Finding Neverland

So today I decided that I am going to discuss one of my favorite movies, Finding Neverland. I know that the next section we will be studying in class is fantasy, so I thought this would be very appropriate. The movie is really well made and the acting is quite fantastic considering that most of the major characters are children. Still it has some well known actors in it such as Johnny Depp, Kate Winslet, and Dustin Hoffman. Johnny Depp plays his part really well and his broad spectrum of acting styles never ceases to amaze me. We have seem him as a man with scissor hands, a pirate of the Carribean, a murdering barber, and now as the author of a beloved children's story, Peter Pan. His acting is superb and makes me love him all the more! The story is basically about James Barrie who meets a single mother, Sylvia Davies, and spends a summer with her and her 3 boys. Throughout the duration of the movie Mr. Barrie records their excperiences together and turns them into a play known as Peter Pan. Everytime I watch this movie I get so inspired and it makes me want to go to some fancy theatre and see a real play. At times I pity James Barrie as his innocent time spent with the children is called into question. James responds to this by saying, "You find a glimmer of happiness in this world, there's always someone who wants to destroy it." It is truly unfortunate that because of what some men have done to children in the past, stereotypes are placed on all men, and thus the descent ones in this world are forced to suffer for the mistakes of others. As you can see, some of the topics in this movie are a bit fit for a child and while it is directed at a younger audience, the movie was also made for an older audience as well.