Zemeckis adds to his store of holiday films, still hoping for "it's a wonderful life"'s american family favorite status. first there was "the polar express" with it's emphasis on the santa legend, and now (almost as an apology for such pagan posterings) a return to good ol' Chri...( read more)
Jim Carrey, Gary Oldman, Colin Firth
An animated retelling of Charles Dickens classic novel about a Victorian-era miser taken on a journey of self-redemption, courtesy of several mysterious Christmas apparitions.
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November 18, 2009
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November 18, 2009
Note: My apologies to anyone who reads my reviews that it's taken so long to write a new one. I've been extremely busy with schoolwork, but I also kinda gave up writing them, because I know very few people read these and I've already written 200 pages worth of reviews - seems li...( read more)
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November 12, 2009
A Christmas Carol 3D
Expected: 13 November
Robert Zemeckis is back, pushing the boundaries of performance capture that he previously explored in Beowulf. He?s taking on Charles Dickens? classic with Jim Carrey playing Scrooge plus all three ghosts. And if that wasn?t enough, The ...( read more) -
November 9, 2009
I loved it! This is the best adaptation i've ever seen of this story.It was also the scariest movie i've seen all year, i'm not kiddin some parts are just fucked and freaky like, I thought the acting was pretty great in some parts aswell. the animation is amazing, this is one of ...( read more)
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November 9, 2009
What a difference this new 3-D technology makes! Very enjoyable! Nice sturdy, Buddy Holly type glasses that fit over prescription glasses easily bring depth and life to the images. This isn't the type of 3-D entertainment you see at amusement parks. This movie feels very grou...( read more)
Critic Reviews
You don't identify with Scrooge at any point, nor is blatant fakery scary. Picture The Seventh Seal with sock puppets. full review
A branded piece of shiny seasonal entertainment. full review
Dickens purists can stay away. Others can feel free to sample the rollicking aerial views of Victorian London, the droll and scary elasticity of Carrey. full review
To put it bluntly, if Scroogely, Disney's 3-D animated version of A Christmas Carol is a calamity. full review
Favors thrill-ride effects that are more often the star than the servant of the story. It's like "Silent Night" played by Led Zeppelin. full review
A re-telling should either present a resonant or fresh thematic take. This Christmas Carol seems like a pale ghost of Dickens' magical Christmas classic. full review
Shockingly, the new film turns out to be very good, at times close to brilliant: a darkly detailed marvel of creative visualization that does well by Dickens and right by audiences -- when it's not tr... full review
The story that Dickens wrote in 1838 remains timeless, and if it's supercharged here with Scrooge swooping the London streets as freely as Superman, well, once you let ghosts into a movie, there's roo... full review
Zemeckis' latest motion-capture CGI project capsizes Dickens' narrative power simply because the faces of the human simulacra are so utterly inexpressive and ugly. full review
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November 4, 2009Wait a minute...3D animation, based on a classic beloved story, directed by Robert Zemeckis with Robin Wright Penn as part of the supporting cast. Last time that happened, I was very disappointed. On the upside, Gary Oldman and Bob Hoskins have roles of some sort. Could this movie make up for the let-down knows as BEOWULF? Let's find out.
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September 13, 2009I thiNk it's really great moVie,...... So i will watch thiS,.CaNt waiT,... So exCiteD,.Well let's sEe...........
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May 14, 2009I am VERY excited about this movie, usually Christmass movies dont call my attention, but with a cast like this! I thought it would be a live action movie,it would have been SO much better!
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