The Lorax - Nostalgia Critic

How can you dumb-down a story intended for 3 year olds?

Originally aired on 5/6/2014.

[GoddessDea]

Ok i HAVE to tell this little anecdote. I went and saw The Lorax in theaters when it came out. I bought a bottle of soda and wanted to dispose of the empty container after drinking it. I looked around for a recycling bin and couldn't find one so I asked someone who was sweeping up. He told me the had put the bin away so they could put up the display for The Lorax and that I would have to just put it in the garbage. Does anyone else see the irony of this?

[goatkoala]

Biggering is the best song from the Lorax and it isn’t even in the Lorax.

And the reason, is that it describes perfectly what the producers are.

[kraeulukaenki]

"What are you doing this evening?"
"Not you. Dump her."

*Wheeze*

[Charlie]

The onceler in the original 1970s version is not evil, just misguided. The Onceler and the other people’s faces are never shown, which is perfect for explaining that anybody who is shortsighted can destroy the environment

[acrsclspdrcls]

"Just like a delicate seed can grow a great oak, so can a faulty message grow a big problem."




This is a message that is SORELY needed in today's world.

[IntreusTheTraveler]

"Once there was a tree, and she loved a little boy."

And they *HANGED* out.



It didn't end so well.

[michealwestbrooks]

"What are you doing this evening?"
"Not you, dump her!"
I died laughing

[shady]

This hurts even more when you see the concept art and original material. It was meant to be a much darker movie more akin to the old 2d animated movie, with a badass rock opera villain song.
And Illumination, in all their infinite wisdom, played the 'It's too dark for kids' card.
Thank you minions. Thank you SO much.

[whatthefuckismyname]

"Don't forget what happened to the man who got everything he ever wanted. I killed him, and took all his possessions."

That line kills me every damn time.

[ElectroTherapyFTSoul]

I think The Lorax is my favorite Nostalgia Critic video.
1) The core review is just really good.
2) I like the sketches well enough, but I really love it when the sketches are part of the review itself. Nearly all of the sketches in this video are necessary for the overall review.
3) I like a plain old funny review, but I also love it when Doug has a message to put across.
The Lorax video combines all of these very well.

[reynofritzgerald]

THE CAPTIONS “TREE SCREAMS IN AGONY” OH MY GOD

[bryanegelhoffsanimationtec]

Here's a fun fact, recently released was a deleted song from the movie that would've helped the message better. It's called, "biggering." It was the demo for, "How Bad Can I Be?"
It shows greed slowly consuming the Onceler, rather than him being manipulated by his family, and it captures the emotion the story had. It's longer than the other song, is a rock song, and includes one or two lines from the original animated Lorax and even makes lines from the other song work better.
Amazing how one song can help a films message, and it's replaced with the more dumb downed version.

[PViolety]

Honestly, this is one of nostalgia critic’s best videos.

[DrDolan]

"True beauty never fades. We just need to be reminded of it every once in awhile"

What a beautiful message. Can I use that?

[arbytv]

“A 12-year-old boy should always be voiced by a 26-year-old man, right?” Then Gravity Falls comes in with a 12-year-old boy character voiced by a 32-year-old man.

[ccggenius]

On the flip-side, Green Eggs and Ham diverged RADICALLY from the book, and was amazing.

[EladAmon]

I didn't understand this review. Can you show it to me on a chart?

[LordofFullmetal]

I just want to point out - when this review came out, the idea of selling literal air was a joke.
That's ACTUALLY happening now. People from - I forget which country, but it's one of the REALLY polluted ones - are coming to my hometown and bottling air for the purpose of selling it. That's a real thing now.

[PuffyOne]

Let it grow but every grow is replaced with the nostalgia critics review of the lorax.

[jamilis]

Logic question: If the Onceler had the last seed for so many years, why didn't he just plant it himself?