Horton on a Snowy Afternoon
There’s nothing like going to see a matinée and then coming out of the movie theater just as its starting to snow, coming home, building a roaring fire in the fireplace and getting dinner started while the snow continues to fall. It’s been a good day. I’m up in Nevada City keeping my nieces company while their parents are away. We girls are having a good time.
Horton Hears a Who is the movie that prompted us to go out on this snowy day and it was worth the effort. The animation is top notch, the colors vivid and they did such a great job bringing Dr. Suess’s vision of Whoville to life. If, like me, you loved this book when you were a kid, don’t wait for the DVD to come out. If you don’t know a child you can take to see this movie, then sneak into a matinee full of kids. They remind you to laugh at the parts you would have laughed at if you were still under ten.
It was good, wasn’t it? My expectations could’ve been higher going in, but I loved it!
I totally value your take, but after Hollywood’s botchings of “The Grinch” and “Cat in the Hat” I’m markedly cool on this latest Seuss augmentation… although at least it’s animated and not that ridiculous live-action crap.
Hi David,
It was good indeed - and I saw it in a small cramped theater, the second row back from the screen, off to the left, slouched down in my seat so that the tots behind me could see, and still I enjoyed it!
Hi Will, I never saw “The Cat in the Hat” because I was appalled at the choice of Mike Meyers for the part. The Cat in the Hat of my youth, was so much cooler than Mike Meyers will ever be. “The Grinch” didn’t appeal to me either.
I think the aggressive marketing of this movie may put a lot of people off seeing it, even on DVD. I’m still trying to get this advertising debacle out of my head..
OK, I watched the clip you included in your post and yeah, it looks fun so now I’m strongly considering adding it to my Netflix list.
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