Tot TV Watch

I have very mixed feelings about the latest My Friends Tigger & Pooh DVD release called Tigger, Pooh, and a Musical Too. For one, I love that it has interactive and sing along version of the movie as part of the bonus features. The bonus features are definitely something that usually makes by recommend or not recommend something, however this time I love the special features, but rather was disappointed in the movie itself to the point of barely recommending it.

The movie is about an hour in length and is has a rather good plot about Rabbit being given the honor of Mayor. This causes him to impose his very orderly rules on everyone and eventually leads to the Hundred Acre Woods being divided in half with Tigger being the Mayor of the other side. In the end they each learn that they appreciate each other and are the two extremes of leadership to some extent. The main point seems that your needs (i.e. Rabbit’s excessive need for order) are not necessarily the best for everyone and learning to respect other’s needs. Sounds like a good lesson and all, so what is my problem with this movie.

Well, my problem is that it is being called a My Friend Tigger & Pooh movie and it has pretty much no mention of the Super Sleuths and there certainly is not any real sleuthing going on. This is such an integral part of the show and I fear many kids that like the show as much as I do will be quite disappointed in this. Basically I feel this should have been released simply called Tigger, Pooh, and a Musical Too and not under the My Friends Tigger & Pooh series name. That way I would not have expected the Super Sleuth aspect so much and would not be so disappointed because this does fit quite well with the more classic Pooh movies that do not include Super Sleuthing.

By the way the Bonus Features include Active Play (little interacting things inserted in movie that do not require remote), Interactive Play (much like Active, but you use the remote to do mini games at certain parts of the movie), Rabbit’s Think Think Think Theater where you put together a musical, Sing Along with the Movie, and “Underneath the Same Sky” Music Video by Kenny Loggins. All the bonus features are top rate and a surprising amount for a kids television release.

Bottom line is I do not recommend buying until you know your kids like the movie. It only came out on DVD yesterday, but it has already has a few showing on the Disney Channel and likely will show some more. If the kids do like it despite the lack of the Super Sleuth mystery aspect, then this DVD is worthwhile because the bonus features really enhance the experience.

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