The 5,000 Fingers of Dr. T

So in my last review I said I would review a Dr. Suess movie. Now instead of reviewing an adaptation of one of his books I will be reviewing an original movie that Suess actually wrote. This should be a very interesting review. Oh and before I start I want to let you know that I was busy this week and ran out of time for a cartoon. Now it's time to start.










We open with a boy name Bart Colins (Tommy Rettig) practicing the piano for his teacher Dr. Terwilliker (Hans Conried). Bart tells the audience about his like his mother (Mary Healy) and his nice friend the plumber August Zablowdowski (Peter Lind Hayes). But while practicing he falls asleep at the piano and starts dreaming. Bart dreams that he is playing a giant piano for Dr. Tiddlywinks and that Dr.  Tootles  is also setting up a piano a academy and i the morning he will have 500 students. Bart runs into August and he tells Bart that his mother is at the academy and his mother is second in command. So Bart goes to see his mom but Dr. Teletubbies finds out that Bart isn't in his cell so he sends out some guard to chase him. He escapes them an tells August about it. So August goes up to check on Barts mother.



August goes to see Dr. Tum-tum but he thinks that Dr. Telephone seems like a normal guy. I mean I know so many people who shovel money into vaults, offer their guest vintage pickle juice, and randomly break out into song and dance. So thinking that Dr. Tootsie-roll is a normal guy he and Bart head back but Bart wants to convince him. So Bart breaks into Dr. Turtles vault and find a execution order for August. But before he shows it to August he falls into a dungeon of musicians. The musicians go on to do a musical number that I think would look cool in a drawing or cartoon but looks kind of weird in live action. After that weird musical number we makes it to August and tells him that Dr. Tubular wants him dead. So when August finds out they both decide to get Barts mom and than try to get out of this madhouse.

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They break out Barts mom but as they start too leave Dr. Television comes in and sends them all to the dungeon. While in the cell they come up with a plan. August takes some sort of a weird product that can suck up bad smells from the air. So Bart wants to modify it so that it will suck up noises so that the first recital will not go well and so that it will give him a chance take down Dr. Termites. When the music thing is read and Bart is being lead to the concert August warns Bart that the music thing is very atomic. Meanwhile Dr. Terminus sings a song about...... well just click here, If you didn't see the video basically he puts on one of the most ridiculous outfits in movie history. Dr. Tug boat comes out and tells all the students at the academy to start playing the song. Bart activares the music thing and this gives the kids a chance to take down Dr. Twilight Zone. But than Bart wakes up and it was all just a  dream....right? The End.

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The 500 Fingers of Dr. T is a interesting movie. The sets and costume are very Dr. Suess like and I can see that they have a lot of work put into them, Sometimes I thought it became a bit too weird even for Dr. Suess. Some scenes had a goofy feel too it but maybe a bit too goofy for example look at that picture of Dr. Trumpet up there. I think what would of made this film 5,000 times better I mean think about in the live action The Cat in the Hat The Cat looks freaky and weird because the drawings of Dr. Suess don't exactly Translate well into live action. In fact I don't mean to sound like a conspiracy nut, but I half of me thinks that it was originally supposed to be animated. Well that's all I have to say about this movie I don't love it but I don't hate it either. So you will either be confused by it's style laugh at it's style or be amazed by it's style. Se you next time.

Film Talk: The Dr. Seuss Movies

Hello welcome to another Film Talk. Today I am talking about the movies based on the works of Dr. Seuss. I have already reviewed two movies based on his works so I will keep those ones brief. Oh, I also found my pastels. So lets go.

The Man Himself: Theodore Geisel became a children's author under the pen name Dr. Seuss. All of his books are classics and some of my earliest memories are reading his books. Almost everyone has read a book by him. I think my favorite Dr. Seuss book is The King's Stilts. But I am here to talk about the movies so here we go.






The TV Specials: The TV specials based on his work are the best. The ones I remember most are The Grinch, The Lorax, and The Cat in the Hat. All of them are very well done and have good morals. I think The Grinch is the best because of Boris Karloffs energized performance and the song You're a Mean One Mr. Grinch.









The Grinch: Now for the first of the live action movies. I personally really don't like it. Jim Carry is way too over the top to be the Grinch, the moral feels a bit jumbled, and all the Whos look really creepy. But the set is nicely decorated. Other than that I still don't recommend this movie.








The Cat in the Hat: I already went on a rant about this one in my review but here is my opinion. It goes against everything the book stands for Mike Myers  is severely unfunny and I can't think of any redeeming qualities. DO NOT WATCH THIS MOVIE!








Horton Hears a Who: Why do people put Jim Carry in Dr. Seuss movies? He is way too over the top to play any of these characters. But the world of animation is better suited for the wacky design of Dr. Seuss than the world of live action. But still they get the character of Horton totally wrong. But if you find it funny I guess you could give it a watch.








The Lorax: I reviewed this one already but here I go. I find that they made The Once-ler too "hip and modern" and that the moral got kind of confused and did they really have to rip off Wall-E at the end? I'm sorry I'm still angry about that. Anyway I think this is a bad movie but if you really want to give it a watch.














So in conclusion there are very few good Dr. Seuss movies. You'll probably be better off with the TV specials or the books. Dr. Seuss was a great author and his books are still loved even to this day. So this has been another film talk see you next time.

REJECTED HORROR MOVIE # 72 CURSE OF THE SLIME SANDWICH 

The Cat in the Hat

So since it is close to Easter I was going to review The Easter Parade. But I ran out of time so I am reviewing The Cat in the Hat. It is based on a book of the same name by Dr. Seuss. I recommend the book, it's pretty good. But is the movie just as good? Lets find out.

We start in the city of Anville (get it? It's a pun) where we see a woman named Joan Walden (Kelly Preston) working at a hand sanitizer factory. Her boss tells her that she is hosting the company office party at her house so she needs to keep it as clean as possible. Back at her house we meet her children, Sally (Dakota Fanning) and Conrad (Spencer Breslin). Conrad is a trouble maker and sally is a control freak. Joan leaves to go to the store and hires a stereotype to baby sit. The babysitter falls asleep but then The "Cat" in the Hat (Mike Myers) shows up. If you're wondering why I put the word cat in quotation marks, it is because he looks more like Ronald McDonald if he got fur glued to him. Which is pretty scary. After he shows up...stuff happens...nothing important, just stuff.

He gets the children to sign a contract of fun and he films an infomercial. But then he sings a horrible song, and after it ends he ruins Conrad and Sally's mother's dress. So to clean it he opens a box and Thing one and Thing two (both played by Dan Castellaneta) come out. You know how I said the cat was terrifying: well, they are even worse. They look like psychotic humanoid hippos. All they do is wreck the house. Conrad unlocks the box that the things came in. But the lock attaches itself to the family dog and it escapes out the window. So the kids, The Cat, and the things go after it in the cats crazy car. But their  neighbor chases after them.


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They get the dog and hide  from the neighbor inside a kiosk where a party is going on (no comment). Once they make it home it turns out that the power of the box has transformed the house into a Dr. Seuss wonderland. Then they say a line that is just unforgivable. It goes like this: Conrad: "This is just like an amusement park." The Cat: "You Mean like at (turns to camera) Universal Studios. (winks)"...The Cat just directly advertised Universal Studios. Do I need to say what is wrong with that? Anyway they close the box. But the house is still a mess. But luckily, The Cat cleans it up. Joan gets home, the party is a success and The Cat goes on his jolly way. The End.



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This movie is awful. It totally disrespects the book and Dr. Seuss. There is no plot, it's just random stuff happening that the writers hope you think is funny. There is a lot of unnecessary stuff like the fish is pointlessly added and the neighbour has a really big role and so much other pointless stuff. None of the jokes are funny. Mike Myers doesn't portray The Cat as a fun loving eccentric cat. He portrays him as a manipulative cat that will do anything to have things go his way. The only good thing about it is that the set design is very nice. But that is not enough to save this movie. The Cat in the Hat (book) isn't a masterpiece but it does have a lot of heart and its own unique charm. But this is just plain....I can't even think of words to describe how awful this movie is.. This movie is so bad that Dr. Seuss's widow, Audrey Geisel, forbids anymore live action adaptations of her husband's work. Every other adaptation of Dr. Seuss's work is a better representation of him. My final statement is this: avoid this movie at all costs. Next time I am reviewing The Easter Parade, I promise.

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