Posted on 03/02/2012 5:11:43 AM PST by Pharmboy
Before I read the two reviews of this animated feature this morning, I had said to myself over the past few weeks: "Pharmboy, this movie must really be awful since you cannot look anywhere without seeing some sort of promotion for it. A cry for help if I've ever seen one."
Well, it appears even worse than that. I read two reviews (The New York Times and the New York Post) and both HATED this dreck, and each said that the absolute preachiness was worse than Al Gore and Obama, respectively.
You know what to expect: bad corporations raping the environment. The Times guy said Wall-E had the same point of view, but at least there was some cleverness and art in that movie: here, none.
Do not expose your kids or grandkids to this Hollywood leftist eco-propaganda.
I heard the reviewer on NPR this morning. Even he hated it.
I heard the reviewer on NPR this morning. Even he hated it.
BTW, if you want to save the trees, produce more CO2. They love the stuff!
Ping...in case you missed a review of this crap
Even in its original form the Lorax was an environmentalist story.
I figured it would be following in the footsteps of the original Lorax (i.e. the Dr. Seuss animated tv special/book from the 1970s). The fact that it’s being released in a movie “dump season” (i.e. Jan/Feb and thereabouts) rather than in the summer also said a whole lot about the prospects for the film.
You really call yourself that in private?
And, I need to know whom I am speaking with...
Georgia Dept of Agriculture is giving away tree seeds to every movie goer of this movie.
They better give away tickets...a poster above said even NPR hated it. That says a lot...
If you ever read Dr. Seuss’s “The Lorax” book, you’d already know that.
I read The Lorax to my kids when they were little. ONCE. Then it got tossed. Not in the “trade” box but in the garbage, where it belonged.
Wait... wha? Hollywood produced a film with an ultra-liberal message? Where am I? Bizarro World?
Well, true enough...but with sweet-looking cartoons you may not expect a diatribe. I, for one, was not familiar with the original story line.
“You really call yourself that in private?”
Maybe he works in a drug store?
“Act of Valor” was called ‘propaganda’, so what is this Lorax thing??
Wait... wha? Hollywood produced a film with an ultra-liberal message? Where am I? Bizarro World?
And NPR, NYT and NYP gave it bad reviews!!! This is truly Bizarro world.
The use of a free resource until it is no longer available is often referred to as the Tragedy of the Commons...where the unowned common grazing land in small villages could be over grazed and thus useless to anyone. A more modern illustration would be the provision of free taxpayer funded wi-fi system in a city. The system would quickly become over utilized to the point of being unusable
Let’s Link to original source, and the whole article... rather than someone’s blon that ripped off the first half....
http://www.ncregister.com/daily-news/sdg-reviews-the-lorax/
Act of Valor” was called ‘propaganda’, so what is this Lorax thing??
Indoctrination of our kids.
I remember watching a cartoon version of this when I was a kid and getting all sad about all the trees getting cut down.
I kept thinking “where did all the seeds go”?? Mr. Seuss conveniently forgot to address this in his story.
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