Horton Hears a Who

A few years back now (ok 10 years back) I bought a brilliant DVD. I had to buy it from the States. It was The Grinch. Not the Jim Carrey one, but the original animated one with the song that makes my year every time “You’re a mean one Mr. Grinch”. My friends and I have now made quite a tradition of watching this, singing and drinking port in the festive season. I was gutted when they made a feature film, but also intrigued. “How can they pan this one out into a feature length movie?” I asked. The managed, pretty badly, in fact terribly. I stick to the animated version.

So it comes as little surprise in Hollywood’s remake fandago they’re having at the moment (I still recommend they get on the Street Hawk bandwagon), that they are remaking Horton Hears a Who. This was on the flip side of the DVD (a double sided DVD, yes, it’s that old). We always watch it before the Grinch. And again, about 15-20 minutes long. They’ll pad it out, and make it feature length. Terrible. And, guess who. Jim Carrey, again, as Horton. I like the guy, but stop killing Dr Seuss, please.

Trailer