Rabu, 09 April 2014

Movie Report 4 - The Lorax



Name                 : Dika Aulia Elfani
Reg. Number       : 1300921
Movie Report 4
“The Lorax”


Genre of the movie       : Animation
Source                       : I got this movie from my sister
Watch timing               : on march 23, 2014

Characteristics
Characters
Characteristics
Danny DeVito as The Lorax
(The main character)A grumpy yet charming orange creature with a large moustache.
Ed Helms as The Once-ler
(The main character)A man who recounts how his discovery of the Truffula Forest as a young man led to its depletion. He is a tall and a lanky human.
Zac Efron as Ted
(The main character)He is a 12-years old boy who has a crush named Audrey. He is clever and optimistic.
Taylor Swift as Audrey
An older girl and Ted's love interest. She is beautiful and smart. She loves painting.
Betty White as Grammy Norma
She is an old woman and energetic.
Rob Riggle as Mr. O'Hare
The mayor of Thneedville and head of the "O'Hare Air" company that supplies fresh air to Thneedville residents.
Jenny Slate as Ted's Mom
A homemaker just like an usual mother.
Nasim Pedrad as Once-ler's Mom
An ambitious mother who always push and ask Once-Ler to be a succeed businessperson.


Language Expressions
Hello everybody
Expression of greeting
Thanks for coming
Expression of thankful
This is amazing
Expression of happy
Oh, it hurts mom
Expression of pain
You gotta be kidding me
Expression of disbelief
That’s ridiculous
Expression of unsatisfied
That’s great
Expression of happy
How dare you
Expression of anger
I’ll see you tomorrow
Expression of greeting
Happy birthday, Audrey
Expression of giving a congrate
Thank you Grammy
Expression of thankful
Nice work guys
Expression of satisfied
Yuck
Expression of unsatisfied
I love this guy
Expression of love
I’m really glad
Expression of happy
You gotta go
Expression of anger
I won’t let you down
Expression of encouragement
Excuse me down there! I don’t care who you are. You are a little crazy baby man. Get out of my house now!
Expression of anger
Whoaaaa!!!
Expression of surprise

Synopsis
In the town of Thneedville, everything is plastic and manufactured. All of the people like it that way. However, when Ted's friend, Audrey says she wants to see a real tree one day, Ted try to look for the story about trees to his grandmother in order to win Audrey’s love. His grandmother tells him that he has to find a man named once-ler. What will happen next? Will ted finds the tree and win Audrey’s love? Find out on The Lorax movie.



Plot
Introduction
Ted Wiggins is a 12-year-old boy, who lives in "Thneedville," a walled city in which everything is  made of plastic. Ted has a crush on a local girl named Audrey. Audrey wants to see a real tree one day. Ted decides to find a real tree in order to impress her. Ted’s Grammy named Norma secretly tells Ted the legend of the Once-ler, who will tell anyone about trees. However, ted has to bring fifteen cents, a nail, and a shell of a great-great-great grandfather snail as the requirement. When Ted leaves Thneedville to search Once-ler, he sees that the outside world is contaminated, dark and spooky. The Once-ler agrees to tell Ted about the trees if he will listen to the story on the second visits. Ted gets an obstruction from Mr. O’Hare, the owner of an oxygen product. Mr. O’Hare is afraid because if ted could find a tree, his company will bankrupt.
Climax
On ted’s visits, Once-Ler tells his story in the past. He tells that he used to be an ambitious man who created a multifunction stuff from a Truffula tree. When he did to convince the people to buy his creation, Once-Ler tries to develop his business by cutting all of the trees. The Lorax appears in the jungle and tried to warn once-ler not to cut the trees. Unfortunately, he ignored it and keeps cutting the trees. The Once-ler’s factory  pollutes the sky, river, and landscape, until the last Truffula Tree falls. With no further chance of business, he is left broken and abandoned by his family. With the region uninhabitable because of his business's pollution, The Lorax sends the animals off to find a new place to live before he goes to the sky, and leaving only a stone-cut word: "Unless". Distraught and ruined, the Once-ler became a recluse.   

Resolution
After he finishes telling his story, the Once-ler finally understands the meaning behind the Lorax's last message, and gives Ted the last Truffula seed in hopes that he can plant it and make others care about real trees once more. Ted's desire to impress Audrey is now a personal mission to remind his town of the importance of nature. O'Hare, tries to stop Ted to plan the seed, but he can’t. The seed is finally planted, and Audrey kisses Ted on the cheek. Time passes and the land starts to recover; new trees sprout, the animals begin to return, and the redeemed Once-ler is happily reunited with the Lorax who has also returned.

Changing of the Character
Ted, a 12-year old who always plays like another boy changed into a brave man to face the challenge that he got from O’hare.

Moral Value and comment of the movie
This movie tells us to care about our nature. To keep this world stay green with trees. The movie shows the effect of no trees when Once-Ler cuts the trees and the earth becomes dark and not green anymore. There is no tree to produce the oxygen anymore. What about if it’s happen to our real life? We can’t breathe without oxygen. As a human, we have to keep our earth green and fresh for our next generation.