Review: Dr. Seuss' The Lorax
*Spoilers Alert
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| "Dr. Seuss's The Lorax". |
An animated comedy musical movie, all these
combinations adding that its main topic talk about an environment may not
appeal at first glance. However, Dr. Seuss's The Lorax with its different
elements will actually entertain you.
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| "Danny Devito". |
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| "Ed Helms". |
The movie takes place at 'Thneed-ville',
where everything in this town is made out of plastic, and where there are no
real trees but plastic and mechanical ones. 'Ted'(Zac Efron) likes an older
girl called 'Audrey'(Taylor Swift), who wants nothing but to see a real life
'Trufula' tree. So after taking the advice of his Grandma 'Norma'(Betty White),
and wanting nothing more than to impress 'Audrey', he decides to go track and
meet the 'Ouce-ler'(Ed Helms), a mysterious figure, who is presumably the last
person to know what happened to the tree. And from there, a great story
commences about how the 'Ounce-ler' once lived in a valley full of 'Trufula'
trees and how he once met 'The Lorax'(Danny DeVito), the guardian spirit of the
forest.
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| "Betty White", "Taylor Swift", and "Zac Efron". |
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| "Rob Riggle". |
'Dr. Seuss's The Lorax' is actually only
the second real adaptation of the book since the 1972 animated musical TV
special 'The Lorax'. It takes on the same story as the book, however it expand
the story part related to 'Ted'. If you read the reaction of many critics, any
argue about the environmental-political and social- message depicted in this
movie. For me even though at times the 'Hollywood production' aspect takes away
at times from the story, the overall message which the movie tries to give away
to the audience, especially young kids, is done in a good and fun way. Yes it
may have been put in a clearer way, but I don’t mind the path the producers and
director took.
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| "Danny DeVito" and "Ed Helms". |
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| "Zac Efron". |
One of the good things the marketing
group of this movie did is not showing and emphasizing that it is a musical
movie. And that is cleaver since seeing that "Taylor Swift" and
"Zac Efron" were part of it, the audience may have gotten the wrong
message. The director "Chris Renaud"('Despicable Me' and 'Ice Age:
Dawn of the Dinosaurs') and his co-director "Kyle Balda" did a very
good job. The special effects team did an amazing job. The vibrant colors and
great animated imagery really elevates this movie to another level. And this
really helps the audience enjoy the movie. The writers did an ok job making
some changes within the script, like the human 'Ounce-ler' and revealing his
face which does not occur in the story. And considering the work they have done
to transform a 20-30 page book into a full animated film, they did a decent
job. And composer "John Powell"('Shrek' and 'Kung-Fu Panda') creates
a great scores for the movie, however the original songs doesn’t stay
reminiscent in the audience's heads.
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| "Danny DeVito". |
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| "Taylor Swift". |
The opening musical number was a good way to
introduce us to what is happening. I liked the pace of the movie as well as how
the director was able to merge and move simultaneously with both stories. I
personally prefer the story between the 'Ounce-ler' and 'The Lorax', just
because those scenes were more fun to watch. Even though many know what
eventually might happen in the story, still due to the great character
interactions, you cannot but enjoy the splendidly animated scenes. Most of the
musical numbers were not memorable. Many criticized the movie for including
just some lines from the book, but that was something that I didn't mind. And
the ending was really good and liked how they incorporated one of the most
important quotes of Dr. Seuss in the end.
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| "Betty White", "Jenny Slate", and "Zac Efron". |
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| "Ed Helms". |
Let me start by saying, in regards to the
cast, that all of them did a pretty good job and they fitted their characters
in a very surprising but entertaining way. "Zac Efron" was good
seeing that he voiced a 12 year old boy. This doesn’t show very much and is
actually a good thing. "Taylor Swift" surprisingly did a very good
job and her voice fitted her character 'Audrey'. The character of "Rob
Riggle" looked very much like the actor himself that is why I thought his
voice fitted perfectly the character. "Ed Helms" also voices
wonderfully the 'Ounce-ler' and was able to give the character some really good
emotions. "Danny DeVito" was just perfect as 'The Lorax', which was
my favorite character of the movie. I couldn't imagine anyone else voicing the
character. "Betty White" is as usual great and her addition was a
good one. And the other actors do a good job supporting the main cast.
If you like to watch a visually great
animation movie with a solid but not creative story and some musical numbers,
'Dr. Seuss' The Lorax' is the movie to watch.
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| "Dr. Seuss's The Lorax". |
-Release Date: March 2, 2012.
-Starring: Zac Efron, Danny DeVito, Ed Helms, Rob Riggle, Taylor Swift, Betty White, and Jenny Slate.
-Based on: 'The Lorax' by Dr. Seuss.
-Studio(s): Illumination Entertainment and Universal Pictures.
-Directed by: Chris Renaud and Kyle Balda.
-Music by: John Powell.
-Running Time: 86 minutes.
-Budget: $ 70,000,000.
-Box Office: -Domestic(US): $ 214,030,500.
-Foreign: $ 134,809,816.
-Rating: -IMdb: 6.3/10.
-Rotten Tomatoes: 54%.
-Metacritic: 46%.
-PERSONAL RATING: 7.2/10.
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