The Gist
In the hundred acre wood Pooh Bear, Owl, Piglet, Rabbit, Kanga, Roo, Eeyore, Tigger and Christopher Robin live and play together. They all get along and love having adventures with one another. One morning Pooh wakes up very hungry but when he goes to the cabinet to get some honey there is none left and his tummy starts to make some funny noises. Pooh is now on a mission to find some honey. On his way to find honey he bumps into Eeyore and discovers that Eeyore has lost his tail. Pooh quickly informs Christopher Robin and the gang what has happened and they decide to have a contest and whoever can find the best replacement tail for Eeyore and whoever does wins a pot of honey. Determined as ever to find Pooh runs everywhere looking for a tail. While he is looking for a tail and some spare honey he visits Christopher Robin's house and when he gets there he finds that Christopher Robin is not there but he had left a note. Pooh cannot read the note so he brings it to Owl to decipher. When he brings it Owl says that Christopher Robin has been taken by a monster referred to as the Backson and they must prepare for battle. Startled, Pooh runs around trying to help Christopher Robin and find Eeyore a new tail, all on an empty stomach.
What We Think
Reviewed by The North Star
Run Time: 63 Minutes
Rating: G
Ever since I was a little kid I was in love with Winnie the Pooh. The second that I saw the commercial for the new movie I knew that I HAD to see it as soon as possible. The next possible opportunity I had to see this movie I snatched up and saw it. To be honest I was laughing almost the whole time. It wasn't one of those awkward laughs where you only laugh because the joke was supposed to be funny, I was genuinely laughing. This movie was thought out from beginning to end. Something I was afraid of going in was the fact that Disney only made the movie for the sake of making more money and I couldn't have been more wrong. Even though I'm a teen I enjoyed it just as much as a little kid because Disney threw in some jokes that only adults would understand and kids may not get. If you are taking one of your kids don't worry, this is a movie you will enjoy and not have to suffer through.
There isn't much to say about the characters because they are the same that they have always been. Pooh is still the silly bear obsessed with honey. Piglet is still the worry wart who always gets stuck having to do the brave tasks. Eeyore is the depressing one who makes everything sad by his pessimistic nature but you can't help but love him anyway. Rabbit is still paranoid about everything. Kanga + Roo are two peas in a pod and always stick together. Owl is the know-it-all who really doesn't know it all and Tigger is bouncing around singing about he is the only Tigger. The fact that the characters didn't change is something that I love because after all of these years Disney hasn't really touched upon Pooh and after bringing it to the surface their characters could still be buried under the dirt. Something I loved in this movie was that there seemed to be a lot of interaction between the characters that I had never seen in a Winnie the Pooh movie previously. Before the seemed to be in groups (Pooh, Piglet, Eeyore and Tigger, then Rabbit, Owl, Kanga and Roo) but in this movie they seemed like a huge group of friends who would do anything for each other.
The small thing that I didn't like about this movie was that parts of the plot have already been done before in other Pooh movies. Christopher Robin usually leaves a note that they misinterpret and that sends them on a wild journey. There isn't anything wrong with this plot but I wish they had mixed it up just a little more. That is really my only complaint.
My favorite thing about this movie was that the book itself and the storyteller became characters. Pooh would talk to the Storyteller all the time and then you could see in the book and all the words Pooh was saying and the Storyteller was saying on the page. I also loved that fact that they incorporated the letters into the story. For example, Pooh may fall on the words in the book and all of the letters will fall into the scene on the page and they will be used through out the story. There is one part where Pooh takes all the letters and builds a ladder and climbs it and then they were used for things later that were completely ingenius and blew my mind. The creativity that must have gone on behind-the-scenes was awesome and I give major props to all of the animators and screenwriters because the things they came up with made the movie just that much better. One thing that you HAVE to stay for is that at the end of the movie after all of the credits have gone there is a little surprise that Disney put that is worth waiting for!
Overall, this movie was extremely cute and any Pooh fans or parents with young kids should see this movie. Its a great was to spend your afternoon and really brought back memories for me. Go Disney!!
Real Teen Rating~ A- : See it with some friends!
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