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Saturday, May 28, 2005
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Movie Review #2
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Finding Neverland
Looking for inspiration for his next play, J.M. Barrie (played by the talented Johnny Depp) has a meeting in the park with a beautiful widow, Sylvia Davies (the lovely Kate Winslet), and her four young sons. Observing the boys at play, Barrie quickly becomes absorbed in their world. His imagination working overtime, Barrie soon joins the boys in make-believe games of indians, pirates and knights. He begins seeing them all on a daily basis, falling in love with the family to the detriment of his own marriage. Re-entering the magical world of childhood, Barrie's inspired to write the story of the boy that never grows up, Peter Pan.
The characters of Peter Pan are based Barrie's friends. You can see that "Aunt Millicent" of Peter Pan portrays a distinct likeness to the boys' grandmother. The character of George Darling from Peter Pan is a mixture of the eldest boy, George, and what Barrie has heard from Mrs. Davies about her husband. Even Mrs. Barrie lends her name, Mary, to the mother in the story, whose personality resembles more of Mrs. Davies. Peter Pan himself, of course, is named for a young boy who is growing up much too quickly. Barrie discovers an author in the making in Peter, and tries to convince him that imagination is important, for sometimes it is all we have. But I think that, although named after Peter, the character of Peter Pan is the embodiment of J.M. Barrie's imagination; that he never really grew up... not unlike many of us. |
posted by cori
5/28/2005 09:25:00 AM
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I loved that film as well. It was well written and acted out. I hear that Johnny Depp is presently filming two sequels to "Pirates Of the Carribean" with Orlando Bloom. I can't wait!
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I loved that film as well. It was well written and acted out. I hear that Johnny Depp is presently filming two sequels to "Pirates Of the Carribean" with Orlando Bloom. I can't wait!