Bria Lou Reviews

  As Christopher Robin (Scott Chambers) tries to deal with the events of the first film, Winnie-the-Pooh (Ryan Oliva), Piglet (Eddie MacKenzie), Owl (Marcus Massey) and Tigger (Lewis Santer) bring their rage to the town of Ashdown. I reviewed the first movie HERE , and while I only gave it 3 stars, I didn't hate it as much as the general population. So when I heard that the second was a lot better than the first, I was really excited to see it! And yes, this one is a lot better than the first! For a start, my major issue with the first was that Christopher Robin was not the main character and the audience didn't get to follow his story. This was completely rectified in this film. Christopher Robin was the main character, we followed the entire film from his point of view and really got to know him as a character. Because of this, the story is a lot better. We can actually understand what's happening! However, in saying that, I still didn't care about the characters as m...

I was irrationally excited to see this film. It looked like a cheesy, bad-on-purpose horror movie that would have been fun to love and hate in equal measure, and I love films like that, especially horror. After being abandoned by Christopher Robin (Nikolai Leon), Winnie-the-Pooh and Piglet terrorise a grown-up Christopher Robin, as well as anyone else they come across. This was a trip. The opening scene was 10 minutes long and felt like it was at least 30. I couldn't tell if the film was supposed to be serious, funny or stupid, and honestly the overall tone is a mix of the three, none of which really worked well. It is obvious right away that these are not characters the audience is supposed to care about, so why is time wasted giving them half-hearted backstories? Particularly the group of girls who have nothing to do with Christopher Robin or the villians. Speaking of the group of girls, the weirdest thing the film did was not allow the audience to follow Christopher Robin. He sh...