The TERRIBLE Illumination Lorax Movie...

I once watched the Lorax 60 times over the course of a month so i could memorise the script and piss off my friend who strongly hated this movie

You can say whatever you want about this movie, but “How bad can I be?” goes harder than it had any right to

It has nothing to do with dated source material. Ted’s story is entirely original to the movie. I don’t think he even has a name in the book. He’s just a kid who comes to ask the Once-ler about the Lorax, and that’s the extent of his role in the story.

The biggest flaw in this movie, to me, is how overt and unsubtle the message is now. In the books and the 1972 short film, there was no O'Hare, and the Once-ler was kept faceless to represent that anyone could become him. Plus, The Once-ler didn't turn evil, per se. The short especially shows that Once-ler feels bad for the what his factory is doing to the animals, but at the same time, pointed out how just shutting down the factory would put hundreds of people out of a job and impact the economy. The message doesn't completely demonize industry but still shows the impact it can have. There is no clear solution for how to fix everything, and anyone can just as easily help or be part of the problem. This film takes a dump on that nuanced message and completely waters everything down to "environment good, industry bad" and then puts out that hypocritical Mazda commercial. You should watch the short for comparison, it's leagues better.

There was a song that was gonna be in the movie, but was actually cut for How bad can I be, it’s called Biggering. It sounds 10 times better than How Bad Can I Be ever could dream to be. The song was cut for being too dark and disturbing.

You’ll notice how only one song is pro-trees, and it plays at the very end.

this movie is 12 years old... oh no

"Fun" Fact: Dr Seuss never wanted his books to be turned into films. After he died, LOOK WHAT HAPPENED. This is almost as worse as the Steven Hillenburg situation.

I think the worst thing about this movie is how many tie in products came out and how much of it ended up in landfills. Smooth move, Illumination.

Wanna know the worst part? There was a cut song called "Biggering" that went really hard and was much more intense and thematically dark than "How Bad Can I Be?" but they had to replace it because the corporate higher-ups didn't like it. They replaced it with the more cheerful and sympathetic song instead. My best guess is that the song reminded them too much of themselves, and they didn't want to feel like the bad guys. :/

Come on, how bad can it be?

love that Dazz doesn't know a tumblr sexyman is a tumblr sexyman because the guy isn't conventionally attractive, some tumblrinas have decided to simp over him

My actual least favorite illumination movie, it's an active bastardization of the orignal story that had the audacity to be sponsoed by an air polluting car. I genuinely hate what this movie stands for.

The truffula tree growing montage cut to attack on titan was gold

The lyrics to the better song that should have been im this movie The Once-Ler: At first i didn’t realize I needed all this stuff I had a little cottage And that cottage was enough A place where i could sit and knit A place where i could sell my thneeds But now i’ve had a little time To reassess my needs And i need a bigger office I need a bigger chair A bigger desk A bigger staff A bigger hat to wear! Because i’m biggering! (Yes, biggering!) I’m figuring on biggering! And biggering is triggering More biggering! The Lorax: Hey listen up meathead I’m a say this once and i’m not gonna repeat it Greed, see, it’s like a little pet, all right? And the more and more and more that you go and feed it The more hungry it’ll get But, you know, you really can’t blame greed Naw that’s stupid You see, it’s got a worm inside Oh yeah that’s right That’s one that always needs to feed And it is never satisfied You get it? But the more you try to find it The more it likes to hide Now listen That is a nasty little worm I like to call it pride! See now that’s why you’re biggering! Listen here idiot! And figuring on biggering! But that biggering’s just triggering more biggering! Got that? All right! The Once-Ler: There is a principle of nature that most every creature knows It’s called survival of the fittest, and this is how it goes The animal that wins has got to claw and bite and kick and punch The animal that doesn’t winds up someone else’s lunch A company’s an animal that’s trying to survive It’s struggling and fighting just to keep itself alive I must keep biggering! I’m figuring on biggering! Though biggering is triggering More biggering! I won’t stop biggering! I’m figuring on biggering! And biggering is triggering more biggering! With the customers all buying And the money multiplying And the pr people lying And the lawyers all denying Who cares if some things are dying? I don’t want to hear your crying This is all so gratifying

This movie is honestly a guilty pleasure of mine. Yes, it’s not very good, but the songs are catchy, and some of the jokes are actually pretty funny. Hell, I’d take THIS Seuss adaptation from Illumination over the stupid Grinch movie they did in 2018.

21:30 That transition to Attack on Titan was PERFECT lmao

I forgot Taylor Swift was in this

To this video I say.. Let it grow!

This is actually one of my favorite illumination movies, it was more serious than other movies making me like It a bit more