Inc: Dan Fornero, trumpet Dan Higgins, Greg Huckins, George Shelby, reeds Randy Kerber, piano Eddie Brown, keyboards John Powell, George Doering, Ed Helms, guitar Alex Al, acoustic double bass Luis Conte, Brian Kilgore, Latin percussion. Information from: "Jazz on the Screen" by David Meeker. John Ashton Thomas, Rick Giovinazzo, Germaine Franco, Dave Metzger (orchestrator) And, if every ticket purchased pains those pod people trying to pass for humans, eventually driving them back to their home planet, consider that a bonus.John Powell, (additional) Beth Caucci, Paul Mounsey (composer) The 3-D option is a fine enhancement, making a number of scenes more exciting than 2-D. Danny DeVito, Zac Efron and the blissfully ubiquitous Betty White head the voice cast. More importantly (and rationally), the film offers fun for all ages with delightful visuals, a perky pace, a few first-rate musical numbers and several well-crafted characters. Dobbs, or the pod overlord who apparently evicted him from his own flesh, blaming that one on President Bush. As to the politicizing polemics, Wall-E presented an even gloomier future with otiose blobs of humanity floating in space above the garbage-strewn Earth they had to abandon. But what's new, or even controversial, about that? For decades, the entire lumber industry has understood the need for planned re-foresting to assure the future availability of raw materials, and its own survival. Greed and short-sighted thinking led to lurking disaster. The premise is a dystopic reality beneath the idyllic surface of a town that's 100% artificial, after all the trees were chopped up to make a certain product.
Seuss wrote the story in 1971, when President Obama was 10 and, given how long it takes to draw and voice such productions, most, if not all the work was done long before the Occupy Movement began. He claims it's part of an Obama/Occupy conspiracy to brainwash kids with pro-environment/anti-business messages. The demented alien pod person who took over Lou Dobbs' body has railed against this charming animated feature, based on a beloved children's' book.
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