Dr. Seuss' The Lorax

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Outside of action movies, I love and enjoy family movies.  That's when being a parent has its perks.  With that being said, todays topic is

The Lorax

For those who have seen the movie, have you paid attention to the stones in the ground?  One of them has the word, "Unless."  For me, when I first saw the movie, I didn't pay attention as to what that meant.  Keeping that in mind;
                                                                        Unless

"Unless someone like you

cares a whole awful alot,

nothing is going to get better.

It's not."

I can't give you all the answers, if you haven't seen it, you should.

The Lorax, Directed by Chris Renaud and Kyle Balda, is about a teenage boy named Ted, played by Zac Efron, having the biggest crush on a girl named Audrey, played by Taylor Swift.  Ted would do just about anything to at least get a kiss form her.  And he did just that.

Audrey had all but one wish that she wanted to come true and that wish was to see a real Truffula tree.  Once Audrey told Ted, he just knew he had to get a Truffula tree to win her heart.  Ted had no idea where to find this tree because he lived in a town called Thneedville, where everything was made of plastic.  He trys to ask his mom but she shut it down.  Instead, his grandmother, who goes by Grammy Norma, played by Betty White; tells Ted to speak to the Once-ler, played by Ed Helms.  As she tells him this, she informs him that.....

"They say if you give him .15 cents, a nail, and the shell of an old grandpa snail....." Or at least somewhere along those lines.

The Once-ler tells his story about how he met the Lorax, played by Danny DeVito.  For the Once-ler, the first night Ted came was more of a test.  A test to be sure someone cared about the trees.  However, there was one person who wasn't very happy about someone caring so much about the trees, his name is O'Hare, played by Rob Riggle.  Now I feel like I've said too much, so I will stop here.

I have to say, I really enjoyed this movie.  I mean, I grew up on Dr. Seuss stories just like I know a lot of you guys did.  Green eggs and ham, 1 fish 2fish Red fish Blue fish, Cat in the Hat, and of course The Lorax.  I think I like the movie more then the book because whenever I read the story to my daughter, I don't look at the pictures, I imagine the movie.  One of my favorite parts is when the Lorax meets the Once-ler's family and mistakes the aunt for a man.



Once-ler:  "Whoa! Whoa! You wouldn't hit a woman?"

The Lorax stops and turns, "That's a woman!!"

Or, what about how the Lorax leaves and comes back, he is holding his own butt!!  This movie gets five stars form me.  It's a family foavorite.  The best Dr. Seuss' movie so far, but don't take my word for it.  Like I said earlier, if you haven't seen it yet, you should. 

That's all for now, stay tuned for more movies to come.  Til then.....

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