In theaters today is the latest Winnie the Pooh adventure from Disney studios.
Walt Disney Animation Studios returns to the Hundred Acre Wood with “Winnie the Pooh.” Featuring the timeless charm, wit and whimsy of the original short films, this all-new movie reunites audiences with the philosophical “bear of very little brain” and friends Tigger, Rabbit, Piglet, Owl, Kanga, Roo—and last, but certainly not least, Eeyore, who has lost his tail. “Ever have one of those days where you just can’t win, Eeyore?” asks Pooh. Owl sends the whole gang on a wild quest to save Christopher Robin from an imaginary culprit. It turns out to be a very busy day for a bear who simply set out to find some honey.
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I haven’t seen it just yet, but I really want to. The old-style animation is as much of a draw as revisiting something I loved so much in my youth.
Is it odd that I find this clip genuinly funny?
Meh. I will give it a pass. The whole Pooh franchise is, in my opinion, part and parcel of what went wrong with Disney after old Walt kicked the bucket. And also what annoys me most about Disney while the old man was still alive – rather than producing original work Disney appropriated classic works and put his own name on it. Disney’s Bambi (should have been called Felix Salton’s Bambi), Disney’s Pinnochio (did they even mention Carlo Collodi in the credits?) etc. The worst was when they appropriated Winney the Pooh. Those films do no credit to the original A.A. Milne stories and art, and worse yet, because of the restrictions the Milne heirs saddled Disney with when they sold their souls to the Disney Devil, Disney got around it by creating their own additional character – Tigger – and focusing the films on him. Why the heck can’t Disney make films using Disney characters? Can they not think up any good Mickey Mouse stories any more? They always seem to have to “make up” for doing something good, like Tangled, or Lilo and Stitch, by cranking out a steaming pile of (pardon the pun) Pooh.