Passages of the Pen

Friday, November 9, 2012

[Movie Review] Neverland Part Two

My Thoughts on Part One

Directed and Written by Nick Willing
Cast:
Rhys Ifans as James Hook
Anna Friel as Pirate Captain Elizabeth
Charles Dance as Dr. Fludd
Q'orianka Kilcher as Aaya
Charlie Rowe as Peter Pan
Bob Hoskins as Smee
Keira Knightley as the voice of Tinker Bell

Summary
The exciting conclusion of this second installment, started with the tree spirits carrying off Peter to their colony. The tree spirits dipped him in their magical pool where Peter as he swam from one end to exit on another opening, the short passage showed us that the waters healed Peter's injuries. The tree spirits also bestowed him powers due his innocence which the three elders (ruling body of the tree spirits) recognized and tasked Peter to find the orb so they can send the Pirates, Hook, the lost boys and Peter back to where they belong because their kind was becoming a threat to tree spirits existence.

My thoughts
I won't leave you with a very long post for this one. Just the highlights.

Elder Fairy 1: Four thousands years lost in one night!Peter: I'm sorry. They tricked me.
Elder Fairy 1: You wanted to give them what we gave you. Please the one called, Hook. Allowed his greed and ambition to corrupt your innocent heart - Peter: I made a mistake.
Elder Fairy 2: A mistake that has cost us dearly. For that you must pay.Elder Fairy 1: You shall walk for the rest of eternity without any memory of who you are, where you came or those you loved.Elder Fairy 2: Your innocence - the innocence we trust and recognized will be the only guide - raw and heartless.Elder Fairy 1: Listen carefully, you will feel great loss, grief...Elder Fairy 2: Torture, distress, heartache...

The fairy elders angered by the destruction of their colony handed down a heavy penalty to Peter which I transcribed above. Please excuse if there were missing words, I didn't transcribe this using my headset. Anyway, it was one of the highlights of the second installment for me. It gave me goosebumps and to so see the effect of the curse (below) it made sense why in the books Peter came across as too unaffected to be bothered and just wanted to have fun flying in and out of the clouds. It made me wonder if some bits of the elder fairy curse have latched on to Peter's character much later on that he didn't expect at all.

Throughout the two installments, Willing incorporated the right amount of details surrounding Peter's father and Hook's apparent friendship with the man. He also showed how sly a tongue Hook was. I thought Ifans did a fine job still injecting a subtle expression that we knew Hook was yet again twisting facts to his liking.

This 'friendship' made me imagine that perhaps Hook and Peter's father were the best mates in the arms trade and as luck have it, Jenny (might have first fallen for Hook) had finally grown tired of the life Hook was leading that she started to stay away from him. She opted to concentrate in playing the theater shows as Hook related to Peter. Jenny perhaps saw even the difference between Hook and the other man. He could have been the reason why Jenny further distanced herself from Hook. Of course, as Hook said "...it was a fair duel."

I thought those tiny revelations gave enough of an emotional kick to the stomach. Rowe's portrayal of Peter who was coming to grips of what happened to his mother (from the first installment) was sucker-punched when Hook admitted he was the one who killed his father. In the end of it all, a good wrap up to the prequel well, almost. *smiles*

Tottle's did ask what happened to Peter's shadow? I found a good fanfic exploring where Neverland part two left off and all things in between.

Monday, October 29, 2012

Monday Morning Flash Fiction Challenge Image

Dottie over at Tink's Place posted the latest MMFC image for the week. I just came back in cycling with MMFFC after a very LO-ONG absence. I plan to do the previous pictures though just to build the story. :D So far I had done eight 'episodes.' I'm still thinking of a title. For rules to join the challenge, head over to Tink's Place. :D

The challenge image:

Plot bunnies start working! Six days and counting....

Music Monday: Trust Me by A1

This coming November 2, the group will be releasing their latest album called "Rediscovered" in Norway and I hope the rest of the world won't be far behind. :D Their latest single "Trust Me" has a infectious beat about trust. As I listened more to the song, it appeared like we were in the middle of the story of what's happening between these two individuals. :D "Trust Me" is written by Mark Read, Thomas Kongshavn, Frida Amundsen and Knut Anders Sorum. The video was directed by Marcus Olsen.

This is their official music video of the song released October 27, 2012. Go check it out!

A1 tweets

You can pre-listen to the tracks included in the "Rediscovered," here. For more updates from a1 follow them on Twitter and Facebook.

Album Cover

Don't you just love the cover! Credit to Cecilie Harris. Name all the toys you can find! :D

Tracks

The 30-sec pre-listened was such a GREAT tease for us. I'm liking every track and "Star Lights" is a track that caught my attention. Heck, all of them. :) I can't wait to get a copy of the album. I'm hoping that they'll be releasing it here in the Philippines when they come over for the benefit show in Cebu in line with YoungLife Healthcare and Education Foundation Philippines.

Monday, October 22, 2012

Music Monday Sunshine - Lucas Grabeel

After seeing Lucas Grabeel in HSM movies then was quite happy that he was picked to play to be young Lex Luthor/ Connor Kent during Smallville's run, it was a thrill seeing him tackle another character as Toby Kennish in Switched at Birth. Of course, a bonus was he get to sing too. :D This was featured in the episode "Dance Amongst Daggers." Interesting episode title, huh.

Monday, October 15, 2012

Music Monday: Kyler England- When The World Stops Spinning Lyrics

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This song was played during "Les Soeurs D'estrees" episode. I had to turn on Google Translate and it means "The Sisters Distress." I hope that was correct. I'm beginning to be a huge fan of Kyler England now. Visit her site and check out her songs in iTunes and Amazon.

This episode of Switched at Birth had me gripping the arm rests. I'm still rooting for Daphne at Emmett to be together but it was starting to be a moot point. Emmett loves Bay now and while Daphne missed the chance of seeing Emmett other than being a very good friend, well, that ship has clearly sailed. It was fun to see Daphne's daydream tho. I really thought that she and Emmett had gotten back to being more than friends but the dream sequence was only a dream. I didn't catch on the difference though between the real scene and dream. I was too involved on Daphne and Emmett to notice the feathery look of the background and how incredibly sunny when sunlight streamed from the window behind them. haha.