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8 Thursday, February 21, 2002 Classic Disney Elements Fail to Rescue Modern Disney Sequel Peter Pan and company are back in theaters despite the Disney "straight to video" worthy plot and animation. Bv Brooks Firth Assistant Arts & Entertainment Editor The story always ends the same. Peter leaps off Wendy’s windowsill, yells “Goodbye Wendy!” and Wendy always believes in Peter, fairies and pixie dust. But what do you do when you run out of fairy tales to tell, the world is full of kids who act older than their actual , -7 movie\ rey/ew/ "Return To Never Land" ★ ★☆☆☆ ages and your studio just isn’t bringing people in like it used to? If you’re Disney, you create a sequel. With a plot usually reserved for a jHHe Friday. Feb 22 @ Bpm Saturday, Feb 23 @ 10:30pm FREE! S’S LUMUMBA Friday, Feb 22 @ 10:30pm Saturday, Feb 23 @ Bpm FREE! SmcABD 1“ All movies shown in Carolina Union Auditorium. | FORMOREINFORMATtONCAI^6222B^ 300 E. 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Jane, her practical eldest daughter, has no time for childish diver sions, refusing to have “faith, trust and pixie dust” as part of her belief structure. But even Jane can’t ignore the flying pirate ship and the hordes of menacing seafarers pouring onto her roof -and into her window. Mistakingjane for Wendy, Captain Hook, the most “brazen, bold and brilliant buccaneer that ever sailed the briny blue,” throws his bait for Pan in a bag and sails her off to Never Land. To hang a right at the second star you come to and by morning be in a place where you never grow old sound like pretty good Spring Break plans to me. But in this updated trip to Never Land, decades of controlled substance use could never prepare you for the kaleido scopic journey in this sequel. The presentation of entering Never Land has changed; it’s one of the many things that has. 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W *No passes *No discount tickets f VISIT OUR WEB SITE! I www.easternfederal.com II C/mO£lN/?^ 7:00. 9:40, SAT-SUN 1 30, 4:1 5 THE ROYAL TENENBAUMS 7:10, 9:20, SAT-SUN 2:10, 4:40 7:00, 9:30, SAT-SUN 2:00, 4:30 ~ umn irntn.™..*. not wooucnou NO MAN'S LAND 7:00, 9:1 5, SAT-SUN 2:00, 4:40 AMELIE 7:10, 9:30. SAT-SUN 2:10, 4:30 IN THE &EDKOOM LANTANA 6:50, SAT-SUN 145 9:20, SAT-SUN 4:20 DIVERSIONS keying around with the formula. A poor mixture of the old-school style of imagineering and the new age of computer-generated animation further illustrates the inadequacies of the low quality sketching and coloring that lacks both richness and believability. Even more tragic, the subtlety and class of Disney is gone. A soundtrack not sung by the animated characters, but byjonatha Brooke, drowns out any possible genuine moments in the film. Despite her talent outside the film, Brooke spoon-feeds patronizing lyrics to the audience, and it’s nothing less than insulting. Where’s Alan Menken when you need him? The classic Peter Pan elements thank fully haven’t been touched. Peter’s still calling Hook a codfish and Tinker Bell still hates the new girl. The Lost Boys are as adorable as ever. But Disney created a problem for itself the minute it came up with the plot. When Disney makes a film, it creates an entire world of the imagination. When even one character doesn’t buy into it, the atmosphere is gone and the film dis integrates into an after-school special. After rescuing Jane from Hook, the adorable Never Land crew has a prob lem. Uttering phrases like, “Because. That’s why,” and “Duty calls,” Pan has a challenge on his hands with the petulant Jane. He has to make her believe before he can make her fly. And here’s the rub -Jane can’t go home till she leams to fly. Paint a perfect evening. Sec how the art of fondue will please everyone’s For reservations, call (919) 878-0477. \ f* Melting Pot. a fondue restaurant Dip into something different. 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Johnston Center for Undergraduate Excellence presents Thursdays on ■ Live Music and Food Every Thursday Live in the Lounge Thursday, February 21 11:30 am : ■ Fantastic old-time music for guitar, fiddle and keyboard from a founding member of the legendary Red Clay Ramblers Bill and Libby Hicks For more information on this and upcoming events please visit our website at http://utww.unc.edu/depts/jcue or call 966-5110 The Johnston Center is located in Graham Memorial Hall, on Franklin Street, next to the Morehead Planetarium If. is ■ ■ EL. * T WmJ v-• -j -tA w Jh- \i A An ailing Tinker Bell asks audiences to once again believe in fairies in "Return To Never Land." Peter Pan and his Lost Boys hover over their fallen pixie, struck down by a little girl in need of a little faith, trust and pixie dust. Of course, it’s a Disney film: the cur vaceous sprite, the surly schoolgirl and the eternal boy win the day. Jane returns home and is once again sur- rounded by the London Blitzkrieg. But this time she has her imagination and fairy tales to keep her young. So maybe it was a good call to release this sequel in theaters after all. In times Sonja Haynes Stone MEMORIAL LECTURE H Woodard • Actor • Social Activist • Producer An Evening of People's Poetry and the State of the Union 7pm, March 5,2002 Memorial Hall, UNC-Chapel Hill The Sonja Haynes Stone Black Cultural Center For move information call 962-9001 or visit www.unc.edu/depts/bcc Co-sponsored by Play Makers Repertory Company, and the Department of Dramatic Art IT ?■f. • . Ip . with very special guests: SAVES THE DAY and Ozma Buy tickets early at www.weezer.com RALEIGH ENTERTAINMENT & SPORTS ARENA FRIDAY FEBRUARY 22 ■ 7:30 PM j I-TICKETS ON SALf NOW A! IHI RALEIGH ARENA BOX OFFICE ALL ; ' Bet Tickets at fgkfTQ; ticHotmmator C)t 1 111 IK ONI INI Al IX, .COM(jR CHARGE Rr PHONI *■*■••■** i 919-834-4000 A Mibiect trj t:h,ini]i: x -i wittioul iiolia: AOf mi Ghnnnel i v(?nt. (Eljf Saily (Ear Brel of hardship, the world can always use a little faith, trust and pixie dust. The Arts & Entertainment Editor can be reached at artsdesk@unc.edu.
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