Winnie the Pooh - 7.0/10
To be honest, there isn't a whole lot I can say about this film that I
didn't already say about the first one. They're pretty much exactly the
same in tone and theme: very low-key and relaxed. There was humor in
this one - some of it genuinely funny, but not over the top. The medium
awareness thing was still in effect, and the characters' interactions
with the narrator and the book itself were entertaining.
A couple of key differences caught my attention, the first of which
being the voice cast. Obviously they're all replacements, and the
problem with that is that they're imitating the performances of others
instead of creating their own characters, and so at times the
performances seemed rather forced. The only one who seemed natural the
entire time was Pooh himself, and I think that's because he's such an
iconic character that he's easy to do.
There was also some CGI, which was honestly quite jarring. This is
probably the only time you'll ever hear me express a preferences for the
old "sketchy" style. It just works with this setting, and the animation
for much of this film, even the non-CG, was too clean.
Maybe these criticisms are based solely on a "they changed it now it
sucks" mentality, but to be honest I was never really all that invested
in Pooh to begin with so it doesn't bother me all that much.
All in all, a pleasant film and not a bad way to spend an hour, but kind of an anticlimactic one to go out on.
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