Growing up with Robin Williams, us millennials were a lucky generation. The magic of our childhood was largely due to Robin Williams, and this movie was a huge contribution to the nostalgia I hold for the 90s. I know so many lines off by heart from the movie that I don't have to see it for ten years and yet I'd still remember every word.
The movie has been over-critiqued and over analysed and no one can seem to pin why they hate it, or why it's bad.
I can tell you why people don't like it. It's easy.
It was simply because they took an old British classic and made it ... American.
It's a poor quality knock off that cost 80 million dollars.
Put that aside, it's actually a wonderful concept and story, with brilliant actors and clever filming and mis en scene. If I ignore the Americanism, it's wonderfully magical.
Next time, they should have kept it British, and then it wouldn't have been so cheesy. No tough-guy Rufio and obnoxious American orphans. No baseball juxtaposed with cool pirate scenes. No punk kids singing songs that aren't funny and Julia Roberts crushing on A-Type American lawyers.
Honestly? Williams, Hoffman, Maggie Smith, Hoskins and the supporting and guest cast were amazing. Their parts were funny and enjoyable. I think we need to cut Spielberg some slack and thank him for this classic kids movie.
The movie has been over-critiqued and over analysed and no one can seem to pin why they hate it, or why it's bad.
I can tell you why people don't like it. It's easy.
It was simply because they took an old British classic and made it ... American.
It's a poor quality knock off that cost 80 million dollars.
Put that aside, it's actually a wonderful concept and story, with brilliant actors and clever filming and mis en scene. If I ignore the Americanism, it's wonderfully magical.
Next time, they should have kept it British, and then it wouldn't have been so cheesy. No tough-guy Rufio and obnoxious American orphans. No baseball juxtaposed with cool pirate scenes. No punk kids singing songs that aren't funny and Julia Roberts crushing on A-Type American lawyers.
Honestly? Williams, Hoffman, Maggie Smith, Hoskins and the supporting and guest cast were amazing. Their parts were funny and enjoyable. I think we need to cut Spielberg some slack and thank him for this classic kids movie.