Post by StevePulaski on Jul 23, 2011 22:42:10 GMT -5
Winnie the Pooh is stuck in Rabbit's front door in his first full-length movie.
Rating: ★★★★
Have you ever watched a movie, so happy, so pleasant, so calming, and so innocent you get tears in your eyes? Until The Many Adventures of Winnie the Pooh, that's never happened to me. Something about Winnie's charming smile, Rabbit's ideas, Owl's wisdom, Eeyore's negativity, Piglet's big thinking, Kanga and Roo's bond, and Tigger's bounce just brings a smile with tears. What a film.
The Many Adventures of Winnie the Pooh is a magical and truly a beautiful film with simple animation and three simple stories based on their book companions by A.A. Milne. The stories made into shorts are Winnie the Pooh and the Honey Tree, Winnie the Pooh and the Blustery Day, and Winnie the Pooh and Tigger Too. All are made beautifully and very softly. No language, no "scary" elements, no talking about anything upsetting or unsettling. It's all for the kids.
The first story focuses on Pooh Bear trying to complete his quest for honey. After failing twice trying to get it from the bees, he walks on over to Rabbit's hole to feast. Poor Pooh than eats too much to the point where he can't fit through the front door. He winds up getting himself stuck there with no hope.
The second story focuses on the gang coping with increment weather, and the third focusing on Pooh meeting Tigger and discovering the true statement that "Tiggers are wonderful things." All the stories take their time to tell themselves. None feel rushed or lengthy. They are perfect and touching.
The Many Adventures of Winnie the Pooh's score is pitch perfect. Every song is enjoyable, my favorite of this one being The Tigger Song. Where we learn some things about our new friend Tigger. The score is calming, enjoyable, and just pleasant.
Everything in this is just remarkably touching and just very pleasing. The film has a great look to it, and nothing is out of place. Even being over thirty years old it still continues to warm hearts, accompany children, and receive a respectable amount of air-play on television. In fact, this may be the first film I show my kids if I have any.
Voiced by: Sterling Holloway, John Fiedler, Junius Matthews, Paul Winchell, Howard Morris, and Bruce Reitherman. Directed by: Wolfgang Reitherman and John Lounsbery.