Dr Seuss' “How the Grinch Stole Christmas” was apparently not a very worthwhile movie. I wouldn't know, because I boycotted it. Dr Seuss (Ted Geisel) never wanted a live-action, mass commercialised Grinch, but after his death his wife decided that she knew better.

Obviously my personal boycott didn't make too big a difference, however, as we are now faced with another big-budget adaption of a Seuss novel. Movie makes money; movie gets “sequel”. Such is the way of Hollywood.

Luckily, it seems that this version of “The Cat in the Hat” is one of the most unwatchable pieces of tripe to visit the screens in some time, even for those who don't notice Seuss quietly rolling in his grave in the background. Hopefully people will listen to the reviews, won't go and see it, and that will be the end of that. Unfortunately, I get the feeling that this movie will simply leave a generation of kids thinking that Seuss' work is rubbish, which is so very far from the truth.