The best quote from the article:
“At a children’s Easter party a few years ago, his hosts showed the movie. He cringed, but couldn’t sneak away. As he watched the movie, he succumbed to its charms. “I suddenly could see why it brought so much pleasure to so many people,” he wrote. “Here was I, cynical old sod that I am, being totally seduced by the damn thing.”
Maybe he has to see the forest for the trees.
Being immersed in making it I can see someone being irritated about it. I wonder how much some actors actually watch the final product.