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Posted by Puffy Treat (Member # 7210) on :

The trailer for Blue Sky's bigscreen adaptation of Dr. Seuss's famous story...

It's been years since I read the original story. Did Horton come off as a...well...hallucinating drunk in the old version? [Razz]

Posted by TomDavidson (Member # 124) on :

No. But he's supposed to be perceived as a dangerous, hallucinating drunk by everyone but the readers.

Posted by Puffy Treat (Member # 7210) on :

I don't think Jim Carrey can walk that fine a line.

Posted by jeniwren (Member # 2002) on :

Yes and no. The kangaroo thought he was a hallucinating drunk. Horton always struck me as an innocent and sweet, mostly very naive character. The kangaroo, by contrast, was a bouncing cynic with sadistic tendencies.

I didn't know they were making it into a movie. I love the graphics! Very Suessesque. I hope it does well. Maybe then they'll make a Yurtle the Turtle movie, or a Sneeches movie... or tell the adventures of Bartholemew Cubbins.

Posted by Puffy Treat (Member # 7210) on :

Blue Sky normally does very nice animation. Their Bunny short is still strikingly beautiful, even five years later.

Posted by Leonide (Member # 4157) on :

LOVE the graphics.

HATE the Voices (already!)...and I'm a huge Carrell fan.

Sad. The original Horton cartoon remains one of my favorites [Smile]

Posted by TomDavidson (Member # 124) on :

Yeah. The voice talent is almost perfectly wrong.

Posted by Leonide (Member # 4157) on :

I'd support a motion to remove the "almost" from your statement. [Smile]

Posted by the_Somalian (Member # 6688) on :

Horton did what now?

Posted by Puffy Treat (Member # 7210) on :

I was disappointed that they didn't even give June Foray a bit part. [Frown]

Posted by Puffy Treat (Member # 7210) on :

June Foray is a legendary voice talent who could probably challenge the late Mel Blanc and win for "most characters voiced".

She was involved in many of the old Chuck Jones Seuss specials. I thought it would be a nice touch to include her, even in a cameo role.

Posted by Scott R (Member # 567) on :

Not interested in it at all, at this point.

Posted by LargeTuna (Member # 10512) on :

They need to recast Horton. Horton should be the one serious character in the movie. bad bad choices. [No No]