**ROBIN WILLIAMS BEST?!** Hook (1991) Reaction/ Commentary: FIRST TIME WATCHING Spielberg

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[@plothole181]

Ties to the original Peter Pan: 1) Tinkerbell was very jealous of Wendy and it is implied that she is in love with Peter 2)Peter forgetting everyone's names is actually something that he has had issues with since he was a kid and would forget people as soon as they were out of sight and would have to be reminded 3) There are many references to kids in Neverland forgetting all about their former life very quickly, in the novel Wendy tried to counteract this for her brothers by regularly quizzing them on their parents, but even she started to forget fairly quickly 4)The sentient shadow is a call back to one of the earliest Peter Pan scenes where he has to break into Wendy's house because he's been separated from his shadow and its in a drawer in Wendy's house 5)Yes, the Lost Boys have always been Peter Pan's gang 6)Much like Tinkerbell, the Mermaids of Neverland also were enamored of Peter Pan and jealous of Wendy (unlike Tinkerbell, they didn't get along with the Lost Boys any more than they got along with Wendy).

[@annikawassilak3674]

Also the Darlings adopting any lost boys who wanted to grow up with loving parents was a really sweet carry over from the original

[@jayjitsuu]

Wow him forgetting everyone’s names is a cool detail I never caught before

[@Raven5150]

One of the mermaids is areals mom from the little mermaid.

[@kateiannacone2698]

Also Tinkerbell is so small that she only has room in her body for one emotion at a time (which is what she meant by "this is the biggest feeling I've ever had and this is the first time I've been big enough to have it.")

[@BrightNeonBrilliancy]

saddest part of the OG story for me is all the lost boys and the darlings growing up and either forgetting Peter/ Neverland or believing it was all make believe. I remember it hurt so much when I read that as a kid.

[@MrGorn25]

This movie has so many moving scenes but the one who always gets me is when the young child says "Oh there you are Peter" he can see through all the changes and recognizes him by his smile.

[@Lucas-Stl]

The one that gets me the end when Wendy says that his story is over only for Peter to proudly say “Oh to Live, to live is an awfully big adventure”

[@Natalie.Forestell]

That scene and the scene where Rufio says "I wish I had a dad like you" are my favourites.

[@Kayjee17]

And for it to be Robin Williams smile makes it perfect and heartbreaking at the same time.

[@johnny9000]

@@Natalie.Forestell always made me cry when i saw it as a kid. Even know at 37 years old it still makes me kind of emotional but it’s because i lost my dad when i was 13.

[@Natalie.Forestell]

@@johnny9000 😢

[@Toren8002]

Some fun trivia tidbits: 1) The pirate who goes into the boo box is Glenn Close. 2) The kids weren't told who Robin Williams would give the sword to, at the end, so those reactions are all genuine. 3) The floating couple at the end is George Lucas and Carrie Fischer.

[@marshallburlew7549]

I still cannot believe that's Glenn Close. With that makeup, beard, and hair, and even the outfit, let alone the voice, you wouldn't think that it is her. I guess she's one of those actresses that can make her voice literally sound like a man's.

[@matthewhall2733]

Also, the voice of the airline captain on the flight to London is Dustin Hoffman. Phil Collins is the inspector at Wendy’s house after the kids are taken.

[@bullseyecello]

Also pirate that mockingly yells, “Save Me Daddy” while Pan tries to get his kids is the late David Crosby

[@moonchild8422]

Didn't know #2!

[@KT-iy9vc]

I love this movie. In my opinion it captured a lot more of the original spirit of the story than did many other versions.

[@PetrPechar1975]

“That was close”, just when Hook walked to Glenn Close in her uncredited pirate cameo made me laugh louder than it should.

[@harlechmaker]

Thor: "That was close." Me: "Why, yes, yes it is!"

[@retrotero76]

Came here to find this comment. Was indeed Close.

[@normalityrelief]

@@retrotero76same here!

[@tattycakes2k2]

Same hahahaha

[@mundanepants]

This movie has such grim moments. Like just the idea that the youngest and smallest of the Lost Boys are the ones who recognize Peter, suggesting they were there when he was and are the oldest of the forgotten children stolen away to Neverland. The others are children who arrived later.

[@kiarya7939]

Fun fact if you don’t already know! Rufio is the incredibly talented actor that voices Prince Zuko in A:tLA

[@Dropnostop]

Relevance 0

[@brotherkhrayn3525]

@@Dropnostop but it’s still a fun fact!

[@ProHero86]

Scene where hook slashed the walls and stole the kids used to scare me to death, also Glenn Close plays the Pirate that goes in the boo box

[@ProHero86]

@Miss Amy exactly

[@christopherking4932]

Are you serious, thats Glenn close. A female actor. She's so freaking believable as a man.

[@kriscynical]

Holy shit. I was 7 when Hook came out, it immediately became one of my all time favorite movies, and I've lost count of how many times I've watched it since then... and I had NO IDEA that was Glenn Close. I just had to Google it to make sure it was true. 😳

[@AregPone]

And Phil Collins is the detective.

[@eighthdoctor]

@@christopherking4932 she was so good in the film _Albert Nobbs_ where she was a woman playing a man/butler.

[@rickylyon3846]

I understand what you mean about Rufio dying seemingly coming out of nowhere and being random but when you hear his last words, it all makes sense in a way. His greatest wish was to have a father like Peter. So here's the thing, Peter left Neverland, abandoning the lost boys and grew up which is already considered bad for the lost boys. Then he comes back and they find out that not only did he grew up, but he's lost everything that made him fun and cool and he's now a bad father to his own children. This explains why Rufio hates Peter so much. He just found out his greatest dream would actually suck because Peter turned out to be a lousy father. Then Peter changes. He finds himself again and adapts his younger spirit to being a father and now he becomes the great father he was meant to be. And now Rufio gladly joins with Peter because he sees his greatest dream is possible again. Also, the first thing Rufio tells Peter is that he kills pirates. He doesn't just fight them or defeat them, he kills them. And Hook mentions killing lost boys a few times as well. So it makes sense that at least one death occurs during the final battle. They're supposed to kill each other and so far, none had died yet.

[@EntertainmentFan11]

Rest in peace, Robin Williams.

[@oscarschmitt6048]

Robin williams as Peter pan

[@AniFAE_Productions]

I loved everything Robin William's was in. From Batty Koda from Ferngully to Bicentennial Man and everything else before and beyond. Except Popeye.

[@XenaWarrior24]

@@AniFAE_Productions can't for get Mork and Mindy..... Nanu Nanu

[@BulldogMack700rs]

Indeed and the same for Bob Hoskins

[@kriscynical]

@Miss Amy Agreed. I don't know why people shat on Bicentennial Man so much when it first came out. It's such a beautiful, deep film, and Andrew's description of what he's heard about "sexual relations" is still one of - in my opinion, at least - the best descriptions of loving intimacy ever said in media.

[@PrinceofArfon]

There are several parts of this movie that make me tear up, but one of my favorites is when Rufio kneels and offers Peter the sword. The music, the lighting, the camera angles are all so darn effective, making it feel like a mythic moment. And it is mythic, because it treats Peter Pan’s finding of himself as the “return of the king” trope from legend. But the acting is just beautiful too. Rufio’s anger at himself for being wrong, then the look on his face when he kneels suggests he’s afraid of how Pan will treat him, then awe at seeing Pan close up, the relief and joy at being accepted by him. Dante Basco nails it. What a scene!

[@thescarletteve]

The 2 actresses you were trying to remember were Dame Maggie Smith who played Wendy and Julia Roberts who played Tink. 🥰

[@TonyWildRiver]

Peter's happy thought being his kids, the moment he became a daddy, is so precious and so very accurate. I grew up with this movie and adore it, but ever since I had a child of my own, that part makes me tear up.

[@vanyadolly]

It's so powerful. Especially when they've built the movie up around Jack's doubt that his father loves him. One of the best parent/child movies ever made for sure.

[@rex8329]

What makes this movie even better, is all the other ones. I like to just picture all the previous movies and think of all the fun he's had, all the memories. How he's just completely forgotten everything. Forgotten all his relationships, all the fun, all the fights, the lost boys, the pirates and all his friends. So when he remembers everything it just makes me smile.

[@itsnub5597]

Woah I did NOT expect this reaction, I love this movie!! Hook is criminally underrated in my opinion

[@kitty3999]

I've never realised, but it looked like Robbie had helped the kids with their lines. When that one kid says 'Pan the man' you can see Robbie mouthing the same lines, as helping him and I find that so sweet~

[@DisgruntledHippo]

"You are the Pan". Beautiful scene, makes me cry every time...

[@osnatashtaralevin8944]

This movie is magic. I was working (work away) in a spiritual community in California with a group of people from all over the world. One time, me (a 31-year-old Israeli) a teenager from Canada and one of the American guys were trying to decide what to watch for a movie night, once me and the guy realized that the Canadian teenager has never seen "Hook" we decided to show it to her. It was only supposed to be us 3, no one else had the afternoon off that we were aware of, nor did we intend to schedule a whole group thing - but slowly, the other guys came back from work - A Chinese 20- something girl, an ex Us Peace Corp guy from Washington, his Finnish girlfriend, A girl from India and another guy in his 20s from Chicago - all, without exception, came up the stairs, saw what we were watching and as if enchanted, pulled up a chair and joined in.

[@coffeetailor]

It's much more based on the original play. In the play, Peter, being a young boy, is very self-centered and tends to forget those who aren't in his immediate interests. A famous line is 'oh the cleverness of me.' And yeah, Tink is very possessive of Peter's attention in the story. I suggest watching 'Finding Neverland' which is about the author. Dustin Hoffman returns to play the theater producer (I think?) and when he's reading through the character names he says Smee the exact same way.

[@gloriebluestein9721]

finding neverland was amazing

[@brandibastian4193]

Hooks hand was eaten by a crocodile and it really liked the flavor of him and was basically after him to eat the rest of him and he could always hear this particular crock coming because it apparently swallowed a clock and he can hear it tick

[@VonPatzy]

Peter Pan was originally a British children’s book published in 1911 - there have been many adaptations from plays to musicals to Disney who animated it in 53 when it was over 40 years old already. So while the Disney version tends to be the most remembered now it is also a 70 year old movie. There was a lot of love in this very 90s movie that just answers the question “what if Peter Pan grew up?” and then points a camera at Robin Williams. Well done.

[@creatingpulsars9979]

In Peter Pan, the Crocodile has always represented time "chasing" after us, the fear of growing up, and for hook, the fear of death. He hates Peter because Peter represents childhood and he is bitter and terrified of his old age and knowing death is coming after him. Peter chose not to kill Hook, which denied Hook the great death he actually wanted even if he feared it. Instead time got him, the way it will get all of us.

[@G1NZOU]

I personally love it. The decision to Americanise it a lot and have the early 90's skateboards and baseball culture is a bold choice and it does feel a bit dated, but the emotional acting in it is fantastic and I love the soundtrack.

[@Rocket1377]

I think this movie is one of the reasons why JK Rowling didn't want Spielberg to direct Harry Potter and the Philosophers Stone, as she was afraid he would Americanise it too (which was a legit possibility, as Spielberg reportedly wanted to cast an American child actor in the title role).

[@HobGungan]

@@Rocket1377 Back when she sometimes made *good* decisions.

[@christopherwall2121]

@@Rocket1377 I'd heard that Spielberg didn't even want the job, he felt it was a tad too obvious a pairing.

[@floppsymoppsy5969]

Rufio's death makes me cry every time. I was 11 when this came out. And my father was very much like Peter before he remembered he was Pan. And Rufio's last words always hit me hard.

[@philiphamel8504]

one of my personal favorite parts is when the lost boys recognize Peter when they pull his face a but and his smile comes through. "Oh *there* you are, Peter!"

[@TheLozzie88]

This is one of my favourite feel-good movies. It is so clever. The acting is spot on and has both humour and emotion. Such a wonderful, unique take on the Peter pan story. The live action movie from the early 2000's with Jason Isaacs is my favourite Peter pan film and might be a good one for you to watch.

[@zammich3649]

The 2003 Peter Pan movie was surprisingly good. It doesn't quite have the heart and comedy of Hook (imo), but it's not bad on either count, and it's really cool how well it mixes practical and digital effects. Probably the best visualization of Neverland, and has some great memorable moments throughout. Never ever watch the 2015 version "Pan" if you can avoid it.

[@vanyadolly]

I'll second that! I never thought Disney's animated Peter Pan was that good, but the 2003 adaptation is definitively worth watching.

[@bullseyecello]

Ever since we lost Robin I haven’t been able to finish this film without breaking into tears RIP Robin

[@francisprice2152]

Three fun cameo's in this film; The police inspector is Phil Collin's (yes that one) and the kissing couple who float up from Westminster Bridge are George Lucas and Carrie Fisher

[@Tr0nzoid]

In 1990s movies, the cellular phone user was labeled a disconnected, vapid type of person. Almost no one had one in the early years of the decade. It is a common trope to have the kid eager for the parents to be at a school play or game and feeling let down but that is one thing I never cared about.

[@shadowthief9918]

I loved watching this movie as a kid. I actually got to get an autograph from Dante Basco (the guy who played Ruffin) from a comic con and he seemed like a very cool guy

[@The_RedVIII]

This movie is so underrated. Such a wonderful lovely movie. The characters, the music, and the whole journey of Peter rediscovering who he is, is so great.

[@bobriemersma]

Moments in this film still give me chills. This is a parents' film and you might have to have kids yourself to truly grok the subtleties.

[@chris...9497]

Kudos for the use of the word 'grok'!

[@aardvarkmaximus7688]

the 'legendary actress' you missed the name on was none other than Dame Maggie Smith (Professor Minerva McGonagall in the Harry Potter films)

[@oliverbrownlow5615]

Also known as Violet Grantham in *Downton Abby* and Miss Jean Brodie.

[@realmjfan]

One of Robin Williams masterpieces. Amazing film 🎉

[@AngiesResonance]

OMG! Hook and Artificial Intelligence are my favorite Spielberg films, and seeing you reacting to them one after the other is kinda surreal considering almost no one has reacted to those movies!

[@shainewhite2781]

YES!!! The third Spielberg film I watched on VHS! Originally this was going to be a musical with Michael Jackson in the lead as Peter Pan for a Christmas Day 1985 release, but Spielberg was too busy working on Oscar nominated epics like The Color Purple, Empire Of The Sun, and Indiana Jones And The Last Crusade, which won Best Sound Editing. David Bowie, Tim Curry, Mick Jagger of The Rolling Stones were considered for Captain Hook. After Spielberg wrapped up filming for Always in 1989, he was ready to make his Peter Pan movie Neither Julia Roberts nor Spielberg liked working with each other, as Roberts called Spielberg "A selfish person to work with and a spoiled man child." Speilberg said that Roberts wasn't a nice person at all. The crew called her TinkerHELL due to the onset drama between her and Spielberg. The move was released on December 15th, 1991 to mixed reviews by Critics, but became a box office success, making $300 million dollars against a $75 million dollar budget. It's now considered to be a cult classic

[@Tr0nzoid]

I didn't know about or forgot about the tension with Julia Roberts while working on this movie, and I use to follow magazines like Entertainment Weekly at the time. I do recall it happening while she was running out on Kiefer Sutherland and then avoiding the press for a while.

[@lifelikelisa]

Yes!! Maybe because I grew up with this movie and it’s a defining movie from childhood but I think this is the perfect kids movie!! It’s so creative and fun!

[@thegingergyrl455]

As a lifelong admirer of Robin Williams, I was amazed by him in this. I’ve read and been read the Peter Pan Story many times. You must read it.

[@knowledge-girl]

Dante Basco (Rufio) went on to do a lot of voice work. He's probably most well-known as the voice of Zuko in "Avatar: The Last Airbender."

[@silentmyrmidon]

One of my favorite childhood movies and stands up pretty well today. R.I.P. Robin we still miss you

[@dcemerald70]

Thank you so much for this reaction! I’ve been a lifelong fan of Peter Pan. The reaction that Thud has when Peter named him his successor is genuine for the fact Spielberg and Robin knew who it would be and kept it quiet around the Lost Boys. At the 25th anniversary of Hook, Dante Basco and the Lost Boys wore their costumes to honor Robin Williams. Yes, I would love to see you react to other Peter Pan films. I’d recommend these: Disney’s Peter Pan, Disney’s Peter Pan: Return to Neverland, Peter Pan (2003), Syfy’s Neverland miniseries, Finding Neverland (this is based on how Sir James Barrie wrote Peter Pan and stars Johnny Depp), and Peter Pan the original Broadway musical. 💚💛❤️🧚🏻🏴‍☠️⚔️

[@kelaarin]

In the scene where Tootles starts barking, the camera pans past John's top hat and Michael's teddy bear from the original story.

[@heikira438]

Always love seeing Zuko

[@oliverbrownlow5615]

It was so great that he got together with Sandy at the end.

[@blitzgirl6522]

One of my top favorite films ever. Probably a top favorite Steven Spielberg and Robin Williams film for me, honestly. It's exciting, it's funny, and it's so damn heart-warming. Plus I love the interpretation of all the Peter Pan stuff here more than any other film adaption. This is a feel-good film I can watch over and over.

[@obenohnebohne]

I loved this movie as a kid and now 20 years later it still has the magic. As a grown up I apprechiate other things/relate to other characters but it is definitely a Spielberg movie.

[@candicelitrenta8890]

Hook is played by Dustin Hoffman. He has won a few Academy Awards for various roles. Rain Man, Tootle, etc. Tootsie is a MUST see

[@oliviagil799]

Wow I grew up watching the cartoon Peter Pan. I never saw this movie, even though I have watched many other live action Peter Pan movies. And even though I only watched snippets of this movie through your commentary, it still got me in the feels and made me cry. Seeing this movie as a grown up feels like I really did age along with the characters of the original movie... I'm feeling a lot of nostalgia and sadness rn... I'm gonna watch this movie fully later, it looks very good

[@lesliedaubert1411]

The statue that Tink is standing on in the end in London is a statue of Peter Pan.

[@SusanSloate]

Thor--LOVE your channel! I came here just to see the HOOK reaction--and I loved what you said! I subscribed right away, so I can see more--and for me, THIS is Robin WIlliams' best movie. It's MAGICAL. Robin as always was AMAZING--and no role could possibly have encompassed his own personality better. And the actors cast around him were unbelievable too. I've always loved it--glad you liked it--and appreciated how you warmed to the family first theme of this movie. That's what it's all about...

[@kriscynical]

This movie came out when I was 7 years old (and it's still one of my favorites), and my main memory connected to it has to do with my dad. He didn't see it in theaters, and when it came out on VHS when I was 8 I found out he actually didn't know the story of Peter Pan. That was the first time I found out anything about how hard of a childhood/teen years that my dad had while growing up, including the fact that both of his parents were alcoholics and basically neglected him when he was growing up, and part of that neglect was never reading him stories. He knew very few fairy tales as a result, including Peter Pan. So my main memory connected to this film is telling my dad the story of Peter Pan and watching the Disney version with him before we watched Hook on VHS.

[@oliverbrownlow5615]

If you don't mind sharing, how did he react to them?

[@kriscynical]

@@oliverbrownlow5615 I don't mind at all. I don't remember _in detail_ since, as I said, I was 8 years old at the time. I just remember him listening to me intently as I verbally told the story, mainly because I think he just enjoyed having his very young daughter tell him a story with enthusiasm. He enjoyed the animated version as he usually enjoys animated Disney movies (his favorite is Tarzan), but he LOVED Hook since he's always been a huge Robin Williams fan just like me. After that experience I remember watching a few other classic Disney movies with him that he'd never heard the stories for, like Cinderella, Sleeping Beauty, etc. The main thing I remember was being floored at the notion of a grown-up just _not knowing_ some of the stories that are such bedrocks of pop culture.

[@oliverbrownlow5615]

@@kriscynical It's like he was a Lost Boy himself!

[@AylaOlivieri]

Loved this movie as a kid. Never been a fan of the cartoon Disney Peter pan but always loved hook. I think though that was because I loved Robin Williams (he was in a few of my fav movies as a kid). I always cried when the little lost boy was feeling his face trying to work out if he was Pan or not.

[@samuelvincent557]

This is one of my favorite Robin Williams movies, ever. He nails his role as Peter, and the whole production was beautifully crafted. One of the things about Neverland that Maggie mentions, briefly, is that Neverland makes you forget. Especially for children. You forget your life in the outside world, and you forget the things that don't make you happy. That's why Jack forgot his Dad so quickly, he was that mad at him. The forgetting was also why they didn't recognize their Mother at first. It took a moment for it to come back. Years ago, I was talking with some people who were a choreographic group specializing in swordfighting. They did the fight scenes for a lot of big movies, including Hook. The guy told me that you can tell how good an actor is at swordfighting by how far away the camera is from them, during fight scenes. The father away the camera shot is, the better they are. The actors who aren't good, they cover it up by zooming in close and using camera tricks. The guy told me that Robin Williams was the best actor they ever worked with, who wasn't already a trained swordfighter. If you notice, almost all his fight scenes are whole body shots. He, also, said that Charlie Sheen was the worst they had ever worked with in Disney's Three Musketeers. He put several extras in the hospital with his fight scenes.

[@NetanelWorthy]

Fun fact, this is the one and only time that Julia Roberts has worked with Steven Spielberg. During the filming of this movie, he did not get along with her at all. She was extremely difficult to work with, and even had the nickname “Tinker Hell” on set. Spielberg said that he would never work with her again, and so far he never has. Also - Keep in mind, Peter Pan the Disney movie is based off of Peter Pan the book and the stage play. Which was written at the turn of the century. The original Peter Pan is not the Disney version. That’s one of the first and most well-known adaptions. But it’s based off of JM Barrie’s stage play and book.

[@joeymac3777]

I saw this in the theater with my grandfather when I was seven....I love it still as a 38 year old man. My son, who is now also seven saw this recently. 30 years from now, when he's my current age, and I'm watching this with HIS kids, who will then be my grand kids....the movie will still be as great and seemingly timeless as it was then and is now. I'm glad you saw this one Thor. I only feel bad you didn't get to experience it as a child, as I did. Robin Williams doing comedy, but not outrageous comedy as he was known for. He was a GREAT dramatic actor as well. The thing with this movie, as well as any other Pete Pan adaptation (specifically the original) is that weather you're 7, 8, or 37 or 38, it still brings out the child in you. Great reaction as always. If you haven't seen many of Robin Williams' dramatic rolls, here are some suggestions...."Insomnia", and "One Hour Photo". Those are just two examples of Robin playing a VERY different roll than you may expect, given his usual body of work. I love your videos and look forward to your posts. 😎

[@danielaponte8594]

I watched this movie when I was a child, it was magic and wonderful. But today, as an adult, I don't feel he same emotions, I can only appreciate the movie from Peter's perspective.

[@jimglenn6972]

The origin of Peter Pan is from a novel and play by J.M. Barrie. Great Edwardian writing for the young at heart.

[@ganapatikamesh]

I was 12 (almost 13, birthday is in September) the summer this movie came out. My mom worked at a store in the mall where the movie theater was so she got discounts at all the businesses in the mall including movie tickets. I went several times that summer to see this with my sister, cousins, and friends. I’ll admit watching it as an adult I definitely realize that there were things I didn’t get as a kid when watching, but it was definitely my favorite summer movie that year. I still enjoy watching it from time to time and it’s my favorite Peter Pan related media to enjoy. I’d rank the BBC’s Peter Pan Gone Wrong as my second favorite Peter Pan media production (if you’re curious KZbin has it available for free to watch without ads). I agree the casting is great in this film! It’s a testament to their skills that people can still enjoy it even today. I understand what you mean about the pacing, etc, though I didn’t notice it as a kid. I think I noticed it in my late teens, early twenties when watching it again with some folks who hadn’t ever seen it. It’s a family film, but I definitely think it’s primarily for kids and tweens. I mean, my parents let my sister, cousins, friends, and I go alone each time I went to see it. Since my mom worked in the mall I couldn’t just go to the store where she worked and if she was working we’d just wait for her to be off to get a ride home, if she wasn’t working the managers let me use the phone to call her to have her come pick us up (although she still always gave me money for the pay phones inside the theater if we decided not to walk outside of it....usually of it was really late and the mall would be closing, we knew the movie theater stayed open later and was the safer place to stay so we’d use the pay phones and watch for her to pull up at the glass outside doors to theater...which is what most kids did, too). Great video! Glad you enjoyed the movie! I enjoyed watching your reaction!

[@daitommasino911]

Rufio dying was absolutely necessary to solidify for Jack to realize how Peter is an amazing dad

[@BloodofaFool]

fun fact the pirate who was sent to the box when Peter first encounters Hook was famous actress Glen Close in full makeup for a special cameo appearance 😉 and Tink is the famous Julia Robert's! I totally recommend some of her films. Pretty Woman, My Best Friends Wedding, Erin Brockavidge, just to name a few.

[@ttanza4004]

Interesting Fact --- The person with the beard at 17:52 (in the video above) that Captain Hook confronts is actually played by the actress Glenn Close.

[@KellyMurphy]

If I remember right, the directions to Neverland were, "Third star to the right and straight on till morning."

[@patticrichton1135]

KELLY MURPHY, You are close, but it's actually "SECOND STAR to the right and straight on till morning,"

[@DavidRomigJr]

“It’s like the cake fight in The Great Race.” I love that scene! “Rum! I never mix my pies. I wanna play too!”

[@i80gypsy]

I couldn't help but chuckle when you said "that's close" when Hook pointed to the other pirate instead of Peter. The pirate who went into the boo box was played by an uncredited Glen Close

[@snarkysquirrel]

when hook points out the pirate that doesnt belong you said that was close. and i was like yes, that is glen close, doing a cameo in the movie.

[@HeartlessMisery]

Fun Fact, the actor who is thrown in the Boom Box in the beginning is actress Glenn Close, who requested to be in the movie in a small role.

[@santaonthecross]

That phone Peter was using was so tiny, in 1991 I had the biggest, Saved by the Bell, Zack Morris brick phone ever.

[@DestroySteve]

This is one of my favorite movies. I grew up with this movie on VHS and it was a staple for my weekends with the grandparents. When I think of Robin Williams, I think of this movie.

[@bigdream_dreambig]

15:36 The directions to Neverland are "Second star to the right and straight on 'til morning," but I don't think they mean it's in space! 😝🚀

[@sarah.the.clumsy]

Smee was the scary window washer. He was out there doing recon about Peter and the kids etc. That's how he knew everything he knew on the ship.

[@memnarch129]

The location of Neverland is "Second Star to the right and straight on till morning". This line was used poetically in Star Trek VI as Kirks last heading he gives to the Enterprise.

[@patrioticjustice9040]

I gotta say, I really love the design for the Jolly Roger in this version; from the massive skull on the aft cabin to the skeleton figurehead, it's a ship completely dedicated to piracy. Imagine what that must have looked like at sea; under full canvas and two gun decks firing on a target.

[@charliharlet8385]

This is one of the best moments and memories of a movie I have from my childhood! I still adore it to this very day 🥹❤️

[@Xenotric]

RUFIO! RUFIO! RUFIOOOOOOOOOOH! Big childhood feels from this movie, such a fun movie, the imagination scenes are so colourful too! I'd recommend reading the original peter pan story at some point, makes things a bit clearer. Neverland is sort of a young boys imagination running wild that children run away to so they never have to grow up. This is why theres pirates and mermaids and all sorts of stuff that young kids will often play as, but the longer they spend indulging in it the more they forget everything else which is whats happening to jack.

[@georgefranklin8513]

Rufio was immortalized in the Is movie. He was so cool and his character arc made him all that more likeable.

[@Phantasm57]

Fun Facts: Actress Glenn Close was the pirate getting thrown in the Boo Box, Jimmy Buffet was the pirate on Crutch when Peter was on Hook's ship the first time after reaching Never land and at the end where Tooele starts flying there are 2 people on a bridge, That was George Lucas and Carrie Fisher

[@CChissel]

LOVE this movie! It is a timeless classic for any age of any era

[@videohistory722]

Fun fact: Dustin Hoffman and Bob Hoskins played Hook and Smee as if they were gay, because that was the vibe they got from rehearsing their lines. They're "a couple of old queens". So if anyone ships them, you have the actors' full endorsement!

[@TaylorsAngel18]

Robin Williams and Steven Spielberg became close friends while filming this movie. So much so that while Spielberg was doing "Schindler's List" because it was such a rough project he would call Robin in the middle of the night and ask him to "make him laugh." Then he also brought Robin on set to cheer up the cast because the subject matter depressed everyone. When Robin passed, Spielberg wanted to try to hold onto the good memories he had with Robin so he turned on "Hook" to help him feel better, but he ended up turning it off and he cried for hours afterwards.

[@iinmediasres4938]

I love this movie! My favorite piece of trivia: On the airplane, it's Dustin Hoffman's (Hook's) voice saying, "This is your captain speaking."

[@DAMIENDMILLS]

This child-friendly movie surprisingly has more depth and emotion than it needed. I can easily see it as a screenplay.

[@sakuram69]

I have yet to find another movie that makes me happy-cry as much as this one does. Some scenes just hit hard and deep. Massively underrated film.

[@DovahkiinMaster172]

I’ve always loved the theory that Hook’s fear of the crocodile was so strong that when his hook was plunged into the crocodile, it came back to life with the power of imagination. Just like how Peter’s imagination was so strong it manifested a whole feast.

[@thedoctor4327]

Long shot but please react to “Peter Pan Goes Wrong” by Mischief Theatre. It’s about a fictional amateur theater troupe that tries to stage Peter Pan but things keep going horribly wrong. Actors forget their lines, people get stuck in the set pieces, backstage drama manifests on stage there’s increasingly dire injuries, etc. It’s only an hour long and is currently free on KZbin

[@oliverbrownlow5615]

I think he'll get more out of *Peter Pan Goes Wrong* if he watches some of the more traditional versions first.

[@srshani]

at 14:30 I just realized Robin Williams repeats a pretty similar line "A tall, dark, sinister and Ugly Man" in Aladdin which came 3 years after Hook

[@oliverbrownlow5615]

I believe this line actually dates back to the original 1904 play by J.M. Barrie!

[@davidsports2214]

Childhood classic! I remember when this came out. It's still one of my favorites

[@VonPatzy]

The crocodile is the one who took hook’s hand. It then hunts him day and night because it has a taste for his flesh - but Hook can hear him coming because he has a clock in his stomach and is audible. So this future version where the croc has been stuffed and defeated and all clocks have been smashed is well played.

[@TOKYOTOYBANZAI]

Great film. One of my favorites as a kid. Check out Robin William's performance in The Fisher King (directed by Terry Gilliam), which came out just a couple years before Hook, to see him portraying a somewhat similar role, but with a much more serious tone and a fantastic redemtion story.

[@EricAriel5]

I was like 7 when this movie came out,was my intro to Robin Williams. I miss him.

[@Br0nto5aurus]

The imaginary feast scene is one of my all time favorite scenes.

[@gailseatonhumbert]

It was a book that became a play. The play was shown live on tv with Mary Martin as Pan (it was an odd casting of the play that Pan was always played by a woman) several years once a year.

[@imbwildrd3693]

Fun Fact: the pirate on Hook's ship who "doesn't belong" was played by actress Glenn Close.

[@kriscynical]

_"I think that's pretty neat that they recognized him through the smile."_ (Verbose "cool story bro" incoming; you've been warned.) I had that happen to me years ago. I'm 38 now, but from the age of 6-14 I took karate at the same little place in a shopping center next door to my school. I got all the way to first degree black belt when I quit because I was worried about injuring my hand (I'm an illustrator now and I had finally reached the weight class to break bricks instead of boards). I was one of his "lady black belts". When I was in my mid-20s I went back to visit some old teachers, and afterwards I went to that karate place to talk to my instructor, Mr. Stallard. I hadn't seen him in more than ten years at that point. He was sitting at the front of the main room at a desk while some black belts ran the "after school" class that was currently happening, and I walked up to him and said "Hi, Mr. Stallard." He looked up at me and I could tell he had no fucking idea who I was. I found that stupidly amusing since I was even his black belt of the year once before quitting. I smiled at that amusement, and that's when the recognition dawned on him. "BERGH?! Oh my god, I didn't recognize you until you smiled!! How are you doing?!" We chatted for a few minutes until a kid that couldn't have been older than 8 ran up and asked to use the bathroom, and he looked at me kind of funny for randomly being up there talking with the teacher. Mr. Stallard told him, "This is Kristin Bergh, one of my old lady black belts." I could tell that kid did NOT believe him. lol He looked to me and I said, "Yeah, I am." Before Mr. Stallard told him I was in several of the pictures that were all over the back wall going all the way back to the late '80s. He still looked unsure, but it was fun. lol

[@emperorconstantine1.361]

Smee was actually sampling the food, because he was a food taster, testing for poison.

[@3Kings_Industries]

Thor: How do you get to Neverland? "Second star to the right. And straight through till morning."

[@EmerySea]

Only if you ask Disney. In the book/play it's "Second to the right, and straight on till morning." They probably added the "star" because something like that would be confusing to animate.

[@Killingglorie]

cant wait to show this to my kids, the way that my dad and I watched it together

[@Stephie_L]

I had SO much fun rewatching this on Patreon...it really made me feel like a kid a again! Also, your commentary had me in stitches. The part with the mermaids "it was for the oxygen honey, I swear" and the scuba diving comment had me rolling lol. Can you imagine him telling Moira that he had to make out with THREE mermaids because it was life or death 😂And I have to say, I forgot how much I loved Hook "I want a cookie! I want to stay up! I want, I want, I want, me, me, me"...I mean kids be such brats can't they? (just kidding. Kids are awesome and I'm still like this myself...sometimes haha). Anyway, this will always be the best Peter Pan retelling for me. I have another one I love too, but this one is so wholesome. I really connected to the boy Jack and my heart broke every time he cried or was disappointed. Then later when Peter remembered that Jack was his happy thought...ahhh such a beautiful scene! Plus I love Robin Williams. Thanks for watching Thor, this was truly such a pleasure to revisit and it was fun hearing your thoughts :)

[@margretrosenberg420]

"First star on the left and straight on till morning" is how you get to Neverland, as I recall.

[@oliverbrownlow5615]

Second star to the right!

[@margretrosenberg420]

@@oliverbrownlow5615 Thank you. It's been a *lo-o-ong* time.

[@EmerySea]

"Second to the right and straight on till morning". Disney added the "star" to that line.

[@oliverbrownlow5615]

@@EmerySea Not sure if Disney was the first to add "star," but you're right. The original line in the 1904 play is just "Second to the right .... "

[@RonnieG]

I watched this with my nephew when he was 7 (last year). He was very upset the boy who made peter smile & was always on his side was not made the next in line. I was too.

[@TheWebcrafter]

23:35 - It wasn't the smile. The kid who stretched Peter's face finally recognized him, not because his smile was revealed but because his wrinkles were flattened out.

[@richardlevy1459]

at 17:45 into the video the actor playing the punished pirate is Glenn Close