On the fifteenth of March, a theater was where,
I saw Dr. Seuss as animated fare,
Horton’s an elephant, as you probably know,
With voice by Jim Carrey, he’s the star of the show,
What Horton hears is a barely heard yelp,
A speck on a clover is calling for help,
And so Horton tries to help out a bit,
But all of the others think he’s just full of it
Now more plot is needed than supplied by the book,
So Whoville's wee mayor gets a much longer look,
Seuss’s cartoon version took a half hour on TV
This remake seemed padded, a bit long to me
Just as Horton makes folks apoplectic,
Whoville’s mayor finds everyone a skeptic,
Each can’t convince folks of the other’s existence,
Ideas they can’t see, are met with resistance
The villain kangaroo’s played by Carol Burnett,
Her henchman’s an eagle, voiced by Will Arnett
The mayor’s shrill voice is that of Steve Carrell,
Who sounds too Dana Carvey, but otherwise does well
The movie’s no classic, but it’s better by far
Than Cat in the Hat, which was clearly subpar,
Though true to the book, from what I’ve seen,
It’s better to read than to see onscreen.
I saw Dr. Seuss as animated fare,
Horton’s an elephant, as you probably know,
With voice by Jim Carrey, he’s the star of the show,
What Horton hears is a barely heard yelp,
A speck on a clover is calling for help,
And so Horton tries to help out a bit,
But all of the others think he’s just full of it
Now more plot is needed than supplied by the book,
So Whoville's wee mayor gets a much longer look,
Seuss’s cartoon version took a half hour on TV
This remake seemed padded, a bit long to me
Just as Horton makes folks apoplectic,
Whoville’s mayor finds everyone a skeptic,
Each can’t convince folks of the other’s existence,
Ideas they can’t see, are met with resistance
The villain kangaroo’s played by Carol Burnett,
Her henchman’s an eagle, voiced by Will Arnett
The mayor’s shrill voice is that of Steve Carrell,
Who sounds too Dana Carvey, but otherwise does well
The movie’s no classic, but it’s better by far
Than Cat in the Hat, which was clearly subpar,
Though true to the book, from what I’ve seen,
It’s better to read than to see onscreen.
viewed 3/15/08; review posted 3/19/08
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Dr. Seuss' Horton Hears a Who is classic, i forgot how much that guy packed into such simple storylines... they didn't add much to the original story either except for the usual Jim Carreyisms.
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