The Lorax is the environmentally conscious tale from Dr Suess that warns us not to take our natural resources for granted. This story comes complete with music and songs and while other Suess stories have had great memorable music, this one is only so so. The movie has been stretched to make it long enough to be movie length, but even your toddlers will be bored at some points in this story. It could have done without so many songs and too much filler. Rent the original animated feature instead.
John Carter has receieved alot of undeserved bad press. I went expecting it to be a disaster after reported reviews that the story was too difficult to understand and the special effects were ho hum.
I don't know what critics found so difficult to follow in this story. After all it was the inspiration to Star Wars and many other current sci fi movies. You will notice alot of similarities in the stories. As for the special effects, maybe we have become too jaded expecting over the top productions. You will find them adequate for the story.
The recent fervor over the recently released Hunger Games is puzzling to decipher. What can be so compelling about a book series that glorifies children killing children? Maybe too many violent video games can probably be blamed for it, but I see no redeeming story in this even if Katniss Everdeen is the new heroine. Regardless of the outcome of the series, I can't recommend this one.
