Peter Pan (Special Edition)

Peter Pan (Special Edition)
Peter Pan has a special place in the realm of classic animated Disney films: it instills an element of childlike wonder. The 1953 version of James M. Barrie's story is colorfully told and keeps on the straight and narrow of the book. Barrie's wondrous focus on child's play is the key to its longevity: kids who don't grow up, shadows that run away from their owners, pirates, a fairy, and the magic ability to fly. In short, you can't help wishing the adventure would happen to you. Fueled by a few memorable songs (the stunner being "You Can Fly") and the strong impression of the pixie fairy Tinkerbell and the goofy Captain Hook, Disney's version of this story neither supplants nor lessens the Broadway version with Mary Martin that was produced for television the same decade. Unlike some classics, Peter Pan never ages along the way. --Doug Thomas
Customer Review: A Christmas gift.
Bought this as a Christmas gift and the little girl was excited over it. You can't go wrong with Peter Pan.
Customer Review: racist garbage
The portrayal of native Americans is flat-out racist. It's demeaning and indicative of the basest stereotypes. Imagine if they had gone to a ghetto instead, and the n-word was constantly used and all of the black people were portrayed as loveable idiots eating chicken and watermelon. That's basically what you have here, in this film, with the native Americans. Being a "classic" doesn't make the racism OK, nor does being a children's movie. You can wrap your racism up in all the candy-coating you want, it's still racism. My son chose this from the library yesterday. It's going right back.