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Peter Pan in Return to Never Land (Pixie-Powered Edition)

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Peter Pan is back in another sequel from Disney, the question is why does Disney do this? Disney should start to work on more orginal movies instead of sequels all the time. But do we need any more sequels from Disney? In less, somebody can convice Disney to stop making sequels for a while, I guess we are stuck with them. As the movie opens, Wendy (Kath Soucie) now grown up is married, has 2 kids, and when her husband goes off to serve in a war, Wendy stays home with daughter Jane (Harriet Owen) and son Danny (Andrew McDonough) but London is also keeping the children safe, and so both Jane and Danny will have to take a train for safety. Danny believes Wendy's stories about Peter Pan, but his older sister Jane does not. The night before Danny and Jane has to leave home, Captain Hook (Corey Burton) shows up, and mistakes Jane for Wendy, and kidnaps her. In Neverland, she is rescured by Peter Pan (Blayne Weaver). But all she wants to do, is to go home. And even joins up with Peter Pan's rival Captain Hook, when she promies to take her home, when she finds Peter Pan's treasure.

Hello: I am also a BIG peter pan fan because I am 19 yeras old I don't want to grow up!! since I was a little girl I have always dreamed of going to neverland, I still have my window open ha ha.

Well this sequel of Peter Pan I enjoy it a lot and is a very special movie to me beacuse it was the day of my birthday when they realesed it, I was very excited I saw it in spanish an I loved it!! the songs in spanish are sang by Tatiana, her marvelous voice makes this movie even better than the original english version and makes extra magic.

If you own the DVD please take a look at the spanish version and listen to the songs.

I have never been a Peter Pan fan. I thought Peter was corny. I found this video in my house and I popped it in my vcr and started watching. I had negative thoughts in mind but I watched the whole movie. This movie was pretty good and people stop complaining about the voices, they were fine. Give those actors some credit! I really think this one topped the classic. I mean it is more modern and who needs a boring old classic? I liked this one better and now I became a Peter Pan/Cap'n Hook fan!!

...but it is actually very nice! I usually hate Disney sequels because they are cheesy and ruin the first film. We usually stay away from movies that say on the cover, "All new feature-length adventure", because that's a sure sign of a cheapo sequel. That's what I was expecting when we got this movie, but I was impressed with the computer animation, the soundtrack and with the way Disney tried hard to get actors that sounded very much like the ones in the first movie. The one thing I didn't like though was the lack of indians! They didn't even mention the word "indian". Sure, they showed the camp, but it was as empty as a ghost town. Oh well.
This is a good movie for the younger group, although the adults will probably enjoy it as well.

Even though there are a few things that could have made this movie better, I still liked it. I thought the new voice of Peter Pan (Blayne Weaver) was better than Bobby Driscoll's voice (the 1st movie). The beggining was actcullay kinda heart-BREAKING than heart-WARMING (I REALLY ended up feeling very sorry for Jane {Wendy's daughter}). Now, about Neverland, the elusive "island of dreams" has not really changed all that much, (however, I don't remember that waterfall or river being there). Corey Burton (Captain Hook) was acutally the same as Hans Conreid in the 1st film, except Burton was more high pitched, also the vioces of Cubby, Wendy(young) and Mr. Smee were different too. (Plus Smee was still suprisingly goofy in this one, everything Smee did in this film cracked me up, HA!HA!HA!HA!HA!HA!HA!HA!

This cartoon was nothing like the first one. It was Disney's attempt to make money. I did everthing I could to stay awake. I am so disappointed with movies lately. I mean, instead of a crocodile, they have a giant squid. Their was no magic adventure. Peter Pan was a great cartoon, Return to Neverland was stupid.

I have 3 sons, 14, 11 and 1 1/2 years old. They are all die hard Peter Pan fans, and have seen the original Disney PP a gagillion times or more! Even the little guy loves his "Pee Pan"! So when we got Return to Never Land we were all excited to watch it. The only one who liked it enough to watch the whole thing was the 11 year old. He really enjoyed it. He also loved Atlantis and Treasure Planet, so that I think is the target group for this one. My oldest could care less for it. My youngest (who even at his tender age is quite the Disney fan and couch potato) wandered in and out of the room, watching some parts, mostly after they got to Neverland. I have to agree with him, I think the beginning is slow and doesn't match the lightheartedness of the original, it is rather somber with the war scenes and all. Anyway, he was also really scared of the octopus, but the crocodile doesn't scare him at all. In my opinion, Disney has not made that many good, classic movies since Beauty and the Beast, and this is prime example of that.

Peter Pan was a great escapist moie for little kids, this tripe is another example of Disney bastardizing its franchise with direct to video movies using beloved characters. The tone of the beggining of the movies is bleak as London is experiencing the blitz. The interaction of the characters later is a pale reflection of the original movie. The cartoons on the Disney channel are a better view.

As a Disney collector I always view whatever comes out. Peter Pan was a great movie, Return to neverland has nothing new but is enjoyable as a Disney fable. I have purchased the dvd for my collection.Return presuposes that you have seen Peter Pan and I found that OK as I think most Disney fans would have viewed it.

I have three children - ages 6, 4 and 2. I will be reviewing this movie from their perspective, not that of an adults. They really enjoyed the movie. Since they are not professional cartoonist, they did not care about the quality of the drawings. If anything, the 'old style' cartoon movie (similar to the first Peter Pan) kept the feel of the first movie. If they had used too many computer graphics, it would not have flowed well from the first movie. My children also liked the story. It was exciting, but not scary - even for the youngest. Each of the characters was reasonably developed, although Jane is the focus of the movie. She is Wendy's daughter, and Peter gets a supporting role in the plot. Hook is back and is mean without being frightening. Even the octopus, Hook's tormentor, is pretty tame. As for the quality of the music, my kids liked it and even asked for the soundtrack. (It is OK, but mostly instrumental takes from the movie. There are three good songs on it though...) Finally, some reviewers have critiqued the voices and complained they are not exact matches for the first Peter Pan. If you know him personally, then you might have a complaint. You have also grown-up way too much to ever enjoy this movie. (Go see the Exorcist or something!) Unless you have gone to bed every night since the 50's listening to Peter, you will not notice anything different on the voices. From a child's perspective, you won't be thinking of such things anyway. The story deals with typical Neverland topics: growing up, the pressures of being a kid, and the battle between carefree youth and grumpy people. By the way, this is all done without making adults or parents out to be the bad guys. The pace of the movie is great, keeping the kid's interest and being long enough to take them on a meaningful adventure without exhausting their attention span.

The best part of the movie is the end when Peter takes the kids home and is reunited with Wendy. It is a great scene and one that brings back memories of the first movie's magic to both young and old. I know my kids loved it. I thought this movie did not strike me as a lot of Disney movies do these days - shallow, trashy and money driven. This is a 1950's style Disney film, not the crud they also release these days with cussing, stupid adults and not too subtle adult themes.

My kids thought this movie was great and a real clean story. Appreciate a kid's movie through their eyes, not an adult's, and you will escape to Neverland with your children enjoying the trip along the way!