richard_nixonion

This movie definitely captures some of the magic and whimsicalness of the original classic, while also injecting a lot of modern humor and pacing, The result is a lot of laughs, a well written story that feels right at home in the 100 acre woods, but some moments where the characters aren't quite "in character". Rabbit going full military Sargent, kanga worrying about her age.. just a few moments like that where adults may go "huh, that's maybe not quite right." But I dont think kids will think anything of it.

The weak point for me was the voice acting. Pooh was really good, so was tiger. Owl was ok, and so was piglet. Everyone else was ROUGH and pretty painful to listen to the whole way through. Worst offender is by far was Christopher Robin. I dont know if they chose someone too young, or the british accent was too strong, but it felt way off.

For kids though, they probably wont know the difference, and I wont knock this too bad for that. But just because your kid thinks it's flawless, doesnt mean it's perfect though :). I mean I would know I loved Baby Geniuses 2 as a kid.

I found this to be a pretty dull and boring watch, but not so dull that I turned away. The acting was honestly good, Amy Adams was convincing. But I felt like the character that was written for her was sooo boring and uninteresting. They did try to make her interesting through "flashbacks" but these confused me about her character more than anything. What was her purpose, what motivates her, what is she thinking? The movie definitely attempts to give her depth, but it left me raising my hand to ask more questions, only to slowly put my hand down as I realized I was so uninterested, I didnt care to learn the answer.

And then you know, the plot. I just never felt like the plot was ever moving in any meaningful direction. Important plot points revolved around what the humans were doing, but not really the aliens at all. It was the embodiment of the patrick meme - "They are just standing there, menacingly!" Except that was the whole movie, patrick freaking out. I never once got any clear idea of what each event and scene was leading us toward, things kind of just happened. And they happened dully, slowly, without humor, and in dimly lit rooms.

And for me, the payoff at the end wasnt quite worth the journey. It was well thought out, it was clever, but it wasnt at all satisfying when the stakes were never convincingly established. I have a few more specific gripes there as well, but no way to share them without giving spoilers.

I dont think this is a 1 star movie, but I definitely understand where those reviews are coming from. What I dont understand are how people can look at this slog of a film and go "muah, it is a mastapiece!" Because it aint.

Sitting here after finishing this episode in total shock. Episode 1 of Invincible levels of shock. This took everything I knew about the world, the pecking order, and the distribution of power, and flipped it on its head. Absolutely bonkers that an episode like this is buried rather deeply in the season, but they've done something clever here. They spent the first 7 episodes lulling you into a sense of relative understanding of the world, only to increase the shock of seeing your hero's utterly outmatched.

Definitely not a perfect show by any stretch, but this might be the perfect episode oe for this show - if you catch my drift.