I was bored out of my mind during this movie. Apparantly I was not the only one, there were a few laughs at the slap stick humor, but mostly silence in the theatre. I was not impressed with the use of a child’s movie to push yet another political message from Hollywood. I just wanted to enjoy a good wholesome movie with my husband and 4 year old son. I would have walked out had we not paid a small fortune to try and have family time at the movies. Although the storyline seems to have a good message “all people are important no matter how small†or something along those lines the use of a fascist “pouch schooling†kangaroo to stir up a rather violent mob seems a bit much. All of this of course done in order to “protect the children†and rail against the idea that anything “not visible, touchable, or audible†could be real which to me seemed a little too political and unncessary for a movie based on a Dr. Seuss book. Did Dr. Seuss ever have something against “pouch schoolers†or is Hollywood trying to get the anti-home schooling message out there? I could be overreacting, but there seemed to be a lot of focus on this kangaroo mom who was constantly pushing her son back down in the pouch in an attempt to keep him from the influence of Horton who is portrayed as the loyal compassionate elephant just working to protect the Whos from the hit man hired by the kangaroo mom. When the son finally jumps from the pouch standing up against his mom and her diabolical schemes to promote mob mentality under the guise of “protecting the children†I was quite frustrated. What is Hollywood trying to say here? In an attempt to promote the idea that everyone is important the writers seem to miss the point that they are in fact vilifying mothers who choose to raise their children in a manner that they believe to be best. As the kangaroo mom becomes more controlling and fanatical the mob (spurred on by the mom) then becomes more violent and everything becomes frenetic as the mob tries to boil Horton in a pot of oil. Is this in the book or is this creative license really meant to entertain young children? Anyway I would not pay to see this movie again and I wish I could get my money and my time back.
patrick
· 1 year ago
Dr. Seuss' Horton Hears a Who is classic, i forgot how much that guy packed into such simple storylines... they didn't add much to the original story either except for the usual Jim-Carryisms.
MAGGIE PORCARO
· 1 year ago
I LIKED HORTON HEARS A WHO. MY FAVORITE PART WAS THAT HORTON MEETS THE MAYOR OF WHOVILLE. MY FAVORITE CHARACTER IS HORTON THE ELEPHANT. MY SECOND FAVORITE PART WAS THAT THE MAYOR OF WHOVILLE GETS A STAPLE ON HIS FOREHEAD TWICE. MY THIRD FAVORITE PART WAS THAT HORTON PRETENDS HE IS FALLING OFF THE BRIDGE. I DIDN'T KNOW THE MAYOR HAS 97 CHILDREN. FROM THE MOVIE,I LEARNED THAT A PERSON'S A PERSON NO MATTER HOW SMALL. I WATCHED IT WITH MY MOM AND WE ENJOYED IT. MY FOURTH FAVORITE PART WAS THAT EVERY WHO DOWN IN WHOVILLE MAKES NOISE TO LET EVERYBODY IN THE JUNGLE OF NOOL KNOW THEY'RE THERE. MY FIFTH FAVORITE PART WAS THAT VLAD GETS HIS CLAWS STUCK IN A TREE. MY SIXTH FAVORITE PART WAS HORTON STARTS TO BOUNCE AND SHAKES UP WHOVILLE. HE WAS JUST LIKE MR.BOUNCE. THAT MOVIE WAS SO FUNNY. MY SEVENTH FAVORITE PART WAS THAT HORTON SHOUTS,"HEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEELLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOO!" MY EIGHTH FAVORITE PART WAS THAT VLAD CRASHES INTO THE MOUNTAIN. THAT PART MADE ME LAUGH. THE SOUR KANGAROO WAS JUST LIKE MR.STUBBORN. AND THINKS THAT HORTON IS CRAZY LIKE WOODY WOODPECKER. VLAD IS JUST LIKE BUZZ BUZZARD. RUDY WAS SCARED OF VLAD LIKE MR.NERVOUS. WHEN HORTON SHOUTED AT THE SPECK,HE SOUNDED JUST LIKE MR.NOISY. WHEN MORTON RUNS FAST,HE IS JUST LIKE MISS DAREDEVIL. HE EVEN RUNS AS FAST AS WOODY. AND I EVEN LIKE THE PART THAT EVERYBODY BELIEVED HORTON.
josh
· 1 year ago
i like that mmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooovvvvvvvvvvvvvvvvvvvvvvvvvvvvvvvvvvvvvvvvvvvvvvvvvvvvvvvvvvvvvvvvvvvvvvvvvvvvvvvvvvvvvvvvvvvvvvvvvvvvvvvvvvvvvvvvvvvvvvvvvvvvvvvvvvvvviiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiieeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeee
josh
· 1 year ago
I REALY LIKES THE MOVIE HRTON HEARS A WHO! I DONT KNOW WHAT YOU WERE TALKING ABOUT angelia my husband liked the my movie
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March 15th, 2008 at 7:55 pm
I was bored out of my mind during this movie. Apparantly I was not the only one, there were a few laughs at the slap stick humor, but mostly silence in the theatre. I was not impressed with the use of a child’s movie to push yet another political message from Hollywood. I just wanted to enjoy a good wholesome movie with my husband and 4 year old son. I would have walked out had we not paid a small fortune to try and have family time at the movies. Although the storyline seems to have a good message “all people are important no matter how small†or something along those lines the use of a fascist “pouch schooling†kangaroo to stir up a rather violent mob seems a bit much. All of this of course done in order to “protect the children†and rail against the idea that anything “not visible, touchable, or audible†could be real which to me seemed a little too political and unncessary for a movie based on a Dr. Seuss book. Did Dr. Seuss ever have something against “pouch schoolers†or is Hollywood trying to get the anti-home schooling message out there? I could be overreacting, but there seemed to be a lot of focus on this kangaroo mom who was constantly pushing her son back down in the pouch in an attempt to keep him from the influence of Horton who is portrayed as the loyal compassionate elephant just working to protect the Whos from the hit man hired by the kangaroo mom. When the son finally jumps from the pouch standing up against his mom and her diabolical schemes to promote mob mentality under the guise of “protecting the children†I was quite frustrated. What is Hollywood trying to say here? In an attempt to promote the idea that everyone is important the writers seem to miss the point that they are in fact vilifying mothers who choose to raise their children in a manner that they believe to be best. As the kangaroo mom becomes more controlling and fanatical the mob (spurred on by the mom) then becomes more violent and everything becomes frenetic as the mob tries to boil Horton in a pot of oil. Is this in the book or is this creative license really meant to entertain young children? Anyway I would not pay to see this movie again and I wish I could get my money and my time back.
I DONT KNOW WHAT YOU WERE TALKING ABOUT angelia
my husband liked the my movie