Finally I will get an answer on whether these colourful fuzzy-trees are called TRUHFF-ula or TRUEFF-U-la. For the record, I pronounce it the in the latter fashion, which, going by the cinecast historical record, is probably the wrong way.
Admittedly, a tiny part of my apprehensiveness in how obnoxious this seems to be adapted for the screen (everyone is jokey and snarky) have been somewhat allayed by Max (son of Mamo) Price over at The Substream.
Then, there is this from A.O. Scott of the NYT:
“Don’t be fooled. Despite its soft environmentalist message “The Lorax” is an example of what it pretends to oppose. Its relationship to Dr. Seuss’s book is precisely that of the synthetic trees that line the streets of Thneedville to the organic Truffulas they have displaced. The movie is a noisy, useless piece of junk, reverse-engineered into something resembling popular art in accordance with the reigning imperatives of marketing and brand extension.”
or this from David Edelstein from NPR:
“Early on, a character not in the book, Audrey, voiced by Taylor Swift, tells lovelorn 12-year-old Ted, voiced by Zac Efron, that once, nearby their now paved-over town, there were truffula trees: “The touch of their tufts was much softer than silk, and they had the sweet smell of fresh butterfly milk” — and Ted says, “Wow, what does that even mean?” and Audrey says, “I know, right?” So one of the only lines that is from the book, that does have Dr. Seuss’ sublime whimsy, is basically made fun of, or at least dragged down to Earth.”
I was a big Dr Seuss reader as a kid, but I don’t really recall THE LORAX. That said, I’d probably run to see a GREEN EGGS AND HAM film if they made one.
I officially declare TIM AND ERIC’S BILLION DOLLAR MOVIE the worst film I have ever seen!!!
I can’t believe something actually beat FREDDY GOT FINGERED.
Clearly you haven’t seen Roller Blade Seven: http://youtu.be/hsk6vFGzX3I (embedding has been disabled it’s that bad)
I should also add that I’ll never be able to see Ray Wise the same again.