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Were they implying Mr. Darling was a Lost Boy?

posted 14 years ago by masterthes
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At the end of the film?

[–] elgrandTA82 14 years ago

I don't know about lost boy but its implied that he had been to Neverland before.

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[–] stephen0684 14 years ago

He might had been and yet, if he was there then, why did he disliked the Peter Pan references in the binging of the picture?

[–] elgrandTA82 14 years ago

That's probably to show that he had grown up, forgotten about Neverland and thought of Peter Pan as a fictional character and the character in silly games that his children were playing. Plus the guy also seemed like he was pretty stressed out at the start of the film as well.

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[–] laurence01 14 years ago

The father is supposed to be the human side of Hook (trying to force the children to grow up). Hence the fact that the same person does the voice (and plays both parts in live productions). Also hence the fact that it is his ship that he rcognizes in the clouds at the end.

[–] elgrandTA82 14 years ago

Considering that when Barrie put on the original play he only cast the same actor for two parts to one save cost and two make full use of a very good actor, I think your reading way to much into things. The connection bet. George Darling and Captain Hook has always been based on those that were adapting the story. But J.M. Barrie himself never really intended a message behind the dual roles, this is pretty much fact.

And when it comes to the movie, I think they were really just following tradition. But I always took the message as an indicator that George had been to Neverland as a child. Especially since he says he saw the ship when he was really young.

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