This tiresomely meta sequel is as bad as the original, and there are better examples of this kind of nasty ‘humour’ on YouTube
A swiftly turned-around sequel to last year’s notoriously lame Winnie-the-Pooh: Blood and Honey, this splatterfest horror feature is better than its predecessor much in the same way succeeding Covid variants are better than the early, more lethal strains. One hesitates to dispense any praise lest it encourages the film-makers; then again, the whole mean, bullying spirit of the franchise is to rile critics and “spoilsports” who supposedly don’t get the joke. The gag is to take an innocuous childhood work of fiction and besmirch it, like a nasty older sibling wiping a younger kid’s favourite toy on its bum. YouTube and the meme culture is packed with this kind of “humour” – much of which is free, succinct and often has better production values than this tedious schlock,...
A swiftly turned-around sequel to last year’s notoriously lame Winnie-the-Pooh: Blood and Honey, this splatterfest horror feature is better than its predecessor much in the same way succeeding Covid variants are better than the early, more lethal strains. One hesitates to dispense any praise lest it encourages the film-makers; then again, the whole mean, bullying spirit of the franchise is to rile critics and “spoilsports” who supposedly don’t get the joke. The gag is to take an innocuous childhood work of fiction and besmirch it, like a nasty older sibling wiping a younger kid’s favourite toy on its bum. YouTube and the meme culture is packed with this kind of “humour” – much of which is free, succinct and often has better production values than this tedious schlock,...
- 6/6/2024
- by Leslie Felperin
- The Guardian - Film News
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