Best movie of this year hands down!

So much average

Good concept, poorly executed.

It's a good bad... and worth a popcorn matinée. While it's easy to lament what could have been...

When I re-discovered this sequel to the original 'Peter Pan' (one of my favourite films as a child) six years ago, I fancied seeing it because I was interested to see how Wendy would look as an adult. Recently I bought this film on DVD in a duo pack along with the original and I really enjoyed it, although some of its aspects could have been better.The animation here is better than that of 'The Hunchback of Notre Dame 2' and 'Atlantis: Milo's Return' (I haven't seen any of these films in full, just clips of them in the Nostalgia Chick's 'Top 10 Worst Disney Sequels'), both of which look like extended Saturday morning cartoons. In this film the animation was vibrant and fluid, which made it adequate for a theatrical release. There are also some funny moments, especially when the giant octopus imagines Captain Hook (and later his entire crew) as a fish but one or two parts of the film relied too much on Looney Tunes-style cartoon violence such as Jane falling through the ground and leaving a hole in her shape. While I'm on the subject of Jane, she is a headstrong character in the film who gets emotional a few times, although I found some of her dialogue similar to that of George's in the original film (I.e. not believing in Wendy's stories of Peter Pan) while Danny is cute and reminds me of Michael in the first film. As for the dialogue, some of it is similar to that in the original. Moving on to the voices, most of them were good, although I found Kath Soucie a rather unusual choice for the adult Wendy but her British accent was convincing enough. The only voices I'm not too sure about are Peter's and Cubby's because they sound noticeably different to how they did in the original. The scenes leading up to Jane being whisked away to Neverland were dark, particularly the war scenes. While the songs in the original matched its style and setting very well, the songs 'I Try' and 'Do You Believe in Magic?' sound a bit too modern pop style for the film's setting, despite the poignant lyrics of 'I Try.' The ending could also have been more substantial.All in all this is an above-average Disney sequel that is nearly as entertaining as the original. 8/10.

I may have seen the trailer at the cinema, and like the critics I thought it looked more like the kind of Disney film better released straight to video, same goes for the atrocious The Jungle Book 2, but when it was available I watched. Basically Wendy Darling (Kath Soucie) has grown up and had two children, maturing daughter Jane (Harriet Owen) and little son Danny (Andrew McDonough) who enjoys the stories Peter Pan and Never Land. With father Edward (Roger Rees) leaving home to fight for the country, and the constant London bombings during the Blitz of the Second World War, Jane is very cynical, especially when it comes to the bedtime stories. But her opinion is to change when she gets kidnapped by Captain Hook (Corey Burton), mistaking her for Wendy, as bait for his enemy, the still not growing up Peter Pan (Blayne Weaver). Even Peter mistakes her for Wendy, and not being up for fun with him, Tinker Bell or the Lost Boys she really wants to get back home, but this cannot happen until she believes in the magic of imagination and finds a happy thought with pixie dust. Meanwhile Captain Hook and his silly sidekick Smee (Jeff Bennett) are trying to find out where Pan is as well as a way to get rid of him once and for all, while the Captain is also terrified by not the crocodile, but a giant octopus. In the end, after realising everything around her is real and that she should believe in it and save the life Tinker Bell, Jane does fly, Captain Hook is defeated, and Peter takes her back home and sees her mother before flying away, and Edward returns home. Also starring The Cat in the Hat's Spencer Breslin as Cubby, Jumanji's Bradley Pierce as Nibs and Additional Voices from The Simpsons' Dan Castellaneta and Jim Cummings. Essentially it is recycling all the themes from the J.M. Barrie book, the voices all sounding different doesn't help, the animation is average, and there isn't much to the story, but for the kids, not a terrible family animated musical adventure. Okay!

Return to Neverland...First of all, this movie is pretty pointless and plot-less. Maybe I'm spoiled with the original "Pan" or Spielberg's "Hook" (which is one of my favorite films of all time) - but I think that such a fantastical place such as Neverland needs a bit more exploration for the viewer. I've grown up with Peter Pan and his Lost boys. I'd like to see more of Neverland and less 'stuff' What I mean by 'stuff' is all the shenanigans that are constantly going on. This movie has ADHD for sure. I know it's geared towards kids, maybe that's why I'm having such a hard time connecting to it. If they're going to introduce some dramatic themes like war and timeless love, they could at least follow up with some depth. They skimmed the surface on everything that could've been something. Instead, Disney decided to give us a montage of slapstick worthy of having the Benny Hill 'Yakkety Sax' playing on repeat for the entirety of the Neverland scenes. Speaking of music... the very few musical sequences feel forced and unnecessary. I remember there's some Evanescence-Amy-Lee-ish lament in the beginning which in the lyrics reiterated events that happened 2 minutes ago. Both me and my girlfriend were scratching our heads, wondering if it was a joke."Return to Neverland"... I don't feel as if I just revisited the place I did when I was a kid. I feel as if I've just visited some spin off place where quick dollars and poor writing are placeholders for adventures and dreams.GG Disney. I just hope this girl with her scene-girl A-line haircut (which I'm SURE is accurate for WW1/WW2 era) doesn't end up as an animatronic feature on the ride @ Disneyland.To sum things up: If you want Pan - watch Hook, or maybe a good stage version. If you want Emo Loony Toons, I advise you to rent this movie.

This movie was much better than the original, in my opinion. It had better songs, more exciting action, better voice acting, and funnier lost boys. It was a great tribute to Peter Pan and his legacy as well as a great movie. I watched it until I could play it over in my head any time I want to. I only had 2 problems with it:1. It starts out by saying "The story always ends the same" and goes on to show an unprecedented ending.2. Captain Hook is a Tom kind of villain-not too scary. I like him as a dark figure, not as someone who has to narrowly avoid death all the time.