Warning the following could contain spoilers!
April 2011
Director: Stephen J. Anderson
Starring: Vocally - John Cleese, Jim Cummings, Craig Ferguson,
Singing - Zooey Deschanel
Plot: The Film is based on 3 stories from the book series linked together to make a single flowing narrative following the adventures of Pooh and friends.
Pooh wakes up and in typical fashion searches for honey only to find that he is all out (shock horror), while searching for more he discovers Eeyore, who also in a typical fashion, has lost his tail. Pooh gets all his friends to help try and find the tail but to no avail, when along comes a very British Christopher Robin who suggests a contest to find a replacement tail for Eeyore with the winner receiving a large pot of honey, they try many different things but all fail with comedic effect and Eeyore is forced to go without a tail.
Later Pooh tries to visit Chrisptoher Robin but finds he is not home and only a note left behind, Pooh being a bear obviously cant read the letter so he takes it to Owl who should have no problem reading, what with him being an owl and all. While the note actually reads "Gon out, Bizy be Back Soon" Owl messes up reading it and informs Pooh that Christopher Robin has been taken by an evil creature called the Backson! The gang try to trap the Backson while Tigger goes out to try and confront it and make Eeyore bravery by dressing up as a Backson, meanwhile Pooh falls into the trap while suffering the effects of withdrawal form honey. The rest of the Gang also fall in leaving only Piglet to rescue them, while searching for help piglet is scarred by Tigger still in his costume and runs away knocking several of the giant letters of the book into the trap which allows Pooh to make a ladder and escape.
They find Christopher Robin who explains the mistake in the letter, Pooh then proceeded to head round to Owl's where he finds that Eeyore's tail is being used as a door pull by Owl, returning it to Eeyore Christopher Robin is proud of Pooh's kindness and rewards him with a pot of honey and reminds every one that Pooh is a silly old bear.
Thoughts going in: Disney's Winnie the Pooh had always not meant a great deal to me, i never connected with the characters apart from Eeyore and it was not part of my childhood like other bits of Disney, However I was determined to support Disney in their traditional animation efforts so I was excited to see what they would produce, I was also pleased that we would be getting this film before America when it so often happens the other way.
Review: It is as nice to view as an of Disney's traditional films, and it was good to see the links to the stories British past but the story was lacking a lot even for a children's film this wasn't for 5+ it was a movie you would take a 3-5 year old to see. I know that is where the characters are most popular but it would have been nice to see it brought up a few years to appeal to a more wider audience base.
Score: C-
Says its title: Yes, in fact Zooey Deschanel sings the song Winnie the Pooh which has the title in it a lot.
Worth the DVD?: Yes, if you have small children or aim to have a full Disney animated collection but otherwise no it is not worth it, it is very nice to look at but lacks the substance worth paying for.
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