This one’s easy for me - I adore “Hook”. I know Spielberg hasn’t favored it much in recent years, describing the Neverland scenes as being too confined or staged, but to me that’s appropriate, since the story was originally a stage play. He also had a very difficult time with Julia Roberts, going so far as to nickname her “Tinkerhell” and swearing never to hire her again. But I still love the film; the very notion of the personification of imagination losing his own, growing up in our world, and having to re-embrace his innocence to save his children from his sworn enemy? That’s pretty heavy drama, but it still works because of the writing and the actors. Robin Williams, Bob Hoskins, and Maggie Smith (all RIP) were great, but Dustin Hoffman stole the show. I’ve seen a few other Peter Pan movies since, but none have matched this one. I even bought the 3-disc expanded score on CD, earlier this year.
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- What's your favorite Steven Spielberg movie?
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