Friday 8 January 2010

MOVIE REVIEW : A Christmas Carol


A CHRISTMAS CAROL

Directed by Robert Zemeckis

Starring Jim Carrey and Gary Oldman

PLOT

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.

REVIEW

+ Along with Avatar, some of the best use of 3D I have seen so far. +

+ Jim Carrey is brilliant in all the roles he plays in this, though especially good at Scrooge. +

+ Even though its all mo-capped... you can really feel the emotions of the characters. +

+ A simple yet great, and very festive, score.. +

+ Because Jim Carrey played Scrooge throughout his whole life, there was really a connection between character and actor not achievable in the other adaptations.. +

+ I like how it portrays the story in all the ways you have never seen it from before. +

+ Often very scary, and is better for being so. +

+ The world looks brilliant, and the characters are all well designed. +

- The CG still isn't QUITE there, the characters still look a little "off". -

- Unfortunately it had the problem of "I know this story already". -

BEST MOMENT

Actually, the opening credits. I loved the effect of flying through Victorian England in 3D - it was brilliant.

MY RATING
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