People Have Strong Feelings About The CGI Winnie The Pooh In ‘Christopher Robin’

Disney released the first trailer (above) for their live-action Winnie the Pooh movie Christopher Robin, and, well, that’s Pooh all right. Directed by Marc Forster (World War Z), the film stars Ewan McGregor as a grown-up Christopher Robin who’s having a crisis. His boss (Mark Gatiss) tells him he has to lay off 20 percent of his employees and skip a vacation with his wife and daughter (Hayley Atwell and Bronte Carmichael). He’s having a bit of a bother on a park bench when a CGI Winnie the Pooh (voiced once again by Many Adventures of Winnie The Pooh‘s Jim Cummings) appears to help him.

Is this a kid’s movie, or a horror film Not everyone is sure, and Twitter users made jokes and mashup videos, starting with perhaps the most obvious joke of all:

— Lucy James (@lucyjamesgames) March 6, 2018

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— Nibel (@Nibellion) March 6, 2018

And since Ewan McGregor will forever be Obi-Wan Kenobi, people made Star Wars references and mashed up a scene between Obi-Wan and General Grievous in Star Wars: Episode III — Revenge of the Sith.

*Pooh turns around slowly, unsurprised by the company as if it were expected*

"General Kenobi…"

— Jeff Peli (@JeffPeli) March 6, 2018

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— Anton Volkov (@antovolk) March 6, 2018

It's over, Pooh. I have the high ground. pic.twitter.com/vU6NdETUg5

— Joseph Scrimshaw (@JosephScrimshaw) March 6, 2018

People also noticed the similarity between the live-action Pooh and other stuffed, talking bears and took sides:

— Matt Patches (@misterpatches) March 6, 2018

pooh bear v paddington cage match two bears enter one bear leaves worldstar hiphop exclusive

— Joshua Rivera (@jmrivera02) March 6, 2018

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— karen h. (@karenyhan) March 6, 2018

I don't know no disrespect to Pooh but I'm just saying that as for me and my home we will only acknowledge one animated bear who has a name that begins with the letter P and you already know what it is on this side

— Hanif Abdurraqib (@NifMuhammad) March 6, 2018

am i too late pic.twitter.com/oQ8yPUPQVv

— Ben Rosen (@ben_rosen) March 6, 2018

It’s a high bar to reach. Paddington 2 is so critically acclaimed it’s the highest-rated movie in Rotten Tomatoes history. On the other hand, some people will gladly accept all CGI animals Hollywood has to offer:

— Craig Bro Dude (@CraigSJ) March 6, 2018

Perhaps the most common reaction, however, was to question if this is a horror movie. A grown man seeing a talking teddy bear during a midlife crisis could take a very dark turn…

— Gerard Groves (@GerardGroves) March 6, 2018

Pooh: We need your help.

Christopher Robin: Pooh!

Pooh: There has been a murder. Tigger is dead… pic.twitter.com/YQG88vEoJH

— Joe™ (@TanookiKuribo) March 6, 2018

heard u were talkin shit pic.twitter.com/dfDRJSa6Yu

— Hanif Abdurraqib (@NifMuhammad) March 6, 2018

There is definitely a part in this movie where Pooh rips someone’s throat out with his teeth pic.twitter.com/XC48UqV0JQ

— Sam Adams (@SamuelAAdams) March 6, 2018

I'm enjoying this mildly haunted Pooh that is both adorable & also could be screaming "I've been dead for 53 years" while a swarm of flies erupts from his mouth pic.twitter.com/CT1Os1HLBc

— Clarisse Loughrey (@clarisselou) March 6, 2018

And the movie’s poster even carries the tagline, “Sooner or later, your past catches up to you.” Is that a threat

That’s real. That’s the poster. Are we sure this isn’t a horror movie

— Matt Jacobs (@tarantallegra) March 6, 2018

Everybody floats in the Hundred Acre Wood this August 3rd.