Why I saw it: I just reread the book.

Brief Synopsis: Peter Pan, the boy who never grows up, shows up at Wendy Darling’s house and convinces her to come with him to his island. Wendy’s two brothers, John and Michael, tag along. The fairy, Tinkerbell, is in love with Peter and jealous of Wendy. She tries to kill her by tricking Peter’s band of lost boys to shoot her down, but Wendy is saved by an acorn shell Peter gave her. Wendy moves in with Peter and the lost boys and becomes their mother.

The cruel Captain Hook and his pirate band cruise around the island in their ship, the Jolly Roger. A band of Indians lives there, as well as packs of wild animals. There’s also a crocodile, the one that ate Hooks arm, and it has a hankering for the rest of Hook, but the clock in its stomach gives it away.

After many adventures, Wendy decides she wants to go home. But that night the pirates attack. The Indians are defeated and the lost boys and the Darling children are captured and taken to the Jolly Roger. They are about to walk the plank when Peter sneaks aboard. Hook almost defeats Peter by telling him that Wendy doesn’t love him. Wendy saves the day by giving Peter a kiss. The pirates are defeated and Hook is eaten by the crocodile when he can’t think of any happy thoughts and can’t fly.

Wendy and her brothers go home, taking the lost boys with them. Peter promises to return once in a while to hear Wendy’s stories about himself, but he never does.

What I liked about it: The girl who played Wendy was pretty good in the role, and the boy who played Peter had an impish grin, but somehow it missed catching the joy of youthful fantasy.

What I didn’t like about it: The writers tried to make it into a love story between Peter and Wendy, but that makes no sense.