Well, the character isn’t really Horton anymore. Once you’ve cast Jim Carrey- and, presumably, asked him to ad lib for an hour and a quarter to fill out the movie’s hour and a half running length- the character is Jim Carrey.

Your favorite ‘Horton Hears The Who’ joke goes here.

Well, the character isn’t really Horton anymore. Once you’ve cast Jim Carrey- and, presumably, asked him to ad lib for an hour and a quarter to fill out the movie’s hour and a half running length- the character is Jim Carrey.

Your favorite ‘Horton Hears The Who’ joke goes here.

The rhyming scheme, the rhythym in general of these stories, both visually, and aurally—these books were meant to be read aloud—all of this IS Dr. Seuss.

As you’ve pointed out, the live action movies were awful. Not just awful, offensive. From Jim Carrey’s schtick and the innapropriately realistic simian make-up of Rick Baker, to—EVERYTHING about the The Cat in the Hat. One of the saddest pieces of merchandising I saw was an adaptation of the movie done in a souless but carefully aped Dr. Seuss style, written in unremarkable un-rhymed prose. I couldn’t fathom the reason for its existance. I imagine some kid getting this thing and not even KNOWING the real book exists. During that whole merchandizing media blitz for Cat in the Hat, everywhere I went I was surrounded by the overwhelming and inescapable obscenity that was this movie.

I find Jim Carrey’s schtick frantic in a desperate kind of way, and this is just the sort of thing he’s going to bulldoze right over. The only time I found the guy tollerable was in Eternal Sunshine of the Spotless Mind because he wasn’t given the opportunity to screw it up.

The Horton in this movie couldn’t have been more off base. There are two books, Horton Hears a Who and Horton Hatches the Egg—to give us an idea of what this character is about. He’s good natured and faithful, but most of all, Horton is a kid. That’s fundamental to his character. He’s not an adult drinking Mai Tais. Maybe not EXPLICITLY, but I think it’s not a stretch to assume that Horton is the cypher for the reader who is a kid.

Attempting to insert adult sit-com humor into this story is so wrong-headed for so many reasons I don’t even know where to begin.

As for the animation–it looks well crafted, but it’s too naturalistic. It doesn’t have the expressionism that you see in some of Pixar’s better movies, and the color palette is too allover the place. Horton requires a much more sensitive approach to both color, and movement. The original Horton Hatches the Egg short had it right, at least as far as the animation was concerned.

Anyway, ARRRGHH

The rhyming scheme, the rhythym in general of these stories, both visually, and aurally—these books were meant to be read aloud—all of this IS Dr. Seuss.

As you’ve pointed out, the live action movies were awful. Not just awful, offensive. From Jim Carrey’s schtick and the innapropriately realistic simian make-up of Rick Baker, to—EVERYTHING about the The Cat in the Hat. One of the saddest pieces of merchandising I saw was an adaptation of the movie done in a souless but carefully aped Dr. Seuss style, written in unremarkable un-rhymed prose. I couldn’t fathom the reason for its existance. I imagine some kid getting this thing and not even KNOWING the real book exists. During that whole merchandizing media blitz for Cat in the Hat, everywhere I went I was surrounded by the overwhelming and inescapable obscenity that was this movie.

I find Jim Carrey’s schtick frantic in a desperate kind of way, and this is just the sort of thing he’s going to bulldoze right over. The only time I found the guy tollerable was in Eternal Sunshine of the Spotless Mind because he wasn’t given the opportunity to screw it up.

The Horton in this movie couldn’t have been more off base. There are two books, Horton Hears a Who and Horton Hatches the Egg—to give us an idea of what this character is about. He’s good natured and faithful, but most of all, Horton is a kid. That’s fundamental to his character. He’s not an adult drinking Mai Tais. Maybe not EXPLICITLY, but I think it’s not a stretch to assume that Horton is the cypher for the reader who is a kid.

Attempting to insert adult sit-com humor into this story is so wrong-headed for so many reasons I don’t even know where to begin.

As for the animation–it looks well crafted, but it’s too naturalistic. It doesn’t have the expressionism that you see in some of Pixar’s better movies, and the color palette is too allover the place. Horton requires a much more sensitive approach to both color, and movement. The original Horton Hatches the Egg short had it right, at least as far as the animation was concerned.

Anyway, ARRRGHH

The rhyming scheme, the rhythym in general of these stories, both visually, and aurally—these books were meant to be read aloud—all of this IS Dr. Seuss.

As you’ve pointed out, the live action movies were awful. Not just awful, offensive. From Jim Carrey’s schtick and the innapropriately realistic simian make-up of Rick Baker, to—EVERYTHING about the The Cat in the Hat. One of the saddest pieces of merchandising I saw was an adaptation of the movie done in a souless but carefully aped Dr. Seuss style, written in unremarkable un-rhymed prose. I couldn’t fathom the reason for it’s existance. I imagine some kid getting this thing and not even KNOWING the real book exists. During that whole merchandizing media blitz for Cat in the Hat, everywhere I went I was surrounded by the overwhelming and inescapable obscenity that was this movie.

I find Jim Carrey’s schtick frantic in a desperate kind of way, and this is just the sort of thing he’s going to bulldoze right over. The only time I found the guy tollerable was in Eternal Sunshine of the Spotless Mind because he wasn’t given the opportunity to screw it up.

The Horton in this movie couldn’t have been more off base. This is the Horton of Horton Hatches the Egg–there’s two books to give us an idea of what this character is about. Horton is a kid. That’s fundamental to his character. He’s not an adult drinking Mai Tais.

So yes, the animation looks well crafted, but it’s too naturalistic. It doesn’t have the expressionism that you see in some of Pixar’s better movies, and the color palette needs to be much simpler.

The rhyming scheme, the rhythym in general of these stories, both visually, and aurally—these books were meant to be read aloud—all of this IS Dr. Seuss.

As you’ve pointed out, the live action movies were awful. Not just awful, offensive. From Jim Carrey’s schtick and the innapropriately realistic simian make-up of Rick Baker, to—EVERYTHING about the The Cat in the Hat. One of the saddest pieces of merchandising I saw was an adaptation of the movie done in a souless but carefully aped Dr. Seuss style, written in unremarkable un-rhymed prose. I couldn’t fathom the reason for it’s existance. I imagine some kid getting this thing and not even KNOWING the real book exists. During that whole merchandizing media blitz for Cat in the Hat, everywhere I went I was surrounded by the overwhelming and inescapable obscenity that was this movie.

I find Jim Carrey’s schtick frantic in a desperate kind of way, and this is just the sort of thing he’s going to bulldoze right over. The only time I found the guy tollerable was in Eternal Sunshine of the Spotless Mind because he wasn’t given the opportunity to screw it up.

The Horton in this movie couldn’t have been more off base. This is the Horton of Horton Hatches the Egg–there’s two books to give us an idea of what this character is about. Horton is a kid. That’s fundamental to his character. He’s not an adult drinking Mai Tais.

So yes, the animation looks well crafted, but it’s too naturalistic. It doesn’t have the expressionism that you see in some of Pixar’s better movies, and the color palette needs to be much simpler.