A classic

Of course, I have seen this movie many times with my kids but, since I have it on DVD, I thought I might as well check it out again to finally make up my mind about the damned thing. Well, even though it might not be the best adaptation of J.M. Barrie's classic tale, it is still the most famous one and it figures because it was the perfect material for Disney's skillful and amazing  animation. Another interesting thing about this movie was that it introduced so many iconic Disney characters. Obviously, you had Peter Pan who turned out to be one of their most complex leading characters, something quite unusual for Disney. Of course, the guy was charismatic but he was also rather egocentric and sometimes even quite oblivious about what was going around him. These flaws made this character so interesting but, unfortunately, they never took the time to fully develop him which was one of the main issues with this movie. Of course, they also gave us Captain Hook who was easily one of the best bad guys ever delivered by Disney. However, what they did with Tinker Bell was probably even more impressive though as she was so charismatic that she became of one of their most famous characters even though she was completely silent in this movie. Finally, you had also Wendy who was less showy than the other characters mentioned before but, in the contrary to the other female characters that Disney gave us so far, she was quite multi-layered and really interesting to behold. Concerning the story itself, it is a fascinating classic tale, however, this adaption was less than 80 mins long so the end-result felt unfortunately rushed and often pretty messy. On top of that, it didn't help that they were delivering some random joke or some visual gag every 2 mins. Anyway, to conclude, in spite of its flaws, it is still a charming classic and it is definitely worth a look, especially if you like the genre.

7/10