Which PETER PAN is THE BEST? | Video Essay | The Stories that Forged Us Ep.1

[@elindayana8174]

For me, Peter Pan (2003) is the BEST for me! 😍💖🔥

[@alvdansen7172]

Same

[@beautybeeblossoms3410]

Agreed 🥰

[@Nova-c5k]

Definitely ❤ I remember my Mum being impressed by it ☺️

[@christianaguiare544]

Simply amazing

[@michaelobrien6843]

I agree!

[@biblegirl]

2003 is THE adaptation for me

[@GaryTongue-zn5di]

2003 sucks

[@TVDedits-b123]

​@@GaryTongue-zn5diwhy??

[@truthseeker9249]

@@GaryTongue-zn5di Wrong.

[@GaryTongue-zn5di]

@@TVDedits-b123 Because it sucks and is boring!

[@foxywoxy0w068]

@@GaryTongue-zn5di That still doesn't explain why you think that way. Is there an issue with the story? The way the characters are portrayed? Music? Effects? Just saying "it sucks and is boring" doesn't really explain why.

[@adamcade604]

The one with Jason Isaacs is easily the best one! So underrated!

[@TheLazyFusspot_3428]

The one with Jeremy Sumpter FOLDS. Nothing else will ever compare.

[@AurumCreative]

Facts!

[@robchuk4136]

I wish Jeremy Sumpter and Jason Isaacs were bigger names. I also think that by 2003, audiences just didn't expect anything from yet another adaptation of this story, which, along with a lack of star power, might be why it under-performed... But that's also why I bet it took people by pleasant surprise. It's truly a hidden gem.

[@TheLazyFusspot_3428]

@@robchuk4136 Hem Hem Lucius Malfoy...

[@jawo8754]

And Colonel Tavington in The Patriot.

[@_the_little_mermaid_]

Peter Pan 1953 takes the price if we’re talking about animated adaptations BUT Peter Pan 2003 is hands-down the BEST live-action movie ❤ The one that I will choose to watch on repeat till the end, it is one of my favorite films ever. I would’ve loved for Disney to make their live-actions like that. Such a shame they’re incapable of doing great movies nowadays.

[@Cattensu]

Out of all the Peter Pan adoptions I have watched, which is most of the mainline ones. 2003 is by far the best in how well it understands the nature of the story, and captures it.

[@nager1997]

I think the 2003 one got it right the most, while remaining fairly true to the source material. It also added things that enhance the overall story. And it is visually stunning from the sets to the colourful tones of Neverland. With an equally magnificent score and a perfect cast.

[@anyawood2098]

so glad to see appreciation for Peter Pan 2003. its truly one of the best adaptations of all time.

[@theodorerigopoulos6509]

I'm 32 years old and I see in my youth all of these 3 films with the 2003 be the only i got to watched it in cinemas. I love Peter Pan and I love all of these adaptations. You did a phenomenon job. Thank you.

[@AurumCreative]

We’re so happy you enjoyed it!

[@garywillig5143]

I love Hook so much. Robin Williams, a John Williams score, the patented Spielberg sense of wonder, and one of the great villain performances of the 90s.

[@AurumCreative]

Hook is a masterpiece!

[@robchuk4136]

I know Hook is the weirdest one, but it's so well-made, I truly believe if Spielberg had done a straight-forward adaptation, it would be the greatest of them all.

[@16taysia]

I definitely agree with you on that opinion! 😊💖 ​@@robchuk4136

[@jermainerucker2027]

Great video, I always thought the 2003 version was the best live action version. And it never gets enough credit.

[@AurumCreative]

I know, right?

[@geeves3118]

Peter Pan 2003 is one of my favorite films of all time!!!! It has so much heart and captures so much whimsy! Peter's line "to live would be an awfully big adventure" breaks me, along with his and Wendy's goodbye 🥺❤ It's so beautiful!

[@richardwhite2921]

I’m glad you guys mentioned this because I’ve been saying it for years but I’ve always felt that the 2003 version is the one that truly gets the character of Wendy, correct

[@keyblademasterclark]

Hook will always be my favorite Peter Pan movie. That being said, Once Upon A Time's much darker take on the character is something to be admired imo.

[@AurumCreative]

Absolutely! The darker Peter Pan is actually what got Adrian into watching Once Upon a Time when it first came out. It’s one of the few times an evil Peter Pan has been done right imo

[@keyblademasterclark]

@@AurumCreative Robbie Kay did SUCH a great job! The menace and charm he pulled off was unlike anything else.

[@radcatassassin1572]

I liked the disney peter pan as a kid a liked the story but feel in love with the 2003 peter pan is my favorite adaption and the one that I will choose to watch on repeat and will compare future adaption to.

[@AurumCreative]

Honestly same! Peter Pan 2003 just swiped us off our feet and it’s so rewatchable!

[@soixsantes]

yeah, and me what than i love the most in this movie is the relationship of peter pan and wendy, they are so cute together

[@AurumCreative]

They really are

[@soixsantes]

@@AurumCreative and Just to say, if in the series "once upon a time" peter pan had been a nice, I'm sure than his relationship with wendy would have been the true love

[@Polymorphia1965]

Absolutely! The Disney animated feature was my first "favorite movie" as a kid, and will always hold a special place in my heart, but the 2003 film really is a near perfect film on so many levels, and I can't imagine any adaptation ever touching it.

[@truthseeker9249]

Peter Pan 1953, Peter Pan 2003 and Hook are ALL so wonderful. But Peter Pan 2003 is the one I keep coming back to because of the love between Peter and Wendy. I love it so so much and have fantasized about doing that fairy dance scene with my own fiance who is my fairytale prince. Hook is beautiful especially now that Robin is gone. Peter Pan 1953 just has a special kind of whimsiness that the other two don't quite have. The crocodile in Peter Pan 1953 carries the whole movie on his back. And those of us with any brains at all just pretend that Peter Pan and Wendy doesn't exist.

[@christianaguiare544]

2003 was so badass they even gave Smee a gun

[@shot1897]

Peter Pan 2003, one of my favourite childhood films

[@CaptainPikeachu]

The 2003 version is definitely the best adaptation of the original story, that cast is simply brilliant and enchanting to watch. But I also think the Once Upon A Tims version of Peter Pan is one of the most interesting in taking the original tale and giving it a new spin that works for the narrative themes the show was telling. Robbie Kay really sells the darker villainous Peter as much as Jeremy Sumpter brings such charm to the 2003 Peter.

[@AurumCreative]

Totally agree. We feel like Robbie Kay is one of the only darker villainous Peter Pan that does it well. And Jeremy Sumpter is just displaying charm like nobody’s business haha

[@Gooniegirl3333]

I've been looking for a video that encapsulates what I feel about these three specific movies. You did it beautifully.

[@AurumCreative]

Aw thanks!

[@robchuk4136]

The story being so beloved, that it actually popularized the name "Wendy", is the coolest bit of trivia to me. Good job you guys! It would have been interesting to call out some of the ones that faltered like Hugh Jackman's Pan, and streaming's Peter and Wendy, but I enjoyed keeping it positive. I look forward to more. Perhaps Little Women? The Three Musketeers? Pinocchio?

[@AurumCreative]

Those are some fantastic recommendations! Hopefully if we do those ideas in the future we’ll make sure to shout you out. Glad you enjoyed the video. Yeah, our goal was to keep it positive and make it more of a love letter to Peter Pan.

[@patrikmacek121]

Very well made essay video. I highly enjoyed it.

[@AurumCreative]

Thanks you so much!

[@vonsowards1297]

I like how you completely ignored the 2023 Peter Pan and Wendy movie.

[@jakemetzgar]

You should have mentioned Fox’s Peter Pan and the Pirates! That captures the tone and heart of the original books better than any others IMO

[@AurumCreative]

Interesting. We’ll have to definitely check it out! With so many adaptations it must have slipped under our radar.

[@jakemetzgar]

@@AurumCreative definitely do! It even has a Hook type storyline in the series finale

[@nicklundy9965]

It's really good especially the final episode. Compared to the Disney version, this is probably my favorite animated adaptation (tho, I haven't seen any of the anime versions yet). Plus how can you go wrong with Tim Curry as Captain Hook?

[@KCM316]

Also has one of the best voice actors voicing hook in Tim curry

[@AurumCreative]

@@KCM316 Tim Freaking Curry? Color us even more interested

[@Jay.T4NA]

2003 always has my heart

[@Lancelot82923]

2003 is my favorite adaptation of Peter Pan

[@keithtorgersen9664]

Someone already mentioned Once Upon A Time, but I will mentioned the 90s animated series, Peter Pan and the Pirates. One of the very few times, possibly the only time, that Peter was depicted with black hair. And it's hard to forget the charming Tim Curry as Hook.

[@chemistryguy]

Hook (1991) is definitively the best adaptation of Peter Pan. Thanks for coming to my Ted Talk. I gots merch in the lobby.

[@georgeprchal3924]

Hook and Finding Neverland and that Robot Chicken skit where Liam Neeson from Taken went after Pan.

[@harrietamidala1691]

What interesting timing, I just saw a production of Peter Pan a couple of weeks ago

[@AurumCreative]

Awesome, was is a local production?

[@EllaMirandaA]

Amazing video! Loved it 🫶🏼❤️

[@revivalakame]

2003, no debate

[@christinejohnson4150]

Peter Pan (2003) is the best adaptation and remains faithful to the canon story. However, Dustin Hoffman is my favourite portrayal of Captain Hook. Jason Isaacs was excellent as Lucius Malfoy, but nothing beats Dustin Hoffman's Captain Hook. If Dustin Hoffman was in the 2003 version, it would have been perfect.

[@cierandelle498]

I enjoyed Cathy Rigby's portrayal of Peter Pan! I also love Robin Williams' portrayal in Hook!

[@NickyHelp]

My top two favorites are the Disney version and the one played by Robin Williams.

[@AurumCreative]

Very fair. Hook is amazing! Robin Williams does a phenomenal job

[@BetterWithBob]

The answer is always the 2003 one XD

[@loneomega5937]

I don’t really count hook. since it’s after the events of Peter Pan. BUT I still love it. I just see it as a sequel to the 2003 Peter Pan if anything or that’s how I view it. The 2003 version is dated but it’s alof lot better then Peter and Wendy and has a lot more heart and not to mention color and scenes and of coarse the Disney’s version of Peter Pan is always fun. Those two are the best along with Hook

[@theadaptationstationmaster]

4:35 I thought the Lost Boys were comic relief in the book too. 6:49 I'd argue that the original was also partly about that. The father was Mr. Darling.

[@AurumCreative]

Very True, the lost boys are also comedic relief in the book, but they do have way more importance and personality traits than the movie. And honestly, yeah when it comes to Mr. Darling I can totally see that. So in a way hook kinda takes that concept and focuses on it. Good catch.

[@TheRatsCast]

Point of fact: The movie Hook did use both lines. When Peter and Hook fight, Hook tells Peter he's going to die, for which Peter says, "To die would be an awfully bug adventure." You folks only mentioned the second one.

[@mabesays_]

Subscribed! Absolutely seated for this series!!👏👏👏 Was wondering which of the peter pan books you showed you consider to be the most beautiful? I want to buy one for my library but asking for reccommendations always helps.

[@AurumCreative]

Thank you so much!!! We’ve got so much in the works from more video essays to short films, hope you enjoy them. The Peter Pan book we find the most beautiful that we have is actually the Barnes and Noble Collectible Edition. It has beautiful illustrations that make it pop.

[@NicoleLoftus]

Thank you for doing this video I love all versions of Peter Pan

[@AurumCreative]

Thank you for your kind words. We’re so happy you enjoyed our love letter to all things Peter Pan

[@NicoleLoftus]

@@AurumCreative to live to live will be an awfully big adventure

[@HeidiSholl]

I think that 2003 is the best (and my favourite) adaptation, and is just one of the greatest films ever made! It's worthy of it's own dissertation! That being said, I do think Disney, perhaps unknowingly, adapted the character of Hook the best. I recently read short story J.M. Barrie wrote about Hook before Neverland including his time at Eton (Barrie absolutely hates Etonians from what I can gather), and he paints him as possibly the most pathetic, ugly, handsome, terrifying character in all of fiction! And then there's the fact that J.M. Barrie himself was the first person to play Hook in games he played (James Barrie, James Hook), you have to imagine how would he have portrayed the character. I suspect that in Barrie's mind Hook represents the worst possible person that Barrie could have been, had he not been Scottish and gone to that dreadful school Eton 😂 I think because Disney were leaning into the comedic side of Peter Pan they actually managed to capture all of this really quite well.

[@AurumCreative]

That is a great insight. Thanks!

[@VideoEssayCharlotte]

The thumbnail really drew me in here, and I'm glad it did! Have you ever heard the podcast episode "Fiasco" on This American Life? It's about a small town that puts on a production of Peter Pan that goes horribly wrong. It's hilarious, and I highly recommend it to anyone who enjoys Peter Pan!

[@AurumCreative]

We haven’t heard of it, we will check it out. Sounds right up our alley. We’re glad you enjoyed it

[@harrietamidala1691]

So it’s basically a real life Peter Pan goes Wrong, but it’s an actual disaster, not a staged disaster

[@PixieDust18]

Peter Pan 2003 and Hook are the only films that can make me cry just by hearing their music...

[@AurumCreative]

Same!

[@akshaytrayner1960]

Awesome vid

[@benjaminfischer3229]

I may have grown up with Disney’s, however, I have grown fond of 2003 and Hook.

[@theadaptationstationmaster]

One of the most fun versions of Peter Pan I've seen is the 2000 filming of the musical starring Cathy Rigby. I'm not a fan of the songs but the cast, the sets and the choreography are all a lot of fun. One of the most faithful adaptations I've seen is the 1924 movie. It's the only one that includes Mr. Darling giving his medicine to Nana. On the downside, it annoyingly cuts the scene at Marooners' Rock, making for the least well-developed Captain Hook. It's also distracting that it changes all the references to England to references to America.

[@oliverbrownlow5615]

The 2000 musical version starring Cathy Rigby uses (with a few alterations) the script and score written for the 1954 Broadway show starring Mary Martin, which Mary did on television three different times (lastly, in 1960). I am a fan of the songs, by the way. Both the Mary Martin version and the 1924 silent version starring Betty Bronson use the stage play's direct address to the audience, with Peter asking for applause to show children's belief in fairies to save Tinker Bell's life.

[@theadaptationstationmaster]

@@oliverbrownlow5615 I watched the version with Mary Martin first and I thought it was terrible. (Sorry.) The sets were boring. The kid actors were mostly bad. Martin as Peter reminded me of nothing so much as Lucy Ricardo drunk on VitaMeataVegamin. Also, for whatever reason, that version cut the joke from the Broadway production about Hamlet which the Cathy Rigby one kept.

[@Bored_Barbarian]

3:17 literally no. I love Robin Williams in hook. He captured both aspects perfectly

[@sydneymiddleton3600]

I ❤ Peter Pan!

[@lukethomas8734]

2003 version is the goat

[@kathrin-mariasamarrastehle6538]

Sweet

[@MrScaryPasta]

2003 one and Hook are definitely the best ones.

[@TheStOne1]

1953 and 2003 are the best adaptations of the book. Both are equally well done. Avoid other live actions or animations, especially the 2023 Disney's live action.

[@Aurora-qn2dx]

Disney for me✨

[@NicoleLoftus]

You have to do Cinderella or Carrie or the phantom of the opera next

[@AurumCreative]

Those are great suggestions 👍🏼 there’s more to come

[@Aurora-qn2dx]

The second star to the right shines through the night for you✨twinkle twinkle little star so i know where you are.

[@madelinevance8954]

I thought maybe they’d mention the most crucial difference I can remember between Hook and the book: in the book, fairies don’t live very long and by the first or second time Peter comes back for Wendy, he can’t even remember who Tinker Bell was.

[@eliassmeke3991]

I like 👍 the Disney version of Peter Pan

[@ffederel]

The end of Peter Pan (2003) was lame. But there is a bonus scene where the end is faithful to the book: Peter goes back to see Wendy, she grew up, he is distraught for a minute, he learns she got a daughter and he intends to take her on his adventures when time comes.

[@Polymorphia1965]

While I wouldn't by any means call the theatrical ending "lame," the scene they cut - showing him come back years later when Wendy is an adult - would have made this incredible film soooo much better. The scene in raw form can be seen here on YT. With today's technology, I'd love to see them finish the scene and add it back in, even if just as a post-credits scene.

[@magicthespian6866]

I cried at just this video

[@kautzilove9738]

I liked the once upone a time adaptation the most.

[@candide1065]

I strongly disagree that "perfect" adaptations should have a balance between staying true to the original and doing their own things. Adaptions should only stay true to the original, like the Disney films of Alice in Wonderland or Winnie Pooh. People who aren't respecting the orginal 100% might want to make their "own thing" by inventing a original story. The disrespect for orginial stories resulted in a ton of ridiculously bad, evil movies like the latest Snow White adaption with Rachel Zegler, if you remember. The yapping about "outdated stereotypes" is also the worst argument ever against the 50's Peter Pan movie (that is obviousely the best adaption for people who aren't triggered by profession). Pretty sure no native american or who ever is supposed to feel triggered by the 50's movie has a problem with it. With all due respect but maybe you guys can try to be less of the cliche humorless progressive SJW's and put at least some effort into understanding tradtional/older work without dismissing it as outdated.

[@bluuberrycow67]

I love both Peter Pan 2003 + hook. For me the 2003 peterpan represents childhood & facing adult fears. Hook is understanding adulthood but learning to rekindle the lost magic of childhood wonder & fun ❤❤❤ rip robin williams - bangerrang!

[@AurumCreative]

BANGERRANG! That’s a perfect way to explain those two movies!

[@MrGabeanator]

for me disney wins

[@nonamerooster5413]

Either 2003 one or Hook

[@AurumCreative]

Both great options

[@jcpm1988]

I love to watch Disney's Peter Pan take first place and Peter Pan and the Pirates take second place in the cartoon versions. But for the Live-action, it is Hands Down the Best movie adapted from the Movie... HOOK!!! Best actors, great performance, and I love how it was made!!! So cheer like the pirates do in the movie, IF U THINK THE MOVIE HOOK IS THE BEST!!! HOOK HOOK HOOK HOOk!!!

[@AurumCreative]

BANGARANG

[@jcpm1988]

Great answer I'll take that!!!

[@P-M-869]

I favored the old Mary Martin version.

[@AurumCreative]

Such a classic

[@Topgamer-nz7sd]

As for live action robin Williams did awesome as grown up Peter Pan, as well as they couldn’t have found a better actor for captain James hook than Dustin Hoffman.

[@AurumCreative]

Dustin Hoffman did phenomenal as Hook!

[@Koopabonga]

Hook has some really big default but I can't be mean with it. Despite its awful VFX, Peter Pan probably is the best one, but my favorite ever is Fox's Peter Pan and the Pirates

[@josephtanner4594]

I'm Sorry But I Like Captain James Bartholomew Hook From Walt Disney Animation Pictures - Peter Pan [1953], Disney's - Return To Neverland [2022] & Finally Jake and the Neverland Pirates [2011]? Because I Didn't Like That Fact That Captain James Hook, a.k.a. Captain James S. Hook, a.k.a. Captain Hook, a.k.a. Captain James Bartholomew Hook Played By Dustin Hoffman In Hook [1991] & Jason Isaacs In Peter Pan [2003] Both Terrific Actors Role As Peter Pan's Villain Pirate Captain Hook's Life Ended With Them Being Devoured By The Crocodile 🐊That Devoured A Alarm Clock ⏰

[@oliverbrownlow5615]

The original voice actor for Disney's Captain Hook was the great Hans Conried. In the same year Disney's PETER PAN was released (1953), Conried also appeared as the title character in Dr. Seuss' live-action musical, THE 5,000 FINGERS OF DR. T.

[@EricMontreal22]

Great, thoughtful video! My only caveat, and yes this could be argued, is that the actual source you should be comparing all of these to isn't Peter Pan and Wendy, the book, but the original stage play, which is in many ways (especially tone) quite different from the book. You do mention briefly that the play came first, but... I mean it's easy to find in print.

[@KirstyNash-ej7rf]

Peter pan 2003 is way better

[@josephtanner4594]

Hook [1991] & Peter Pan [2003] Are Very Entertaining Movies But I Still Don't Like The Fact That Peter Pan's Villain Pirate Enemy Captain James Hook Got Devoured By The Crocodile 🐊 That Swallow A Clock ⏰

[@forrestdupre87]

2014

[@Louisa.Bowman23]

11:45 Just thought I should point this out. In "Hook" they do have the clap your hands moment. When Peter meets Tink when he's an adult. After shouting that he doesn't believe in fairies, she falls down and says that he must clap his hands in order to save her. Which he does so and succeeds in reviving her.

[@giuliapicchiotti]

Hook 100%, one of my favorite movies of all times :) .

[@yuvrajsinghsandhu1351]

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[@jacksonconley5117]

The 1953 Peter Pan remains my favorite version even with the racism toward the Native Americans.

[@nathanhynes1937]

Hook all the way

[@mariondaim4491]

The one from (2003) for me & the one with Robin Williams

[@isaiasherrero7889]

I love Hook that's my personal favorite.

[@alvdansen7172]

I love how they conveniently left out the woke disaster adaptation of Peter Pan (Wendy).

[@sydneymiddleton3600]

Watch Culter35 he’s Hilarious.

[@jamesa.romano8500]

*Me* 2003 Peter Pan is the best Peter Pan ever *Billy Madison* I disagree, it's a very good adaptation but I think Hook is the best Peter Pan ever *Me* Hook sucks! *Billy Madison* You know something, you suck!

[@r.babylon2885]

Well damn, what about the miniseries, which was really just two movies? It was like a prequel, and it was awesome

[@wanderingdreamer26]

I will always choose Hook ❤

[@AstridPerellon]

My review is ranked by emotional reaction😂 1953's adaptation made me tear up when the father recognizes the ship from his childhood at the end.❤ 2003's adaptation made me mumble 'I do believe in fairies' as a teen, as an adult and now it does as a mother.❤❤ Hook makes me cry just talking about it❤❤❤ Finding Neverland is an honorable mention, imo❤❤❤❤ Makes me wish it was factual and non fictional. I didn't enjoy 'Peter Pan and Wendy' neither 'Pan' where Hugh Jackman is a pirate.

[@windandcloudshadow158]

Say what you want but there has never been a better live action Hook then Dustin Hoffman.

[@davidmcaninch4714]

I like to think the 2003 Peter Pan leads into Hook. I know it sounds stupid to think that, but you can’t argue that it kind of makes sense.

[@theadaptationstationmaster]

For me, the 2003 is both the greatest Peter Pan adaptation and the dumbest. It's got a great cast, great production design, great music, etc. And the script really captures J. M. Barrie's style while also feeling more modern. But the second makes some of the most ridiculous changes of any Peter Pan adaptation, such as Peter and Wendy being pitted against each other in a duel and Wendy reviving Peter with a magical kiss. And it has some plot points that just don't make sense. What is Hook's motive for trying to "seduce" Wendy? He could have just waited and spied on her going back to the Home Under Ground without all that bother.

[@marialacambra9715]

Taking her from him was a great way to hurt Peter and take away his ability to fly. "She was leaving you because you are incomplete".

[@theadaptationstationmaster]

@@marialacambra9715 But they present Hook realizing that Peter loves Wendy as a big revelation. "He does care! He cares about you!" (Sorry if I got the dialogue slightly wrong. Heh. Slightly wrong. There should be a Peter Pan joke in there somewhere.)

[@CashelOConnolly]

Hook is a terrible movie 🤮

[@General_reader]

“Natives”. 😂😂😂😂😂

[@michellecrocker2485]

Geez….that auntie, dude. I found her kind of a stereotype for most of the movie. That typical Edwardian aunt who isn’t a bad person, means well but you know she’s been too indoctrinated into societal norms that she doesn’t hold back when she thinks it’s time for Wendy to stop being a child and start acting like a lady

[@marmik961]

Best adaptations Worst to Best. 2003: Not bad by any means but it has issues with its tone. It doesn't know whether it wants to be light hearted, mean spirited, or both. The I do believe in fairies part is very emotional though. Hook: A few pacing issues here and there but loads of fun with touching moments and nice attentions to detail. Fox's Peter Pan and the Pirates: A fun and criminally underrated show. All the characters have fleshed out personalities, (or at least quirks) the stories are creative while capturing the tone of the book, and it's full of humor and imagination. Disney's Peter Pan/Return to Never Land: Great animation and while not as dark as the book, it captures the magic and fun of the story to a T. A lot of the character are memorable and the humor is hilarious. Also while it's not the deepest movie (or movies) it does have a few layers.

[@yuvrajsinghsandhu1351]

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