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Pooh was a major part of my childhood. I was really into Tigger back then. I had this Tigger stuffy with an AM/FM radio in his belly. It was my fav. Now it's all about Eeyore for me. This tugged on my heartstrings in many ways - nostalgic, so sweet, great homage references to the source, a father/daughter tale, and I loved the way the 100 acre wood stuffies were actualized - a superb usage of CGI. It's a tale of growing up and childhood dreams, just as one might expect, predictably yet charming because of those timeless characters. Pooh was spot on - totally in character throughout - as were everyone else, especially Eeyore. It wasn't until Tao of Pooh that I realized how influential Milne was upon my world view and this movie reaffirmed it. I only wish they did more with the Heffalumps and Woozles - very confoozles.
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I just watched this too. CGI was very good on the animals, although the weathering to Tigger's fur made him look like an old man with a beard which didn't really work for me.
Perhaps a bit slow moving, but charming.
DM missed it, but HP score=1 (Owl voiced by the guy who was the voice of Dobby.)
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(03-12-2019, 12:48 PM)King Bob Wrote: DM missed it, but HP score=1 (Owl voiced by the guy who was the voice of Dobby.)
Well played. I was going to review it as a Obi-Wan meets Renton in the 100 Acre Wood, but that would've taken too much thought.
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We watched Goodbye Christopher Robin (2017), which I thought was this film, but no, it's a completely different film, a historical fiction based on Milne and his son, the real Christopher Robin, starring Margot Robbie as Mrs. Milne, and the cutest kid ever as Christopher. At first, I was like dang, Milne has trouble writing but he's living in the gorgeous 110 acre wood, has the cutest kid ever with an awesome nanny (HP factor 1 for Rowena Ravenclaw) and Margot as a wife? All that and he's got writer's block? Oh give me a feckin break! But it turns out to be a decent film, a bit clunky as it slogs thru the perfunctory 'this is how Pooh was made up' but then ultimately delivers on the backstory and Margot shows that she's more than a pretty face once again delivering a notably English performance. Christopher Robin fell down the stairs. Nobody cares. Nobody cares. No blubbing.
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