Thread:Jester of chaos/@comment-36402152-20180731095003/@comment-36402152-20180801172602

Not to mention in the climax, when Larry Quinn is supposed to be at his most threatening state, he instead do nothing other than wearing lame clothes and being sucked away into another dimension. Taking another villain from another adaptation of a Dr Seuss story, Aloysius O Hare from The Lorax for a close comparison. Incompetent and comedy as he is, he managed to invent an air making machine, tricking the entire town into thinking they are living in a perfect world, achieve a high position, and even almost successfully convince the town to destroy the tree. That shows that he does have intellegence, just does not use it at its full potential. And his design, while not necessarily great, is enough for his purpose. That said Im not a fan of O Hare either. Compare Larry to Preston is an insult to Preston, Preston is around the same level of competence of O Hare.

Personally, I think they just want to repeat the success of The Grinch. Except Larry Quinn makes the Mayor looks like an actual threat. In fact, in The Grinchs case, you can consider The Grinch is the main villain, who redeemed himself, and the girl is the main protagonist. This is why we should not try to repeat our previous success.