The movie adaptation of the Dr. Seuss classic, Horton Hears a Who, topped the American box office this weekend, with sci-fi outing, Doomsday, landing a distant 7th.
The star-studded CGI-animated film brought-in over $45 million, making it the biggest opening of the year so far (besting comics-based Cloverfield), and the 4th-best March opening ever. Serendipitously, it is sandwiched between two other Dr. Seuss adaptations: How the Grinch Stole Christmas and 2003's The Cat in the Hat.
Doomsday, obviously an homage to post-Apocalyptic films so prevalent in the 1980s, received lukewarm reviews from both critics and movie-goers. While I have not seen the film, I have to agree with one audience reviewer who said that the majority of people who panned the flick "didn't get it," since most of them slammed it for being "just like" Mad Max, Road Warrior, etc., without acknowledging that this is unquestionably the intent. However, the reaction was pretty evenly-split even amongst those who did "get it."
© C Harris Lynn, 2008
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