Meh. It's not bad, but I think Blue Sky's can do better. I mean, for god sake's the whole movie is CGI! The movie is actually a reboot from the 1970 TV movie: Horton Hears a Who! The original book was made by Dr. Suess (idk how to spell his name.) But the 2008 reboot. Huh? The movie is about Horton, an elephant who finds a speck and believes that there is a small world is in the speck. But there is a kangaroo that implies otherwise. Despite her saying there is nothing in the speck, Horton ignores her and tries to find a safe place for the speck so it can be undisturbed. In the speck, there is a world called, WhoVille. To be honest, the movie is not bad! There is some adult jokes in it. 1: "Boob" is said multiple times. 2: Pee jokes. 3: Poop Jokes. But the most inappropriate joke in the movie was that when Horton Crosses a deadly bridge that he almost died in, he has a smile in his face as if its like nothing ever happened, saying: "Woo! that could've been a disaster!" Then while he's walking, his legs start to move up and down. Then suddenly, he starts to shake his butt in front of the screen, with a smirk on his face. WHY!!!??? THEY EVEN ADDED A SOUND EFFECT IN IT. WHILE HE SHAKES HIS BUTT, A SOUND WOBBLY COMES WHILE HIS BUTT IS SHAKING! (which sounds wrong) Then he says: "Wow! This feels very good! It's gonna be my new since of purpose." WHAT THE HECK!? WHAT WERE THEY THINKING!? Then suddenly he jumps closer to the screen TWERKING! FOLLOWED BY THE INSTRUMENTAL VERSION OF THE SONG: BABY GOT BACK!! 2 SECONDS LATER, HE JUMPS MORE CLOSER TO THE SCREEN STILL TWERKING WITH A HAPPY EXPRESSION ON HIS FACE! (its almost as of Horton was proud of his fat butt shake) 3 SECONDS LATER, HE JUMPS EVEN CLOSER TO THE SCREEN, STILL TWERKING, AND STILL SMILING!!! WHO MADE THAT SCENE? WHO DID IT AND WHY!!!??? To be honest, I love his butt shake. (IM NOT GAY) But other then those jokes, its a great animated movie for kids of all ages! I recommend it! 4 out of 10!
... View MorePeople need to review things for what they are. This isn't The Shawshank Redemption but it is excellent for what it is. I love all sorts of movies including animated movies.This one is done excellently. It is visually great and very funny. It is the type of movie that I can watch with my son and we both enjoy it.I do have one big complaint and it comes at the end. I actually don't like the message that is sent by instantly forgiving the kangaroo. I know that it is supposed to be inclusive but some people, or kangaroos as the case might be, give up their right to be included.She's horrible to Horton, incites people to cage him and kill his friends and she suffers zero consequences. If children can handle the part of her attempting to kill his friends and caging him, I think they could handle her being in trouble for it.
... View MoreI didn't expect to like this movie, but I actually did and would recommend it to anyone. Was it perfect? No, but it didn't slaughter the name of Dr. Seuss like most people expected it to. It's hard to take a children's book, especially a Dr. Seuss, and create a more elaborate storyline for it and it turn out to actually be good. I will say that as much as I love the actors that play the main characters, some of them didn't seem to fit their characters. That doesn't mean it still wasn't enjoyable, it just seemed a tad bit off to me. But I do recommend this for a good rainy, movie night type of day. It will keep you entertained from start to finish and you do begin to care about the characters and what happens to them.
... View MoreThis movie was such fun! I've watched parts of this movie, here and there, but I don't think I've ever watched it all of once. I'm glad I gave it a try, though, on this Saturday morning.This movie has two stories. One is about Horton, an elephant in a jungle, who has found the town of Whoville by accident and resolves to keep it safe and the other story is about the Mayor of Whoville, who is having a nervous breakdown by trying to protect his town.This movie is filled with much hilarity, that adults and kids BOTH are sure to get. The animation is excellent and really does this Dr. Seuss original book much, much justice. You're sure to laugh at Horton's funny antics and how everything is crazy down at Whoville.The main reason I liked this movie was, aside from the storyline, the graphics. The first part, where they showed the family of the Mayor during breakfast time, also really struck me. I found it cool, I guess. And kind of unbelievable. 96 daughters and 1 son! Gosh. As Horton said, "Oh, busy guy!"This movie really gives a clear and strong message. "A person's a person no matter how small." Everyone's significant! Everyone makes a difference. You, me, the guy from accounting and everyone else! It also shows us that everyone's connected somehow. I teared up during the near-ending. This truly was a great movie. Top of my favorite animated films now. Who could have hated a wonderful film such as this one!
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