ROTTEN TOMATOES: RT Explores the Art of Horton Hears A Who

RT Explores the Art of Horton Hears A Who

Blue Sky's Chris Wedge and Mike Thurmeier take RT through the movie.

by Joe Utichi | March 14, 2008

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From visually realising the microscopic inhabitants of Whoville through bringing to life Dr. Seuss' loveable talking elephant Horton, the creative team at Blue Sky have spent years painstakingly designing and animating the world of the Dr. Seuss classic, Horton Hears a Who!. As the film gets ready to open in cinemas around the world, Blue Sky's VP of Creative Development, Chris Wedge - best known as the voice of Scrat in their Ice Age movies - and Mike Thurmeier, Senior Supervising Animator on the film, sat down with RT and talked through the film's visual style.

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Elixor writes:
on Mar 14 2008 07:57 AM

Looks good. I'm a little worried about all the star's personalities becoming a little too overbearing with all of them together. Could work though.

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Joe Utichi writes:
on Mar 14 2008 08:07 AM

I actually wasn't too hopeful about it, but it really works. There are a few moments that are a little too Dreamworks for comfort, but on the whole it's suitably Pixar. The stars don't star it up in the way they would in Shark Tale or something, and Blue Sky continues its sterling tradition of creating brilliant supporting characters who add nothing to the main plot.

There's a Japanimation sequence that had me in tears.

Best Seuss by a long, long way.

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minderbinder writes:
on Mar 14 2008 09:09 AM

I'm a little concerned about the script, but the look of this is absolutely gorgeous, rivals anything Pixar has done.

Reviews look good so far, I might actually give this a shot in the theatre.

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smi1ey writes:
on Mar 14 2008 02:38 PM

when i saw the first preview of this, i thought it looked HORRIBLE- and this was one of my fav books as a kid! after looking at some other footage and screens, i may give this a chance. still skeptical though.

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Matanuki writes:
on Mar 15 2008 03:51 AM

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You just amped up my interest in this flick. Not that I wasn't already interested, but yeah. ;-)

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minderbinder writes:
on Mar 17 2008 10:05 AM

I was actually leaning toward going...but then I heard they put an REO Speedwagon song in the movie.

I wouldn't call myself a purist, but I have to draw the line for a Seuss movie somewhere...and that's way over the line. MAYBE on dvd...

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TheMcKellar writes:
on Apr 08 2008 08:21 AM

It was okay, not great.

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luvneverends writes:
on Apr 26 2008 08:37 AM

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RichMatchMaking.com. It is said he has a crush on wealthy young women on that site.

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