I wasn't even born when it came out, but I watched it when I turned 5 and it was the first thing to ever kindle my imagination. Everything I love in life stemmed from this story. I always feel so sad and happy rewatching it...
This is actually one of my all-time favorite movie scenes ever. Peter and Wendy dancing together with the fairies is a beautiful scene, and the music fits it perfectly. Wendy's conversation with Peter afterwards is a real tearjerker as well.
This is probably still my absolute favorite adaptation of Peter Pan. Live action or animated. It's just so good and it leaves you feeling whimsical and when you watch it as a kid it doesn't just seem like a silly little adventure, it feels like it has weight, it leaves you thinking and with a feeling in your chest of nostalgia because you know just like Wendy and every other child, you will also grow up. All except one :(
I'll always remember the first time I saw that scene with Peter and Wendy dancing. 15 years ago, back in the days when I still was a 9 year old tomboyish girl, this was the first time my heart grasped the concept of romance. Since then, I still hope and believe I will also someday meet that warm magical feeling again, but for real.
I want this song to be my first dance at my wedding and reception. Have the dance memorized and choreographed to let me finally achieve my childhood dream of dancing with my own Peter and me being Wendy.
Obviously the section that accompanies the dance itself is awesome, but I wanted to point out my favorite moment. It's when Peter and Wendy land and start having their argument about feelings. Wendy tries to convince Peter that love is worth growing up for, but he evades her earnest pleas. I love how the music mirrors their struggle in those moments: (3:35-3:44) A vulnerable rendition of the melody from the Peter/Neverland theme. This theme is usually loud and brash, but here it is shy, uncertain, and only half-formed. This represents Peter briefly opening up and considering the possibility of loving something/someone more than he loves his many "pretends" in Neverland. But this openness does not last. (3:45-4:02) This part is more incidental music, not connected to a theme or motif. These textures sound like they're swirling or spinning. It starts with wispy, tornadic woodwind and ends with deep, ominous bass notes. This reflects Peter's emotional state, filled with fluttering doubts and deep insecurities as he starts pushing Wendy away. (4:03-4:28) In response to Peter's fear, we hear the Wendy/Love theme, in which Wendy pours out her heart to Peter. Unlike the snippet we get of Peter's theme earlier, this section is fully formed. It starts soft and tender, but grows in strength as more instruments get added to the melody. Wendy's mind is made up, and she is trying to get through to Peter. (4:29-4:47) Again, incidental music. It's shifty, indecisive. We do not get Peter's theme because he is not committed to Wendy or his feelings. We get some half-formed musical ideas, more wistful than anything, before they get cut off... (4:48-5:25) ... by the Wendy/Love theme, this time both more powerful and more desperate. You can feel the yearning in the strings, and choral textures strengthen the idea that Wendy is calling to Peter. But just as suddenly as it arrives, it vanishes. We get half of the melody before the rest of the song trails off. We get some lonely, melancholic chimes underscored by strings that hold on a single note, trailing off into silence. There is no resolution. Not here, anyway. You'll need to listen to the combined version of "Falls to Deck" and "The Hidden Kiss" to hear Peter and Wendy's musical tension resolved. 😉 TLDR: James Newton Howard is a genius and one of my favorite composers. Get your crap together and bring this album back, Apple Music! (Edit to clarify that it's the woodwinds that sound tornadic, not the strings!)
Here are my reasons why this will always be the best and my favourite version of Peter Pan: - The cast. - The music. - The plot. - The romantic bond between Peter Pan and Wendy.
I'm 25 now and was turning 7 the year I saw it the first time. It influenced me so much, I still know how my father and I where driving to the video shop to get a movie to watch with me and he ranted Peter Pan. We drove home, I actually think it was raining the way back while I was sitting in the cars backseat watching out of the window. And it was already quite dark when we got home since it was winter and got dark already at 5 pm. And after getting cozy with a bowl of popcorn we watched it and I was so amazed by it I watched it plenty of times until we had to give it back. I loved this world so much I started wearing a nightgown and always looked at my halfway opened window and hoped that Peter would come and take me with him. Now 18 years later I still come back from time to time and watch it on my Blueray. Damn, I sometimes get even teary eyed when they start flying out of the nursery. The score is just beautiful I can't help it. This movie will never disappoint me and if I decide to have kids in the future they will definitely have to watch it with me. This movie really has a special spot in my heart, probably forever.
Every time I re-watch the movie, I hold my breath at this scene. It is so beautiful and magical, every thing about it is perfect. Their innocent, young love to the sorrowful but perfect line from peter, "It's only make-believe, right? That you and I are..." I'm 27 now and I'm positive this scene will be one of my favorite romance scenes of all time forever!
I felt the same way too. I wish I had experienced innocent love when I was young, and being able to learn how to love with someone else on the same level. Simple things like holding hands, a first kiss, the butterflies on your very first date or just a simple embrace and reassurance. Simple times, before the hardships of adult life turned us bitter and cold hearted. Too late for that now anyway 🥲
i really love this movie... so beautiful, peter and wendy, their kiss, their dancing scene, i really cried when I watched it again, after more than 10 years, i really dream with a fairytale love story like this, and don't want to grow up...
The film is going to turn 20 in 2023 🥺. It came out a year after I was born, but I only discovered it 10 years later. Since then, it has become my favourite movie and I haven't stopped watching it, even after all these years. It holds and will always hold a special place in my heart. 💓
Estas melodías me llevan directo a mi infancia. Sinceramente creo que todo el score de Peter Pan es uno de los mejores trabajos de James Newton Howard.
Tenho 15 anos, e mesmo depois de muito tempo posso dizer que essa cena é simplismente a mais bela de todas! Me emociono só de ouvir a melodia, esse filme realmente marcou muito a minha iinfância, e digo que verdadeiramente nunca irei me esquecer das aventuras e histórias que me foram contadas neste filme. Eu acredito que todos nós sentimos algo por esse filme, não dá para explicar, é tipo... surreal! Nos transmite uma experiência como se fizessemos parte dele.
I just turned 21. I never wanted to. I miss watching this for the first time and knowing right there and then that I wanted to always be a kid and have adventures and fun.
La adoro! Me transmite paz a la par de sentimientos encontrados, es una obra de arte, que afortunados somos de haber crecido con esta hermosa película y el soundtrack es de otro mundo, el mundo de la magia y asombro!
I remember seeing the trailer for the movie when I went to watch The Cat in the Hat in theaters as a kid and then watched it only a few years later. I remember the song that was playing in the trailer it was Clocks by Coldplay. This movie is one of the most memorable parts of my childhood and I really must watch it again.
As a child I never knew how important the meaning behind this fairy tale was until I grew up. Why couldn’t this nigga come fly in my shit and give me some fairy dust n train me how to fly like damn I don’t think I never would of came home my ass would of took shit to serious I still would of been 14 til this day lol
hottake: the thing that holds up the least well about this movie, is Jeremy Sumpters awful kid-acting skills. I recently rewatched it, and I swear hes by far the worst of the lot. The rest of the kids arent great, but theyre better than him at least. Especially love Wendy and Hook in this movie, and the soundtrack obviously absolutely SLAPS.
