My Grading System

A+ = Masterpiece (I hold back on this one.) / A = Great. / A- = Really Good. / B+ = Good. / B = Decent (Serviceable). / B- = Flawed but okay (For those times there's something redeeming about the work). / C+ = Not very good (Skip it). C = Bad. / C- = Awful. / F = Complete Disaster (I hold back on this one too).

Note on Spoilers: I will try to avoid ruining a story by going into too much detail. But if I wish to include some revealing points to my analysis I will try to remember to add a separate spoiler paragraph.

Tuesday, March 13, 2012

The Lorax (2012)

There should be a law that Dr. Seuss books can only be adapted in animation.  I don't care what company is involved, whether it's Blue Sky Studios (Horton Hears A Who) or Illumination Entertainment which produced this film.  His imagination is perfect for animation and live-action just doesn't work.  This film is a wonderful parable of a society consumed by consuming.  It is a loud and obvious pro-environment story where a young lad named Ted seeks out the mystery of the Once-ler and what happened to all the real trees.  Sometimes its message is a little preachy but at the same time it's a point that needs to be said and loud.  Grade: A-
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