Winnie the Pooh (2011)

Sotiris · Post by **Sotiris** » Wed Jul 13, 2011 7:06 pm

Interview: Winnie The Pooh's Tom Kenny
http://www.cinemablend.com/new/Intervie ... 25665.html

David S. · Post by **David S.** » Wed Jul 13, 2011 9:19 pm

Sotiris wrote:
Avaitor wrote:Jesus, can you stop directly posting videos on this thread? It makes it so hard to read through the thread.
Fine. I'll just post the links and not embed the videos from now on. You could have just said so politely, you know. No need for the snarky tone.

For what it's worth, I've been really enjoying the videos and articles, and even though I have a relatively slow connection, the embedded versions did not cause me any problems while loading the pages. So thanks again for your posts!

Just around 36 hours to the movie!

Neal · Post by **Neal** » Wed Jul 13, 2011 9:39 pm

Why did everyone hate Pooh's Heffalump's movie so much? It is my favorite Disney Toons feature. The following scene still makes me so warm and fuzzy:

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And it's clearly Disney's most pro-gay movie next to "The Fox and the Hound."

disneyprincess11 · Post by **disneyprincess11** » Wed Jul 13, 2011 9:59 pm

hahahaha love it! The animation adds to the humor esepecially Pooh's eyes and Owl's animation.
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JiminyCrick91 · Post by **JiminyCrick91** » Wed Jul 13, 2011 10:19 pm

Craig Ferguson was just on the Tonight Show to promote the film. It should be online soon. He's such a funny guy. I saw him in April and wish I had them every month.

-Skyler

Sotiris · Post by **Sotiris** » Thu Jul 14, 2011 6:18 am

David S. wrote:For what it's worth, I've been really enjoying the videos and articles, and even though I have a relatively slow connection, the embedded versions did not cause me any problems while loading the pages. So thanks again for your posts!

It's nice to hear that!

I'm glad you enjoyed them!

Sotiris · Post by **Sotiris** » Thu Jul 14, 2011 6:45 am

New Clip: It's Gonna Be Great (song)
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=22aMvPTeS8w

Craig Ferguson talks a little bit about 'Winnie the Pooh' on his show
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=KLqi3_RrlaM

Jim Cummings 'Winnie the Pooh' Interview
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_1la3TLWHtQ

Exclusive Behind-the-Scenes Featurettes
http://video.cineplex.com/?fr_chl=f8fdb ... 35ea&rf=bm

Disney Publishing Launches First Android App - Winnie the Pooh
http://www.laughingplace.com/News-ID10043590.asp

Bear Essentials at 'Pooh' Premiere
http://www.variety.com/article/VR1118039859?refCatId=13

'Winnie the Pooh' Los Angeles Premiere
http://theenvelope.latimes.com/gallerie ... otogallery

Zooey Deschanel and Mr. Beaks Talk about 'Winnie the Pooh'
http://www.aintitcool.com/node/50372

Exclusive: The 'Winnie the Pooh' Cast & Crew
http://www.comingsoon.net/news/movienews.php?id=79726

Jimmy Cummings and Tom Kenny Talk about 'Winnie the Pooh'
http://collider.com/jimmy-cummings-tom- ... oh/102207/

Songwriters Robert Lopez and Kristen Anderson-Lopez Talk about 'Winnie the Pooh'
http://collider.com/robert-lopez-kriste ... oh/102441/

Can 'Winnie the Pooh' Save Disney from Pixar?
http://www.salon.com/entertainment/movi ... e_the_pooh

disneyboy20022 · Post by **disneyboy20022** » Thu Jul 14, 2011 2:39 pm

Sotiris wrote:
Can 'Winnie the Pooh' Save Disney from Pixar?
http://www.salon.com/entertainment/movi ... e_the_pooh

Did Disney Duster write that?

Anyway I just watched the Craig Ferguson interview on the tonight show with Jay Leno...and to my surprise the crowd cheered a lot about it....word of mouth is getting along I think..

Here's the Interview

Part 1

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and Part 2 from the Tonight show website

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Part 1 of Interview Link

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=WCmUsL42H9E

Link to Part 2

http://www.nbc.com/the-tonight-show/vid ... 11/1340737

buffalobill · Post by **buffalobill** » Thu Jul 14, 2011 3:19 pm

The good reviews just keep on coming. RT had 22 positive & 8 negative for a couple of weeks & this week they've added 28 more good ones & zero bad. 50 out of 58 good reviews. Looking forward to seeing both Deathly Hallows P2 & WTP tomorrow.

disneyboy20022 · Post by **disneyboy20022** » Thu Jul 14, 2011 4:14 pm

I'm going to see Winnie the Pooh sometime next week, since my dad doesn't want to go since it's for toddlers and 5 year olds.....(thank you Disney Marketing of the past 2 decades for that

) so I'll be dropped off at the movie theater sometime next week and will see the movie....

And also i'm sure this new Winnie the Pooh is great....but I don't care what critics say alone........some critics said Teacher's Pet was a great movie and was favored by critics.....and we know how much of a blockbuster film Teacher's Pet was and still is today

hoping4nash · Post by **hoping4nash** » Thu Jul 14, 2011 4:41 pm

disneyboy20022 wrote:I'm going to see Winnie the Pooh sometime next week, since my dad doesn't want to go since it's for toddlers and 5 year olds.....(thank you Disney Marketing of the past 2 decades for that ) so I'll be dropped off at the movie theater sometime next week and will see the movie....

And also i'm sure this new Winnie the Pooh is great....but I don't care what critics say alone........some critics said Teacher's Pet was a great movie and was favored by critics.....and we know how much of a blockbuster film Teacher's Pet was and still is today

That's so contrasting to what my dad wants to do. I'm 20, and this is the first movie in a long time that I am seeing with my dad. He even suggested bringing my stuffed animals (Tigger, Eeyore, Pooh, Rabbit) with and was actually serious about it. Maybe he just wishes that I was still 5. Well I hope that you get to see it soon!

I am excited for this...going on Saturday to see it!

Sotiris · Post by **Sotiris** » Thu Jul 14, 2011 5:33 pm

Craig Ferguson Speaks at the 'Winnie the Pooh' Premiere
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=SVWADS-27gk

B-Roll of the 'Winnie the Pooh' Premiere
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jghkW_sTh2U

Prince Edward · Post by **Prince Edward** » Thu Jul 14, 2011 6:06 pm

I am really excited for this film! It looks like it will be full of heart and loveable characters. Seems like a classic Winnie the Pooh story:) I like the animation, and it seems like a funny film also.

DisneyJedi · Post by **DisneyJedi** » Thu Jul 14, 2011 7:43 pm

Now, hopefully this truly will be a hit at the box office. I apologize if I sound like a broken record, but I truly TRULY want this to be a hit at the box office and earn back its budget, if not double its budget.

Mickeyfan1990 · Post by **Mickeyfan1990** » Thu Jul 14, 2011 10:08 pm

Roger Ebert gives Winnie The Pooh and good review!:
http://rogerebert.suntimes.com/apps/pbc ... /110719992

And so far, it's 88% fresh on Rotten Tomatoes:
http://www.rottentomatoes.com/m/winnie_the_pooh_2011/

But I knew it was going to be a hit.

DisneyJedi · Post by **DisneyJedi** » Thu Jul 14, 2011 10:18 pm

But will it be a hit financially? I just want everyone to PROVE to Disney that it's hand-drawn films that the public wants.

ajmrowland · Post by **ajmrowland** » Thu Jul 14, 2011 11:03 pm

^Yes, to the tune of Tangled's bo earnings

Neal · Post by **Neal** » Thu Jul 14, 2011 11:16 pm

My mom has wanted to go for months and my dad surprisingly offered to go. He saw TPatF with me in theaters but refused to see Tangled because he though TPatF sucked, but he said he loves Pooh lol...

David S. · Post by **David S.** » Fri Jul 15, 2011 4:27 am

One of my local theatres ended up doing a midnight screening after all!

I had high expectations for the following reasons - The Many Adventures Of Winnie-the-Pooh was the first DAC I saw in theatres during it's original theatrical release (as a young child). It's also, in most moods, my second or third favorite DAC. The characters and their adventures are beloved favorites for me. Also, the use of traditional animation for only the second time on a DAC since Home On the Range really had me excited.

I am happy to report that Winnie-the-Pooh lived up to all of my expectations! I LOVED it!

From the very opening shot of Christopher Robin's room, showing his beloved stuffed animals, and the narrator explaining that his stuffed animals were his favorites of all his toys, I was hooked! It was very clear from the beginning that this would be faithful to the tone, style, and gentle charms of the 22nd DAC, which for me is a Very Good Thing.

The familiar opening gave me goosebumps, not just due to the story itself and the faithfulness to the original film, but also when the realization hit me that I had come full circle from my first theatrical DAC, and that here, 34 years later, in an era when many proclaim that traditional animation is dead, in an era of "hip" pop culture references, and action-based CGI special effects - that Disney were triumphantly returning to such a gentle, charming story featuring the loveable hand-drawn Pooh characters, in a way that compliments the original film with no trace of the pop culture references or other identifiers that would date the film to 2011.

In other words, the filmmakers were going for timelessness, and in my opinion, they achieved it.

There is a lot of humor here, much of it based on the gentle charms and quirks of the various characters, and some nice gags as well, such as in some of the musical sequences. I loved the use of the book, its pages, and its text throughout the film - a nice, humorous, throwback to - and continuity with - the original film.

The songs were all catchy on the first listen, some standing out more than others. I was glad that some were sung on screen by the characters, just as in Princess and the Frog, Tangled, and the majority of DACs from before the time when DAC musicals seemed to fall out of favor with management.

From one listen, I would say I prefer the Sherman Brothers songs overall, but those are HUGE shoes to fill, and Lopez and Lopez are certainly solid songwriters (as evidenced by Finding Nemo: The Musical), and I really enjoyed the new songs.

The new Zooey Deschanel version of "Winnie the Pooh" was enjoyable and respectful to the original arrangement, while sounding fresh and new. I particularly liked how Tigger gets mentioned in the current version!

It was also nice to hear a reprise of "The Wonderful Thing About Tiggers".

The score and musical arrangements seemed to capture the whimsy and charms of the Pooh world, and at times it nicely referenced some of the arrangements, melodies, and instrumentation of the original film.

Of the new songs, they were all catchy and enjoyable. "The Tummy Song" struck me as being very cute, accompanied with sounds of Pooh's rumbly tummy. "The Backson Song" accompanies a nice sequence where the characters imagine what the Backson is like, and visually this has a nice chalk-drawing look which to me is a perfect example of something that just works better in traditional animation. The sequence where Pooh, dressed as a cute bee, fantasizes about being surrounded with hunny, and its accompanying "Everything Is Honey" song are a lot of fun as well!

The film looks great, and the character animation is excellent, as one would expect given the talent that worked on the film. The voices are also done very well and in the few rare cases where one did not initially sound quite like I was used to, this was soon forgotten, as IMO the voice actors all did a great job of capturing the SPIRIT of these characters.

One character I would have liked to see make at least a small appearance is Gopher. I know book purists may disagree, but he was part of the gang in the original film, and I never tire of his "I'm not in the book" running gag. This is a relatively minor carp, however, and not intended to be seen as a complaint against a film I enjoyed immensely!

As far as the short runtime, this did not bother me one bit. My favorite DAC, Dumbo, is only 64 minutes and most of the Walt-era DACs don't run for much more than 70 minutes. I felt like the film was as long as it needed to be. It felt neither padded or rushed to me.

I already mentioned the humor and gentle charms of the film. It also has heart. I was touched by the ending. Not as much as the ending of the original, but I'm glad that they didn't go for that whole melancholic "Christopher Robin is going away" angle again. The end leaves it open that Christopher and his animal friends will have many more adventures together, which is IMO how it should be! Thankfully, we are spared the whole Toy Story 3 "child is growing up and leaving his toys behind" thing, as even the original 1977 Pooh film ending had a more open-ended approach than TS3, which suggested that while Christopher would have to spend less time in the Pooh universe due to school, he would still be around.

So this gets a HUGE thumbs up from me! IMO, WDAS is on a real roll right now. I've been very impressed by everything they've done since Meet the Robinsons and blown away by everything from Bolt to Pooh. The return of musical films with heart is very welcome, as is the appearance from time to time of traditional animation.

It's too early to say where I would rank this film compared to the other DACs, but it is definitely Top Tier for me and one of my favorites of the past decade for sure (which has itself been a strong one, IMO, especially beginning with Bolt).

I also preferred it more than most of the Pixar films, and I'm a big fan of most of those. Winnie the Pooh is also my favorite of the animated films I've seen in 2011 so far (the others being Cars 2, Rio, Kung Fu Panda 2, Hoodwinked 2, Rango, and Gnomeo and Juliet). Hopefully the "Academy" won't give WDAS the shaft again!

One last thing - normally I love a near private screening because it means I'll be less likely to be distracted by cell phones and other rude behavior by other patrons. But since I want this film to be a big success, it made me sad that there were only 6 other people at the only midnight screening in my entire metropolitan area, yet the wait to buy tickets and popcorn was huge due to all the Potter people - who were out in large enough numbers to have their movie playing on multiple midnight screens at nearly every theatre complex in the area.

PS. Those who routinely leave before the credits are COMPLETELY over (which one should NEVER do, in my view), may want to rethink that approach for this film!

PPS. I LOVED The Ballad Of Nessie as well! It reminded me of much of what I like about the "Special", stand-alone Disney shorts from the 40's and 50's. It had a lot of heart and a great message, and I like how Nessie was cute and gentle like Ferdinand the Bull, the Reluctant Dragon, and Lambert the Sheepish Lion, rather than ferocious. The rhymes were clever as well, (with a humorous reference to legendary Disney animator Glen Keane). Hopefully, WDAS will do more shorts!

disneyprincess11 · Post by **disneyprincess11** » Fri Jul 15, 2011 7:21 am

LAST NIGHT: Around 80-87% on Rotten Tomatoes

THIS MORNING: 90% on RT

Really surprised that it sprung over night! Go Disney!

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