These are what we call the 'YMMV items.' Things that some people find in this work. We call them 'your mileage might vary' because not everyone sees these things in the same way. This starts discussions in the trope lists, a thing we don't want. Please use the discussion page if you'd like to discuss any of these items.
YMMV: Hook
Acceptable Targets: Jack describing Peter's work as a lawyer causes Wendy to reply "Peter, you've become a pirate!" Later, when Peter tells the Lost Boys he's a lawyer, not a pirate, they still don't have any qualms about killing him and he says, "I'm not that kind of lawyer!" (Note that to them adult = pirate; they don't actually know what lawyers are but figure it must be bad too since he's an adult.) Even Peter himself tells a couple of lawyer-jokes at a dinner party; "There are some things even rats won't do."
Angst? What Angst?: Peter and the Lost Boys are more sad about their good-bye than the fact that Rufio was killed a few minutes ago!
This was a major point of the original story; anyone who died was instantly forgotten.]]
Big Lipped Alligator Moment: The scene in which Tinkerbell suddenly, temporarily grows to human size to remind Peter why he's in Neverland. It's even been admitted by the filmmakers to be only there because Julia Roberts wanted to act directly alongside Robin Williams for once.
Crowning Music of Awesome: John Williams' music for Peter's "first" flight. Notable in that while the film received mixed-to-negative reviews, the soundtrack was universally praised.
Of course, this isJohnWilliams we're talking about here.
Maggie's song "When You're Alone" was also nominated for an Oscar.
While this is not actually part of the movie, this musical remix of the movie definitely counts.
Detractor Nickname: Julia Roberts actually had one amongst the crew because of how she treated everyone: "Tinkerhell".
Ear Worm: The pirates chanting "Hook! Hook! Where's the Hook?!"
Ending Fatigue: There are several false starts to the Peter-Hook battle, and after that's wrapped up, as Roger Ebert put it, "Then comes the ending of the movie. Or the endings. One after another. Farewells. Poignancy. Lessons to be learned. Speeches to be made. Lost marbles to be rediscovered. Tears to be shed." And now you know why this movie is 2 hours and 24 minutes long (which, at the time, was seen as excessive for a family-oriented film).
Fridge Brilliance: In most performances of Peter Pan, the actor who plays the children's father also plays Captain Hook. In this story, the children's father is Peter Pan.
This isn't taking into account that not only did Wendy call Peter a pirate in the first act, but Hook then went and developed a father/son relationship with Peter's son Jack for a good chunk of the second and third acts.
A bit of brilliance that is mentioned elsewhere on This Very Wiki is the fact that when Tinkerbell first appears onscreen, she's speaking english, whereas in every other version of Peter Pan she "speaks" with a chiming noise, because only people from Neverland can understand her. However, the only person she speaks to outside of Neverland is Peter. That's the clue; for everything else Peter has forgotten about Neverland, he can still talk to faeries.
"Funny Aneurysm" Moment: Peter's family flies to London on Pan Am... which went out of business a week before the film premiered. Pan Am would've still been on its last legs when the film was under production, so it counts.
Harsher in Hindsight: A great swordsman played by Dante Basco whispering "I wish I had a dad...like you" as he's killed by Hook becomes even more of a Tear Jerker to modern Prince Zuko fans. (For those who aren't familiar with the series, Zuko is a Well Done Son Guy to one of the worst dads in history.)
Hollywood Pudgy: Peter keeps getting described as fat by the Neverland denizens (save for Thudbutt, who's the Big Fun of the Lost Boys) when he first arrives. He magically sheds a lot of it for the fight.
Well how else was he going to fit into those smashing tights again?
Ho Yay: Bob Hoskins said that he portrayed Smee's character as though he was in a homosexual relationship with Hook.
As with many other films, it's referenced occasionally in Homestuck - complete with Rufio's death — which has also helped renew interest in it. Then Dante Basco himself started reading it...
