The search for Eeyore\u2019s tale is one of the vignettes in the 2011 film\u2026<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<\/p>I won\u2019t say that Winnie the Pooh<\/em> is the best movie of the year so far, but it is the first non-documentary I have left without being conscious of some vestige of disappointment. Super 8<\/em>? A charming beginning but the last act goes over the top. Transformers<\/em>? Stunning special effects but too loud and too long. Source Code<\/em>? Trippy fun, but falls apart upon reflection before you reach the car. \u00a0Tree of Life<\/em>? Well Malick is either your cup of tea or he isn\u2019t.<\/p>\nThere is a difference, I suppose, between feeling genuine delight at a film and simply being grateful the makers didn\u2019t mess it up. Here\u2019s what they didn\u2019t do: 1) They didn\u2019t ratchet up the pace to make it zany, or zippy, frenetic, or fun; 2) They didn\u2019t PGify it with fart jokes, inside reference\/allusions, or adult double-entendres; \u00a03) They didn\u2019t make Piglet, or Owl, or Roo a snappy sidekick after the fashion of\u00a0Aladdin<\/em>\/Lion King<\/em>\/Mulan<\/em>\/Shrek<\/em> (Dreamworks, yes, I know); and 4) They didn\u2019t do a revisionist, PC overhaul on Pooh\u2019s character and use it to speak of the evils of childhood obesity created by an all-honey diet. In short, they let it be. That may mean less fun (there\u2019s that word again), it certainly means less flash, but it paradoxically means more pleasure too. For in an era of instant gratification, sustained, simple pleasures can run deep, touching on something that is soothing, tapping into that part of our inner child and imagination that wants to be nurtured as much, if not more, as it wants to be entertained.<\/p>\nWinnie the Pooh<\/em> is a throwback, to be sure, but throwbacks are in vogue these days, and Pooh is so un-selfconsciously unhip that he is hip. Pooh is, let us admit, a little slow. (\u201cI am a bear of very small brain\u2026\u201d) He has a good heart, however, and in this day and culture any franchise that is telling kids that being loving is more important than being stylish is okay in my book.<\/p>\nGo. And stay for the credits. All the familiar members of the Pooh franchise are there\u2026plus one surprisingly endearing newcomer to the 100 Year Forest family.<\/p>\n<\/body><\/html>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
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