Both films contained rude humor, in order to earn the 'PG - Parental Guidance Suggested' rating that is more attractive to teenagers than the family-friendly G.

The live-action version of 'The Grinch' with Jim Carrey was an abomination that asked viewers to contemplate the notion of Grinch-sex the live-action 'The Cat and the Hat' with Mike Myers was only slightly less disturbing. His recent screen adapters, however, have embraced bloat and chaos. Seuss' stories depend on an economy of line, both in their rhymes and their drawings. Seuss have not translated especially well to the big or small screen. In adapting the work of America's most famous children's author however, with the exceptions of the classic 1966 TV special, 'How the Grinch Stole Christmas!' and some all but unknown 'Puppetoon' shorts produced by George Pal in the 1940s, the witty books written and illustrated by Theodor Geisel under the name of Dr. It's understandable that filmmakers would be interested Horton and his message undergo a fairly respectful CGI makeover in 'Horton Hears a Who!,' which represents the elephant's first big-screen appearance and the fourth feature film from the talented animators at Blue Sky Studios, the 20th Century-Fox-affiliated company best known for 'Ice Age' and its sequel. 'A person's a person no matter how small,' Horton the elephant maintains, despite the skepticism of the other jungle animals, who feel threatened by Horton's belief in something they can neither see nor hear. The book's overt message, however, is less far-out and more Golden Rule-ish. Seuss' children's books, in a late-night dorm-room whoooaaaa-maybe-we're-just-a-microscopic-speck-in- somebody-else's-world! kind of way. The story of an elephant who discovers that a speck of dust is actually an entire civilized world, 'Horton Hears a Who!,' first published in 1954, may be the most cosmic of Dr.

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