Dr Who??

Well I had never heard of the movie.It was supposedly a new Animation flick with a name which nobody could remember,everyone remembered just a Dr and a 'who' and the story line seemed wierd with some elephant helping a small world in a speck in a flower. When Mahesh suggested this movie he went something like " why dont we go to this new animation movie ..its called 'Dr ..something ..something WHO',i cant remember,its about an elephant helping a world in a small speck of flower" .Crikes!!nobody would ever go to a movie described thus,that too adults and to an animated movie!(no offense to you mahesh,but you couldn't have described the movie better and nobody can remember the movie name if they haven't seen it ,for the movie name makes no sense if you havent seen it). Everyone declined,forget everyone even Bhargav who normally likes animated movies very politely declined saying 'I am not interested in seeing a cartoon today'. :)

Since i am a sucker for new kinds of movies and like animated movies and normally see movies which nobody wants to see and more over i looked it up on the web and rotten tomatoes had favourable reviews i decided to give it a try.I forgot that Australian GP was at 11.30 PM and committed to Mahesh for the 10.30 PM show and then later suddenly remembered and kept cursing myself for having forgotten it,the very thought that i was missing the F1 opener for some unheard of movie was frustrating.But i had made a commitment i decided to stick to it and go.

To cut it short,I thoroughly enjoyed the movie.I like animated movies because of its creativity,its very difficult to make commercial animated movies because it has to appeal to both the adults and the youngsters,the films have to be mature enough to keep an adult engrossed and at the same time funny and fascinating and not too complicated to a youngster.So i always find it fascinating to see how movie makers keep this balance to make it a commercial hit.
Coming back to the movie,it has an extremely creative story line,kudos to whoever thought of it - i think it has some philosophical undertones(probably its only me as i am much into philosophising:) ) and a very funny elephant and some quality humour(all relative to different age groups) and the graphics are very soothing to the eye and congruous.After seeing the movie the name makes perfect sense.Probably its an advertising gimmick to keep such an undecipherable name,but real creativity in the way the movie name has been kept.

I recommend this movie to all animation movie fans ,I think its a wonderfully made film .

Its called 'Dr.Sesss - Horton hears a WHO' :)I didn't think twice to remember the name!! :)

Thanks Mahesh,for suggesting the movie.After seeing the movie I didn't repent that I missed F1 ,though i watched it from mid way on after coming back home!

Addendum:I did some research on the movie,its based on the book by the same name 'Horton hears a who' by Theodor Seuss the famous children story book writer known for 'how the grinch stole christmas'.