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JabarkusRussell
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| Hook (Posted on 11/28/12 at 12:08 am)
Why has this movie been so panned (no pun)? I always enjoyed it as a kid. Bangarang!
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OptimusDawg 
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JabarkusRussell
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| re: Hook (Posted on 11/28/12 at 12:55 am to Displaced)
Always loved the dinner scene with the colorful food.
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Displaced
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yea. food coloring in instant mashed potatoes 
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vuvuzela 
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excellent movie. still love it, and more importantly the kids love it as well.
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heatom2
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Great movie. My wife and I still watch it from time to time and of course my little girl loves it.
Not to mention one of my favorite soundtracks.
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Gnar Cat21 
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Who doesn't like hook?
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Archie Bengal Bunker 
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| re: Hook (Posted on 11/28/12 at 7:13 am to Gnar Cat21)
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Who doesn't like hook?
Exactly, panned by who? Critics? Critics, buncha lewd, crude, rude, bag of pre-chewed food dudes.
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BaddestAndvari 
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Exactly, panned by who? Critics? Critics, buncha lewd, crude, rude, bag of pre-chewed food dudes.
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Baloo
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Let me first say that I love Hook.
But yes, it was roundly panned when it came out. One, the Lost Boys update into a bunch of skateboarding mini-X games athletes was pretty stupid, and an obvious marketing ploy to little kids. Secondly, it's amazing there was still a set left after all of the scenery Robin Williams chews in the movie. And finally, this was the first stage of the Julia Roberts backlash. She had been a fairly acclaimed actress for her early work like Mystic Pizza, but the explosion of Pretty Woman made her safe to beat up like a pinata among critics who resented her success. She's not the most dynamic of actresses, but what "movie star" is?
Most importantly, it didn't feel like a classic Spielberg film. The guy made ET, and Hook, a movie I do like, is no ET. No movie could live up to the expectations really.
But let me say that Dustin Hoffman totally owns this movie.
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drake20
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love this movie...so many great parts and characters. Williams and Hoffmann
...still get pumped up when the Pan makes his comeback
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GoCrazyAuburn
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Hook is one of my all time favorites.
To the skateboarding stuff, that makes sense if you look at it as a modern day Pan, not a 19th or 20th century pan.
Dustin Hoffman
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floyd of pink
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literally my favorite movie of all time
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LSUDav7
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Hook! Hook! Give us the Hook!
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Dr RC 
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I still like it but I wonder if I would have ever enjoyed it as much had I seen it as an adult first.
It has a bunch of great ideas and Dustin Hoffman is great as Hook but overall it feels a bit hollow due to tonal shifts.
The entire attack on the pirate ship at the end is a mess and even as kid I was put off at how silly the kids weapons are when the pirates are willing to stab them in the chest.
Again, I still like the movie, but it really should have been much better considering the talent involved.
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fcollins
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so is the crocodile alive or dead? 
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One of my favorite movies as a kid
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GoCrazyAuburn
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| re: Hook (Posted on 11/28/12 at 10:35 am to fcollins)
Alive. It burps after eating hook.
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