t never ceases to amaze me how great some legends are. This spring I was captivated by a movie I watched with friends: Finding Neverland. I’d known some of the story about Peter Pan’s origin in terms of literature, but the movie was great. Part of it may have been who I was watching it with, but nevertheless, it was great. James Barrie — his work was one of genius.
Here’s what’s sad: I’ve never read it! Last summer I got the book in German because I wanted to keep up with my reading comprehension skills. That was a little ambitious and I didn’t work at it nearly enough. There’s luckily time in the future for it. It’s funny since Jason Scott, one of my religion major friends who graduated this spring and studied in Florence 2 years ago, was reading it this spring in Italian! I think I need to read the English version first.
Tonight, one of the nighttime activities for the mission trip was a viewing of Hook on one of the walls in the conference center. I forgot how great a movie that was. Robin Williams, Julia Roberts and Dustin Hoffman are classic! I think one of my fun hobbies I may do in the future is to watch at least 5 of the different versions of the story and genre and read the books and do some fun analysis. I know, analysis may take away much of the fun — then again, it can add a ton too! Now it’s time to think happy thoughts for the night.
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