A Christmas Carol (2009)

[Plain Old Tele]

Discuss.

[Cosmonaut]

CG was quite bad for $200m movie, even back then.

[ChD]

What a terrible movie. At first, only the animation was bothering me - quite a lot, honestly. It looked horrible. But then, the first spirit came (the one that looked like a candle or whatever) and when he started doing that dance I just had enough. Voice acting was pretty bad for Scrooge, even if it was Carrey who was doing it. It was so unfitting that a second couldn't go by without asking myself why they picked Carrey for an old man's voice. They tried something, but failed miserably. Based on the things I saw, I'd rate it a C- or D+ at its best.

[Jack Nevada]

Far from the best adaptations of Scrooge, but it's still good. Old London has never looked better.3/4

[Films]

Shockingly bad shit awful Christmas film that only Fred Claus is worse than last decade. D-

[ChD]

Far from the best adaptations of Scrooge, but it's still good. Old London has never looked better.3/4

 

That I give it. Everything that wasn't moving looked very good. What's the best adaptation of Scrooge in your opinion? 

[Films]

That I give it. Everything that wasn't moving looked very good. What's the best adaptation of Scrooge in your opinion?

If it counts, the muppets Christmas carol

[Jack Nevada]

Mickey's Christmas Carol/Scrooged/The George C. Scott one.

[Dark 33Legend of the Sith]

Far from the best adaptations of Scrooge, but it's still good. Old London has never looked better.3/4

Totally agree. We watched this on Christmas Eve and the visuals are great.  Carrey is an excellent Scrooge. Not groundbreaking stuff but a very good Christmas movie.

 

B+

[luna]

i watch tv occasionally

[Goffe]

On the good side, Carrey is great, visuals looks great (well, except the characters themselves) and Zemmicks sure knows how to masterfully conduct a scene, the slow-pace is a breath fresh air in the medium, it never gets boring despite all problems.

 

On the bad side, it's simplistic, heavy-Handed and preachy. Some long sequences were meant to be enjoyed only in 3D. In 2D, they have no purpose. The final 15 minutes are quite horrible.  

 

50/100

 

From 1:10 to 2:25, one of the best things Silvestri wrote in the last few years. 

 

Is this the first time they show a dead body so explicitly in an animated film?

Edited June 16, 2015 by Goffe