| Rating: | ★★★ |
| Category: | Movies |
| Genre: | Kids & Family |
First off, the good stuff:
The animation and effects were amazing. The characters were well animated and the voice acting was superb, especially Gary Oldman, Cary Elwes and, of course, Jim Carrey. The dialogue was witty, but that's partly due to the original story anyway.
Now, for the stuff I didn't quite like:
What on earth was that chase scene all about?! It wasted a good 5-10 minutes of the movie! And for what? Nothing!!!
I sorely missed the empathy I should have felt for Tiny Tim. He's the heart-tug of the entire piece and that was not dwelled on. Instead, you had to suffer through a very lengthy yet unimportant chase scene wherein Scrooge becomes a gnome-sized.
I wanted to cry, like I did when I first read the story. I wanted to feel for the Cratchit family. I wanted to hate Scrooge. I wanted to rejoice in Scrooge's transformation. Instead, I was left wondering what happened.
The story is very good. Dickens knew his stuff. Animation was wonderful. The transitions and effects were well-presented. I just don't get why they had to add elements that were really utterly irrelevant.
My take: wait for the video, if you msut see it. Otherwise, some live-action rendition of the story are still better than this one.
=)K
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