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Horton Hears A Who The Movie
It was too well-loved a book not to be made into a film at some point of time. However, the great step forward as far as Dr. Seuss's books are concerned is that finally someone has realized that an animated version will work better than real-life action with narration. Was it because the main character is an animal that they decided to go the animation route? Well, the great thing is, they did and that is probably why Horton Hears A Who looks like it's going to be a hit in the box office when it hits theaters in March.
20th Century Fox, the distributors seem to have found just the right voices as well. The main parts go to Jim Carrey who speaks for Horton, Steve Carell, who features as the Mayor's voice and Carol Burnett as the Kangaroo. Produced by Bob Gordon and directed by Jimmy Hayward and Steve Martino, the script is written by Ken Daurio and Cinco Paul.
For Jim Carrey, this is his second foray into a Seuss character role - the first was eight years ago when he played the lead role in How The Grinch Sold Christmas. For the very first Seuss animation film, it augurs well that the makers of Ice Age are the ones all set to bring it to the big screen. It looks like not only will this be the best way to make a Seuss movie but also the best people to do so.
Horton Hears A Who is really a classic storyline - it has a great plot, it has a tense middle and it has a wonderful fairytale ending. Through it all, runs the usual serious Seuss theme - here, mouthed by the lovable Horton, 'A person's a person no matter how small'. The story follows Horton who tries his utmost to take care of people who are so small that he can't see them - only hear them faintly. Through all kinds of problems, Horton is steadfast in one belief - it is his duty as a friend to look after this tiny, microscopic world peopled by the Whos. The animals look true Seuss as one can see from the trailer and so are the people from Whoville. Most of them are his usual slightly rounded figures with sort of droopy faces. Horton of course is the saintly one and his angel-like ears are so befitting!
Till the movie is released, we have to just wait and wonder. Can it capture the wonder of a Seuss book? Will it tread the fine line between humor and seriousness? For the many of us who grew up on wonderful Seuss-fare, will it be better than the written word or will it disappoint? We'll just have to wait and see, won't we?