What I've Seen: Two trailers and Horton's appearance on American Idol
The Book: Read it on numerous occassions, sometimes aloud.
Grade (the fewer the Zs, the better): Zzzzzzzzzzz(11) out of a possible Zzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzz(25)
What happens when you throw a bunch of comedic geniuses (their words, not mine) into a voice-over room for a couple hours? I'm not sure either, but this movie is not very good. It's embarrassingly long; I could read the book 3x before the credits roll.
Jim Carrey needs to stick to his forte and make another The Majestic.
According to a select group of my pre-school students at JELV, there just simply is not enough potty-humor (hence the G-rating).
I always like to end with some positives, so here goes it. It does rhyme occassionally, and I have to stand by the underlying message of "a person is still a person, no matter how small."
Bottom Line: Wait till it comes out on DVD and use 10 minute segments as rewards for young children learning to pee in the potty.
3 comments:
I have to disagree with you, Paul. I actually saw the movie and I liked it. It was short and sweet. I would only give it 5 zzzzz's. ;-)
Paul, I have to agree with you. Horton Hears a Who is a SNOOOOOOZZZER!!! Likewise, I haven't seen it, but any movie which has a trailer which is probably longer than the book can't be true to the original. Also, did Dr. Seuss ever draw in 3D? No, didn't think so. Case closed. Zzzzzzzzzzzzzzzz.
Okay, I have to disagree with you too, Parker. The movie was good. It's not a classic by any means but it's good. It was very true to the book except one part. Now, unless you're below the age of 10 or have little kids yourself, I can see why you wouldn't like it. Maybe you and Paul should go see it together;-)
Laura
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