Tonight we saw Peter Pan.

Oh the very cleverness of it. 8D I may need a break here and there as this review goes along as I'll likely take a few raptured moments to recall some of the film. So, in case I trail off in my own little bliss, let me get this out; Go see this movie now. The happiness it will put into you cannot be left out another day. Don't waste a day more without it. Really!

The movie plays very close to J.M. Barrie's original (my inner juvenile says that sometimes it may have even been verbatim, although my inner juvenile didn't learn the word verbatim until the 7th grade so it probably used another word) and is firmly fixed where it should be, on Wendy. God I don't know where to go from here! My review foo has been KO'd!

Rachel Hurd-Wood, as Wendy, is a beautiful girl who is still determinedly a girl inside but one can see the woman waiting to bloom forth. And the chemistry between her and Peter is just wonderful. Jeremy Sumpter, as Peter, is... well he is Peter. For now and for ever he will be Peter in my mind. And this is no mean feat as Cathy Rigby has been my mind's eye Pan since I saw her in a production at the Charlotte Coliseum when I was a wee lass (I also fell in love with her and wanted to marry her. As you can imagine I wasn't fond of the idea that this could not be.) where she flew and giddied and made me want to go to Neverland. But now Cathy must step aside. Jeremy Sumpter is Peter Pan.

Mr. Darling and Captain Hook are two equally perfect characters. So immense kudos to Jason Isaacs as he plays them both! While this has been the tradition in stage productions, it's still quite something as you'll find yourself forgetting it's so during the film. He really wanted this role and, by god, he deserved it.

I must also note that the rest of the cast (including Lynn Redgrave, Olivia Williams, Richard Briers and many more) was superbly cast and were wonderful in their roles. This is the movie I wish I had made. If I were director P.J. Hogan I could die happily knowing I'd left this incredibly wonderful film behind.

The cinematogaphy was big as all out doors, even when it clearly was not. By that I mean it was expansive and grand. And the design of the look... breath-taking. Maxfield Parrish fans, whom I count myself among, will be thrilled to see the Parrish-like clouds and skies and the waterfalls which I'm certain were the inspiration. Oh my... and the ship. And the clouds. Oh my. Oh the cleverness of it all.

I really can't do much more to review this film. I'm in love with every aspect of it and when I have it and 'Pirates of the Caribbean' on DVD I will be a very happy girl indeed. Two brilliant movies with pirates. What more could a piratey girl like me want?

Now, go see Peter Pan!