for the purpose of tormenting Peter.

[@oliverpony]

@@ShadowSonic2 Either way it's never gonna happen

[@imsomewhatcertain1024]

Movie Critics after watching Pan: “Your stunning visuals can’t save you now, prepare to feel the wrath of our bitter judgement!!!”

[@DiegoHernandez-xt2su]

Cinematic excrement: You’ve known a boy half your age all your life, you thought they would buy that? Hook: I lied! I do that sometimes it’s called being a grown up

[@dylansharp8471]

@@DiegoHernandez-xt2su Huh?

[@DiegoHernandez-xt2su]

@@dylansharp8471 it’s from a KZbinr who review this movie kzbin.info/www/bejne/rYC9qI2Pnt58sKssi=1BbdPcuvA1h9a5Bt

[@ZoneHorror.]

I'd love it if Doug reviewed the 2003 Peter Pan movie. Starring Jason Isaacs, Jeremy Sumpter & Rachael Hurd-Wood.

[@TheStormbringer8751]

What I came here to post

[@Alejandroigarabide]

How about an Old vs. New between that and the Disney version?

[@ZoneHorror.]

@@Alejandroigarabide ABSOLUTLEY!

[@ninjabluefyre3815]

Jason Issacs kills as Hook, I swear he can do no wrong.

[@ZoneHorror.]

@@ninjabluefyre3815 My Favourite actor to have played Hook.

[@klimmr]

10:19 Wow, the Mushroom World that Dr. Robotnik landed in is a lot trippier than I thought it would be. Or, are those just the mushrooms?

[@bourne2crimson397]

At this point, I don't even care how far away it is from the source material because it is so batshit crazy and confusing, yet so unbelievably passionate, I actually can't help but enjoy it and appreciate it. I list this under: *guilty pleasure.*

[@buddyzilla4557]

I'm sure you already knew it but "The Lost Boys" started as a gritty reimagining of Peter Pan. It replaces neverland with Vampirism and alters a lot of the origional story elements like the lost boys and pirates being essnetially one and the same, but kept a lot of the core concepts despite being so different. I can't imagine it went too much more off-model than "Pan" and at least had better reasons for WHY they did.

[@louisduarte8763]

The one starring Kiefer Sutherland, and filmed on location in Santa Cruz, CA?

[@buddyzilla4557]

@@louisduarte8763 Yep.

[@buddyzilla4557]

The Legend of Zelda also was inspired by Peter Pan. I don't feel you could call that one a reimagining and I doubt we'll get a feature length movie anytime soon though..the "excuse me princess!" cartoon DID have more callbacks to the origional source material that inspired it though, such as the Sprite character being a lot more like Tinkerbell than the game fairies typically were. Most people choose to insist that one doesn't exist though so..lol Peter Pan has clearly had its influence on more modern, popular media.

[@brideofcthulhu347]

Schumacher felt that the original script was too much like the Goonies which had come out two years prior to when Lost Boys was released. So instead he kept the vampire element but changed the setting around until we got what we have now.

[@ThePkmnYPerson]

I saw the trailer for this movie in a theater. When it showed off the title, my mind immediately went to you screaming it the same way you screamed "HAM!" in your Ponyo review.

[@DragonRebelRose]

This is why I'll stick to the 2003 version. It was surprisingly good.

[@hgs25]

Director: “Hey have you seen Pirates of the Carribean?” Jackman: “Yes, Johnny depp was great in it.” Director: “Great, we want you to do that.”

[@Markimark151]

This Pan movie was so bad, that it makes Hook look like Disney’s masterpiece Peter Pan, even though Hook was originally supposed to be a Disney movie when Spielberg rejected Disney’s demand.

[@etangbose4755]

Hooks pretty good

[@Markimark151]

@@etangbose4755 Hook is a good movie, it just critics ripped on Hook and it’s mostly Spielberg’s fault for his treatment of Hook.

[@TanmanC]

With all the Peter Pan reimagining, I’m surprised there hasn’t been a Disney Plus series about it. As always, great episode, keep up the fantastic!!

[@ethansolorzano5989]

give it time either a disneyplus series or liveaction movie

[@ZemeckisTEN]

There’s already a live action Peter Pan from Disney coming (I think) next year. It’s called Peter Pan & Wendy. It’ll be directed by David Lowery, who directed the Pete’s Dragon remake (among a few other films that I don’t remember).

[@EmilynWood]

@@ZemeckisTEN I'm praying hard that it will be good. The original book was called Peter Pan and Wendy before it was shortened to Peter Pan.

[@ZemeckisTEN]

@@EmilynWood Honestly, knowing the Live Action Disney remakes, it’s probably going to suck. The only live action Disney remake I honestly have ANY faith in is Pinocchio. And that’s because the remake will be directed by Robert Zemeckis and will star Tom Hanks, who both together, ALWAYS knock it out of the park with the films they make together.

[@EmilynWood]

@@ZemeckisTEN There's also the Guillermo del Toro version of Pinnochio coming out--I just saw a teaser trailer for it and am curious how it will turn out. The Pete's Dragon reboot was actually pretty good (though I didn't grow up with the original film), so if it's as good as that, having the same person behind it, I have hope for it. And I really liked the Disney Cinderella remake, though I know what you mean. Lots of the reboots haven't been good the last several years.

[@animefan77]

10:44- in Hook- Peter: why did you kill Rufio? Hook: because you fed my hand to the crocodile and made me British- I was a cowboy once. Everyone is confused.

[@thischannelisdeadso3701]

The “It’s always sunny in Philadelphia” joke caught me off guard so much, it made me burst out with laughter, great episode as always guys!

[@wstine79]

It's Wednesday night. And you know what that means?! Flying off to Neverland with Captain Critic and the Lost Awesomes.

[@ChannelAwesome]

Make sure to buckle up for this craziness

[@HAL-st4ll]

We went on a field trip from school when took a stop at the movie theater for the evening. Everybody wanted to see The Hunger Games. Everybody. But our teachers said "Nah, let's go into Pan" I guess we were the only 30 people to see this in Theaters

[@Tadicuslegion78]

Was your teacher Principal Skinner by chance?

[@coolnerdlll6053]

Your teachers probably got fired on the bus ride back.

[@averymerrick]

Seriously 😐…

[@flamingpi2245]

Eh The hunger games were a shitty series anyway Terrible nonsensical world building, trite excuses for social commentary, pointless love triangles, and the fact that it’s release ruined the genre of dystopian novels by encouraging a bunch of sad 30 something women to release the heir own crappy young adult dystopias with as much variation between them as hallmark movies, and as much intellect and insight as a fifth grader’s essay on an actually decent dystopian novel

[@questworldiangreenknight7455]

@@flamingpi2245 very Ravenclaw response lol 😆

[@ymplay6947]

Honestly the one part of this movie that can even remotely classify it as a prequel is the opening monologue. "Many enemies begin as friends." They could be referring to Hook being Peter's ally at first. I honestly don't know if they even had that thought.

[@jlev1028]

Also, I was constantly expecting Hook to betray Pan after Blackbeard's death and take control of the ship, but that never happened. Why are my ideas often more interesting than what the movies actually have?

[@koneheadcokehead4981]

I'm surprised there hasn't been a Scooby-Doo loses his car keys and has to retrieve them in Neverland yet.

[@koneheadcokehead4981]

I see Peter Pan is still recovering from the soda can machine that fell on him.

[@dylansharp8471]

What is that a reference to?

[@autobotproductions1244]

You know, a few years ago, the SyFy channel made a miniseries called Neverland. it was a pseudo sci-fi/fantasy prequel story for Peter Pan. and it's still a much better story than this

[@noahhubbell6876]

This was probably the first movie that I was underwhelmed by. I went to see this in theaters in like fifth grade because at the time our class was reading Peter and the Star Catchers and we went as a class field trip. Even as a young kid who liked cars 2 I remember thinking “this didn’t explain a lot about his backstory at all”

[@shadowguy321]

Fun fact about the pirates singing: the film crew/director wanted them singing but nothing they could come up with really captured what they wanted. As a joke they had them singing Nirvana, thought it made no sense and was funny and decided "let's make that the official cut"

[@questworldiangreenknight7455]

THAT’S AMAZING!!!! 😂😆🤣😂😆🤣

[@chidivids2005]

Captain Blackbeard was such an entertaining character😂. He's basically the only thing I remember about this movie

[@RB01.10]

Jackman gave a good performance and his singing was fine, but I just saw him as miscast. He just didn’t fit the role IMO Granted, not nearly as miscast as Rooney Mara playing a whitewashed Tiger Lily Mara herself has since said she regretted taking the role

[@graysonchristian2668]

Once Upon A Time’s Peter Pan is my favorite interpretation of the character

[@Dullfang2]

Okay, I'll admit, so when I saw this in theaters I was in a state of shock when nirvana came on. But in the years since I've found myself jamming to the Pan cover and blasting it from my car on the highway. Epic stuff

[@englishatheart]

You need better taste. 😛

[@Dullfang2]

@@englishatheart 😜

[@melissalayson7275]

The Muppets cover was much better. At least it didn't make go. "What the Hell!".

[@koneheadcokehead4981]

I think Hugh Jackman hijacked Lots-o'-Huggin' Bear soul.

[@cesarsain3731]

I just want people to know I had a friend in school who knew people that work for the movie industry. In late 2011 early 2012 she told me “ hey did you hear that Hollywood is running out of ideas and they are going to be making reboots”. I don’t believe her at first but now 10 years later she was right. It’s the fact that things like this are planned out so years ago Hollywood made an decision to rehash classics and make money off nostalgia and it really makes me feel a certain way 🙄

[@masonwheeler6536]

1:21: "We'd work better if we knew what we were digging for." Huge missed opportunity to throw in a _Holes_ joke here!

[@ZackaryBiagi]

Dude I was just watching this film last week and said that Doug should do a review of it. As odd as this movie is, the soundtrack is an absolute banger in my opinion. Also, my theory was that they kidnapped Kurt Cobain as one of the children slaves, and he took the song home with him Stupid, but neat.

[@daniellavaladez7820]

8:15: This movie makes literally no sense. The story takes place during World War 2 in the 1940s. How are they singing a song that won’t be written for another 50 years?! How are they singing a song written by people who haven’t even been born yet?!!!

[@matthewfredericks25]

What if that's how the song was written in that universe Neverland inspiring the song writer

[@jimmymelendez1836]

@@matthewfredericks25 Your point?😒

[@jimmymelendez1836]

This movie is a total mess. I'm glad I didn't see this.

[@joeycoe85]

In FABLES, Peter Pan was originally supposed to be The Adversary, but he wasn’t in the public domain, so they had to pivot to Geppetto instead. And since OUAT did BEGIN as an adaptation of that, it makes sense they put it back in.

[@wattsink2009]

🤔 So, the natives explode into brightly colored dust? Two-Face: “Let’s see if you bleed green!”

[@klimmr]

8:55 Why not? Black Widow did it in their title sequence and it was the best part of the movie.

[@_neon-xeon_3966]

Thank you. No one talks about this movie, thank god someone is finally saying something about it

[@julesguermonprez1392]

To be honest he got around to it earlier than I expected. (With the David Lowery version on the horizon it was only a question of « when » rather than « if »

[@Starfals]

Im fine with Hook and Peter Pan, the animated one. Honestly, those are pretty fun. I didn't even know this 1 excited but it doesn't look good.

[@nanashouse20]

I would love for NC to review the Peter pan from the early 2000's

[@deshawnedwards6412]

The only good thing that I can say about this film is, that it has a great original song to go with it. "Little Soldier" by Lily Allen.

[@ryanmorejon5813]

I'm glad that you're feeling much better to do a review like this Doug and thank you for reviewing the prequel to Peter Pan as well I haven't seen it definitely not a great one as I remember

[@BeanBag343]

Tiger Lily 1953: Young girl around Wendy's age. She gets abducted by Captain Hook and is threatened with death if she doesn't tell him where Pan is hiding. Tiger Lily 2015: Young woman in her 20s. Has a romantic interest in Hook. . . . I was SO confused the first time I saw this movie 😂 Like, how tf is this supposed to be a prequel to Peter Pan!? Is time and multi-versal travel possible in Neverland? That's the only way it could be possible for Tiger Lily to be an adult in the present and a child in the future

[@Kendall231]

I been a Nostalgic Critic fan for several years and I always loved the Nostalgic Critic theme/opening because not only does that gets me so hyped/excited for what Nostalgic Critic/Doug is going to review, but it’s also very catchy and sums up the whole Nostalgic Critic show perfectly.

[@bunnywithakeyboard7628]

This movie is proof that Hugh Jackman dressed as a pirate can do a better job singing Smells Like Teen Spirit than whoever they got to do it for Black Widow.

[@coolnerdlll6053]

That scene in Black Widow was awesome.

[@alexfragac]

Disagree

[@kylemorello4787]

But neither of them do as good a job as Weird Al. Or Rowlf the Dog, Sam Eagle, Link Hogthrob and Beaker.

[@ellugerdelacruz2555]

No wonder they got him for Greatest Showman. THAT SCENE WAS AWESOME.

[@chasehedges6775]

Pan 2015 - when the teaser trailer was better than movie itself. Glad I never saw this movie

[@sparco956]

I love the idea that Blackbeard isn't defeated by being impaled, he's defeated by crashing the ship and instantly boring him into a catatonic state.

[@keepitgay1779]

I think a few good ideas for the movie would've been to, obviously, have hook actually be British, and maybe to have had him be the captain of a ship on earth, and he was commanding a fleet of ships during a war. But then the ships are destroyed, and hook is the only one that survives, and the pirates just so happened to have flown by the aftermath and saw hook floating on some wood in the water. They pick him up and take them back with him, it gives him a somewhat interesting bakcstory, and a possibly better character than whatever Tremos knockoff character he was depicted as in the movie. I also think it would've been a good idea if the prophecy was revealed to be a lie, and the whole thing was a long elaborate trick to get Pan to lead Blackbeard to the fairyland. And when it's revealed to Peter that it was all a lie, but he learns that it doesn't matter that it was a lie, because he believed that he could save all of Neverland, and it was belief that got him this far, which is when he believes in himself enough to start flying. Maybe some of that sounds dumb, I'm just trying to help make a dumpster fire a little bit more of a tire fire, it's still not great, but atleast a burning tire smells slightly better than burning garbage

[@koneheadcokehead4981]

To quote the late great Norm Macdonald and something Pan should of thought about more "Enjoyment inflames love in some men, and extinguishes it in others: the wind that assists large vessels, upsets small ones.”

[@Zelink108]

What is that in relation to the movie?

[@wolfinndnclothing]

No offense, but that sounds like some fucking Commie gobbledeegook.

[@joyunicycle]

12:39 My reaction exactly when it revealed the same TIRED prophesy story!!!

[@kingstonbryant2009]

That is basically everyone in the nutshell mate who feels about this stupid ass trope

[@MrBlueSkyof1607]

19:06-19:11 And when The Giant Claw is laughing at you, you know you have an even BIGGER problem.

[@Chaosfox04]

I absolutely adored Fox's Peter Pan and the Pirates. I watched it when I was growing up.

[@gregdon98]

Doug never fails to entertain! Can't wait to see what's next!!

[@ChannelAwesome]

Thanks for watching!!

[@mrrunodan8119]

@@ChannelAwesome next suggestions: Addams Family 2019 with Lucy Loud jokes RV with Robin Williams The Loud House Movie Arctic Dogs Doogal Mine, yours and ours

[@isaacjoshuasanchezvera9616]

Its so good to see you healthy and having a lot of fun, Doug. Keep recovering, please. Greetings from Mexico.

[@RaphBlade7]

The Hollywood chart guys happily mining at the end was priceless.

[@chasehedges6775]

Definitely

[@IAmSnuffles]

I just discovered it’s always sunny in Philadelphia like two days ago so getting that reference was extremely satisfying

[@joyunicycle]

8:48 "This would be like Rufio rick rolling the pirates" I want to see that! I almost dare Dante Basco to do that!!!!

[@shainewhite2781]

4:53, heard that was a pretty good dark comedy horror film.

[@flarone]

I love how little effort you put into the ad bumps. I definitely put at least as much effort into vigorously pressing -> on my keyboard.

[@sasir2013]

4:36 "but nuns don't work on sundays"

[@klimmr]

22:00 As long as it's not red, we're still A FAMILY PICTURE!

[@DarkOtakuGaming]

That's crazy but everytime i feel like "Hum, it's benn a while since i saw a NC video", an episode is out in the evening (from Belgium so for us it's midnight right now).

[@raidenvakarian9362]

Doug: Okay, Malcolm, so you're standing here on the green screen and you're digging while saying your line. Malcolm: I'm what? Doug: You're digging. You know what digging is, right? Malcolm: Y-yes, of course! Malcolm: 27:28

[@takeshikujo2909]

Honestly, a part of me really wished that when Blackbeard got into the Fairy Kingdom, that he and his crew would have been instantly killed by a sort of guardian. I’ve always hated how the villains just appear behind the main characters right when everything they’ve been fighting for is in their grasp, just to steal it for themselves. That would have been so super hilarious! And if they did Hook right as a greedy, temperamental, cunning, two-faced opportunist with a violent, even bloodthirsty, streak, it would have been an excellent way for him to become the true villain of the movie in the end, with even the survivors of Blackbeard’s crew becoming his own new one. And perhaps have his hand be eaten by the Croc for good measure to cement his new hatred for Peter.

[@HangryOnPaws]

I really wanna see that now...

[@noahroangoldwing]

We could've gotten a movie adaptation of Peter and the Starcatchers, an ACTUAL prequel story. But NO

[@lutherheggs451]

We could stop trying to have origin stories for things that don't actually involve the author of the original work....I don't want an Alien Prequel written by Ridley Scott, because Ridley Scott had nothing to do with writing Alien. It was written by Dan O'Bannon and Ronald Schusett....... J.M. Barrie wrote Peter Pan as a stage play in 1904 and then turned it into a book in 1911....Since he's dead we lets not try to write an origin story, unless were going to build a time machine and actually get the author's intent..

[@noahroangoldwing]

@@lutherheggs451 but Peter and the Starcatchers is an awesome book.

[@barbarabaker1457]

@@noahroangoldwing Agreed. If it's done well and is faithful to the world, there's nothing wrong with it. When my books are done and movies I intend to sell the continuation of the 4th generation to whoever will do it justice but probably won't be as involved as I will with the movies.

[@that_goth_bitch3899]

I can't say I really gave this movie much if a chance.... I tried watching it once and it bored me to sleep less than half way through so I guess I can't say for sure it's horrible..... But I am about 99.999% sure if I did watch it all I would revile it.

[@mccarthy5825]

You'd be really angry at yourself for losing two hours of your life to it and angry at whoever let the songs be licensed to this awful, awful thing.

[@princessthyemis]

I very vaugly remember watching this. Seeing "Princess Tigerlily" jogged my memory--boy, your descriptions of her headress were hilarious!!! :D

[@paytonrowley1792]

I really love seeing people like u Whitaker there time to shout out all these charities and I just had to say something this time cause this one’s near to my heart since I used to be a substance addict and I just again think the work u do is amazing

[@koneheadcokehead4981]

I think Hugh Jackman walked into the wrong supermarket again.

[@koneheadcokehead4981]

I'm wishing there was more Pirate Wolverine in the world sigh.

[@paramount_pi0314]

When I saw the trailer to this as a kid, I thought part of the finale would include Peter somehow betraying Hook’s trust, resulting in him losing his hand. I was expecting for it to be some sort of somber farewell between allies, but no it’s just dumb

[@levibennett4550]

3:16 I think you mean "there's bubbles of oceans, but they're never explained (FUCKING BUBBLES!!!)"