Well, you seem to have at least liked the Villain Song, since you reference it twice!
^ I highly doubt anyone could dislike the villain song.
In any case, the singing was that bad? I have zero taste in music, so I wouldn't know about the objective quality of the songs, but I think that the opening number set the mood quite well.
Furthermore, using music was a decent way of trying to keep the whimsical nature of Dr. Suess into a film adaptation. Not sure if it was the best way, but they definitely tried.
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I really liked the singing.
Also, they did quote the original book a couple times.
^True, Aken Jizo, but some felt the quoting was done in a somewhat mocking tone
, because they didn't trust the material.
^ I don't think it was meant to be mocking: just Lampshade Hanging that Dr Seuss' whimsical writing is, let's face it, nonsensical.
And perhaps point out that they've never heard of silk or butterfly milk either because they're all gone. (Am I going back on my statement? Very well then, I'm going back on my statement.)
^ Fridge Brilliance, maybe?
Quoting the jokes?
There's a scene near the beginning where Audrey quotes a description of the Truffula Trees, only to reveal two lines later that neither her nor Ted knows what the quote means!
^ That was what we just covered. It was either (or both) Lampshade Hanging about the nonsensical nature of Seuss' lines, and the fact that both Audrey and Ted wouldn't know what silk or butterfly milk even is because they've never been seen since Onceler's time.
This is the opposite of my opinion. The music was the only thing I really liked.
At first I didn't realize I needed all this stuff...
In High School Musical, didn't Zac Efron not even do all of his singing? That might explain something.
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Maybe you should have seen the Finnish dub :3 I've heard some English versions of the songs on the net, yep, Finnish dub does better with the musical quality.
You're stronger than me, I DID stop watching after the opening song. I watched the 70's version at least, so I know the real message Suess was trying to convey anyways. I think I'll leave it at that.
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How Ba-ah-ah-ah-ad Can It Be?
Animation? Good. Humor? Pretty good. Pacing? This is where we start having some issues. It feels as if the musical numbers were thrown in to cover that the creators couldn't transition from one scene to the next. Instead of rhyming, or, gee, I dunno, quoting Seuss himself, they had these music numbers. Which brings me to the Music. Scores were good. Songs were BA-AH-AH-AH-AD. They were loud, they were obnoxious, and considering they had Taylor Swift and Zac Effron playing Ted and Audrey respectively, you'd think they'd have decent singing. They don't. The opening number made me cringe and very nearly walk out of the theatre. Overall? I wouldn't buy the DVD, I wouldn't pay to see it again. Trust me, you can wait to see this one.