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A re-imagining of "Peter Pan" from the point of view of Wendy Darling, who finds herself lost on a mysterious island where aging and time have come unglued. She must fight to save her family, her freedom and the joyous spirit of youth.
Wendy
2020 Directed by Benh Zeitlin
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Was one of the lucky ones who saw this film on the big screen. I'm saddened by the lack of attention it got because I consider it a masterpiece. Incredibly accomplished and awe inspiring.
Delivers on the promise of Beasts of the Southern Wild ten fold. Incredible images, performances and scope. It's also unafraid of being heartfelt.Gorgeous cinematography by Sturla Brandth Grøvlen
Aaton A-Minima, Angenieux Lens
Arriflex 416, Zeiss Ultra 16 Lenses
16 mm (Kodak Vision3 50D 7203, Vision3 250D 7207, Vision3 500T 7219)And insanely impressive production design by Eliza Zeitlin.
Quite overwhelming on the first watch because almost every shot is a head scratcher (in terms of trying to figure out how they did it). I truly hope this film gets a re-release and is remembered at awards season because this is the film of the year for me.
Watched at the Arclight, Hollywood
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I LOVED IT! Before watching it last night, I read a couple of reviews and they were negative but that didn't stop me from watching. The movie ends and I loved it. I couldn't believe how much I loved it So... I watch the movie again and again I loved it. I watched it a third time and LOVE THIS MOVIE. Watched it 3 times last night and I cried the 3 times. This movie has fantastic casting, great music, cinematography and everything about it I just love. I don't get why so many people are hating on it. This is easily my favorite of 2020 so far.
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Magical and messy, free-spirited and festive. Benh Zeitlin’s long awaited follow-up to Beasts of the Southern Wild takes the general formula of Beasts and implements it into the spellbinding world of Neverland. It definitely won’t be for everyone, but if you’re looking for a lively & magical tale about the fears of growing up, Wendy is the film for you!
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WENDY features a soaring score by Dan Romer & Terrence Malik-like visuals that will unlock your imagination & remind you of what it means to be a kid again. It also has a messy, disappointing & at times incoherent screenplay that reminds you of what it means to be an adult today. We waited 8 years for Benh Zeitlin to return and its sadly a mixed letdown.
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unfortunately i AM still a sucker for how prettily benh zeitlin shoots things but i’m old enough to recognize that
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Intimate, fluid, childlike filmmaking, Wendy is proof that our most beloved archetypes can be uniquely reinvented with wonder and originality. Every child actor here—especially the two leads playing Peter Pan and Wendy—exude so many multivalent emotional undercurrents they are mesmerizing to behold.
A hybrid of many films—Monos meets Tree of Life (the 50s section, at least) / We The Animals meets Mud / George Washington meets Summer 93 / Where the Wild Things Are meets King Jack / Beasts of the Southern Wild meets Sin Nombre—Benh Zeitlin uses clever editing techniques, rapturous musical interludes, and kinetic dreamlike sequences to create a magical alternate reality of a prelapsarian world.
Time & time again the enchanted and the unexpected transpire. Punctuated by erupting…
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there’s something impossibly beautiful in how this retelling of peter pan invents magic through wide open hearts and skin on sand and the love that exists between floating souls. it’s all the more rewarding then, when spark fans into flame, and we see the light in between the cracks of our dirty universe. the fairy wings and flying limbs exist beneath the surface, reminding us that stardust lives in all of us, not just in our wildest dreams.
‘we will travel to the many corners of the earth, and find that there’s magic everywhere, not just on peter’s island.’
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I didn’t hate this like seemingly everyone else (and I LOVED the music) but it’s was a mistake to make the movie 15 hours long and give it six different endings. #Sundance2020
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If Wendy had been Benh Zeitlin's debut, we'd be talking about his exciting promise. But as a follow-up to Beasts of the Southern Wild... www.larsenonfilm.com/wendy
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I just like i'm just I am SO sorry this movie has a like 30% on RT because literally what?????? This movie was so good????????
Like it sounds so stupid and pretentious and ironic of me to say this but like are people just not tapping into their inner-child for this one? Because like so much of this was relatable to me from the beginning antics to the hyperbolized fantasy and imagination. Like, why don't people like it???????
I just... I just don't even want to talk about it. I don't want to hear someone say, "But Melvin, you're wrong!" So I'm just gonna stop there!
I loved this movie!!