Dr. Seuss’ classic children’s stories have seen quite a ride this decade. Beginning with two live-action movies. The Ron Howard directed Dr. Seuss’ How the Grinch Stole Christmas, and, the not so successful Cat in the Hat starring Mike Myers. Now we see Dr. Seuss in a way never before: computer animation.
Starring the voice talents of Jim Carrey as the lovable and noble elephant Horton and Steve Carell as the Mayor of Who-ville. Dr. Seuss’ Horton Hears a Who! is a family film that everyone can truly enjoy. With clever dialogue and a script that will keep everyone entrenched in the story there is not much to dislike.
Horton inspects the Spec trying to find the voice he heard
When the tiny world of the Who’s gets knocked from its resting place on a sunflower the world, that’s as big as a spec of dust, floats aimlessly on the wind when the Jungle of Null’s resident elephant, Horton, hears a tiny yell from the passing spec. Not being one to let anyone/thing get hurt Horton saves the spec from certain doom by grabbing a pink clover and safely having the spec land onto it.
As readers of the classic children’s story should know: Horton’s befriending of a spec that he claims hold intelligent life is not a popular concept with the self-proclaimed leader of the Jungle of Null: Kangaroo (voiced by Carroll Burnette.)
Kangaroo begins to explain to Horton the dangers of imagination
Wanting the spec destroyed to preserve the innocence of the children of the Jungle, Kangaroo hires Vlad (Will Arnett,) the Vulture to do the job.
Throughout the movie there are several continuity errors that could pull some viewers out of the suspension of disbelief. Such as the “two known Vlads” that Horton knows. One of them being the Vulture and the other being a bunny who is known to bake chocolate chip cookies. There is also a gag of the Jungle dwellers not knowing what a bathroom is. If the Jungle has a way to make baked goods, it would stand to reason that they would have the concept of a bathroom.
Created by Blue Sky Studios- best known for their work on the Ice Age movies- the studio appears to be shortening the gap between Disney’s Pixar Studios and the rest of the competition with an amazing opening graphic of an odd looking acorn falling from a “Seuss”-looking tree and eventually knocking a spec from its spot in a flower and eventually landing on a clover picked by Horton.
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