Day 140: Winnie the Pooh (2011)

Directed By- Stephen J. Anderson, Don Hall

Writer(s)- Stephen J. Anderson, Clio Chiang, Don Dougherty, Don Hall, Brian Kesinger, Nicole Mitchell, Jeremy Spears, Kendelle Hoyer

Starring- John Cleese, Jim Cummings, Travis Oates, Tom Kenny, Bud Luckey, Craig Ferguson, Jack Boutler, Kristen-Anderson Lopez, Wyatt Hall

Critics Review- "It doesn't matter that the film is just for kids. When it does it job right, everyone watching it is a kid."- Eric D. Snider "Salon.com"

Rotten Tomatoes Rating- Critics- 91% Audience- 78%

Out of a possible 5 stars- 3 stars

My Review-

When watching this movie, I felt like a little kid again. I had seen and still own the original one and when I first saw the preview for this movie I was sold, because it is Winnie the Pooh and the rest of his friends from the Hundred Acre wood. Even though it was not multiple stories like the original one I still liked it. It had a few songs here and there and that were cool and went well with the movie. It did kind of suck that it was not the original voices, granted most of them are dead it was just kind of weird to hear some of the characters sound way differently then before. Aside from that for it was like Winnie the Pooh never left, and was there were some scenes for me that stood out more then others and characters that I realized why they were my favorite to begin with. I cannot see why some people did not like Winnie the Pooh, its Winnie the Pooh! we grew up watching it, well I did, and this movie brought back memories of when I was little, and I did feel like a kid again watching it. It was a short movie, a little over an hour but it worked perfectly for it. I liked how the theme song was by Zooey Deschanel it was different and John Cleese was pretty awesome as the narrator for the movie, I loved how they kept it as if he was reading a book, where the lettering would fall off into the story, or they would interact with the narrator during certain scenes, for me that is was made Winnie the Pooh awesome and I am glad they kept that element of the movie in it. Even though it is for little kids, it can be for anybody that grew up reading the books, watching the cartoons, or have seen the original movie. This was a good way to bring it back for this new generation. I hoping that another one does come out and I will go see that one as well.