Is anyone planning to see, ahem, take their children to see Horton Hears a Who! (due for release on March 14, 2008)?

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YES! Chloë LOVES that story! (But not me. Nope. Not me.)

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Come on guys! My son is ten. He says he doesn't want to see it. So therefore, why pretend it's for the kids? Jim Carey is great! My wife and I are looking forward to going to see it!

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I'm sure I will. Funny, though, I saw the thread title and thought it was about Mike Horton at first.

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So did I!!!

Me, Chloë, and her mom will go see this tomorrow, D.V.

My wife and I will see it, then send money to our grandkids in Illinois to see it. Frankly, I love using the book as a pro-life tract ("a person is a person, no matter how small"). However, that will probably not be the spin put on it in the Jim Carey version.

(BTW, I hated his Grinch)

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Apparently Dr. Seuss didn't like it being used by pro-lifers, but it's true nonetheless.

I think we will NOT brave the opening day crowds, but rather will wait until Saturday afternoon to see it! Looks like it should be fun, Who knows, my wife and I might even bring our son.

Maybe...if it was "Horton Hears THE Who".

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Someone already addressed that mix-up:



Link (Brian Ring)

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Lasso that big dope...

My kids used to play out the story. I got the role of 'big dope'.....

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Anybody notice the (unintentional?) anti abortion sentiment - A creature's a creature no matter how small?...

We are going. It sounds like fun.

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Has anyone except me ever thought of "Horton Hears a Who" as being analogous to the evidentialist case for the existence of God?

As you watch the movie, think on these things....

Mike

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We saw it today and enjoyed it very much.

The "pouch-schooled" remark made me go hmmm.

, Andrew. Nonetheless, Carol Burnette was perfect for that part.

"Even though you can't see them or hear them at all... a person's a person, no matter how small..."

Sounds like this story makes a great argument against abortion!

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It was a really good movie - anti-empiricism and pro life (even thought they probably did not mean to be! )

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The movie is an amazing critique of materialism.

The kangaroo is the abrasive, berating skeptic, dying to keep everyone around her in the same slough of skepticism she is in through intimidation tactics and condescension. She dogmatically asserts her worldview when presented with evidence it is false; "If you can't see it or feel it, then it CANNOT exist!" In the end, she is ultimately proven wrong, and is shamed publicly even by her own son whom she, earlier in the movie, exhibits a willingness to give up to exterminate Horton and his opposition to her materialism, despite claiming she does everything for him.

Somehow, I think this was lost on the rest of the audience.

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Was the kangaroo the one who pouch-schooled?? Sounds like an attempted slam at homeschoolers.

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Didn't the California courts just come out with a ruling against pouchschoolers unless they were credentialed zoo residents? Nevermind. The Governator issued a statement supporting the pouchschoolers.