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It's complicated... I really like the directing, acting and writing but, there are issues with the way it's shot that I just can't deny. As much as I love the storytelling and the fantastic performance but, there are also certain scenes that didn't need to exist.
mitsubishizero
Personally, I liked the movie. In fact it may just be one of my new favorite movies. I do however understand why some people are divided on this adaptation. I do agree that some of the message was lost in translation as some themes are lightly touched on or just outright ignored. The original source material had a balance between goofy characters and a visible motive. With this movie though it focuses more on the goofy characters. One thing I did like was how it fleshed out the Once-ler's origin a lot more, the voice acting's great and while O'hare was a good villain, the original book and cartoon adaptation made it clear that anyone who's careless can be destructive with the environment.Here, the blame's placed mostly on O'hare and his greedy tactics of selling air when it's already free. The Once-ler's also infected with greed too however the movie begins to focus less on that and instead focuses more on the drawbacks of consumerism which's also a theme in the book though in this movie it's given too much attention. Another pet peeve was Ted's voice. Zac Efron was great at providing Ted's voice however he makes Ted (who was originally unnamed in the original) sound and look older than depicted in the book. Ted's said to be 12 yet he sounds like a teen or young adult (or at least hit puberty early than expected). Bottom line, I like it for what it's worth and the morals are still there it's just a little lost in the shuffle.
Mia
I barely pause on movies. Even more rare do I pause and never come back. I can never shake off the feeling of not finishing something that I have started that can be easily finished. The halted story also haunts me on my quiet times, so I would naturally come back to it. But for Lorax, I could easily pause it and never come back. I can put it in a box and stuff it in a a corner in the attic and never look back ever again and I'd be fine with it. The only reason why I was able to finish this god-awful movie was because the internet was down and I was bored to tears.I regretted the very moment I pressed play. I now had to waste my precious time and brain cells. It doesn't help that I saw Taylor Swift contributing to this movie, which made it just a little bit more unappealing.For this one, I was just happy it was over when the movie finally ended. Lorax is the reason why I read synopses and watch trailers.
roastbeefbeef
This is one of the worst films that I have ever seen in my life. It's also one of the most unfunny films ever. You know what's really stupid and annoying? Minions. But you know what's even worse? Trying to copy theme as this "film" did with the bears and fish that live in the forest. All they do is make "cute" and "hilarious" noises and faces, that are everything but cute and hilarious! At one point they hum the melody of 'Mission Impossible', because that's a really clever reference that has never been done before. The rest of the "humour" of the film consists of unfunny jokes and dumb pop culture references. I did not laugh once during this film. It was cringe worthy and makes 'Family Guy' look funny in comparison. The songs are the most whitewashed, bland, uninspired and annoying pop songs I heard in a long time. Not a single one was memorable, I forgot most of theme already as they all sound exactly the same. The characters are all horrible. The 'Once-ler' is now a fedora and skinny jeans wearing guitar playing idiot hipster. His "character development" is also hilariously rushed. At first he is good, but than he sings one boring pop song and he is suddenly evil. Great Transition guys, really subtle! But of course, his parents urge him to cut down all the trees, it isn't his fault, you can't have a morally Grey character in a children's film, that would actually force theme to think! Than there is the big corporation guy who is just evil without any other character trait, because any film needs a clearly defined villain, even if the original didn't have one! The main character is voiced over by some old dude and sounds like he is twenty even though he is a child in the movie. Great! The grandma is the most terrible one, because she is just there for unfunny jokes.This movie is one of the biggest Hollywood cash grab I have ever seen. They took a story that had some moral ambiguity to it and dumbed it down as much as they could, because apparently, children are to stupid to think for themselves. The ending in the original movie was bittersweet. The world was still without trees, but the child had a chance to make it a better place. In the new movie, nothing and I mean nothing is left up to imagination. After the kid gets the last seed for a tree, the first thing that happens is a long, boring and stupid car chase scene, then the kid plants the seed, than all the trees grow back and than, and this is the biggest joke of theme all, the Lorax comes back from heaven. That didn't happen in the original, but of course it happens here because of course it does! It is so whitewashed and plays it so save that it becomes unbearable dull. The message of the film is incredibly hypocritical. They say that greedy corporations are bad, even though this film is clearly the product of a greedy corporation! In the original, while the message was clearly pro environment, their was some ambiguity to it and the 'Once-Ler' wasn't even the bad guy. In fact, their really wasn't a bad guy in the original! In this new one their is of course! The corporation is bad and the others are good, end of story! Besides Nazis and Russians there is probably no villain which is more overused than "The Corporation".Don't defend this movie because it was made for kids, after films like 'Rango' or 'Wall-E' or TV-shows like 'Avatar: The Last Airbender', that isn't an excuse any more. Because these things showed how brilliant television or film for children can truly be, as opposed to this abomination.Besides Nazi propaganda, their probably isn't a movie I would less rather watch than this one. Films like 'Birdemic' and 'The Room' are at least really unintentionally funny. I was incredibly entertained by 'Birdemic'. I was incredibly not entertained by 'The Lorax', it was cringeworthy, unfunny, boring, brain melting, horrid, abhorrent, hypocritical slime. I would rather watch 'Three Guys, One Hammer' again!
