![]() ![]() My biggest reservation was that while the story did have its heart and charm it was rather stretched which loses the initial simplicity of the story. Perfect? No, the "hippy grandma" character did get on my nerves and the main subplot with Ted could have been better developed. It does pale in comparison to the original story and to the 1972 cartoon, but on its own merits, on which I do think generally a movie should be judged, I found it a perfectly decent movie. After seeing it, I don't think it was as bad as all that, calling it propaganda I think is unfair, but I don't think it is perfect either. In all honesty I was very nervous about seeing The Lorax, I'd see anything to do with Dr Seuss but when I saw people likening it to propaganda and the more positive reviews getting overly defensive and condescending and making all kinds of annoying excuses it did lower my expectations. But I detested Cat in the Hat, a failure both as an adaptation and on its own terms. The Grinch I also liked, even though it doesn't hold a candle to the 1966 animated version, though I can definitely see why people may dislike it. ![]() As far as the feature Dr Seuss adaptations go, the best by quite some distance was the animated Horton Hears a Who. ![]()
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