Since discussion about it is popping up again, how would you have written the 2012 Lorax movie if you were given the reins?

Since discussion about it is popping up again, how would you have written the 2012 Lorax movie if you were given the reins?
Assuming it HAS to be made. Aside from obvious choices (i.e. keep in biggering.)

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  1. 10 months ago
    Anonymous

    Don't portray the Onceler as an outcast dude who was pressured into cutting down trees because of his family. In the original book he was in it for profit the whole time.

    • 10 months ago
      Anonymous

      He seemed to have an issue with his dad in the short, which is ironic since we never see his father in the 2012 movie.

      • 10 months ago
        Anonymous

        everyone knows the REAL mentally damaged men don't have fathers in their life
        actually, ted doesn't have a dad either. or a grandpa, despite living with his mom and grandma
        this movie does not like dads it seems

        • 10 months ago
          Anonymous

          >The Lorax was the closest he had to a father figure.

          • 10 months ago
            Anonymous

            That's actually kinda true

    • 10 months ago
      Anonymous

      Way to miss the fricking point
      The Onceler did what he did because he saw people had a need for something and he wanted to fill it. The original book even states that his intentions were originally good but that he was blinded by the effects he was causing on the environment as a result of his own ambition which ened up fueling his greed. The Onceler is not meant to be a faceless villian he's meant to be an every man that anyone can become if they don't curb their ambitions.

      • 10 months ago
        Anonymous

        How they explain in book, that he ends alone in his house? He became a rich man, then family just left and... robbed him?

        • 10 months ago
          Anonymous

          I think it's an irony that he ended up acting with a sole interest in monetary gain and he was treated the same way by others when his company finally collapsed for lack of any more resources.

  2. 10 months ago
    Anonymous

    The original cartoon works as a parable. Bloating a formerly-simple work with a bunch of backstory and characters and songs muddies the message. The movie is pointless fluff.

  3. 10 months ago
    Anonymous

    Restore the Biggering song. Make the dark parts of the film much darker. The air salesman bad guy has a good design and is funny, keep him, make him more evil. Remove lame jokes. Remove a lot of the fluff with the main boy, severly diminish his role but have him act as an inciting incident for the old Once-ler to change.

    • 10 months ago
      Anonymous

      i don't hate the idea of the kid (not using that cringe ass name) but i wish he was an actual character.
      Remove the crush, have him actually sound like a 12 year old and have a deeper motivation for him to venture out. have him learn about the onceler from his grandma instead.
      Maybe it'd be a bit dark but have the grandma sick or something to 1) give a reason why she can't fix the problem herself and 2) show the effects of the world they live in.
      Also, not directed at anyone but the Onceler doesn't need to be emotionless for the message of the story to work. If anything, him being a flawed person who has to succumb to the system to survive would greatly strengthen the movie.

      • 10 months ago
        Anonymous

        A log of living tree to impress a girl is a big enough motivation. Better remove old hag.

  4. 10 months ago
    Anonymous

    Show the negative impact of having to buy air instead of portraying thneedville citizens as having no problems

    • 10 months ago
      Anonymous

      Technically, people already buy water, food, and rent a place to exist. Air for money change not much.

      • 10 months ago
        Anonymous

        dog bless the capitalist dream country of communist china

      • 10 months ago
        Anonymous

        >rent
        You have to be over 18 to post here

        • 10 months ago
          Anonymous

          > be over 18
          > still watch cartoons

          • 10 months ago
            Anonymous

            >be over 18
            >still getting boners over 14 year old anime girls

  5. 10 months ago
    Anonymous

    In my movie that boy would chop forest animals instead of trees. After their cold-blooded attempt to kill him they are disgusting.

  6. 10 months ago
    Anonymous

    i would've gone for more product placements and worm The Lorax into marketing air travel

  7. 10 months ago
    Anonymous

    More oncest.

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