Am I the only one who was left extremely disappointed?
I really wanted this movie to be good. I didn't believe it when my mother said she couldn't stand it and I set out to prove her wrong, that she was just being over judgemental. I'd grown up with Winnie the Pooh and will always love it.
But, my god, this movie was such a disappointment.
Maybe I just have high expectations because I remember the good Winnie the Pooh movies (Pooh's Grand Adventure: The Search for Christopher Robin, The Tigger Movie, Piglet's BIG Movie). These movies had the ability to make me laugh histerically, bust out in tears and left me with a wonderful, loving feeling by the end of it.
This version of Winnie the Pooh made me sick to my stomach throughout.
The animation was good and I was very happy Jim Cummings could still do the voices of Pooh and Tigger, but it just wasn't enough to carry the film.
All that the writers did was use old plots from previous stories of Winnie the Pooh and ruin them so that they wouldn't have to come up with anything original.
Eeyore's tail: Let's spend the entire movie slapping random objects to his butt for cheap laughs.
The red balloon: That's a recognizable object from previous episodes and movies. Let's stick that in anywhere we can with no point.
The Backson: Just ripping off Pooh's Grand Adventure where Christopher Robin goes to school and the group thinks the note reads "Skull".
The humor was dry and the characters were made out to be ten times more stupid than they actually are. The puns were awful. I saw absolutely no love or caring for one another between the characters. All I witnessed were annoyance to one another and phrases I never thought I'd hear these characters say.
Piglet is thrown around like a piece of bacon and referred to as "swine". When deciding who to throw down in the pit Roo bluntly says something like "Send the pig" in a bratty teenager's voice.
The songs were mundane and that is being generous considering the amazing songs from the previous movies. All I remember from these songs is the same phrase being repeated constantly:
"The Backson, The Backson, The Backson Backson Backson!"
"Honey, honey, honey, honey..."
"It's gonna be great, It's gonna be great..."
There was no climax. It started dull and got duller.
Where was the love? Where was the joyful, homey feeling I'm supposed to get?
I just want to understand why everyone seems to think this movie is a piece of magic. I wanted it to be good, but I'm just left feeling sick.