There’s only been one situation I can think of where the film version was, to me, better than the book. In Harry Potter and the Philosopher’s/Sorcerer’s Stone, Hermione says they could have been killed, or worse, expelled. Ron had the better-than-the-book line, “She needs to sort out her priorities!”
Sterling Holloway had an instantly recognizable voice, and was a favorite voice actor for the Disney Studios. But he also had a lot of screen time in his own rights. http://www.imdb.com/name/nm0001359/
I love Pooh-bear. Books and Disney both. And yes, you can do that. The voice of Sterling Holloway as Pooh remains unmatched. (Though used repeatedly; Sterling Holloway also did well-known voices in other Disney films, such as Ka the snake in Jungle Book, The Cheshire Cat in Alice In Wonderland, and Amos the Mouse in Ben And Me.)
The Bear Of Very Little Brain will always live on in our house, held up proudly as an icon of innocent playfulness, playful seriousness, and serious innocence. And all his friends from Thousand Acre Wood are here as well, ready for a Thrilling Explore in the next chapter In Which Pooh Continues To Enchant All – Even Rabbit.
While I love the arts, including movies and cartoons, I grieve for the state of literacy in this age. I grew up without television in the house (I know, Oh the humanity!) and so did my kids. We READ. Now, I earn pin money proofreading and polishing text for people with far more “education” than I have. The greater tragedy is that my skills are becoming obsolete because there aren’t enough people in the world who know or care that their writing is deficient.
A couple books flowed out of the Pooh tales that are remarkable as teaching examples of Taoist philosopies. First came “The Tao of Pooh” which was followed by “The Te of Piglet.” Tao by the way is pronounced ‘dow’ and Te is “dee.” They have the writer at his desk being visited by the Milne characters who share old and current observations in their unique and inimitable styles while illustrating ying-yang Taoist aspects of life that are commented upon by the author. Great stuff. If you haven’t read the first, you should look it up and give it a try. Its cover has a cartoon drawing of Pooh, like that in the Milne book, not Disney, wearing a kimono and flying a red kite with a ying-yang design on it.
Randie is a lazy reader… probably because her retention is so bad. But she really should try harder. I do love the HP movie….
Pooh is loved the world over because of its, I love how you put it, Pete, “serious innocence.” And Sterling Holloway’s voice was the PERFECT voice of Pooh. (And the Cheshire Cat, if I do say so myself)…
nice links.
I haven’t read “The Tao of Pooh”… but I know it’s in my home library… must read it after:
RLS biography, Fanny (wife of RLS) biography, “Kidnapped” and finishing off Herge bio. Sigh… I am soooo behind in my reading.
It’d probably help if I threw out the TV… but I like Iron Chef.
Iron Chef? How about Hawaii Five-O? A couple episodes ago the chairman from American Iron Chef was introduced as a mysterious yakuza/triad-style super villain character named, I believe, Wo Fat.
I actually gave away my TV set (took it out to the curb with the remote taped on top and a big placard reading “free tv” – it lasted about fifteen minutes before somebody snatched it up) about five years ago, and I’m much happier now.
I also don’t have a car, but of course that probably wouldn’t work so good in the US. In Europe we have relatively compact cities, efficient public transport and rail networks and as a voracious reader I can’t but love the extra reading time that I would otherwise have had to spend with my eyes glued on the road…
Shame on Randie!
There’s only been one situation I can think of where the film version was, to me, better than the book. In Harry Potter and the Philosopher’s/Sorcerer’s Stone, Hermione says they could have been killed, or worse, expelled. Ron had the better-than-the-book line, “She needs to sort out her priorities!”
There was also a Russian film called Vinnie Puh: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=EuBzKV6XgvA
I think it actually captures the spirit of the book much better than the Disney film did.
Sterling Holloway did the voice for Winnie the Pooh, and Sebastian Cabot narrated. http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0061199/
Sterling Holloway had an instantly recognizable voice, and was a favorite voice actor for the Disney Studios. But he also had a lot of screen time in his own rights. http://www.imdb.com/name/nm0001359/
He passed away in 1992.
I love Pooh-bear. Books and Disney both. And yes, you can do that. The voice of Sterling Holloway as Pooh remains unmatched. (Though used repeatedly; Sterling Holloway also did well-known voices in other Disney films, such as Ka the snake in Jungle Book, The Cheshire Cat in Alice In Wonderland, and Amos the Mouse in Ben And Me.)
The Bear Of Very Little Brain will always live on in our house, held up proudly as an icon of innocent playfulness, playful seriousness, and serious innocence. And all his friends from Thousand Acre Wood are here as well, ready for a Thrilling Explore in the next chapter In Which Pooh Continues To Enchant All – Even Rabbit.
While I love the arts, including movies and cartoons, I grieve for the state of literacy in this age. I grew up without television in the house (I know, Oh the humanity!) and so did my kids. We READ. Now, I earn pin money proofreading and polishing text for people with far more “education” than I have. The greater tragedy is that my skills are becoming obsolete because there aren’t enough people in the world who know or care that their writing is deficient.
A couple books flowed out of the Pooh tales that are remarkable as teaching examples of Taoist philosopies. First came “The Tao of Pooh” which was followed by “The Te of Piglet.” Tao by the way is pronounced ‘dow’ and Te is “dee.” They have the writer at his desk being visited by the Milne characters who share old and current observations in their unique and inimitable styles while illustrating ying-yang Taoist aspects of life that are commented upon by the author. Great stuff. If you haven’t read the first, you should look it up and give it a try. Its cover has a cartoon drawing of Pooh, like that in the Milne book, not Disney, wearing a kimono and flying a red kite with a ying-yang design on it.
Randie is a lazy reader… probably because her retention is so bad. But she really should try harder. I do love the HP movie….
Pooh is loved the world over because of its, I love how you put it, Pete, “serious innocence.” And Sterling Holloway’s voice was the PERFECT voice of Pooh. (And the Cheshire Cat, if I do say so myself)…
nice links.
I haven’t read “The Tao of Pooh”… but I know it’s in my home library… must read it after:
RLS biography, Fanny (wife of RLS) biography, “Kidnapped” and finishing off Herge bio. Sigh… I am soooo behind in my reading.
It’d probably help if I threw out the TV… but I like Iron Chef.
Brig,
Iron Chef? How about Hawaii Five-O? A couple episodes ago the chairman from American Iron Chef was introduced as a mysterious yakuza/triad-style super villain character named, I believe, Wo Fat.
I read Winnie-the-Pooh quite recently, it was wonderful! Oddly good timing eh?
Really enjoy reading the comic. Great color choices, timing is good. Always entertaining. AHHHHHHHHHH! TIGGERS! Ha,ha,ha!
I actually gave away my TV set (took it out to the curb with the remote taped on top and a big placard reading “free tv” – it lasted about fifteen minutes before somebody snatched it up) about five years ago, and I’m much happier now.
I also don’t have a car, but of course that probably wouldn’t work so good in the US. In Europe we have relatively compact cities, efficient public transport and rail networks and as a voracious reader I can’t but love the extra reading time that I would otherwise have had to spend with my eyes glued on the road…