The structure of the film from thereo is perhaps a little awkward about half of the rest of it is the Once-ler’s story he tells to Ted and when we come out of it every now and again the breaks jar somewhat. Nonetheless, his tale is fascinating and set in the one of the most wondrous fantasy lands I’ve seen in ages, with absolutely gorgeous colours, friendly animals that most certainly are cute, and trees that look like candyfloss. Of course the environmentalist message is soon brought to the fore. I personally feel that it’s important to educate children about stuff like the importance of preserving nature, which has been a major staple of anime for decades, though if you don’t believe mankind is destroying our world some of The Lorax will undoubtedly grate. The filmmakers have obviously realised this and fill the film with chuckles I especially loved the Lorax’s method of waking somebody up by rubbing two bears together and touching the sleeper with the electric shocks this produces, and of course there’s a big action climax which is one of the most inventive vehicle chases in ages. There are also some songs, making The Lorax a musical, something the trailer did not reveal. The songs are good rather than great and seem to be deliberately cheesy, especially the one near the end, a clever choice because it means that if you ‘going’ with the film and its sincere message than you can ‘go with’ the songs too, and if not you can just laugh at the cheese but enjoy it all the same.
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