Bests & Worsts Reviews from Amazon

Saw this week it was released. Fact its out in video the following month is telling. Onviously the people who loved this movie didnt go to see " How the Grinch stole Christmas" because this didnt vaguely resemble the story it was puportedly based on. The Characters, the music, the narrator and Grinch himself were pale imposters to the mildly dark childrens comedy classic. Right from the start i scratched my head as the charming iconic Dr. Suess rymes and songs were replaced with rap. Whether you are a fan of rap or not, this was not the appropriate venue for rap music. From there it went down hill. Still confused with the back story as the Grinch came from an orphanage with noone in it. This somehow made him " dislike" (strong no bullying theme in this story. I understand we need to teach bullying is wrong but to have to eliminate from movies as if it doesnt exist doesnt accomplish that. Quite the opposite in fact) Since the Grinch is never actually a bully, the change when he realizes its him, not the who's fault, is hardly transcendant and doesnt purport the strong lesson of the real meaning of Christmas, good will toward man. On that subject, the movie also shifts from the Suessean theme to more political from its characters. While the Who's were cartoon characters and were made to just roughly portray humans, they nevertheless weren't. The story was about everyone, human nature as a whole. This clearly had ethnic undertones, a theme which really had no place in a Childrens cartoon based on a childrens book that wasnt political at all. Having Cindy Lou raised by a single mom was odd and was clearly done as further representation of themes not appropriate to this story. Life has become too political and "tradition" has somehow become a dirty word. I miss the old days when movies were just an escape and werent meant to "teach" morality.