The Winnie the Pooh shorts, were always cartoon favorites from my childhood,and they always will; My favorites had always been Winnie the Pooh and the Blustery Day from 1968 (which earned an Oscar for best short), and Winnie the Pooh and Tigger Too from 1974 (though Rabbit getting lost the Dark Forest used to scared me as kid; But not anymore).

Now in 1977, the beloved shorts,we all loved had been put together, and maded into a "package" feature film; I had seen the film a couple of times, and now it's one of my favorite Disney animated Classics; The ending they had added after Tigger Too always got me here *point to heart*.

Can a movie that is aimed almost entirely to younger audiences, actually be appealing to adults, too? Even though The Many Adventures of Winnie the Pooh was probably intended mostly for younger audiences, I think many adults would be surprised by how much they could really enjoy this film. It's not overly juvenile or cutesy, it has charming characters, and an innocence that just makes you feel wonderful. But, most of all, it's the humor that really wins me over. The dialogue is written with such wit and the vocal performances are so well done that I just can't help but to genuinely laugh. The one scene in particular that I would like to mention, is the part where Pooh eats too much honey(or hunny) and ends up getting stuck in Rabbit's front door. It's a brilliant scene. Rabbit piling stuff on Pooh's behind is not only gut-busting funny, but also very unpredictable.

I know this film is just 3 shorts put together into a feature film, but it just works so incredibly well for the films storytelling style. It really does feel like a string of bedtime stories come to life. And the way the films set up is great, too. The originality of the storybook just adds a great touch. Of course, back then it was a bit of Disney's tradition to open up with a book, but Winnie the Pooh takes it to a whole new level. This time the characters actually speak to the narrator and are aware that they are in a book.

The Many Adventures of Winnie the Pooh is the Disney film that I go to when I really want a good laugh. IMHO, it is funnier than "Aladdin"(1992) and "The Lion King"(1994) put together. But, thats not the only reason I love it. Deep down this film is a beautiful story of friendship. This is shown many times throughout, but mostly at the ending scene with Pooh and Christoper Robin. The ending is actually very touching and kind of sad. With all of the laughing I did throughout the film, I really didn't expect it to end in such a way. It was a pleasant surprise that it could touch me on so many different levels. For me, it kind of felt like the end was a coming-of-age story for Christopher Robin. But, even if he was growing older, he would still keep a place in his heart for his friends at the 100-acre wood. And thanks to this film, so will I.

Sappy review, I know, but for films I love, you need to get used to that kind of thing from me.

I'm slightly embarrassed to like Winnie the Pooh so much, but it's funny. A lot of humor you hear you aren't going to get when you're 3 or 4. I used to love Winnie the Pooh and I still do, sporting my Pooh and Piglet pillow. I was starting to cry when I rewatched this. Ah, the memories. Memorizing entire videos of Winnie the Pooh. The joy of hunny. The laughter of Pooh's fattened self. Why would I want to watch a cutesy little yellow Pooh bear get stuck in a rabbit hole in stead of a film like Narnia or LOTR? Because it's fun. I have confided my secret passion with very few people until this point...and now the world may know.

Every now and then in my life, I had a particular tune going through my head which I could not identlfy.

Eventually, I got around to rewatching Pooh, and discovered the tune which had been hovering in my mind since childhood.

"Bears love hunny and I'm a Pooh Bear, so I do care, so I do care..."

This is one of those times when you can indeed go back into your childhood! Though aimed at very young children, Pooh has a gentle, captivating charm which will make you want to snuggle with your pets, stuffed animals, or kids.

Why is it that so many of Disney's best movies are the 'forgotten' ones? I must admit, on viewing this for the first time in God knows how long, I wasn't expecting to enjoy it that much. I figured it would be just too juvenile plus it was cobbled together out of three older shorts, which were made during the period just before and after Walt's death, which is usually thought to be the studio's lowest ebb.

Surprise of surprises then, albeit WTP _is_ probably aimed at a younger audience than almost all their other features, and despite being stitched together from three short features made over about 8 years, this movie actually works better than anything Disney had made in over fifteen years.

Part of the reason is that it had originaly been conceived as a feature film, before Disney himself decided that it should be split into featurettes, and re-combined at some future date. So esentially the movie finally appeared in the form its producers had intended, some 16 years after the idea was floated.

Inevitably there is a rather episodic feel to the movie, with no over-arching story or quest - however unlike 'Jungle Book' or 'Sword in the Stone', this actually seems to work, and fits in with the whimsical, daydream sort of feel of the movie.

Undoubtedly what is the strongest feature of WTP are the characters, who are all distinct, unique and for the most part wonderfully realised. I say 'mostly', because I found Pooh's voice too adult sounding, and I must admit I don't particularly like him as a character - but he's the only one (though Tigger's voice could have sounded a little younger, too).

I realise that Milne must take a lot of credit for the movie's feel, but Disney for once made the minimum of changes nescessary to render the material workable for a more modern, largely American audience, and I think the original material was treated with a good deal of respect. As I said, there really isn't any particular point to the movie - it feels more like a a pleasant meandering through a colourful, youthful childhood fantasy world.

What pushed it over the edge and gave it that extra half star, for me, was the ending, which was really unexpectedly poignant. In some ways it ranks as one of the saddest scenes in a Disney film, though I suspect it will mainly only seem that way to adults.

The 20th anniversery edition (or 25th, or whatever) apparently features a fourth featurette, 'Pooh-Sticks' (which I remember as a story from my childhood). I'm not sure what this does to the movie, though it does concentrate more on Eeyore, who didn't get a lot of screen time in the original version, so it may be a good thing. Still, this review applies only to the original three-story version.