"Dr Seuss' The Lorax" rated G 1hr 26

"A 12-year-old boy searches for the one thing that will enable him to win the affection of the girl of his dreams. To find it he must discover the story of the Lorax, the grumpy yet charming creature who fights to protect his world." imdb.com
   Danny DeVito, Zac Effron & Taylor Swift are handed a great story which takes a little while to warm up but seemed to capture the kids we took to the Heddon Greta Drive In a couple of weeks ago!!
   As an aside the Drive In is one of two which survive here in NSW, Oz [the other being at Blacktown in Sydney]. Apart from only being able to tune in via your FM radio... which had just started 30 years ago when I used to go there... the place is much the same!!
   The owners are wrestling with the cost of a digital projector as fi;m prints are not available as much now but it's been very popular the three recent times we have visited!!
  
"Unless someone like you cares a whole awful lot, nothing is going to get better, it's not."
So begins this conversation where the Dr Seuss quote ends it onscreen. The film is heartwarming, clever and has a clear message not just about the fate of the last tree in Thneed-ville but of all things.
   I think "Unless.." opens up the possibility of a brilliant youth or family camp theme... using the film as a Saturday night hinge for the whole weekend.
   Theologically this is a discipleship story. It's a story of 'community' and of making the choice to do 'the different thing' because UNLESS someone does... nothing will change... GREED and disregard for the created world are the challenges as Thneed-ville lives on 'bottled' air and is caught in a Matrix like artificial existence maintained in the interests of profiteering O'Hare.

The Story of Bottled Water clip, Blue King Brown's song, Junk Sculptures and wide games with an environmental/diehard styled theme could work well on this weekend adventure. This could lend itself to a creative engagement with Genesis and some eco worship options across the event... let's do it!!

"A tree falls the way it leans, Be careful which way you lean" The Lorax