There’s a moment in Steven Spielberg’s 1991 classic, “Hook” (yes, that Steven Spielberg; yes, that Hook), where Peter Banning (Robin Williams) dines with the Lost Boys at a massive banquet table. One problem: there isn’t any actual food.
The uptight, pragmatic bore that he is, Banning won’t have any of it. After much effort, and one of the most creative name-calling battles ever filmed, the Boys convince him to use one of his greatest weapons of all: his imagination. Suddenly everything for Peter clicks. In that moment he becomes The Pan. The Lost Boys are finally on his side, exclaiming, “You’re doing it Peter!