BEETLE'S TRAILER REVIEW: THE LORAX

I, like many, was raised on the books of the classic author Dr. Suess. I had been in theaters to see every film that was based on one of his books. I was there for the great film version of Dr. Suess' How The Grinch Stole Christmas, the super crappy Cat In The Hat, and the highly enjoyable Horton Hears A Who. Now, another film version of one of his classic tales is set to hit theaters Spring 2012: The Lorax. The trailer has just debuted and honestly, it looks pretty promising.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?feature=player_embedded&v=M_T6SsDvO7Q

It looks like this film's got everything I remember being in the book. Truffula Trees (The trees, the Truffula Trees!), Bar-ba-Loots (with their Bar-ba-Loot suits), Swome Swans, Humming Fish, and even what appears to be an environmental message of sorts. To me, it looks pretty incredible.

Despite the oddball song playing in the background, it looks like this film gets it. As far as I can tell the film sticks fairly close to the story of the book: Kid visits Once-ler and is told a tale that involves the Oncer-ler's past and mistakes he made that he now regrets. Of course there is some backstory given to the kid (pretty much he has a crush on a girl and he wants to bring her back a real life truffula Tree, and it is his quest for one that brings him to the Oncer-ler's doorstep which sets the events of the book into motion...it all feels very natural, which is a plus). Of course, trailers can be misleading but you can call me hopeful (I always expect great things from the studio that brought us Despicable Me). Chalk me up as one of the people who will definitely be seeing this film when it is released next year.