Winnie the Pooh has always been a favourite with me and I must admit that whenever I see a new tale on DVD I buy it more for me than for my son and this is no exception.
I realise that this is completely out of season but after watching it with my son (honestly), I felt I had to review it, ... Read review
It's a hilariously haunting Halloween in the 100 Acre Wood. Roo's best new pal, Lumpy, is ... more
excited to trick-or-treat for the first time... until Tigger warns them about the dreaded Gobloon who'll turn you into a Jaggedy Lantern if he catches you. But if...
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excited to trick-or-treat for the first time ... until Tigger warns them about the dreaded Gobloon who'll turn you into a Jaggedy Lantern if he catches you. But ...
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Advantages: It's Winnie the Pooh - kids love it Disadvantages: newer animation isn't the same
Winnie the Pooh has always been a favourite with me and I must admit that whenever I see a new tale on DVD I buy it more for me than for my son and this is no exception.
I realise that this is completely out of season but after watching it with my son (honestly), I felt I had to review it, as it is just delightful. It is a follow on from The Heffalump Movie, which was made just before this in 2005. This was where Lumpy and Roo became ... ...However, time moves on and Winnie the Pooh continues to be a great favourite with the young and old and is a bit of a collectable for a lot of loyal followers. While this is the case I'm sure Disney will carry on to add new stories and characters into the mix.
***The Storyline***
This is Lumpy's first ever Halloween and he's not sure what it will all entail. Rabbit as usual has everything planned for trick or treating ... more
Winnie the Pooh has always been a favourite with me and I must admit that whenever I see a new tale on DVD I buy it more for me than for my son and this is no exception.
I realise that this is completely out of season but after watching it with my son (honestly), I felt I had to review it, as it is just delightful. It is a follow on from The Heffalump Movie, which was made just before this in 2005. This was where Lumpy and Roo became firm friends and the residents of the Hundred Acre Wood realised that they shouldn't believe everything they hear about Heffalumps. Unlike the first though this was a straight to video or DVD follow on which Disney seem to do quite a bit of now. Most of the follow ups are a bit disappointing but this one makes it work through the magic of the lovable characters.
***Background***
These new versions of the old classic don't have the same feel as the original stories when we first met Pooh, Piglet, Rabbit, Owl, Kanga, Roo and Eeyore along with Christopher Robin in The Honey Tree (Tigger was introduced later). The earlier Disney films somehow had more class to them as they followed the A A Milne stories in the famous books written 80 years ago. However, time moves on and Winnie the Pooh continues to be a great favourite with the young and old and is a bit of a collectable for a lot of loyal followers. While this is the case I'm sure Disney will carry on to add new stories and characters into the mix.
***The Storyline***
This is Lumpy's first ever Halloween and he's not sure what it will all entail. Rabbit as usual has everything planned for trick or treating but as usual Pooh's stomach cannot wait until sunset to eat the candy and so the friends are left with a problem - No treats.
As well as this, Tigger's tale of the Great Gobloon, who lives in the Tree of Terror, and turns you into a Jaggedy Lantern if he catches you, scares Lumpy. However, if you catch him you get to make a wish and it is decided this is what is needed to resolve the problem of having no candy.
Lumpy decides that he can be brave as long as his best pal Roo stays with him and they all look forward to going trick or treating as darkness approaches. When they decide to try to find the Gobloon on their own they dress up as pirates to help make them scary. On the way to the Tree of Terror they have to pass through the Creepy Caves, and down the Slimy Slide and the pair have lots of scary moments as they go along on their adventure to make it the best Halloween ever. I won't give away the ending but you can bet there will be smiles all round by the time the credits role.
***The Director***
This is only the 2nd film that Frank Nissen has directed although he is working on the new Disney film Cinderella 3, which will no doubt be another straight to DVD effort. He did work as a story artist on the big hit Dinosaur in 2000 though and was a storyboard artist for Treasure Planet in 2002.
***The Voice Talents***
Jim Cummings brings the voices of Pooh and Tigger to life again in this one as he has done now since 1988 taking over from Sterling Holloway who was the voice of Pooh up until 1977 when he made The Many Adventures Of Winnie the Pooh.
Lumpy the Heffalump is voiced by Kyle Stanger and is just perfect for a young elephant.
Nikita Hopkins is the actress responsible for bringing young Roo to life and has been playing this role since The Tigger Movie in 2000.
John Fielder has been the voice of Piglet since the first movie way back in 1968 and has made the character his own. Unfortunately John died in June 2005 so it will be interesting to see whether they can find a convincing replacement for any future films or episodes of the Book of Pooh.
Ken Sansom is the voice of the every annoying Rabbit who has to have everything just so. As well as voicing this role he was also the voice of Ralph in the Disney series Tail Spin that was regularly shown on The Disney Club.
***The Extras***
The one thing I love about Disney DVDs is that they always have some lovely bonus features on them and this one is no exception.
Trick Or Re-Treat - Help Roo and Lumpy find their missing candy, which has fallen from a hole in their bag. Using the arrow keys on your remote move them along the paths and look behind the objects until you find their treasure. There are 3 levels to complete to find the treasure.
Pass the Pumpkin - This is a version of pass the parcel except you do it with a pumpkin. Music plays at random and the one who is holding it when it stops is out of the game. This is great if you are having a Halloween Party for small children and there is even a winning sequence when only one child is left.
Pooh's Boo! Bingo - You can print special bingo cards on your computer using this disc and play bingo. A pumpkin shaped ball machine picks out numbers at random and when you have a line you shout out Pooh Boo Bingo. The winner then gets a celebratory sequence. Again this is another good game for a kid's party.
The Halloween Party Planner - As well as instructions for the above games there is also a great idea included on here and that is to print out stencils of different character faces to carve draw onto your own pumpkins and carve out.
The DVD Rom - If you put your disc into your pc you will find that you can get print outs for the stencils and for the bingo cards. Great fun ideas to keep the kids amused.
***Price and Availability***
You can get this online pretty easily from all the main suppliers but the cheapest I could find it for was from Choices Direct for £12.
***My thoughts***
Although this one isn't as good as the original stories it is still very watchable and fans of Pooh Bear and his friends will certainly enjoy this tale. There is even a special guest appearance by the gopher that appeared in the one where Pooh gets stuck, as Roo recites a story to Lumpy of a previous Halloween in the Hundred Acre Wood, when Piglet was terrified of all things spooky.
The songs are delightful and all help tell the story of how friends pulling together can solve any problem, in a very Disney style. Ok, it's a bit corny but it's lovable and Tigger's songs are extremely funny even though they are supposed to be scary, as a surreal mode takes over.
There are lots of funny moments for the young ones to enjoy and my son insists on watching this one nearly every evening before he goes to bed which is nice as it isn't one of the lively, jumping about films that he usually tries to put on at a time when he is supposed to be settling down.
One of the best bits for me in the DVD is the fact that it teaches children not to be scared of Halloween. Masks and disguises end up being fun, as can the games such as bobbing for apples (just make sure they don't fall in like Pooh Bear).
Finally there are all the extras on here and these are fantastic for Halloween. I can't wait for next year so we can carve our own special pumpkin face or play Pooh bingo.
Advantages: great for the whole family to watch together and everyone will enjoy it Disadvantages: there are no disadvantages when it comes to heffalump
I have always enjoyed and always thought that whinnie the pooh and all of the other characters, especially tigger, have been great. The new character heffalump was a great success. I think that the programme did need something to help it keep viewers and the introduction of heffalump worked very well. The heffalump (named lumpy in the films) was first introduced in the previous film, this was the heffalump movie. Whinnie the pooh has been around ... ...small group of friends and their adventures.
All the characters have very different personalities. I think that this is very important in childrens programmes as it helps to teach them how to treat others. It shows them tiggers bouncy funny personality and whinnies friendly nice personality.
It is hard to comment on things like sound, special effects, etc as it isnt a real film with proper real life actors but the setting is very suitable.
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jess--fox 13.07.2007 (29.07.2007)
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This is a very cute movie. I watched this with my god child on Halloween. Winnie the pooh is very sweet and has been around for many years. I always watched this show with my children when they were little. I love the new Heffalump's in the movie and in the shows, very cute. Good movie for little one's. ...
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Advantages: great film with great characters that everyone will like Disadvantages: halloween based film
i would not normally say that i enjoyed watching a whinnie the pooh tv programme or a film but this time will be an exception. whinnie the pooh has always been thought to me as a little girls programme and to many other people i think that they will agree with me on that. however, now there is the new guy in the programme and this is heffalump, who a fantastic character that everyone can love. heffalump joined the programme at just the right time. ...
y01larkin 13.07.2007
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Advantages: keeps you interested Disadvantages: none i can think of
well i think heffalump is just sooooo cute and so are the rest opf the characters but this film was so great. even though it is a haloween special i think you could watch it any time because it is so good. i love winne the poo and all the other characters and i think most people do, when i was watching it my eyes were glued to the tv as it was so interesting. the caracters are so cute you cant help but like it.i think heffalump is a great character ...
shoppinqueen 03.06.2007
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Advantages: cute cahracters, storyline, plot Disadvantages: so classic
Winnie the Pooh and his friends are so cute and very lovable. They have always been my favorite and terms of cuteness.
In this animated movie, they will be scared by ghosts and monsters. POoh and his friends from the Hundred-acre woods will enthralled in an adventure. With the help of Heffalump (a big elephant), friend of poof, they will survive the scary adventure. Pooh can be seen eating bags of candy from everybody. They will adventure for candy ... ...candies.
This movie is perfect for children and kid-brained adults. Good for holiday watching. There is also a moral lesson that can be found. "Rely always on your friend especially in times of danger". Watch all the characters (Lumpy, Roo, Tiger, Pooh, Piglet, Rabbit, Gopher, Kanga and many more) ...
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WALT DISNEY STUDIOS HOME ENTERTAINM; TECHNICOLOR DISTRIBUTION SERVICES
Release date
03/10/2005
No of Discs
1
Catalogue No
BUA 0013801
Barcode
8717418048655
Languages
Main Language
English
Technical information
Special Features
Trick Or Retreat, Pass The Pumpkin, Poohs Boo Bingo, Heffalump Halloween Party Planner
Animated
Animated
DVD Description
Winnie the Pooh and his friends in the Hundred-Acre Woods are back in the holiday-themed adventure POOH'S HEFFALUMP HALLOWEEN MOVIE. Heffalump, introduced in the previous Winnie the Pooh film, has now become a full-fledged member of the animal community. Roo and Heffalump are planning on going Trick or Treat for Halloween until rascally Tigger tells them about the 'Gobloon', a monster that transforms those he catches. However, should the Gobloon be caught first, it will grant its captors a single wish. That night, after Pooh eats too much Halloween candy, Roo and Heffalump decide to sneak out and investigate the story of the Gobloon. But what will happen if Tigger's tale is true? POOH'S HEFFALUMP HALLOWEEN MOVIE is appropriate for all ages, and features one of Walt Disney's most beloved casts of characters.
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