Tonight Val and I are going to take the girls to see Horton Hears a Who as a part of ESBC’s children’s ministry spring break outing. As much as I hate to admit it, it will be our third time to see it. Val went last week with Katherine’s preschool class. I went the next day with Katelyn’s preschool class. Last Friday we went to see it again with Macie. Tonight all five of us are going to see it yet again. I think after tonight we will all be Horton Hears a Who‘d out. Nonetheless it will be a lot of fun watching the movie with our friends from church.
I can’t help but to like this movie a whole lot. Let me give you three reasons why:
- First, it is short. Its run time is only an hour and twenty eight minutes. That’s perfect for squirmy five year old twins and their sometimes cantankerous nearly three year old sister.
- Second, it’s really funny. There is clearly humor aimed at adults that goes right over the heads of kids. The closing scene involves the characters singing ” Can’t Fight This Feeling” by REO Speedwagon. Now that is pure hilarity for a child of the 80’s and early 90’s. Steve Carell’s falsetto crack me up every time. Also, the vulture choking on the bone is classic. And of course the “bad Vlad” vs. “good Vlad” shtick is just plain funny to me.
- Third, and probably most important, the movie has a good message. Horton’s line “A person is a person no matter how small” is beautiful. Not to turn this post into a philosophical discussion, but that quote in a nutshell explains why I am and will always be prolife.
Have you seen Horton yet? If so, what did you think? Funny? Stupid? Oscar worthy? A waste of money? Let me know what you think of it.
Have a great day.
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Definitely funny and not a waste of money. (Especially if you go to the $3.50 showing at P-gould.) But, personally, I like the episode of the Muppet Babies where Rolf loses his voice and all the Muppet Babies have to look for it.
Matthew made me type that last part. He hasn’t even seen Horton yet. The boys and I very much enjoyed it.
M&A
“…so, two times devoured….” – Bad Vlad
Amy,
Our third viewing of it was just as ejoyable as the previous two. I agree that it is not a waste of money. I hope you guys are doing well.
Jason
I still need to go see it. Jenn and the boys had to go without me one day…
Ryan,
In my opinion it’s worth the second trip for Jenn and the boys. The anonymous quote above is from my wife. Our running joke around the house for a week now has been our bad imitations of the buzzard name Vlad. Yeah, I know, we’re strange.
Jason