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(originally published on 9/8/20 by @thewisesaltine)

WDAS TAGTEAM TWEET-ATHON MOVIE #51: WINNIE THE POOH (2011) 

You can’t hate Winnie the Pooh. He’s a funny little bear who likes honey, there’s nothing bad there.

This is a sequel? reboot? remake? to the original 1960’s shorts, and it feels like these could be a part of them. The writing is so on point. Every scene is just a honey pot of charm. The only notable changes are voice actors and animation quality.

Sterling Holloway is always going to be the definitive Pooh, but that doesn’t mean his new voice is bad. Not even close. The other characters also have pretty good new voices. Tom Kenny is surprisingly good as Rabbit. All the performances absolutely sell the dialogue.

The dialogue, especially, excels here. This is probably the wittiest dialogue in the Disney catalogue. It was co-directed by the director as Meet the Robinsons, so I’m not surprised by that.

Everyone loves to bring up the scene in the pit, and, while that is incredibly funny, the rest of the movie is filled with just as funny bits. I dare to say this is funnier than the original. Not BETTER mind you. They’re both equal in my eyes.

The animation here is incredible. This is the 2D Department’s swan song, and they definitely ended on a high note. The backgrounds are stylized and just downright appealing to look at. The characters are also incredibly expressive to match the performances and dialogue.

The music is pretty nice too. The songs sung by the characters are cute and allow the animation to really go off the rails. The themes sung by Zooey Deschanel have the easygoing tone the franchise is known for.

I can’t say anything bad about Winnie the Pooh. I’m not a monster. It’s simply pure charm in less than 70 minutes. It’s perfect. 

10/10

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