A Christmas Carol (2009) Review - PATRON-EXCLUSIVE!
Added 2021-12-31 21:38:40 +0000 UTCThe classic story of a squeezing, wrenching, grasping, scraping, clutching, covetous, old sinner!
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Heard of this movie, seen reviews, never really cared to watch it. The animation felt... weird. I mean, so lifelike that they might as well have used real actors, I feel 3D and CGI is wasted when creating regular humans - we already have those in abundance. And somehow, Jim Carrey as Scrooge sounded like a terrible choice. I know he can do drama but still, why hire a comic to do tragedy? As for Scrooge - yeah, I happen to know people like him, super rich people who go to Ibiza every year, yet they lived in a run-down moldy apartment with a bathroom that almost fell apart, rusty sink, peeling paint, a fridge from the 70ies... it's like they were too afraid to spend money on basic amenities yet would spend frivolously on things they did not need. People are weird. HUH, never knew the Ghost of Christmas Present DIES!!! He is a ghost, how can he die? Also, even as a skeleton he has squinty eyes? That was unintentionally funny.
BB Shockwave
2022-01-03 10:54:00 +0000 UTCBest Christmas present! I saw this in theaters (Jim Carrey + Christmas = good enough for me) and it is the most faithful adaptation. I can't believe all the heart and detail that went into this all while being visually stunning. This and A Flintstone's Christmas Carol are my favorite versions! They really did Nephew Fred justice. I was sad you didn't mention him until he appeared after the credits 🥰
Sylvia Hicks
2022-01-02 03:24:53 +0000 UTCThank you for this review I hope you both had a wonderful holiday season.
Raven Mcbain
2022-01-02 01:12:23 +0000 UTCSo everyone knows that I’m terrified of the ghost of Christmas yet to come (especially if you were in the audience of the play during the oh no story) but I have to say that the scene with the hearse chasing Scrooge detracted from that fear rather than adding to it. A lot of the effectiveness of that ghost is that he simply shows the events occurring, without commentary or spectacle because then there is no distraction or comfort from the somber events occurring, it builds the tension up until that final image of the stone is a breaking point. The exception to this is of course the terrifying Mickey’s Christmas Carol but that is extremely short it doesn’t have the time to bring the tension needed for that shock so it supplies it’s own (and scars small Monkeymice). In this it is unneeded and breaks the tension rather than adding to it. Since this story has been told so many times we know what’s coming and it needs to build that tension so we feel the impact that Scrooge does when we see that stone. (Sorry bout the essay here but it’s something that’s important to me)
Raven Mcbain
2022-01-02 01:11:09 +0000 UTCI've never seen this Christmas Carol before. With the glut of adaptations that exist in basically every form of media, they've really got to try to stand out from one another. This one seems pretty interesting, though. I might check it out if I get the chance. By the way, Merry Christmas and Happy New Year, folks.
Ben Molulon
2022-01-01 20:16:21 +0000 UTCThis is something I have wanted since seeing this; it IS the most faithful and wonderful adaptation ever put to film! BTW, did you know that there is a double significance in Scrooge taking the coins off Marley's eyes? Zemmeckis did this purposefully and proves he is once again a stickler for some pretty insane details. The coins on the eyes are a remnant of old myths about the River Styx and the Ferryman, meant to be the soul's fee for getting to the afterlife (seriously, this was still a belief in early Christianity) and by taking the coins away, Scrooge essentially dooms Marley's spirit to wander the earth unable to make it to the next realm! Genius . . . and twisted! Also, he sleeps in a servant's room and not the master bedroom because a servant's room is easier to heat according to Dickensian scholars, so Raven is definitely right! Also, Bob, he does actually cap the Ghost of Christmas Past in the story . . . so, yeah, even though it looks wonky, it is actually still book accurate!
Elizabeth Stinebaugh
2022-01-01 06:33:56 +0000 UTCHappy new year guys I'm existed for more videos.
Jim Stigall
2021-12-31 22:59:01 +0000 UTCThe movie starring Jim Carey as the entire cast!
Daniel J
2021-12-31 22:03:01 +0000 UTCHappy New Year my dear friends Bob, Raven and all my fellow Bobsheaux fans. you know the people who made this film were also going to make a remake of The Beatles' Yellow Submarine but because their last film Mars needs Moms did so bad the studio shut down and it was never finished however pictures and one finished promo still remain.
A.T. M
2021-12-31 21:59:20 +0000 UTC
