Sunday, March 16, 2008
Horton Hears a Who
My son and I went to see Horton Hears a Who this afternoon. I was a little skeptical based on the trailers but this is a terrific film. By far the best film adaption of Dr. Seuss. The storyline follows the book, but fills the rest of the time with more details and lots of humor; all wonderfully animated. Whoville reminded both of us of the landscape from The Neverhood. Huge recommendation; even if you don't have kids.
By the way, I assumed that Horton Hears a Who was the first Horton book, probably because I read them in that order. But it wasn't. My younger son and I read Horton Hatches the Egg this evening and discovered that it was published in 1940, 14 years before the other one.
As a point of comparison, we watched Bee Movie last night on DVD. It's not a bad film; just not much fun. The kids were bored well before the end. In the extras, Jerry Seinfeld says that all they initially had was the title and that it would be about bees. It shows; there are 10-15 minutes of fun and then the film runs out of ideas. And there's nothing really original here. Personally I found the early trailers for the phony "live action" version of Bee Movie to be a lot funnier than the film itself.
By the way, I assumed that Horton Hears a Who was the first Horton book, probably because I read them in that order. But it wasn't. My younger son and I read Horton Hatches the Egg this evening and discovered that it was published in 1940, 14 years before the other one.
As a point of comparison, we watched Bee Movie last night on DVD. It's not a bad film; just not much fun. The kids were bored well before the end. In the extras, Jerry Seinfeld says that all they initially had was the title and that it would be about bees. It shows; there are 10-15 minutes of fun and then the film runs out of ideas. And there's nothing really original here. Personally I found the early trailers for the phony "live action" version of Bee Movie to be a lot funnier than the film itself.
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