there really be so many way to tell a story , so many different thing you can emphasize , so many characterization you can change while retain the essence of a story . do Disney make the perfect Peter Pan ? I read this story to my daughter nearly nightly but have never actually see this film . it be be around nearly 60 year as of this writing and I have be alive for many of those year but could not say I take the time to see this Disney ` classic ' . after view it last night I have to say it be ` classic Disney ' - what the Disney company use to be . classical music permeate it which be so different than the mainstream pop\/contempo tune in newer Disney fair . what I really like -lrb- love -rrb- be how innocent the child be . there be no wisecrack , there be honest respect for parent and there be just a certain sweetness that never come across in the newer film . Nemo -lrb- Finding -rrb- perhaps have touch of this innocence characteristic but nothing like sweet little Michael who cling to he teddy bear . another thing I love about this film be the animation . it be beautiful and , again , classic Disney . you can tell a lot of work and care go into every drawing and coloring . even more impressive be the lack of any modern cgus , which may dazzle but usually distract from the story . the only thing I do not enjoy about the film be cultural and a product of they time . the portrayal as woman as these subservient , empty head object be a bit much . the use of classical instrumentation for EVERY SINGLE CHARACTER MOVEMENT be barely tolerable . seriously , do a full horn section have to start blare every time Peter Pan lean on a wall ? . there be a few bright musical moment , though -lrb- ` you can fly ' , be pretty enchanting -rrb- . another thing that be really painful to watch be the indian scene ; song like ` what make the redman red ' and the characterization of the chief -lrb- ` how ' ` I set-um you on fire ' ` Squaw no cook , only bring food ' -rrb- cover good ol' 50 's racism and sexism at it be finest . it be weird to think people use to think like that . perhaps such portrayal might have be entertain to little child raise on poorly write western on tv but these day it be the kind of thing that could be edit from the film to positive effect . but for it be flaw I have to say it be still much better than most of what Disney put out , which be remarkable for such a old film -lrb- 1953 -rrb- . definitely worth owning . on a side note , $ 48 to own ... really ? I still can not figure out where Disney get it be fleece , I mean pricing scheme from . be I the only one that think that be a bit steep for a child 's movie ? I have a hard time equate how the company consider itself ` family friendly ' but price it be product -lrb- theme park ticket , dvd 's , etc. -rrb- in range that most middle class family would stretch to afford .