'Hook' was so ahead of its time. Respecting the source material and taking it seriously, while putting a genuine twist on it that it adds to the lore...like, it was never appreciated in its time. Films back then rarely worried themselves with source material. In fact, creators were often encouraged to completely ignore it when possible. As long as it bore some vague resemblance to what its referencing, that was often enough for studios and audiences alike. The fact that Hook dared to be different really helped it stand out, which is probably why it's such a cult classic now.
I will never get over how good this sequel is---it had no reason to go this hard, but it did, and I am utterly amazed that no one has tried to recreate what they did since.
It was a movie with a heartfelt message for adults, marketed to kids. No wonder it didn't do well at the box office. You had to be a grownup to appreciate what Spielberg did in this wonderful movie.
I never understood this scene and the dialogue as a kid, but watching it as I am older it breaks my heart with how Peter and Wendy grew apart. She moved on and he stayed in Neverland for so long. And Maggie Smith does great job capturing that lost love she wished she could have had with him.
also watching the 2003 version made it more heartbreaking to see when i rewatched Hook again. same here i didn't understood the dialogue too on it as a kid since i was only 7 years old but still was so entertained of it. Also more shocking when i rewatched it in high school i never knew the director was Steven Spielberg that did this movie after repeatedly watching it like crazy lol.
@@Theaterg15 Ikr? I feel like watching the 2003 version, maybe Return to Neverland by Disney and Hook as a sort of fan-viewed trilogy was good because of how you see Peter and Wendy's relationship change as time goes by. I actually shed a tear when in Return Peter reunited and lamented a little at seeing Wendy.
@@deansmith9914 He was in love with her, but he could never admit it to himself because falling in love and being in a romantic relationship is something for people who grow up.
Peter reacts like Wendy is crazy. And yet, at the same time, he remembers. There is such an unsettling quality to this film which is hard to put into words. It's like Spielberg managed to capture the duality between innocent youth and cold cynical adulthood, between light and darkness, on celluloid. Powerful film which deserves more credit than it received
I love your thoughts on this and totally agree. This film came out when I was 6, I’m now 39 and this film makes me cry .. like cry cry.. it hits very deep
“And now he’s come back to seek his revenge, the fight isn’t over for Captain James Hook.” That line sent chills through me when I watched this as a kid, still does to this day as a grown man.
2:46 he puts his arms on his hips signaling his first realization to the connection of his past. He instantly realizes the similarity to his pose and brushes off the thought by changing his posture. It’s a brilliant foreshadowing to his return
Hook has got to be one of John Williams best underrated soundtracks ever. I mean, this whole scene is made 100% better with that ominous music as Wendy tells Peter who he is.
Love how he stops doing the pose when he sees that he is doing the pose In the book, sorta like he's absolute denial that could even a little bit be him 🤣🤣👌 and the way he puts his glasses on 🤣👌 just the subtlety
That’s honestly one of my favorite subtle things in this movie! The fact that he worked in that pose so often so you knew it was supposed to be an unconscious habit.
I always loved how quickly he drops his fists from his hips when he sees the picture of "himself"... even as a kid of 10 or 11 when I first saw this. Thirty plus years later and it still makes me chuckle.
Professor McGonagall telling the Genie of his true heritage in Neverland? Yes please!!! Hook is probably one of Spielberg's best movies and it is so underrated.
From this day, this scene will be all the more meaningful. One of the most overlooked and underrated films in history, with two of the greatest actors of our times, in what are for me my favourite roles that they ever played. May both Robin Williams and now Maggie Smith forever rest in peace.
It is one of Robin Williams's most memorable movies, which is arguably my favourite one, I still miss Robin as much as the child actors who worked with him in this movie. I apologize if i got emotional, as a grown man these kind of movies like Hook tend to make me cry more than when I was a kid.
I never realized Peter says “I’m not ready to deal with this right now.” Kind of makes me think he knows, but he’s suppressed it for so long and it’s too painful to admit or talk about.
Imagine being an adult, an Attorney at Law, a serious and rational man with a wife and children...being told by your beloved Wendy (with whom you developed a very different relationship) that you *are* Peter Pan. Not in some metaphorical 'magic of childhood' sense, but that you are the *literal* Peter Pan. Not only does he exist outside of fiction, but that YOU ARE HIM. The one you heard stories of as a child(well in a sense), the one starring in the Disney classic. I'd have thought she lost her marbles along with Toodles.
This gave me chills as a kid. I don't know what it was about this scene that made it so spooky to me. It's that page reveal and Maggie's performance that makes it a little haunting.
9/27/2024 For many people, Maggie Smith may be their Professor McGonagall, but she will always be my Granny Wendy. She let Toodles stay with her and helped many lost children find loving homes. It''s because of her that Peter and Mora met. Because of Granny Wendy, Peter was able to find true happiness as he realized over time, that what he always wanted is to be a daddy. I will never forget Maggie Smith. She's such a brilliant and intelligent woman. She's hilarious and witty. Everyone who knows her name loves her. Good night, Maggie Smith. Fly away to Neverland, second star to the right and straight on until morning!
There's something incredibly haunting about the despair Maggie Smith puts into her voice when she asks the all-important question "Peter, don't you know who you are?" And something equally grim in her voice when she says "Yes boy. Yes" Very reminiscent of the way Yoda sounds when he says "You will be. You. Will. Be." to Luke after Luke says he's not afraid in Empire Strikes Back
This wasn't nearly the blockbuster hit that it should have been. The storytelling, acting, music, ... everything was amazing. Yet for some reason it was seen as little more than a blip in cinema history.
I think it was the emphasis on the drawn-out sequences with the Lost Boys. Unfortunately, that overshadowed all the other aspects of this movie, so rich in mood, character and, of course the magnificent score.
I just realized just now that this movie was the first I saw her too.. I thought I always knew her first and foremost from the Harry Potter movies... But no, I guess I never stopped to realize where I first truly saw her.. that is, this movie 💖 Rest in peace 🕊️ Maggie Smith 🤍
Laugh at me if you will, but even in Mork and Mindy, he showed range. He was silly, he was kind, he had heart. Even in that silly show (that I loved watching as a kid) he displayed his genius star power.
I just noticed somthing. Peters go to power stance is hands on hips. Yet when he sees the painting of him as the Pan, he drops it as if suddenly self aware of it
Interesting how Peter was portrayed in the book. They kept the sword right but he should have had tights. Hook confirmed he did wear them. "How did you ever fit into those smashing tights again?"
That anyone could ever think this movie wasn't great, or that it was "meh" is just preposterous - this movie was one of the GOATs of any kid growing up in the early 90s.
LOVE the way Peter instinctively puts his hands on his hips in the superhero pose without realizing it. And then immediately drops them when he sees the drawing matching his pose.
I find it an interesting implication that this guy can't empathize with his son very well because he himself has no memories of being a younger kid. Like, yeah, he wouldn't anyway because he's Peter Pan, but it's still interesting.
There are those that get typecast, then there are those who are truly versatile at their art like Maggie Smith here... whether as Wendy or Minerva McGonagall or Violet Crawley - where you can't imagine anyone else being in that role.
Many of you here tonight were once lost children; but, Granny Wendy found parents and homes for each of you and saved you. That's her miracle. RIP Maggie, our Granny Wendy. 😢
this movie is one of the most Magical Movies ever made!, Robin Williams is the goat and one of the most underratedly well played Villian, when Peter starts to remember gives me chills he is a devil hook but Pan found himself back to his old days and wow the chills u get when he flys to neverland wow the Image of Hook at the start on the photo sends chills down peters Spine, and when the kids get hurt and taken Wendy knows and noodles barking HOOK is freakish no movie will ever quite beat this ! Robbin Williams may your beautiful Soul rest in peace u left a legacy that will never be replaced ❤ PAN X HOOK Greatest War of all time ❤
With my dying breath, I must now reveal a secret I have always known and you must now accept if you are to survive and save your children. Peter...you are Superman.
We lived in an age(80,90`s kids), everything was new. everything never happened before in a creative level. we lived the best days. trust. all that is happening now is cringe empty hype shit coming from our base. fuck that. we got the magic
@@soulserenade.kcn1992in the book Peter was also forgetful in general, Wendy tells him is Tink still alive and he says who like he has no idea who she is.
'Hook' was so ahead of its time. Respecting the source material and taking it seriously, while putting a genuine twist on it that it adds to the lore...like, it was never appreciated in its time. Films back then rarely worried themselves with source material. In fact, creators were often encouraged to completely ignore it when possible. As long as it bore some vague resemblance to what its referencing, that was often enough for studios and audiences alike. The fact that Hook dared to be different really helped it stand out, which is probably why it's such a cult classic now.
Oh this movie was a masterpiece oh it’s memory is GOLDEN in heart
I will never get over how good this sequel is---it had no reason to go this hard, but it did, and I am utterly amazed that no one has tried to recreate what they did since.
It was a movie with a heartfelt message for adults, marketed to kids. No wonder it didn't do well at the box office. You had to be a grownup to appreciate what Spielberg did in this wonderful movie.
Terry Brooks wrote this 'source material' in a book and the movie was an adaption of it. The movie was great but the book was amazing!
It was not "ahead of its time," it was made precisely when it was meant to be. It WAS appreciated very much when it came out, thanks.
“Peter don’t you know who you are?” with John Williams perfect music in the back gives me chills every time!
I have tears in my eyes, R I P Wendy!
Every time!!!😭😭😭
This scenes made my cry so many times, especially today after her passing, rest in peace both these legends
I never understood this scene and the dialogue as a kid, but watching it as I am older it breaks my heart with how Peter and Wendy grew apart. She moved on and he stayed in Neverland for so long. And Maggie Smith does great job capturing that lost love she wished she could have had with him.
also watching the 2003 version made it more heartbreaking to see when i rewatched Hook again. same here i didn't understood the dialogue too on it as a kid since i was only 7 years old but still was so entertained of it. Also more shocking when i rewatched it in high school i never knew the director was Steven Spielberg that did this movie after repeatedly watching it like crazy lol.
@@Theaterg15 Ikr?
I feel like watching the 2003 version, maybe Return to Neverland by Disney and Hook as a sort of fan-viewed trilogy was good because of how you see Peter and Wendy's relationship change as time goes by. I actually shed a tear when in Return Peter reunited and lamented a little at seeing Wendy.
It's time for you to grow up now.
The life she could have had with him 😞
@@deansmith9914 He was in love with her, but he could never admit it to himself because falling in love and being in a romantic relationship is something for people who grow up.
Peter reacts like Wendy is crazy. And yet, at the same time, he remembers. There is such an unsettling quality to this film which is hard to put into words. It's like Spielberg managed to capture the duality between innocent youth and cold cynical adulthood, between light and darkness, on celluloid. Powerful film which deserves more credit than it received
I completely agree! Great comment. :)
And the stance....
Excellent comment
Because a part of him knows shes right
I love your thoughts on this and totally agree. This film came out when I was 6, I’m now 39 and this film makes me cry .. like cry cry.. it hits very deep
“And now he’s come back to seek his revenge, the fight isn’t over for Captain James Hook.”
That line sent chills through me when I watched this as a kid, still does to this day as a grown man.
Why did Peter forget?
2:46 he puts his arms on his hips signaling his first realization to the connection of his past. He instantly realizes the similarity to his pose and brushes off the thought by changing his posture. It’s a brilliant foreshadowing to his return
Brilliant 🥳🥳
Hook has got to be one of John Williams best underrated soundtracks ever. I mean, this whole scene is made 100% better with that ominous music as Wendy tells Peter who he is.
It kinda gives Sith vibes or similar notes to Palpatine theme
We got to play a pretty good arrangement of this score in the Texas Longhorn Band. It is a fun part for trombone.
The soundtrack was awesome!
John Williams did Harry Potter too
I dunno, I think the score when Short Round married that Ewok was the best…..
One of my favorite movies growing up. Rest in peace Robin Williams, and Maggie Smith.
Love how he stops doing the pose when he sees that he is doing the pose In the book, sorta like he's absolute denial that could even a little bit be him 🤣🤣👌 and the way he puts his glasses on 🤣👌 just the subtlety
That’s honestly one of my favorite subtle things in this movie! The fact that he worked in that pose so often so you knew it was supposed to be an unconscious habit.
Haha I just noticed that, great attention to detail
I always loved how quickly he drops his fists from his hips when he sees the picture of "himself"... even as a kid of 10 or 11 when I first saw this. Thirty plus years later and it still makes me chuckle.
Dudeeee! Me too me too. I love the music. The pose. Everything was perfect... sometimes Spielberg really hit
@@jedirayden😂😂😂❤❤
Love that reflex hands on hip pose. You can take the boy out of Neverland, but you can't take the Neverland out of the boy.
Who’s here back watching this after hearing Maggie Smith died😢😢😢😢😢
Heartbroken
Me
Even at 39, this is the most magical movie I’ve seen to this day.
Yup
Two great legends now in heaven. Thank you both for everything. RIP
RIP MAGGIE SMITH. You've been one of my favourite actors ever since I was a kid and saw this show
Somewhere is heaven Maggie smith and Robin Williams are meaning each other like old friends do. Rest in power queen!
Professor McGonagall telling the Genie of his true heritage in Neverland? Yes please!!! Hook is probably one of Spielberg's best movies and it is so underrated.
While Master Shifu kidnapped his kids
RIP to both. Absolute legends of cinema.
Only Robin Williams could play an adult Peter Pan lol
Maybe perhaps Michael J Fox
I came here just to say RIP Maggie Smith ❤
Rest easy Maggie, my favorite scene in Hook!! 💐🙏
From this day, this scene will be all the more meaningful. One of the most overlooked and underrated films in history, with two of the greatest actors of our times, in what are for me my favourite roles that they ever played. May both Robin Williams and now Maggie Smith forever rest in peace.
I just instantly remembered just how freaking good this movie was. I need to rewatch it.
It’s still today one of the best movies ever made
They’re both gone now. Rest in peace Maggie and Robin.
They are in Neverland now.
i remember when i was four and did not understand a second of the movies audio, now that im all grown up it brings tears to my eyes
Rest in Peace Maggie Smith with Robin Williams & Bob Hoskins in Heaven 💔💔💔💔💔😢😢😢😢🙏🙏🙏🙏🙏
It is one of Robin Williams's most memorable movies, which is arguably my favourite one, I still miss Robin as much as the child actors who worked with him in this movie. I apologize if i got emotional, as a grown man these kind of movies like Hook tend to make me cry more than when I was a kid.
i'm gonna cry. rip to dame maggie smith. this is the movie of my childhood and my fav movie to this day. my heart. rip robin
I never realized Peter says “I’m not ready to deal with this right now.” Kind of makes me think he knows, but he’s suppressed it for so long and it’s too painful to admit or talk about.
I just ugly cried watching this scene where both of these wonderful actors are gone... 😭
I get you ...!
RIP Maggie Smith and Robin Williams.
RIP to both Legends!!
RIP Maggie Smith you was perfect as Professor McGonagall and you were great in Hook as Wendy! You will be heavily missed!❤️🙏🏼🪄
I learned today that Dane Maggie Smith has now crossed over. Rest in peace Dane Maggie Smith! Your awesome legacies will live on.
Imagine being an adult, an Attorney at Law, a serious and rational man with a wife and children...being told by your beloved Wendy (with whom you developed a very different relationship) that you *are* Peter Pan. Not in some metaphorical 'magic of childhood' sense, but that you are the *literal* Peter Pan. Not only does he exist outside of fiction, but that YOU ARE HIM. The one you heard stories of as a child(well in a sense), the one starring in the Disney classic. I'd have thought she lost her marbles along with Toodles.
This gave me chills as a kid. I don't know what it was about this scene that made it so spooky to me. It's that page reveal and Maggie's performance that makes it a little haunting.
As if you’re seeing a ghost of your past-life. A life you forgotten.
@@Coyoteprime yeah
At 2:40 you can hear the vocalization in the background of this song
The music adds to it as well.
It’s the “yes, boy” for me.
9/27/2024 For many people, Maggie Smith may be their Professor McGonagall, but she will always be my Granny Wendy. She let Toodles stay with her and helped many lost children find loving homes. It''s because of her that Peter and Mora met. Because of Granny Wendy, Peter was able to find true happiness as he realized over time, that what he always wanted is to be a daddy. I will never forget Maggie Smith. She's such a brilliant and intelligent woman. She's hilarious and witty. Everyone who knows her name loves her. Good night, Maggie Smith. Fly away to Neverland, second star to the right and straight on until morning!
Rest in peace, Maggie Smith.
RIP to both legends Maggie Smith and Robin Williams 🕊️ Gone but not forgotten
There's something incredibly haunting about the despair Maggie Smith puts into her voice when she asks the all-important question "Peter, don't you know who you are?"
And something equally grim in her voice when she says "Yes boy. Yes" Very reminiscent of the way Yoda sounds when he says "You will be. You. Will. Be." to Luke after Luke says he's not afraid in Empire Strikes Back
Rest peacefully Dame Maggie. Thank you for all the wonderful memories ♥️🩷😭
RIP Maggie Smith! Gone but not forgotten.
R.I.P Maggie Smith and robin Williams
2:46 music give me still chills
This wasn't nearly the blockbuster hit that it should have been. The storytelling, acting, music, ... everything was amazing. Yet for some reason it was seen as little more than a blip in cinema history.
Very strange….
I think it was the emphasis on the drawn-out sequences with the Lost Boys. Unfortunately, that overshadowed all the other aspects of this movie, so rich in mood, character and, of course the magnificent score.
RIP, Dame Maggie Smith
You know when you hear the vocalizing in any song especially in the low key tone would send a shiver down your spine.
This is first movie with Maggie Smith I ever saw.
I just realized just now that this movie was the first I saw her too.. I thought I always knew her first and foremost from the Harry Potter movies... But no, I guess I never stopped to realize where I first truly saw her.. that is, this movie 💖
Rest in peace 🕊️ Maggie Smith 🤍
Maggie Smith and Robin Williams have reunited in Neverland.🙏
Oh, how I miss his work. His comedy and his drama. He was absolutely amazing in "Dead Poet's Society" and "Awakenings", just to name two.
You should check out the episode Law and Order Svu he guest starred in. It really shows his range.
Laugh at me if you will, but even in Mork and Mindy, he showed range. He was silly, he was kind, he had heart. Even in that silly show (that I loved watching as a kid) he displayed his genius star power.
R.I.P Maggie
1934-2024
When he sees Pan in the same pose as he is standing in and quickly drops his arms. And Granny Wendy just whispers “Yes…”
He knows!
Peter can feel it, deep inside of his heart. He just doesn't know yet.
Maggie was one of the greats ❤
RIP Robin Williams and Maggie Smith! 🥺
R.I.P. Maggie Smith and Robin Williams. Your films will always be forever in our memories and our hearts.
Rest in peace 🙏🏻Maggie 🥰 I love her acting.
I just noticed somthing. Peters go to power stance is hands on hips. Yet when he sees the painting of him as the Pan, he drops it as if suddenly self aware of it
Danke für die wunderbaren Stunden, Peter und Wendy😢
RIP Maggie
Rest in peace to the both of them. 😢
Interesting how Peter was portrayed in the book. They kept the sword right but he should have had tights. Hook confirmed he did wear them. "How did you ever fit into those smashing tights again?"
That anyone could ever think this movie wasn't great, or that it was "meh" is just preposterous - this movie was one of the GOATs of any kid growing up in the early 90s.
Nailed it 💯
FORREALS!!!!!
Rest in peace Maggie!!
R.I.P Robin Williams 🙏🏾
R.I.P Maggie Smith 🙏🏾
LOVE the way Peter instinctively puts his hands on his hips in the superhero pose without realizing it. And then immediately drops them when he sees the drawing matching his pose.
Love this ❤️❤️
“Peter don’t u know who u are”
John Williams is the best can make music terrifying and good at the same time
I find it an interesting implication that this guy can't empathize with his son very well because he himself has no memories of being a younger kid. Like, yeah, he wouldn't anyway because he's Peter Pan, but it's still interesting.
And the sad thing is he left Never Land to grow up because he wanted to become a father.
A lot of adults run into that same wall with their children. This movie definitely teaches the lesson in a way that many of us can relate to.
Peter and Wendy are once again reunited
Rest In peace Maggie smith and Robin William
RIP Wendy
RIP Dame Maggie Smith
Crazy to learn that Maggie Smith is still going strong.
There are those that get typecast, then there are those who are truly versatile at their art like Maggie Smith here... whether as Wendy or Minerva McGonagall or Violet Crawley - where you can't imagine anyone else being in that role.
May her soul rest in peace.
@1:14 the tension there is INSANE! Like I felt that, RIP to these two legends!
MISS ROBIN EVERY SINGLE DAY THE WORLD IS A LESSER PLACE WITHOUT HIM
after 1:50 my spine start to tingle as the tension builds up, even now years later this spooks me.... and when she shows him as peter pan....
when she says the stories are true, the tension then builds to the reveal of peter pan....... and with the background music
I saw this with my dad when it came out. It'll always be one of my favorites
One of the Best Spielberg movies EVER!
Many of you here tonight were once lost children; but, Granny Wendy found parents and homes for each of you and saved you. That's her miracle. RIP Maggie, our Granny Wendy. 😢
Dang they are both gone. R.I.P Maggie and Robin 😢💗🙏🕊️. Two iconic legends.
RIP both of you
Goodnight Granny Wendy ❤❤❤
When your wife's great grandmother has a thing for you and subtly hits on you.
"Boy, we had a past. You and me"
"Grandma ...
"Dammit."
To be fair, they were children together... Peter kind of had a thing for her too; but, being Peter Pan, he wasn't quite ready to embrace it yet.
R.I.P to both 💫
So basically Wendy practically raised Peter.
Yeah except when he left neverland she was already a grandmother so she raised Peter like a grandson when he knew Wendy as a child like him.
RIP Maggie 😭😭😭😭💔
Rip Maggie Smith you will be missed but will live on in your movies 😢😢😢😢😢
this movie is one of the most Magical Movies ever made!, Robin Williams is the goat and one of the most underratedly well played Villian, when Peter starts to remember gives me chills he is a devil hook but Pan found himself back to his old days and wow the chills u get when he flys to neverland wow the Image of Hook at the start on the photo sends chills down peters Spine, and when the kids get hurt and taken Wendy knows and noodles barking HOOK is freakish no movie will ever quite beat this ! Robbin Williams may your beautiful Soul rest in peace u left a legacy that will never be replaced ❤ PAN X HOOK Greatest War of all time ❤
Professor McGonagall: You're a wizard, Peter!
With my dying breath, I must now reveal a secret I have always known and you must now accept if you are to survive and save your children. Peter...you are Superman.
I’m heartbroken. She was always Granny Wendy to me 😭
Fun fact: Maggie Smith was only 56 years old when this scene was filmed.
Maggie smith has the same look for almost 40 years
We lived in an age(80,90`s kids), everything was new. everything never happened before in a creative level. we lived the best days. trust. all that is happening now is cringe empty hype shit coming from our base. fuck that. we got the magic
🎠
Yes boy, you flew like a fary, but tormented pirates like a troll!
I'm still surprised that Wendy & Tootles still remembers never land & not Peter.
Wendy was never there long term, Tootles that is a question.
Peter grew up and got too busy with work stuff. He probably suppressed the memory of being Pan. It happens.
@@soulserenade.kcn1992in the book Peter was also forgetful in general, Wendy tells him is Tink still alive and he says who like he has no idea who she is.
Rip Maggie smith 😢
Wendy just met Peter in heaven 😥❤️
I never noticed robin put his hands on his hips Peter Pan style
So miss Robin Williams 😢
Rip Maggie Smith