I'm so angry!
Why is this the film that gets mixed treatment and The Cat In The Hat the one that gets completely hated when it should be the other way round? The Lorax is an offensive sexist film against both men and women, the animation in it is poor, the casting is wrong [I like Zac Efron a lot but don't think he should be in a Doctor Seuss film, he's much better in teenage orientated movies and it is not fair on him to make him do something that's isn't right]. Also I don't feel like Taylor Swift should have been in it. You probably want my suggestion? How about Jim Carrey, that would have been a bit better, as he was okay in The Grinch or failing that, Jack Black or Johnny Depp, or feel free to make your own suggestion if you don't like mine but Zac Efron was not a good choice. It was unnecessary to make this film, the original cartoon was good. Now compare it to The Cat In The Hat, for which the cartoon wasn't so representative or true to the book, and Mike Myers was a better choice for that than Zac Efron for this, he had for instance been in Shrek so he had been in something more aimed at kids. TCITH did it's best in terms of set design [it wasn't animated] and this film is cheesy and stupid, with bad music. It doesn't feel like the book at all. Naturally, the people who don't like TCITH are probably the same people who like The Lorax, people who love things that can get away with looking good by following conventions but are otherwise poor. The Cat In The Hat just tried something new. So anyway, I hate The Lorax! The fact that other boards are discussing sexism here is proof of how bad it is.
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