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"To die...would be an awfully big adventure."
I love this movie for so many reasons.
Growing up, Peter Pan has been one of my favorite stories of all time. Not sure why. Maybe it was the fearlessness of youth, or the spirit of adventure that captured my heart. The only thing I really didn't like about it was that Peter Pan didn't stay with Wendy at the end. But after years and years and years of pondering the question and thinking about the story...I finally understand why.
If Peter Pan had stayed behind in London for her, he would not be Peter Pan. Because he in himself represents the free-spirited, carefree naivety of youth. He does not want to grow up, and for this reason, he does not understand love. He does not understand the sacrifices it requires, and that is why, if Peter Pan truly loved his Wendy, let her go. Because he did not understand. He has the love of fun and adventure instilled in him as with any other boy, and the arrogance along with it. But he does not, cannot understand love in itself, because his character does not allow him to. The cartoon in 1953 stayed comparatively true to the original book because it retained this bit of him. The movie in 2003, no matter how much I love it, did not. Maybe that's part of the reason why it's so heartbreaking. Because you can see him experiencing this feeling for the first time, but in the end, he still couldn't stay.
I love that he said, "to die...would be an awfully big adventure" during that scene at the Black Castle. It is a sentence that carries weight that a boy his age should not even begin to comprehend. But since the first time I heard it, it's been one of my favorite quotes to this day. Props to the writers, though, for the character development through the movie. At the end, he says-
"To live...would be an awfully big adventure."
Yes, Peter. Yes, it would. His eyes were so sad that last scene, though he has countless joys other children could never know. But it was from this one joy that he was forever barred. Something so big that it makes life, in his case, neverending, seem too long...as if he was already weary of the world, of the things he's seen and done. To live...would be an awfully big adventure.
Growing up, Peter Pan has been one of my favorite stories of all time. Not sure why. Maybe it was the fearlessness of youth, or the spirit of adventure that captured my heart. The only thing I really didn't like about it was that Peter Pan didn't stay with Wendy at the end. But after years and years and years of pondering the question and thinking about the story...I finally understand why.
If Peter Pan had stayed behind in London for her, he would not be Peter Pan. Because he in himself represents the free-spirited, carefree naivety of youth. He does not want to grow up, and for this reason, he does not understand love. He does not understand the sacrifices it requires, and that is why, if Peter Pan truly loved his Wendy, let her go. Because he did not understand. He has the love of fun and adventure instilled in him as with any other boy, and the arrogance along with it. But he does not, cannot understand love in itself, because his character does not allow him to. The cartoon in 1953 stayed comparatively true to the original book because it retained this bit of him. The movie in 2003, no matter how much I love it, did not. Maybe that's part of the reason why it's so heartbreaking. Because you can see him experiencing this feeling for the first time, but in the end, he still couldn't stay.
I love that he said, "to die...would be an awfully big adventure" during that scene at the Black Castle. It is a sentence that carries weight that a boy his age should not even begin to comprehend. But since the first time I heard it, it's been one of my favorite quotes to this day. Props to the writers, though, for the character development through the movie. At the end, he says-
"To live...would be an awfully big adventure."
Yes, Peter. Yes, it would. His eyes were so sad that last scene, though he has countless joys other children could never know. But it was from this one joy that he was forever barred. Something so big that it makes life, in his case, neverending, seem too long...as if he was already weary of the world, of the things he's seen and done. To live...would be an awfully big adventure.