Bobby Roberts
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It is lame. It's one of Spielberg's worst films. Bottom three.
For whatever reason self-proclaimed '90s kids fucking love it.
It's a generational thing, I guess.
(has a really good John Williams score, though!)
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Ewan McGregor to Star in Disney's 'Christopher Robin'
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It is lame. It's one of Spielberg's worst films. Bottom three.
For whatever reason self-proclaimed '90s kids fucking love it.
It's a generational thing, I guess.
(has a really good John Williams score, though!)
Didn't the real Christopher Robin hate the Pooh books because he felt like he was being exploited?
https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Chr...ia/File:The_original_Winnie_the_Pooh_toys.jpg
https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Chr...ia/File:The_original_Winnie_the_Pooh_toys.jpg
They should go the Who Framed Roger Rabbit route.
We'll get the Smurfs or Alvin and the Chipmunks version instead.
Bobby Roberts
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What if it's basically Ted-esque animatronic/cgi stuffed animals.
edit: This dude
edit: This dude
Into the Light
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I think the important thing to take away from this, is that there is a relationship between the two. That is all. Im talking Disney and Ewan.
I can't wait to see Pooh ripping on a bong and making dick jokes with Christopher Robin
chrisPjelly
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I hope we get a live action adaptation of Asshole Winnie the Pooh
Bobby Roberts
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It's not like him coming back to play Obi-Wan necessitates a pre-existing relationship between him and the parent company.
He's already played the role once. That's the relationship.
What if it's basically Ted-esque animatronic/cgi stuffed animals.
edit: This dude
There's all kind of questions though, right? Like, do they look like cartoons? Do they animate like cartoons? Do they look like real animals? Like real stuffed animals? Do they look like stuffed versions of the animated characters?
bengraven
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Yeeeea this isn't really sensitive to that.
It's Disney, and Pooh still sells merch, so I doubt they stray that far from their established looks.
The only reason I'm thinking like this is because we're coming hot off Beauty and the Beast and the look of their CG characters.
swearing-circle
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uh oh
nah but if you're interested in that dynamic, read "The Unwritten."
Into the Light
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I know, but its a good sign to have something fresh to work on, and possibly open dialogue.
This is fairy killing talk!
Tertullian
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God, just when you thought Disney couldn't shit on Milne any more...
https://youtu.be/j21f7aeTrbc
I always loved the Winnie the Pooh theme song. Even today, I can sing all the words.
IdreamofHIME
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Ewan gonna have to learn to play baseball.
PeskyToaster
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Op missed a great bait title.
Psychoward
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yikes
So obi wan the movie is in the works, cool.
Also if disney's live action output hadn't been so good I'd be real worried about this. I still am, but I hope it's an adult version of the Where the Wild Thing Are movie
Like he has a breakdown at work and flees to his childhood sanctuary and fucking destroys his imaginary friends at baseball
Also if disney's live action output hadn't been so good I'd be real worried about this. I still am, but I hope it's an adult version of the Where the Wild Thing Are movie
Like he has a breakdown at work and flees to his childhood sanctuary and fucking destroys his imaginary friends at baseball
That actually sounds like it could be--
Aaaaand I'm out.
Hook is not a good movie and the contingent of people who watched it when they were 8 and still don't realize that is very weird.
Aaaaand I'm out.
Hook is not a good movie and the contingent of people who watched it when they were 8 and still don't realize that is very weird.
This. It's remarkably similar. I wonder if it's based on a spec script he wrote.
Granted his involved being a dark gritty reboot, but the setup is the same.
KuwabaraTheMan
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How is this not a parody?
How is this a real thing?
How is this a real thing?
Lactose_Intolerant
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They should make Christopher Robin a manager of a down and out baseball team.
With a little imagination, they can become #1!
Its weird as I hated Hook as a kid and actually appreciated it a lot more as an adult. Its a supremely strange movie but I have to admit Spielberg and crew didn't flinch away from following through on the basic premise. Its also a very pretty film and the soundtrack is pretty good as well.
Bobby Roberts
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Trigonometrize.
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Has anyone tried rearranging the letters in "Christoper Robin" to see if they spell "Obi-Wan Kenobi"?
The premise does sound an awful lot like Hook, but at least the world of Winnie the Pooh doesn't really lend itself to the kind of bloated excess that film was guilty of, potentially sparing us of another messy production. Mark Forster is a big red flag, though: that guy has done a great job of failing upwards, and it is a little surprising that he's still getting big films even after how much everyone hated his guts on World War Z. Money talks and bullshit walks, I suppose.
There's a biopic coming later this year that centers around the relationship that AA Milne had with the real life Christopher Robin, but I expect that's probably going to be the usual gentle biopic template to a T.
There's a biopic coming later this year that centers around the relationship that AA Milne had with the real life Christopher Robin, but I expect that's probably going to be the usual gentle biopic template to a T.
excelsiorlef
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SCULLIBUNDO
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Marc Forster...
I'd rather see somebody like Spike Jonze make this.
I'd rather see somebody like Spike Jonze make this.
excelsiorlef
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I had to see that fucking thing 50 times because it was the movie that the camp counselors at my after school program would play ad nauseaum...
I hate that fucking thing
Discotheque
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Forster? It's just gonna be a shittier hook
Prince of Space
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Bobby Roberts said:
The score is really what elevates it. Spielberg was making a Disney Channel afternoon feature, but Williams brought his A game.
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excelsiorlef
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http://www.bbc.com/culture/story/20160128-a-a-milne-and-the-curse-of-pooh-bear
The irony that this is going to be about CR finding that youthful love and energy again, and reconnecting with those wonderful critter he'd grown out of when the real CR grew up resenting the whole thing and then at best tolerating it all by the end.
The irony that this is going to be about CR finding that youthful love and energy again, and reconnecting with those wonderful critter he'd grown out of when the real CR grew up resenting the whole thing and then at best tolerating it all by the end.
Baron von Loathsome
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Wait and see.
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