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Two Things that annoy me about disney recently.

posted 14 years ago by zorasguitar
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1. Is the already much noted fact that disney likes to release their animated movies right at the same time as bigger movies, and releasing Pooh at the same time as the last movie based the what may be the best selling non-religious-text ever seems like the most stupid move possible.

2. Why must there be songs in everything? I get that disney's prime came around the time where most their productions had musical numbers, but not every damn movie demands a musical number. This is one of those movies. I work at a theater, and after walking in for ten seconds of one of the songs, I left in disgust. The movie is already like an hour long, don't cram it with filler too. (It's 80 minutes including trailers and credits).

[–] stefanbe 14 years ago

To answer your second question, this Winnie the Pooh is meant to be in the style of The Many Adventures of Winnie the Pooh. That is filled with songs, from the classic theme song to "I'm Just a Little Black Rain Cloud" to "The Rain Come Down." So, if they're trying to emulate the classic Winnie the Pooh, it makes sense for there to be songs through the entire film.

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[–] elijahwoodlover_2002 14 years ago

Like estefanbe already said about number 2, it's because that IS classic Winnie-The-Pooh! Duh! They ALWAYS had songs in all of their Winnie-The-Pooh movies. And btw, that's one of the many things that Disney is known for! Having songs in all of their Disney films(including their live action ones). But I do agree with you about number one. It is idiotic of them to release movies the same time that big blockbuster movies are released. They should know better. Especially after Tangled, The Princess and the Frog and Prince Caspian. Get a clue Disney studios! Get a clue!!!

[–] knowtheartist 14 years ago

The movie is already like an hour long, don't cram it with filler too.

You are the only person in the world who has complained about "Winnie the Pooh" being too long.

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[–] Blunic3 13 years ago

"You are the only person in the world who has complained about "Winnie the Pooh" being too long."

He was saying exactly the opposite.

[–] Xcalat3 14 years ago

Why must there be songs in everything? I get that disney's prime came around the time where most their productions had musical numbers, but not every damn movie demands a musical number. This is one of those movies. I work at a theater, and after walking in for ten seconds of one of the songs, I left in disgust. The movie is already like an hour long, don't cram it with filler too. (It's 80 minutes including trailers and credits).

those random musicals numbers are the one thing I hate about Disney movies.

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[–] daan-windhorst 14 years ago

In addition to everyone else saying there are songs in the classic Winnie the Pooh-movies: there were even songs in the books. This movie is quite faithful to the original material, including adding song.

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[–] Strazdamonas 14 years ago

i dont know a single children that would like any song in any disney movie. most skip them.

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[–] Mr_Head 13 years ago

My daughter likes them.... But she's only three, what does she know.

She's not the target audience like you are.

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[–] gabby_bm 13 years ago

For over a month now, my kids have been pestering me to sing the "Backson" song for them. That is one that really stuck out for them and for me, Pooh's "honey" song was the pinnacle song of the film.

Yeah, a lot of times these songs can be shoehorned into a film pretty badly. I thought this film did a passable job of incorporation, though Tigger's "It's gonna Be Great" was a bit superfluous and forced. But my son likes it, so what the hell?

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[–] cjd-16 13 years ago

i dont know a single children that would like any song in any disney movie. most skip them.

Excuse me? Did you not grow up in the 90's or something? Because if I recall correctly, not only was every single child not skipping them, they were buying the soundtracks and singing along to them at just about every chance they got. I even sang the songs from "The Lion King" during art class for crying out loud...

For my generation as I remember it, the music was actually the most memorable part of every single Disney movie that came out from 1989 to 1995 for us. You couldn't go anywhere involving children in those days without hearing someone singing "Hakuna Matata," "I Just Can't Wait to be King," "Part of Your World," or "A Whole New World," and every single time one of the songs came on the radio, we immediately would be acting out the corresponding scenes from the movies.

[–] gabby_bm 13 years ago

What kids DON'T like is those sleepy boring songs that drag down the movie.

Referencing MY generation:
"Stay Awake" & "Feed the Birds" (Mary Poppins)
"Cheer Up Charlie" (Willy Wonka)
"Ordinary Fool" (Bugsy Malone)
"Someday My Prince Will Come" (Snow White)

What they DO like are the ones that get stuck in their heads and easily annoy their parents with lots of repetition and maybe even sound effects.

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[–] engeer 13 years ago

"Feed the Birds" is *STILL* one of my favorite movie songs... !

[–] cidandreevefangirl 13 years ago

I agree. I don't know anyone who skipped Feed the Birds. I used to love that song as a kid. Heck, I loved just about EVERY Disney song. Especially ones from the 90s Disney flicks. I don't know any 90s kid who didn't know most Disney songs word-for-word. Especially the fun ones like Hakuna Matata, Be Prepared, Be Our Guest, and so on.

[–] Strazdamonas 13 years ago

i grew up in the 90s and i stay by my statement. not a single child i knew/know liked them.

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[–] owlhater 13 years ago

You obviously don't know many children.
I babysit triplet 4-year-olds and a 10-year-old on a regular basis and they LOVE the songs in most films. My nephew(he'll be 2 in October) dances to any song he hears, as does his little sister.

Even if they're cheesy and annoying to you, a little kid will view them differently. Annoying to you means easy to learn and catchy to them.

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[–] ben101-1 13 years ago

My 1 yr old loves this film,especially the musical numbers so Disney do seem to know what their target audience want.

[–] burfordthehalfabee 13 years ago

I disagree with the part about the target audience. The problem when talking about Winnie the Pooh is that (in it's most notable examples) it went from being a children's book to a couple of family shorts which then got made into a pseudo film and ever since it has flickered from something for family to something for kids, usually but not always when crossing the Film/TV line.

Another thing is, Disney seems to be struggling with the Pooh franchise at the moment. And IMHO it has been since the Tigger movie. Disney clearly realised this and thus decided to at least temporarily scrap Pooh as a family character and he got pushed down to the level of 'Playhouse Disney'. From here the quality only sank more and eventually we ended up at 'My Friends Tigger and Pooh' which we all need to try to forget more than the Piglet movie. Stupid CGI.

And that's why the performance of this movie made me so sad. Not only was it refreshing to know that Disney could still pump out something of this higher quality. Not only was it refreshing to know that Disney could still make good FAMILY entertainment. Not just dire 'kidz' content. But the fact that by the look of things this barely made back what it cost them to make this could sway Disney off trying something like this again for a long time. I loved this movie, and Pooh in general. This should have been a game changer, but it seems Disney is so comfortable making *beep* that they won't let anyone know about the odd gem through bad marketing just so they can keep churning out the same old consistently crap offerings without anyone making a fuss.

And as for your one year old, i honestly think you'd have got the same reaction from something equally music filled and colourful. Like the South Park movie.

[–] ben101-1 13 years ago

He's now 14 months and he has me driven mad with this movie.Don't underestimate this age group,sure,the dialogue will go over most small childrens heads ,but for some reason my kid has little interest in Southpark ,Simpsons,Futurama etc.But he'll sit there laughing at Winnie,spongebob,In the night garden.I agree with you ,i think Winnie the pooh has been overlooked by a lot of people,a shame as it has some very funny dialogue,nice hand drawn animation and clever word play which isn't a bad thing for kids to get used to.
Hopefully this film will stand the test of time and will become a cult classic as many films that died a death on release have done in the past.No offense but i hope you're wrong about the fate of movies like this and have a bit of fate in kids ,even small ones,get them used to watching decent films like this and they won't want to watch crap like Zoo Keeper ,power rangers etc.

[–] peacecati 13 years ago

To answer the later of the two; songs in disney films has sort of become a trademark for them starting back as far as snow white - since that was the first studio animated film to have a full album soundtrack release.