My absolute FAVORITE Dr. Seuss book has and always will be The Lorax. From the moment I first read it, I have known this to be a cautionary tale of greed, with all the delights only Dr. Seuss could offer. Now it has been adapted into a motion picture (as I always thought it could be. The very premise of the story is the conservation of natural resources, a subject so prevalent in our society). According to the trailer, the movie follows relatively close to the text itelf, yet somehow I find it lacking. Maybe it's the cheap comedy it tries to squeeze out in order to please mainstream audiences (who have almost certainly never even heard of the book).
Maybe it's the saccarine tones of Zac Efron's voice that I believe will come up short in communicating the direness of the situation. Or maybe it's because they're about to destroy the only thing from my childhood that has not yet been pillaged by Hollywood. In any case, I will almost certainly still see the motion picture adaption of my beloved Lorax...if only for the chance to write another scathing review of its content.
Monday, November 7, 2011
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