Winnie the Pooh was created for children, which is obvious by Pooh’s childish vocabulary and silly songs and phrases. Little kids like to imagine that when they leave the room, their favorite toys come to life and play in an imaginary world, in this case the Hundred Acre Wood (or the 100 Aker Wood).
The animation in The Many Adventures of Winnie the Pooh is very simple, but full of bright colors, perfect for children. The characters are well developed and memorable: Winnie the Pooh, Tigger, Piglet, Owl, Eeyore, and of course, Christopher Robin.
Winnie the Pooh is a sweet, chubby, bumbling little bear that takes everything literally. He loves honey more than anything and will do just about anything to get to it, even disguise himself as “a little black raincloud”. One of his best friends is Tigger, the only one of his kind. Tigger has a habit of bouncing on his tail (that’s made up of springs) and scaring his friends, but he's really very friendly. Rabbit is a rather uptight, grouchy animal, and tiny, stuttering Piglet is Pooh’s very best friend. Owl, to me, is a very boring character, because all he really does is tell long, wordy stories about his ancestors that he’s told a million times before. My favorite character is Eeyore, because he’s just so sweet and melancholy. His one liners are hilarious, but it’s very hard to not feel bad for him. After all, everything happens to Eeyore. The only human character besides the narrator is Christopher Robin, the owner and playmate of all the animals of the Hundred Acre Wood. He doesn’t have much of a personality, but he’s sort of the peacemaker among the bunch, and he always tries to make Eeyore feel better when he's down. He loves Pooh most of all.
The Many Adventures of Winnie the Pooh is a compilation of three original short films: Winnie the Pooh and the Honey Tree, Winnie the Pooh and the Blustery Day, and Winnie the Pooh and Tigger Too. Although they were released individually at first, they were put together almost seamlessly in a feature-length film.
Now, on a personal note, when I woke up this morning I knew I was going to watch Winnie the Pooh and blog about it, but I didn’t know that I myself was going to have a blustery day. The wind at my house was so strong this morning that the latches on my hot tub actually cracked, sending the cover flying across the yard. We ran outside in our pajamas and boots to retrieve it, but it almost flew over our heads as we carried it back up. We now face the problem of fixing the cover, because without it, our new hot tub could burn up. And we don’t want that.
Now back to Pooh.
The voice actors in this movie are incredibly believable. Paul Winchell voices Tigger, Ralph Wright voices Eeyore, and the voice of Pooh is the one, the only, Sterling Holloway. This amazing actor voiced the Cheshire Cat in Alice in Wonderland, Roquefort in The AristoCats, and Kaa in the Jungle Book. His voice is soft but deep and has that warm, childlike quality that makes him the perfect Pooh Bear.
As I mentioned before, the one liners in this movie are pretty hilarious, but so are some exchanges between characters. I’ll give you some examples of cute quotes.
Christopher Robin: Did I get your tail on properly, Eeyore?
Eeyore: No matter. Most likely lose it again anyway.
Roo: Good morning, Pooh Bear!
Eeyore: If it is a good morning, which I doubt.
Tigger: But the most wonderful thing about Tiggers is that I’m the only one! I’m the only one!
Pooh: [points to Tigger’s reflection in the mirror] Then what’s that over there?
Tigger: Ooh! What a strange lookin’ creature!
“ Is it raining in there? It’s raining out here, too.” –Winnie the Pooh, talking to his reflection.
“It’s awfully hard to be b-b-brave when you’re such a s-s-small animal.” –Piglet
Tigger: Haloo!
Pooh: It’s a jagular!
Piglet: W-W-What do j-j-jagulars do, Pooh?
Pooh: Well, jagulars always call, “Haloo!” and when you look up, they drop on you.
Piglet: I’m looking down, P-P-Pooh!
Well, TTFN! Ta-ta for now!
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