# Anyone looking forward to the Horton movie? **URL:** \ **Category:** Cafe Society\ **Created:** [March 11, 2008, 3:18pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/anyone-looking-forward-to-the-horton-movie/440970 "2008-03-11T15:18:33Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 14\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![dalej42](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/67e7ee/32.png) [@dalej42](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/dalej42)\ **Post date:** [March 11, 2008, 3:18pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/anyone-looking-forward-to-the-horton-movie/440970/1 "2008-03-11T15:18:33Z")
I’m optimistic it will be quite good. I loved the original cartoon version. I’m also one of the few people who likes Jim Carrey. I’m really hoping they don’t mess it up. ---
**Author:** ![Bryan\_Ekers](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/bryan_ekers/32/183_2.png) [@Bryan\_Ekers](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Bryan_Ekers)\ **Post date:** [March 11, 2008, 3:19pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/anyone-looking-forward-to-the-horton-movie/440970/2 "2008-03-11T15:19:43Z")
[QUOTE=dalej42] I’m also one of the few people who likes Jim Carrey. [/QUOTE] Who? ---
**Author:** ![smithsb](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/smithsb/32/12107_2.png) [@smithsb](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/smithsb)\ **Post date:** [March 11, 2008, 3:22pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/anyone-looking-forward-to-the-horton-movie/440970/3 "2008-03-11T15:22:50Z")
There was a cartoon version of the Willie Horton story? And now a movie about him with Jim Carrey? Isn’t he the wrong choice on a lot of fronts? I’m probably thinking of the wrong Horton. ---
**Author:** ![Bosstone](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/22d042/32.png) [@Bosstone](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Bosstone)\ **Post date:** [March 11, 2008, 3:26pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/anyone-looking-forward-to-the-horton-movie/440970/4 "2008-03-11T15:26:10Z")
I think it’s a huge step in the right direction. Cat in the Hat is an amusing movie, but primarily because it’s Mike Myers being Mike Myers; the live-action style just doesn’t suit Seuss’s stuff at all. For the most part Cat in the Hat and Grinch bombed hard, and Horton looks a lot more appealing. Steve Carrell also has a part in it, IIRC the trailer correctly. Good stuff. ---
**Author:** ![Finagle](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/f/b19c9b/32.png) [@Finagle](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Finagle)\ **Post date:** [March 11, 2008, 4:25pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/anyone-looking-forward-to-the-horton-movie/440970/5 "2008-03-11T16:25:22Z")
I dunno. The trailers look pretty obnoxious. Let’s face it, HHAW is pretty slight, plot-wise. It sounds like they’re filling in the gaps with a lot of famous voice actors doing their respective schticks. Which makes it sound a lot like the egregious remake of The Grinch. ---
**Author:** ![Trunk](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/87869e/32.png) [@Trunk](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Trunk)\ **Post date:** [March 11, 2008, 4:41pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/anyone-looking-forward-to-the-horton-movie/440970/6 "2008-03-11T16:41:29Z")
So formulaic. Take a widely known Dr. Seuss story. Get a bunch of famous people to do the voices (and run commercials with the split screen). Throw a billion dollars into marketing. Much closer to the stinky “Bee Movie” than the excellent “The Incredibles” or “Ratatouille”. I don’t know what would make this movie appealing to someone, unless they just see every animated movie. ---
**Author:** ![Flutterby](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/f/6f9a4e/32.png) [@Flutterby](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Flutterby)\ **Post date:** [March 11, 2008, 4:45pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/anyone-looking-forward-to-the-horton-movie/440970/7 "2008-03-11T16:45:50Z")
[QUOTE=Finagle] I dunno. The trailers look pretty obnoxious. [/QUOTE] That’s what I think too. We’ll probably skip this one (just like we’ve skipped Cat in the Hat and The Grinch.. I enjoyed The Grinch, but it’s not appropriate for my son’s age IMO) ---
**Author:** ![Skald\_the\_Rhymer](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/ecccb3/32.png) [@Skald\_the\_Rhymer](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Skald_the_Rhymer)\ **Post date:** [March 11, 2008, 5:44pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/anyone-looking-forward-to-the-horton-movie/440970/8 "2008-03-11T17:44:25Z")
I like Jim Carrey. I love the cartoon. The movie will be so incredibly bad that Satan will requisition a copy to be used to torture the damned, then, after watching it himself, decide that that is too evil even for him. ---
**Author:** ![kaylasdad99](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/kaylasdad99/32/3398_2.png) [@kaylasdad99](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/kaylasdad99)\ **Post date:** [March 11, 2008, 6:36pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/anyone-looking-forward-to-the-horton-movie/440970/9 "2008-03-11T18:36:22Z")
If it doesn’t have the Wickersham Brothers song, they might as well not even bother. ---
**Author:** ![AndrewL](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/3d9bf3/32.png) [@AndrewL](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/AndrewL)\ **Post date:** [March 11, 2008, 8:01pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/anyone-looking-forward-to-the-horton-movie/440970/10 "2008-03-11T20:01:56Z")
I’m sorry, but after seeing the trailers, I look forward to this movie the way I look forward to an elective root canal. It just looks awful in every conceivable way. ---
**Author:** ![Inner\_Stickler](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/inner_stickler/32/318_2.png) [@Inner\_Stickler](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Inner_Stickler)\ **Post date:** [March 11, 2008, 8:03pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/anyone-looking-forward-to-the-horton-movie/440970/11 "2008-03-11T20:03:46Z")
Sweet. No crowds at the movie theater. I’ll be able to talk the whole way through it. ---
**Author:** ![RealityChuck](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/realitychuck/32/195_2.png) [@RealityChuck](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/RealityChuck)\ **Post date:** [March 11, 2008, 8:27pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/anyone-looking-forward-to-the-horton-movie/440970/12 "2008-03-11T20:27:08Z")
No. From the ads, it has little to do with the book. Seuss’s books were too short to support a movie, so they add inferior subplots. If you want to see Seuss done right, see **[Horton Hatches the Egg](http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=50DIZ-St2OE)** ---
**Author:** ![Elendil\_s\_Heir](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/7cd45c/32.png) [@Elendil\_s\_Heir](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Elendil_s_Heir)\ **Post date:** [March 11, 2008, 9:00pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/anyone-looking-forward-to-the-horton-movie/440970/13 "2008-03-11T21:00:15Z")
We’ll probably take the boys to see it this weekend; a family friend and her little daughter are gung-ho to see it, and have invited us along. I’m going to hope for the best - the previews aren’t too alarming. ---
**Author:** ![Hampshire](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/hampshire/32/4887_2.png) [@Hampshire](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Hampshire)\ **Post date:** [March 11, 2008, 10:01pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/anyone-looking-forward-to-the-horton-movie/440970/14 "2008-03-11T22:01:54Z")
As an adult I look forward to and enjoy pretty much every PIXAR film. HHAW (not pixar) however just doesn’t appeal to me. Not that it looks bad but looks more like a kids film should. Kids will probably like it, nothing there for the adults.