The 'bright and bubbly' Lorax trailer: 7 talking points

Dr. Seuss' cautionary environmental tale heads to the big screen — spurring plenty of debate about the faithfulness of the adaptation

Ed Helms lends his voice to the tree-chopping Once-ler, an unseen character in the book, for the upcoming film version of Dr. Seuss' "The Lorax."
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Another of Dr. Seuss' whimsical children's books is getting the big screen treatment, but this time, it's one of his most didactic and controversial works. The first full trailer for The Lorax, an adaptation of Seuss' 1971 environmental fable about the dangers that industrialization poses to nature, was released Thursday. (Watch it below.) The title character, a mustachioed furry creature, speaks on behalf of the trees against the greedy Once-ler who is chopping them down to profit his business. Here are seven things that nostalgic commentators are buzzing about now that they've had their first look at the film, which is due out March, 2012:

1. The plot seems to stray from the book

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