6. Winnie The Pooh (2011) - (July 15th, 2011)
There are many things you do not do in life. Urinate on an electric fence. Throw a cup of yogurt at a bull. Call Mike Tyson a sissy (ten points if you can figure out that reference). But most of all what you do not do in life is open up your movie against the final movie of the largest literary and one of the biggest cinematic fandoms in history. So if I was looking to lose some money I wouldnt bet on Lance Armstrong making a clean comeback into cycling. Nope. I would just make a movie in a craft that is already flirting with the edge of extinction and put it up against Harry Potter and The Deathly Hallows: Part 2. There isn't much to analyze here other than the obvious scream of stupidity that was emitted when this was announced. In no circumstance, in any manner, under any possible color moon, would this have worked out for the best for Winnie the Pooh and Disney. And what may be the saddest part of this tale is that not only was this visit back to simpler times an actual phenomenal film with great story, humor, and animation to appeal to audiences both old and new, this was also pretty much the chopping block for hand-drawn animation at Disney. After 80 years of using the craft to break every possible expectation in and beyond the film world, putting WTP up against The Boy Who Lived was, as of right now and the foreseeable future, the final nail in the coffin. There is not much to say other than oh, bother.