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Me particularly sensitive to unbelievably lazy humor of "what if, thing from your childhood, but edgy," as it always rankle me to see joy me find in delicious baked goods reduced to not-terribly-clever Family Guy meme. But as Nathan say, this seems so much worse. Only comfort me can offer is that this movie will be very quickly forgotten.

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One completely-beside-the-point nitpick: Something being ancient finally, finally falling into public domain is so much more than a loophole in copyright law. If anything, things should be coming into public domain earlier.

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Yeah, I'd hardly call A A Milne losing his monopoly on his work a mere 66 years after his death a loophole.

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Oh bother. More like oh, don’t bother.

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Ebert always reserved the zero star rating for movies that he found genuinely morally repugnant. Sounds like this would be one of them.

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yeah, I hated this with my whole soul and mind and body. It got under my skin, I'll grant it that, but not in a good way.

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Thanks for taking the bullet on this Nathan! I'll avoid it.

Speaking of Ebert, you should compile a set of reviews like this into a book someday. I love his "Horrible Experience of Interminable Length" review compilation. It seems like something in your wheelhouse.

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But my idea for a '40s-style detective novel starring Eeyore is still okay, right?

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Now I feel bad for voting for this one! I’m making you work too hard for my $5. Next time I’m writing in Pee-Wee’s Big Adventure just so you don’t lose all faith in humanity

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I feel like this film was made by teenage male slasher fan. One of the middle school boys in my neighborhood would frequently describe the graphic kills of 80's slasher film at the bus stop with great glee. To him and may young teens the satire or tension of Texas Chainsaw Masacre or Bad Taste is lost in the gore.

He grew out of it and became a decent human being. I don't want to meet the director of this film, however. He clearly stayed in that mindset.

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Rotten Tomatoes decided that this was a good occasion to put out a list of their worst-reviewed horror movies of all time, where it ranks #26 with a 6% score: https://editorial.rottentomatoes.com/guide/worst-horror-movies/

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6%? That high?

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(Can't figure out how to edit a comment, if it's possible. Sorry for the self-reply.)

Ok, I had to know who gave this POS a "fresh" rating, and, well, you can't make this up: https://www.avclub.com/a-review-of-winnie-the-pooh-blood-and-honey-1850121454

To be fair, I guess, it's a "C", not exactly a glowing recommendation. But on the other hand, it does include the line "the nudity involves Pooh gratuitously tearing off one victim’s shirt. (One might call it a silly old bare.)", so the review and everyone involved in its publication should be banished into a thick forest, never to be seen again.

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Thank goodness for the Emmy Award-winning Chip 'N Dale Rescue Rangers to remind us of Pooj the Fat Honey Bear

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