Horton Hears a Who

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Thor

March 15, 2008 04:18 AM
It just came out Today (or yesterday if you want to get technical).
http://www.rottentomatoes.com/m/horton_hears_a_who/
81% on Rotten Tomatoes. Skimming through most of the reviews, the negative ones focus on how it doesn't exactly stay faithful to the original story (I'm guessing a completely faithful adaptation would only last about 15 minutes at most) or they bring in something completely unrelated ("What has Hollywood done with this gentle plea for tolerance? It has been turned into something that looks astonishingly like far-right propaganda about how Christians are a persecuted minority -- as if this were 100AD in the Roman Empire"). I suppose some groups are using Horton's "A person's a person, no matter how small they are" as a pro-life motto, but I haven't heard much about that.


I still need to see it, but I was honestly not expecting much of a reception from this movie, given my distaste for Blue Sky Studios' Ice Age 1 and 2.

sQueef

#1
March 15, 2008 04:31 AM
Uhh I'm not gonna waste my time on any 3d movies Disney makes anymore. Yeah.
Oh, wretched ephemeral race ... why do you compel me to tell you what it would be most expedient for you not to hear? What is best of all is utterly beyond your reach: not to be born, not to be, to be nothing. But the second best for you is—to die soon.

MRat

#2
March 15, 2008 04:47 AM
Quote from: SqueefUhh I'm not gonna waste my time on any 3d movies Disney makes anymore. Yeah.


Disney didn't make it, but ok.




It was delightful. The movie has the best animation I'd say I've ever seen in a CG film. It was silly beyond all belief and even had a couple 2D animated segments.
I was gone, FOR SO LONG

sQueef

#3
March 15, 2008 05:47 AM
Ok let me revise that.

I'm not going to waste my time on anymore 3d movies whose target audience are children.

and don't try to argue that "Horton hears a" fucking "Who" isn't made for children. Don't get me wrong I love Dr. Seuss, but still....
Oh, wretched ephemeral race ... why do you compel me to tell you what it would be most expedient for you not to hear? What is best of all is utterly beyond your reach: not to be born, not to be, to be nothing. But the second best for you is—to die soon.

MRat

#4
March 15, 2008 06:14 AM Last Edit: March 15, 2008 06:15 AM by MRat
Quote from: SqueefOk let me revise that.

I'm not going to waste my time on anymore 3d movies whose target audience are children.

and don't try to argue that "Horton hears a" fucking "Who" isn't made for children. Don't get me wrong I love Dr. Seuss, but still....


It's rated G, so it's obviously made for children. But that doesn't mean it isn't made for an older audience as well. Believe me, it is, albeit not in any direct way. It's obvious though that they made it as well for older people who love to see classical animation principals applied, which is something new to CG.
I was gone, FOR SO LONG

R. Wappin

#5
March 15, 2008 02:36 PM
All I know now is the animation looks really good. When ever I see a clip or a screenshot from it it makes me happy.

Planning on seeing it today. :]

mishkamash

#6
March 15, 2008 02:41 PM
i'll maybe see it since it's probably a ruined Dr. Seuss movie
<lenko> i saw a hedgehog on the way home if i was drunk i would have yelled IM DOCTOR RRRRROBOTNIK and chased it 

trent bortknob

#7
March 15, 2008 04:33 PM
i think its kind of funny that people complain about movie's "ruining" dr. suess books even though most dr. suess books are gay!

mishkamash

#8
March 15, 2008 06:04 PM
Quote from: taylori think its kind of funny that people complain about movie's "ruining" dr. suess books even though most dr. suess books are gay!
that's your opinion
<lenko> i saw a hedgehog on the way home if i was drunk i would have yelled IM DOCTOR RRRRROBOTNIK and chased it 

psi43

#9
March 15, 2008 06:38 PM
the hell is dr.suess

Thor

#10
March 15, 2008 07:19 PM
Quote from: SqueefI'm not going to waste my time on anymore 3d movies whose target audience are children.

Considering that mainstream cartoons have been targeting children since the 1970s, I'd say you're missing out on a whoooole market.

Halcion

#11
March 15, 2008 08:38 PM Last Edit: March 15, 2008 10:10 PM by Halcion
dr.seuss was the writer of the cat in the hat books and the others...
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MRat

#12
March 15, 2008 09:18 PM
Quote from: Halciondr.suess was the writer of the cat in the hat books and the others...


Nope. Dr. Seuss was though.
I was gone, FOR SO LONG

rtil

#13
March 15, 2008 09:50 PM
i'm seeing it today. also i saw 'doomsday' last night, hilarious and pointless movie

Halcion

#14
March 15, 2008 10:10 PM
Quote from: MRat
Quote from: Halciondr.suess was the writer of the cat in the hat books and the others...


Nope. Dr. Seuss was though.
Damn typo...
辢辔虐,辢辔虐,辢辔虐,辢辔虐,辢辔虐,辢辔虐,辢辔虐,辢辔虐,辢辔虐,辢辔虐,辢辔虐

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MRat

#15
March 15, 2008 10:37 PM
Quote from: rtili'm seeing it today. also i saw 'doomsday' last night, hilarious and pointless movie

Bob Hoskins and Malcolm MacDowell means I have to see it. It looks like Mad Max jumped in a blender with Land of the Dead.
I was gone, FOR SO LONG

sQueef

#16
March 16, 2008 01:08 AM Last Edit: March 16, 2008 04:22 AM by Squeef
am gay
Oh, wretched ephemeral race ... why do you compel me to tell you what it would be most expedient for you not to hear? What is best of all is utterly beyond your reach: not to be born, not to be, to be nothing. But the second best for you is—to die soon.

CoolDrMoney

#17
March 16, 2008 02:53 AM
A movie is a movie no mater how dull  
http://cooldrmoney.deviantart.com/

"Hmmm...."
by: SpeedyPac
date: December 1, 2007
Wade is not gay, read his profile! It's sad that you would use sexual orientation as a joke, shows that you have no real sense of humor.

Thor

#18
March 16, 2008 03:07 AM
Quote from: SqueefMainstream cartoons targeted for children since the 1970's haven't been made in 3D, 3D is ugly and I don't like the stiffness of the characters. And no this movie isn't all of a sudden going to change all of that.

Obviously the animation in Scooby Doo and The Flintstones were as fluid and as lifelike as the crap we get in theaters today.



A cartoon's a cartoon, no matter what medium it's in.


retrosmash

#19
March 16, 2008 03:23 AM
A souffle is a souffle no matter when it's cooked.
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