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Summary: Big disappointment
Review: My 2-year-old daughter loves The Tigger Movie, The Piglet Movie, and the classic Winnie the Pooh videos. Her favorite characters are Piglet and Roo, so I thought this video would be perfect. For a two-year-old, this video has more to do with Rabbit than Roo. The storyline is hard to follow and the "lesson" in this story is completely lost on her. I have stopped showing it to her because she has taken to imitating Rabbit's angry and rude behavior - shouting and all. There are enough bad influences out there, why subject her to another one? - especially in characters she admires. Perhaps this video is better suited for older children who can better understand the point of the story.
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Summary: Toddler Gives Movie Thumbs Down
Review: My 3 year old loves Piglet's Big Movie and the character Roo, so I thought this would become an instant hit with him. However, neither one of us could sit through it. He was very upset that Rabbit was so angry for the majority of the movie and is too young to understand why. Being a Disney film, of course it has a happy ending but it took too long to get to the themes of friendship and love that these Pooh movies are all about. This movie just wasn't fun.
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Summary: An Easter cartoon worth owning!
Review: Sometimes a narrator's got to do what a narrator's got to do-and in this happity-hoppity new Pooh cartoon, that means messing with Rabbit's tidy, organized mind. In homage to Charles Dicken's A Christmas Carol, the narrator shows Rabbit what the future will be like for him if he continues to deny little Roo and the other critters of the Hundred Acre Wood their Easter fun.On Roo's second Easter, the whole gang is expecting an enjoyable, egg-hunting bash like they had last year, with Rabbit serving as their Easter Bunny host. What they don't remember from last year is how disappointed and frazzled Old Long Ears got when the gang wouldn't follow his Easter instructions with precision. The gang ended up having a grand time, but Rabbit secretly swore that he'd never play Easter Bunny again. And he meant it-until he ruins this year's Easter celebration AND the narrator convinces him that his friends will become so distraught over his denial of Easter that they all move away, leaving Rabbit bereft, draped in cobwebs and alone in the Hundred Acre Wood. Sinister narrators aside, it's a wonderful lesson for children on how friendship has to be a two-way street, and how laughter can trump tidiness on any given day, especially holidays! For those of you parents who have been swindled by Pooh movies in the past, rest assured, this one is actually a new feature, not a clumsy cut-and-paste job of old television cartoons. Not only that, the songs are the hummy, lively tunes we expect and crave from a Pooh cartoon, not the overprocessed glock that some recent Disney straight-to-video productions are trying to pass off as "musical classics." The final word from a Pooh Purist: This disk is worth it!
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Summary: Hurray, it's Easter! Um, Rabbit? Why do we celebrate Easter?
Review: Spring time is in the air, and the beloved characters from the Hundred Acre Wood are gathering together to enjoy a new season. But something is rotten in the state of Pooh Corner. Rabbit, who always takes the role of the Easter Bunny, has decided that there shall be no Easter this year. Disheartened, the creatures all return to their homes after escaping Rabbit's commands to clean his house instead. Roo, however, is quite upset, and Tigger decides to approach Rabbit about the matter. By looking back in the book, Tigger learns that Rabbit grew bitter towards Easter because the previous Easter, everyone managed to ditch him and his ever-finicky plans to have everything in order, and have fun on their own. Tigger learns the reason, but he can't remedy the situation. No one can. No one, that is, until the ever-present Narrator steps in, this time taking Rabbit to the Pages That Haven't Been Written Yet. In Dickens style, he shows Rabbit that if he had his way (no Easter, everything his way), then the other friends in the Wood would leave. Will Rabbit repent? Is it too late for him to change? It's true, the plot might be a bit above and beyond the average toddler's capacity to comprehend. In the effort to mimic the allegory by Dickens, they stand a chance of losing their younger viewers. But it's not exactly a high crime, in my opinion. This film also fails to capture the true essence of Easter. Not that I expected it to, you understand! But it might be a good idea to remind your young viewers that Easter is about more than eggs and bunnies, ribbons and flowers. It's a time to celebrate new life yes. But to celebrate the new life that is given us by God, through his Son Jesus! The film is still cute - although certainly not among the best stock that Disney has produced. I think kids will enjoy this, but I also think it would be important to find something that reminds them of the true reason to celebrate Easter. I would suggest "An Easter Carol", from Veggie Tales.
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Summary: Winnie the Pooh - Springtime with Roo
Review: This film is disappointing relative to Piglet's Big Adventure or the Tigger Movie because it is difficult for the younger children (who are typically the most enamoured with these characters) to follow. The story is not linear - it requires understanding that the characters are remembering last Easter at certain times. This caused confusion in for our daughter age 3. Also, as another reviewer mentioned, Rabbit's bitterness disturbed our daughter and required continual reassurance that he would be nice again. The songs were nice, the animation fine. Since this film went right to DVD, I expected lower production values, but standards were well maintained. I think the film works well for older children, but was disappointed in it as a movie for our young kids, particularly since Pooh stories are movies that should be among the most accessible to the youngest audience.
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Summary: God's finnest gift
Review: This movie is a great movie for kids.Though Rabbit did say harsh things about our holiday Easter,he didn't worry me. He insisted on spring-cleaning day instead of easter and dissapoints the gang, esspecially little roo. And the team works together to bring the spirit of easter back to Rabbit's heart. Not only is the story fun and charming, but it tells us great lessons about friendship as well. Dont miss out on your chance to get this movie for you or your kids, because they will indeed love it and you will too! Dont let this one leave without you!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
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Summary: My kids do not like this video.("Rabbit the Easter Scrooge")
Review: Very confusing story line for the typical "Winnie the Pooh" child audience. The story is not about Roo. The advertising and the cover information are a misleading Easter Rip Off. It really is about Rabbit being Dicken's Easter Scrooge. This DVD is not the joyous Springtime romp you expect. Rabbit has never been drawn so mean faced and so mean spirited talking as at the end of this movie (before he does an about face). My younger kids couldn't figure it out. I predict this DVD will be available in large quantities used. This is probably Disney's worst Pooh effort and totally out of character from the original A.A. Milne stories although I'm sure the stockholders will give it a glowing review.
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Summary: My kids do not like this video.("Rabbit the Easter Scrooge")
Review: Very confusing story line for the typical "Winnie the Pooh" child audience. The story is not about Roo. The advertising and the cover information are a misleading Easter Rip Off. It really is about Rabbit being Dicken's Easter Scrooge. This DVD is not the joyous Springtime romp you expect. Rabbit has never been drawn so mean faced and so mean spirited talking as at the end of this movie (before he does an about face). My younger kids couldn't figure it out. I predict these will be available in large quantities used. This is probably Disney's worst Pooh effort and totally out of character from the original A.A. Milne stories although I'm sure the stockholders will give it a glowing review.
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Summary: Warm, Wacky and Wonderful
Review: Very likely one of the best , if not the best, animated features that Disney has ever produced. This imaginative and funny film captures the essence of the Disney magic and conveys the triumph of empathy, forgiveneness, and steadfast friendship over bitterness, recrimination, and selfishnesss. The story line, color, dialogue, and music are wonderful and captivating, even for us older guys who may be viewing it alone or with our grandchildren.
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Summary: I can't believe they did this to these sweet characters!
Review: Whoever was in charge of this production should be ashamed of themselves. My 2-year old daughter adores the Winnie the Pooh series. One of the reasons I let her watch it so much was the lack of violence, the nice way the characters treat each other, etc. In the first few minutes, this one has rabbit throwing - physically throwing - the characters out of his house, and has him slapping Tigger. I know Tigger's character has always bounced on the others, but there was a very different tone to it. Plus, the animation is flat, the new voices for Kanga and Roo are not as good as in the Piglet and Tigger movies. This is just plain awful. And the way Rabbit treats the other characters is awful. He was always a bit cranky and bossy, but again, this movie has gone from funnily cranky and bossy to mean and nasty. But most of all I am angry that whoever now "owns" the Winnie the Pooh franchise has trashed up the way the characters treat each other. (...)This gets one star, instead of no stars, only because the online form made me pick at least one star!
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