where: CENTURY 14 VALLEJO in Vallejo, CA
when: Friday, March 2nd, 2012
show: 1:40 p.m. ( Extra Dollar Off First Show Matinee )
costs: $10.00 Ticket + $1.65 bulk Chocolate Candy + $4.00 20 oz Fanta Strawberry Soda = $15.65
auditorium: 14
seat: 5th row, 7th column
synopsis/overview: A boy who lives in a town completely made out of plastic will do anything to win the heart of the girl that he has a major crush on, including finding a real live tree. To do it, he must go in search of the one man who can tell him about a magical being, the Lorax, the guardian of the forest trees.
noteworthy scenes: 1.) Backyard; 2.) "Don't play with your food"; 3.) Disco; 4.) TV ad; 5.) Security video; 6.) The Lorax's story; 7.) Birthday party; 8.) A threat to business; 9.) "About a girl"; 10.) River; 11.) Static; 12.) Sleep mates; 13.) New product; 14.) Customers; 15.) Painted-over mural; 16.) "It was all downhill from there"; 17.) "Big plans"; 18.) "Be careful which way you lean"; 19.) "Sir"; 20.) "How bad can this possibly be"; 21.) "The last tree"; 22.) "The next invention"; 23.) Evacuation; 24.) "Unless"; 25.) Unexpected/unwanted guest; 26.) "Little baby man"; 27.) "We have a little time"; 28.) Chase; 29.) "Let it grow/let it die"; 30.) "You've done good"; and 31.) Bonus scenes and illustrations during the Ending Credits.
audience reaction: The audience enjoyed it. But it didn't get a "Hands Clapper" ending.
recommendation: I liked it enough, especially about the bottled air. It's a good movie to take your little brats to.
spoiler alert! The "Song-and-Dance" opener was good but the other ones after it were not so good; in other words ... if you've seen one, you've seen them all. How did the townsfolk get themselves confined in a totally-enclosed town when some of the residents were old enough to know better? With all that plastic, that town must get really hot--and toxic!--in the summer time. Those were just too many marshmallows, more than what the two bags contained. This movie gives a new extreme meaning to the expression, "A fish out of water," since the fish in this movie spend more time on dry land than they do in water. No ax can make such a clean cut when it's used to chop down a tree. A completely denuded forest but no flash floods? Come on! It would take quite a while before that lone tree can produce seeds to start repopulating the forest.
fyi: When my family lived at the apartment building in Matina, Davao City, Mindanao, Philippines, years ago, we had neighbors who lived two doors down from us who had bought all of the Dr. Seuss books for their kids. I read a few but found the rhymes nonsensical and uninteresting.
Back then, I was more of a Reader's Digest Magazine reader kind-of-kid.
About three years ago, I walked down Shattuck Avenue in Downtown Berkeley on my way to see a movie. Out on the street in the company of two boys was this beautiful redhead. And the midday sun just highlighted her hair in a fiery red/orange color! It was such a lovely sight to behold. The redheaded Audrey character in this movie reminded me of that girl.
word of advice: Save the trees.
tidbits: Before the movie, I went to the nearby Postal Annex to make some copies of a report that I want to give to my brother and to one of my sisters. I hope that they will find the information useful.
After the Ending Credits, a woman behind me said to another woman, "I liked the part about which way the tree falls."
This is the second time in a row ( the first time was for the movie, GONE ) that I bought the same weight of bulk chocolate candies at this theatre for $1.65.
And last month, also at this theatre, I bought the same weight of bulk chocolate candies for $1.77 twice in a row when I came here to see THE VOW and THIS MEANS WAR. ( Unfortunately, I just did a quickie review for THIS MEANS WAR. But, I can assure you that what I said about the candy purchase is true! )
How cool is that? I mean, what are the chances that someone else would get the same amount of candy two times in a row twice?
Now, if only this would translate into Lottery Wins, it would even be more cooler! Heck, it would be stupendously awesome! Since I'd be able to devote more time to my Cine-Man blogs from that point on.
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