According to the book, Peter never grew old, and never fell in love. ( Thus I don't like Hook >_< ) The only pure "love" he had was with Wendy... He didn't forget her... but he didn't always remember her. He is a child. This book was orignally written for adults ( I know I know this is about peter pan II but still. ) I don't think Peter and Jane would make a good couple just for the fact that her mother had such fond feelings about him. ( no I don't mean that like loving desireing feelings. ) I just think there is something more between Wendy and Peter. The first movie shows more of a connection between younger peter and Wendy. The second movie kind of made him grow up more, they made him act more like a teen then a child. I loved the original movie when I was little, and I went and watched PP II and I was astonished at how aweful it was.
I'll leave you with this...
"As you look at Wendy, you may see her hair becoming white, and her figure little again, for all this happened long ago. Jane is now a common grown-up, with a daughter called Margaret; and every spring cleaning time, except when he forgets, Peter comes for Margaret and takes her to the Neverland, where she tells him stories about himself, to which he listens eagerly. When Margaret grows up she will have a daughter, who is to be Peter's mother in turn; and thus it will go on, so long as children are gay and innocent and heartless. "
http://www.literature.org/authors/barrie-james-matthew/the-adventures-of-peter-pan/chapter-17.html
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amaarthi
18 years ago
This might have like, nothing to do with the board's original purpose, but that ending of the original book somehow seems sad to me. I'm not sure exactly why. I guess because it seems Peter's life seems to lack meaning deeper than the day-to-day? Or that Peter's connection with Wendy seems less special if it is so soon forgotten and repeated with each of her descendants? I dunno, but I'm glad they didn't do it that way, that ending gives me an emptiness that seems completely contrary with that of the first movie.
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ninji19
15 years ago
This might have like, nothing to do with the board's original purpose, but that ending of the original book somehow seems sad to me. I'm not sure exactly why. I guess because it seems Peter's life seems to lack meaning deeper than the day-to-day? Or that Peter's connection with Wendy seems less special if it is so soon forgotten and repeated with each of her descendants? I dunno, but I'm glad they didn't do it that way, that ending gives me an emptiness that seems completely contrary with that of the first movie.
I think that was Barrie's original point to the ending; to show exactly how sad and empty and to a point, meaningless Peter's life really was. Even Wendy said in the 2003 movie to Peter, "You are most ungallant and deficient!" To which Peter says, "How am I deficient!?" "You're just a boy." Even at the end end of the film you can see it that he wanted to stay with Wendy and have some purpose deep down, but his resistance to grow up prevented him to do it, which is very sad. It's almost like Peter's his own worst enemy really. Kind of deep when you really think about it.
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