Hook : Main question: Did Hook die?

Main question: Did Hook die?

He just disappeared, no body or anything. That croc was NOT alive, it was a statue; so do you think he died? Or did he run away?

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I have pondered this very same question scince I first saw the movie waaaaay back in '91 (I think). It's one of those "stupid, multiple endings" I have complained about, though overall I do like the film.

You are correct. This was NOT a live croc or even a propped up dead body. This was a taxidermied crocodile, which basically means they skinned it, stretched the tanned hide over a frame, and propped that up. There was nothing inside the croc to 'come back to life' with -- so that belch after Hook dissappears is really unbelievable. Somewhere near the beginning of the film, Hook even says "Who killed that cunning crocodile? Who stuffed him & made him into quiet clcok?" So I don't see how a taxidermied mount can come back to life and 'eat' anyone. And even in Neverland dead is dead, or Rufio could come back to life, right?

My theory is that A) Hook was either killed or knocked unconscious by the concusive force of being thrown inside that hollow shell or B) He was just hiding inside waiting for everything to die down, everyone to go away, and sneak off to engage in more skull-duggery. I'd rather choose B myself. but it really was a stupid, unimaginative way to dispose of Hook unltimately.

"He who made kittens put snakes in the grass." -- Jethro Tull

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Brilliant post, you're right, he did say "who killed that cunning crocodile?"

It's one of those movie deaths from my childhood that's really annoyed me, because it wasn't really clear whether it was a death or not. He just disappeared, no body, just dust. It didn't make sense, the croc was dead, so it's not exactly eaten him, has it?

I think maybe they didn't confirm his death in case there was going to be a 2nd movie?

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<< It didn't make sense, the croc was dead, so it's not exactly eaten him, has it?>>

Exactly. There is nothing to come back to life to 'eat' Hook; there's only a hide stretched over a form and nothing of the crocodile's body to re-animate.

<<I think maybe they didn't confirm his death in case there was going to be a 2nd movie? >>

I agree. I think originally they thought it was going to be this huge box-office smash, and while it did well, it was no block-buster. This statement in no way is meant to denegrate the movie, but I think they had left it open-ended for the possibility of a sequel and with the reviews it got and so-so showing re. ticket sales, they dropped the sequel idea.

"Hook" has actually done better as a video/DVD release as its become something of a cult classic, like "The Goonies". Which is better in a way, because its 'life' after the theater will be much longer and better remembered I think.



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How can it not be a blockbuster? It was the 6th highest-grossing film of 1991. That isn't exactly a flop.
If they wanted to do a a sequel, they would do it. But Spielberg didn't like the result, so that is probably why a sequel was never made.

Back on the crock issue, didn't you guys think about the possibility that it is maybe the point of the whole scene? That you don't know Hook's fate, and never will know. Some things don't need an answer, and this is one of them

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<<How can it not be a blockbuster? It was the 6th highest-grossing film of 1991.>>

No, not a flop but compared to other Spielberg films plus figuring off-setting the HUGE budget, it didn't really meet block-buster status either. I have just about every magazine article, reviews, etc I could get hold of back then (including begging the theater mgr for the marquise poster), and it wasn't really critically well received. Now, as I have pointed out, what film critics find out-standing has been known to bore me to death & I disagreed with their assessment. But I think the bad reviews played a part in there being no sequel, plus neither Hoffman nor Williams were too keen on reprising their respective roles.

<<Back on the crock issue, didn't you guys think about the possibility that it is maybe the point of the whole scene? That you don't know Hook's fate,>>

That is EXACTLY the point. A taxidermied crocodile skin stretched over a frame CANNOT come back to life (it growled, it moved, it belched - WTF?). Belching implies to the viewer that is has had a good meal -- except that's impossible because it's dead, and dead is dead, even in Neverland or Rufio could just pop back to life, right? The damned thing growled, broke loose from its super-structure, and its DEAD -- makes NO sense. That is pushing beyond the "plausible impossible" (term developed by Disney - i.e., if Donald Duck runs off the edge of a cliff and realizing it, he turns around and runs fast enough, albeit through thin air, he can make it back to safety and the viewer "believes" it possible because its executed in a plausible manner.) But expecting me to buy a hollow shell coming back to life and swallowing/eating Hook is waaaaay beyond plausible.

The whole problem is that towards the end of the script, Spielberg went of on some tangent about the joys of fatherhood (Peter's happy thought) and kept beating us over the head with it, plus he had multiple endings where he "should" have stopped and sent Peter & family back to the "real" world, most notably after the dewigging scene (shameful).

<<Some things don't need an answer, and this is one of them >>

Well, that's you're opinion which you are entitled to. I for one don't like to have a director/film piss down my back & tell me its rain, so to speak. This is one of the most important questions the film left unanswered - Did Hook die or didn't he? , and it DOES need an answer, definitively, not some cop-out gimmicky reanimating mount of croc skin.

"He who made kittens put snakes in the grass." -- Jethro Tull

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I reckon they should have done the sequel but with a different director possibly P.J. Hogan who done a good job with Peter Pan 2003!

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The captain Hook don't die after the Croc-tower's collapse. A deleted scene show the Captain Hook wandered in Pirate town and he call Peter Pan "don't leave me alone !".

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Wow! I never saw or heard anything like that. Where did you see it, on the DVD?

"He who made kittens put snakes in the grass." -- Jethro Tull

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I'm fan of Hook since long time now and I got a final draft of the script with all deleted scenes and dialogues. I only have the script, i didn't see the scene.

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I wish they would show this deleted scene!

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Let's keep it in perspective people - this is a story that is largely popular because of it's myth and magic. It revolves around a boy who can fly with the help of fairy dust and who continually faces off against a grown man and always comes out the victor. He also has the help of other boys and mermaids and he will never age and is forever immortal. This story in particular shows that the women/girls who go to Neverland always remember it and the adventures there but the men/boys who go there will forget in a matter of days (or in the case of Peter: minutes).

And we're thinking it's completely outside the realm of possibility that the croc could come back and kill Hook?

A little less literal is needed when trying to figure out the ifs of the story.

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<<It revolves around a boy who can fly with the help of fairy dust and who continually faces off against a grown man and always comes out the victor.>>

Only because Pan cheats by the very act of flying. As long as Peter flies, there is no way he & Hook can have a "fair" fight, and no way for Hook to win, short of shooting him down which would have been "bad form". Literary Hook was obssessed with showing good form, which is why he didn't shoot Peter out of the sky (& ain't no one fast enough to evade a hunk of lead moving at thousands of feet per second).

<<This story in particular shows that the women/girls who go to Neverland always remember it and the adventures there but the men/boys who go there will forget in a matter of days (or in the case of Peter: minutes). >>

Not necessarily -- you are assuming that Peter and Jack forgot their adventures in Neverland; never assume. Also, Tootles was one of the original lost boys & HE didn't forget about Neverland, so your theory is as full of holes as a sieve. This story got lost on some diatribe about the joys of parenthood/fatherhood and became less about Hook, which is what it was supposed to be about (that was the title & subject of the film, after all).

<<And we're thinking it's completely outside the realm of possibility that the croc could come back and kill Hook? >>

Well, using your logic, then Rufio should be able to come back to life also, right? Except that Hook killed him (albeit in self-defense), so Rufio is dead, permanently. So if dead is really dead for Rufio, then it would also apply to every other living thing in Neverland, which would have, at one time, included said crocodile.

It's a violation of a film principle known as the "plausible impossible". A perfect example of this is that we believe that with happy thoughts & a sprinkling of fairy dust, children and Peter Pan can fly. Now, if Hook runs Rufio through with his sword thereby killing Rufio, Rufio is dead for all eternity. That then also applies to the crocodile, which was not only KILLED but STUFFED ( i.e. - taxidermy) -- mounted like a tanned bear skin over a frame, there is no skeletal or muscular remains, only a stretched hide.

Therefore the crocodile would have been skinned out, the hide tanned, and stretched over whatever wooden frame the pirates could build for it, to include tying that stupid clock in its jaws. But the crocodile was DEAD -- permanently (nothing left in it to come back to life), for all eternity, just like Rufio, so the notion of it coming back to life is ludicrous, implausible, and impossible -- end of story.

<<A little less literal is needed when trying to figure out the ifs of the story. >>

Again, not so. Dead is dead, even in Neverland, and death is a permanent state, so reanimating a taxidermied crocodile hide is pushing the plausible impossible beyond plausible, let alone possible.

"He who made kittens put snakes in the grass." -- Jethro Tull

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Not necessarily -- you are assuming that Peter and Jack forgot their adventures in Neverland; never assume. Also, Tootles was one of the original lost boys & HE didn't forget about Neverland, so your theory is as full of holes as a sieve. This story got lost on some diatribe about the joys of parenthood/fatherhood and became less about Hook, which is what it was supposed to be about (that was the title & subject of the film, after all).



Peter did forget his time in Neverland, which is why when he returns to Neverland, the Lost Boys and Tink keep trying to make him remember everything. Jack forgot his time on earth because he didn't recognize his own father after a few days. I'm not saying they forgot at the end of the movie, but it is clear that the males have a much harder time remembering the alternate universe than the females.

And case in point, you're assuming that Tootles always remembered - we don't know that. We know he did remember when he wakes up from a dream saying, "Hook," but we have no idea if he remembered anything before that or if a dream triggered it (or the dog barking, which started to sound like "Hook" the more it barked). Tootles may or may not have remembered everything - the audience is never told. We know he remembers at the end when he gets his marbles back and sees the fairy dust, but before that we only have the ramblings of a senile old man. This is also a man who has been in Wendy's care for decades and Wendy clearly remembers, so perhaps they talk about Neverland and the memories never faded. We don't know.



Well, using your logic, then Rufio should be able to come back to life also, right? Except that Hook killed him (albeit in self-defense), so Rufio is dead, permanently. So if dead is really dead for Rufio, then it would also apply to every other living thing in Neverland, which would have, at one time, included said crocodile.


Hook may be dead or he may not be - I would be more inclined to think he was alive because they would want to leave the option of a sequel open. It's open-ended for a reason. Maybe he did die - it's open to interpretation and that is my interpretation, but I see nothing wrong with others believing he died. I've always thought he was still alive - that the statue fell and he climbed inside the belly of the beast to get away from the one person he always considered a threat. In fact, I think Spielberg led us to believe he survived for a reason because: "What would the world be, without Captain Hook?"

Rufio was stabbed through the torso with a sword - very definitely dead.



Again, not so. Dead is dead, even in Neverland, and death is a permanent state, so reanimating a taxidermied crocodile hide is pushing the plausible impossible beyond plausible, let alone possible.


The croc was not reanimated - he never got up and started to walk away, he never closed his mouth after Hook disappeared, never chewed to indicate that Hook was being killed, never showed any indication other than some sound effects (which may have been the groaning of a huge taxidermied crocodile falling) - it simply fell and stayed where it landed.

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<<The croc was not reanimated - he never got up and started to walk away, he never closed his mouth after Hook disappeared, never chewed to indicate that Hook was being killed, never showed any indication other than some sound effects (which may have been the groaning of a huge taxidermied crocodile falling) - it simply fell and stayed where it landed.>>

Em, not quite. Actually the croc opens its mouth, dropping the clock (this occurs after Hook punches a hole in it when Tinker Bell intereferes with his killing of Peter),and its head tilts down to look at Hook. It then makes a growling sort of sound, the scaffolding around it breaks away, the croc falls forward and Hook is supposedly propelled inside by the concusive force. Then it belches. Now, that sounds like it has "come back to life", if only for a few minutes, and eaten Hook again; why else would there be a very loud 'frat-boy' belch? And that is definitely not plausible, let alone possible.

It was just another one of Spielberg's flubbed multiple endings to the "final battle" between Peter & Hook. It was like he had several scenarios, didn't know which one to use, so he used them all turning the end into a "humiliate Hook before finishing him off" fest, & as I've always like Hook Better than Peter it pissed me off.

Think about this - we will buy vampires, werewolves, zombies, aliens, etc in movies (or books) so long as they are presented in a believable way - Stephen King is a master at this. So why spoil the 'illusion' with a dead crocodile (or its ghost) coming back to life to finish off Hook. It doesn't make sense -- its a big flashing neon "screw up" sign in the middle of a not so bad movie (which I have watched more than a few times because aside from flubs like that, its a pretty good sequel).

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I like the idea that Hook didn't quite kill the croc and there was still enough life in it to eat him. There's no reason to think the croc was hollowed out and had its skin stretched over a frame because if people don't age in Neverland, then it's entirely possible that the croc wouldn't decompose. Maybe its dead body was just propped up and has dried out over the years. This is fantasy we're dealing with after all.

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If Spielberg had actually had Hook killed, it would have ruined the Peter Pan legacy and undermined the film.

As the character himself says: "After all, what would the world be like without Captain Hook?"

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Of course not, Hook NEVER dies.

Just because we lose today's battle doesn't mean we've lost tommorow's war.

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I always thought it had something to do with the magic of neverland. After Hook's hook went into the croc it came back to life and moved didn't it? The croc's spirit inhabited the croc-clock and came back for revenge, eating Hook.


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<<After Hook's hook went into the croc it came back to life and moved didn't it?>>
Yes, which is really hard to buy, considering that there was nothing of the crocodile left excepts its taxidermied hide.

<<The croc's spirit inhabited the croc-clock and came back for revenge, eating Hook. >>

There again, what is left for any spirit to inhabit. The croc tower was just a hid stretched over a frame -- nothing for a spirit to inhabit. It still comes off like a cop-out way for Spielberg to finish off Hook as he'd made a mess of things with his multiple endings, and Hook deserved better than that. It's just not a plausible scenario.

"He who made kittens put snakes in the grass." -- Jethro Tull

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<<I didn't like Hook's death... also I hated Hook's final line...>>

Agree with you completely. I also didn't like the way Hook was humiliated (the de-wigging) and ganged up on at the end (lost boys with clocks). It makes it look like Peter can't win without outside help(?). I thought the movie should have focused more on Hook's character than Peter finding his happy thought again -- it was, after all, titled "Hook".

"He who made kittens put snakes in the grass." -- Jethro Tull

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It makes it look like Peter can't win without outside help(?).

When Peter provokes Captain Hook, pirates jump to attack Peter.
Peter tries to fly and Captain Hook use a fish net to bring Peter on the deck.
Some promotionnal illustrations show Peter with a chain ball, maybe a deleted scene or an alternative of the fish net.
So Captain Hook can't win without outside help too.


I also didn't like the way Hook was humiliated (the de-wigging) and ganged up on at the end (lost boys with clocks).

All pirates follow Hook by fear and terror. Lost boys follow Peter by friendship.
In the final, Captain Hook is alone. All pirates left the pirate town or they are captured. Even Smee left the Jolly Roger with a part of the treasure of Hook (an other deleted scene).
Hook humiliated Peter too. When Smee broke the Peter's shirt to see the scar and when he forced him to climb the mast. For me this is a humiliation too.
Captain Hook is an old man. The "de wigging" is a surprise for lost boys and Peter.
They see how he is older than it seems. In the comic book, he broke his hook in the fight.
He lost all his magnificence of his first scene, he lost the fight.

I didn't like Hook's death... also I hated Hook's final line

Like I said previously, Captain Hook don't die. Just a deleted scene...

A lot of answers of your questions are in deleted scenes. You need to read the Terry Brook's book and the comic book. The script too but it It is less easy to find.

Hook is considered like one of the worst movie of Spielberg (not really but the press love to say that... (and all close minded people)... so no chance to see an extented version or more extras about the movie.

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<<When Peter provokes Captain Hook, pirates jump to attack Peter.>>
And, if I'm not mistaken, Hook waves them off -- or am I getting my vesrions mixed up? It's been a while since I watched this, though it was just on the other week.

<<Peter tries to fly and Captain Hook use a fish net to bring Peter on the deck.>>
I see nothing wrong with that. If they're going to fight, fairly, Peter should not be able to fly out of harms way and be earthbound like Hook is. Flying away makes Peter a coward in my book.

<<All pirates follow Hook by fear and terror. Lost boys follow Peter by friendship.>>
That's an assumption, though all the pirates do fear Hook's wrath. Again, you assume the Lost Boys follow Peter out of friendship. According to Barrie, literary Peter was as ruthless a leader as Hook, including killing off lost boys who showed signs of growing up or if there were too many of them for his liking.

<<In the final, Captain Hook is alone. All pirates left the pirate town or they are captured. Even Smee left the Jolly Roger with a part of the treasure of Hook (an other deleted scene).>>
Actually, Smee leaving with the treasure is in the version I've seen. And it's just hard for me to buy fierce pirates being besting by egg throwing, tomatoe hurling boys. I've always felt was Smee was a bigger danger to Hook than the croc ever was.

<<Hook humiliated Peter too. When Smee broke the Peter's shirt to see the scar and when he forced him to climb the mast. For me this is a humiliation too.>>
Hardly on the same level, Smee is trying to prove Peter's identity. Peter de-wigging Hook was unnecessary humiliation of an adversary, and dare I say, "bad form."

<<In the comic book, he broke his hook in the fight. >>

I have read the Terry Brooks novelization, though I never knew about a comic book version. The Brook's book followed the script very closely with only a few variances. I don't count deleted scenes that weren't filmed or kept to be included on the DVD as a bonus. Too much was left in that had little to do with the Hook/Pan story IMO. Too many multiple "endings" where the story continued on so Peter can finally "kill" Hook - supposedly. And, as neither Spielberg, Williams, nor Hoffman will discuss the film on any interview I've seen or read, I guess we havewn't much chance for a director's cut or an anniversary re-release DVD w/bonus deleted scenes. Though it would be a nice suprise.

"He who made kittens put snakes in the grass." - Jethro Tull

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Maybe the crock wasn't dead? Hook maybe just stuffed him alive or something, and when he fell down he came alive and swallowed his nemesis?
And maybe Hook wasn't swallowed at all, maybe he hid somewhere inside the crocodile's body?
or maybe he managed to escape somewhere?

Honestly, I think you're reading and over analysing way to much. It's a fantasy film about magic. Logic and realism comes in second hand, adventure comes first.
Not everything is meant to be analysed and picked on, especially not in these kind of movies?

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I thought Hook might have been sucked into a vacuum and broke his neck. That was quite an impact.

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<<I thought Hook might have been sucked into a vacuum and broke his neck. That was quite an impact.>>

Good point. And a realistic possibility at that. Though I still want an explanation to a dead stuffed hide belching after Hook disappears inside it.

"He who made kittens put snakes in the grass." -- Jethro Tull

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Hey guys, if your desperate to over analyse this 'death' scene then ponder over this.

As Hook swings his hook at peter while he's trying to un-holster his sword Tink intercepts the swing. As peter grabs the hook and sinks it into the crocodiles belly Tink flies upwards, suppose some of her fairy dust lands on the crocodile momentarily imbuing it with life.

Does that satisfy you all?

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<<Does that satisfy you all?

Nope.

"He who made kittens put snakes in the grass." -- Jethro Tull

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<<Maybe the crock wasn't dead? Hook maybe just stuffed him alive or something>>

Well there's just one problem. Hook himself says, during his grand entrance & speech to his crew: "And who killed that cunning crocodile? Who had him stuffed (taxidermied)and turned into a quiet clock?"

So the croc was dead, skinned and the hide stretched over a frame.

<<Not everything is meant to be analysed and picked on, especially not in these kind of movies?>>

When it violates the 'plausible impossible', its fair game. And something dead cannot come back to life of its own volition otherwise Rufio should've been able to come back to life & Pan wouldn't have been going on about "you killed Rufio, you deserve to die" to Hook (wonder if anyone else ever considers what Rufio would've done to Hook, given the chance?).

"He who made kittens put snakes in the grass." -- Jethro Tull

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The point of the movie is that if you believe something with all your heart, it can and will happen.

Once Peter accepted that he was Peter Pan, and he found a truly happy thought, he could finally face Hook.

Perhaps in that brief instant Hook believed the crocodile would eat him. It's certainly hinted at that he hasn't beaten his fear of the croc.

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<<The point of the movie is that if you believe something with all your heart, it can and will happen. Once Peter accepted that he was Peter Pan, and he found a truly happy thought, he could finally face Hook.>>

An interesting and original theory, I'll give you that. BUT if that's the case, why could everyone just wish & hope Rufio back to life?

<<Perhaps in that brief instant Hook believed the crocodile would eat him. It's certainly hinted at that he hasn't beaten his fear of the croc.>>

Perhaps, but I still find it highly implausible for an hollow, tanned hide to "eat" anything or anyone, let alone belch afterwards. To me, and this just my opinion mind you, it was a cop-out way to get rid of Hook. It's like Spielberg couldn't figure out a really good way to dispose of or neutralize Hook so its back to the old "croc swallows him" thing.

I'm not saying your theory isn't 'possible', its just awfully hard to sell me on it as Hook states that he killed and stuffed (taxidermied) the crocodile; implausible, in other words. Clever theory though.

"He who made kittens put snakes in the grass." -- Jethro Tull

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If you look closely at the scene when the Croc lands on Hook, there is a lot of dust that suddenly appears. It is possible that because Hook is so old (you do not age in Neverland) that when he was squished and finally passed away, his body lost the immortal properties that Neverland grants you and he turned to dust and ash, much like a corpse would already be if it was as old as him.

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<<his body lost the immortal properties that Neverland grants you and he turned to dust and ash, much like a corpse would already be if it was as old as him.>>

Very well thought out, plausible theory. That I can buy as a possibility. Good theory,


"He who made kittens put snakes in the grass." -- Jethro Tull

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Hook NEVER dies, it appears he dies at the end of most all Peter Pan movies, but he always comes back.

Just because we lose today's battle doesn't mean we've lost tommorow's war.

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I wondered the same thing. If the filmmakers wanted to kill of Hook, they would have shown his death as clear as Rufio's. The more I think about it though, the more I realize that Hook's "disappearance" is purely meant for the viewer to speculate of his fate. After all, "what would a world be like without captain hook?"

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I think, like I said, it just follows in the tradition of most all the Pan movies, it's always kinda left ambiguous whether Hook is dead or not.


Just because we lose today's battle doesn't mean we've lost tommorow's war.

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Hook's gone.

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Captain Hook did indeed die, the crocodile, with whatever life was left in him, swallowed him whole and didn't chew or spit him out. I honestly don't see why people are even questioning this, there isn't anything else in the rest of the movie to suggest he is still alive and escaped. I do however think, despite the fact that it's visually interesting on paper, that it was a lame way to kill off the character though. Sounds like something somebody would write last minute.

...Doh!

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Hook, like Wylie Coyote, never dies in spite of everything done to him.

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perhaps he came back as a pilot in the real world

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Ummm...I think it's clear that however fantastical it may seem, the crocodile was still alive. When Pan shoved Hook's hook into it's belly it let out a scream, dropped the clock from its mouth, peered down at Hook, and growled...if it was dead it couldn't do any of that.

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Hook

He bacame one with the Force. DUH

Disney ruined Lucas.

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Possibly some type of wormhole or space warp opened up in the stuffed crock's mouth and Hook passed though it when it fell on him. Possibly the crock's ghost used some sort of magic to open the wormhole and send Hook who knows where.

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No actually you're wrong. The croc was alive. After Hook vanished, the croc burped. It proves that he was eaten alive. And most likely the only reason why the croc was not moving after that might be because he is sleeping with a full belly. Abd there is more evidence that the Croc came back from the dead.

After Pan got Hook's hook into the croc's part, strange steam was coming out like magic. Hook was questioning what is happening, which clues the the beast awakens. And as though by force, parts of the clock tower on the croc were falling apart. And the Croc lowers his head and jaws at Hook and growling. Everyone looked at amazement while the pirate looked in fear. And by force, the animal had himself fall on Hook and had him fall into his jaws. After that, the croc burped, which proves Hook was eaten, dead and gone. Statues can't lower heads (which we know he is not) and dead things don't burp.
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