23 of 26 people found the following review helpful:
5.0 out of 5 stars
Just as charming as I remember, July 22, 2004
This review is from: Dr. Seuss: The Lorax, Also Includes Pontoffel Pock & His Magic Piano [VHS] (VHS Tape)
The environmentally conscious Lorax appears here in an expanded version of the Dr. Seuss book, where we see more about how the profit-minded Once-Ler destroyed the truffula trees. My kindergartener loved the book, and I happened across this tape at Wal-Mart in a bargain bin. Having seen it as a kid myself, it was a natural purchase. She's watched it eight times in three days, so it must have stood the test of time! The music is a bit dated, sure, but she won't care about that for a few years yet, and it's pure nostalgia for my wife and me. The story even strikes the correct balance between commercial interests and environmentalism: Just take care of nature while you're creating jobs, and all will be well. But if you don't.....yikes.
The forgotten story included here is about Pontoffel Pock, a loser of a young man who can't get his simple two-step job right and gets fired. He is given a magic piano so he can "get away from it all," and of course he fouls that up too, but eventually figures out how to rescue a damsel in distress. My little girl doesn't quite get the romance aspect of this story, but we both enjoy the fantasy. Not in the league of "The Lorax," but cute.
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6 of 6 people found the following review helpful:
5.0 out of 5 stars
This is an excellent video with an urgent message., March 18, 1999
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I bought this video for my daughter when she was 4. She loved it for the music, rhymes, and colors and I loved it for these things as well as its message. An an urban planner, I am involved with the impacts of development on a daily basis and astonished by the number of people who disregard the importance of our natural resources. I was thrilled to see this video instill the message of conservation in children and, hopefully, in their parents as well.
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17 of 21 people found the following review helpful:
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He speaks for the trees!, October 5, 2000
As fabulous as Dr. Seuss has always been, the story of the Lorax is the ultimate as far as I'm concerned in teaching our children the value of the environment and the threat that capitalist consumerism is to the beauty of the Earth that we love. When we look at some of the damage that grows exponentially through exploitation for profit all around us, the Lorax teaches us to be brave enough to take a stand, even if it is a frustrating, lonely one. I admire the Lorax. He speaks for the trees!
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