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Hook (1991)

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Hook (1991, USA, Steven Spielbe ...
by CinemaRian in CinemaRian Blog

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"Each of the four biographies of Steven Spielberg that I have read says the same thing about Hook- it is the most disappointing entry in the director's canon. Not the worst, mind you, but the biggest disparity between what it is and what it could have been. The reason is that Spielberg is often compared to Peter Pan himself- there is a childlike wonder in his best work that few other directors can equal. From a psychological standpoint, many have analyzed the director as having a Pan-like personality- warm, energetic and easygoing but at times immature, self-centered and narcissistic (then again, it would be hard to find a filmmaker who is not is narcissistic). Many have analyzed Schindler's List as the film in which the director "grew up" and became more adult in filmmaking content (I would disagree with that, as I think 1986's Empire of the Sun is the most cynical, complex and "adult" film Spielberg has made). Regardless, it seem the classic story about the boy who never grew up w ... " [More]

The Post-Spielberg Olympics
by Karina in Karina on SpoutBlog

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"TIME has a story about Steven Spielberg’s departure from his post as creative consultant to the Beijing Summer Olympics, and most interestingly, how China will need to scramble to save face in the wake of it. Landing Spielberg in the first place was a coup, considering that China’s main goal with the games is to sell the idea “that China has returned to its rightful place as a world player whose opinion matters.” That’s not necessarily a fiction??????Spielberg, after all, dropped out of his commitment in frustration over China’s “opinion” on their trading partner Sudan and Darfur??????but the idea that China is ready to play on the world stage without facing the blowback of various human rights issues and international political, trade and manufacturing controversies certainly seems like a fantasy worthy of Hollywood. Can they pull off this globalist fairy tale without the guiding vision of the man who brought us Hook? It’s a situtation that’s going to require serious damage contro ... " [More]

The Post-Spielberg Olympics
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I Love this Movie
by yallie in yallie Blog

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"I've watched this movie many times and I still love it. It's hard not to. Seeing the "new" Peter Pan. The older Peter Pan. The Peter Pan who gave up staying young because he loved someone. But then he has to find the old Peter Pan, the young Peter Pan. The Peter Pan who loved everything except adults. If I keep typing I'm going to give away the movie. " [More]

The Fall of the Globes: Spielbe ...
by Karina in Karina on SpoutBlog

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"Yet more chaos in the wake of The Fall of the Globes: yesterday, we noted that if nothing else, a minimized Golden Globes would spare us the inevitable tribute montage to Steven Spielberg, who is due to receive a Cecil B. DeMille award at the ceremony. Now it appears that the Hollywood Foreign Press Association has decided (surely not without some help from the Spielberg camp) that, rather than accept the award at this year’s glorified press conference, “it would be better” (?!?) for the HFPA to just give him the same award next year, when presumably, there will be a four hour telecast to further pad with tributes to Spielberg’s special way with imperiled children, animatronic dinosaurs, animatronic children and imperiled dinosaurs. I got the Variety email alert for this story, and I admit it??????I literally, audibly cried, “Bah!” Other than that, I’ve got nothing. Ho " [More]

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Golden Globes, Reborn as Strike ...
by Karina in Karina on SpoutBlog

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"Nikki Finke says her sources tell her that the Hollywood Foreign Press Association and NBC have worked out a compromise to be able to produce a Golden Globes telecast that the WGA can’t picket. Nikki’s using the word “scraped” in her headline, but that doesn’t really sound accurate at all; it seems that the show will go on, just without the montage bloat. The plan is to apparently throw “a news event??where the actors can still get all glammed up”??????basically, a glorified press conference, with most of the “content” stemming from the winners’ ostensibly improvised acceptence speeches.?? Presumably, such a set up would allow NBC to keep their ad revenue whilst the HFPA gets to keep both their licensing fees and a teeny-tiny shred of dignity. Even better for us the viewers, Steven Spielberg will get to accept his Cecil B. DeMille lifetime achievement award, whilst we’ll be spared the clip reel attempt to legitimize Hook.

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"Nikki Finke says her sources tell her that the Hollywood Foreign Press Association and NBC have worked out a compromise to be able to produce a Golden Globes telecast that the WGA can’t picket. Nikki’s using the word “scraped” in her headline, but that doesn’t really sound accurate at all; it seems that the show will go on, just without the montage bloat. The plan is to apparently throw “a news event??where the actors can still get all glammed up”??????basically, a glorified press conference, with most of the “content” stemming from the winners’ ostensibly improvised acceptence speeches.?? Presumably, such a set up would allow NBC to keep their ad revenue whilst the HFPA gets to keep both their licensing fees and a teeny-tiny shred of dignity. Even better for us the viewers, Steven Spielberg will get to accept his Cecil B. DeMille lifetime achievement award, whilst we’ll be spared the clip reel attempt to legitimize Hook.

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"I saw this film in college in an old, “historic” theater with two of my best friends. We were literally the only three people in the theater and we had a blast. It’s a favorite memory of mine, which probably adds cachet to my view of the movie. The basic premise is “Peter Pan grows up”. A great cast is headed by Robin Williams and Dustin Hoffman (whose Captain Hook obviously had to inspire Johnny Depp’s Captain Jack Sparrow in the Pirates of the Caribbean movies). " [More]

The Underrated Hook
by pippin06 in Reel Thoughts

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"I know, usually I blog about movies that I've watched for the first time. 'Hook' does not fall into that category. This is one of the films I have on my "Films I Watch the Most" list and is, therefore, one of my true favorites. In fact, though I own it, it's been playing on TBS, and I've been sucked into it each time I've caught it. So why write about it? I've read lots about Hook. It is widely considered as a weak link on Spielberg's resume; even Stevie himself was reportedly 'disappointed' by the final result of this film. So, I'll concede some things. It is NOT a masterpiece. It is not even remotely Spielberg's best work. But let's consider something: isn't something that's not Spielberg's best (possibly even the worst) still better than most films out there? Personally, I think AI: Artificial Intelligence is his worst film, but some people might beg to differ. I remember, at age 14, being so excited to see this movie. I begged for my parents to take me to the theater ... " [More]