The story is ok. I love Hook so I don't hate reimagining and adding parts to the story. The real glaring problem is the casting of Peter.
I can't totally bash a kid on his acting capabilities, but you can't take a character like Peter Pan and totally change every aspect of him and put it all on a kid to sell it with their acting. I fully support more inclusion in many of these glaringly monotone classics. However, the actor is not the right fit for this roll. I feel like this could have been a really good movie if they would have put more effort into finding a better fit for the main character.
I still enjoyed the movie because I'm not a purist and I loathe people that totally bash on continuations (read: Star Wars fanatics), but I do have to agree that this one just missed the mark simply by miscasting the main character.
I can't totally bash a kid on his acting capabilities, but you can't take a character like Peter Pan and totally change every aspect of him and put it all on a kid to sell it with their acting. I fully support more inclusion in many of these glaringly monotone classics. However, the actor is not the right fit for this roll. I feel like this could have been a really good movie if they would have put more effort into finding a better fit for the main character.
I still enjoyed the movie because I'm not a purist and I loathe people that totally bash on continuations (read: Star Wars fanatics), but I do have to agree that this one just missed the mark simply by miscasting the main character.