Hook

I watched Hook with my roommates the other night and I have to say as a kid I never realized how much this movie was about fatherhood.  It's very interesting considering the original Peter Pan story is all about having fun and never growing up.  It never touches on the subject of fatherhood.  Truly a unique take on a classic story.

It's even more interesting when you take into account that in various stage adaptations (and a few movies), the father and Captain Hook were played by the same actor.  This was mostly done for practical reasons (Captain Hook and the father are never onstage at the same time and thus can be easily played by one actor), but it makes for an interesting interpretation.  Do the children see their strict father as Captain Hook?  The movie Hook veers away from this interpretation, choosing to parallel the father figure with the energetic Peter Pan, giving him the chance to be the hero instead of the villain in his kids eyes.