This is one of the most faithful renditions of the original Dickens Story that I've seen. Almost all the dialog is taken verbatim from the book and the settings mesh easily. The 3d effects are, for the most part, enjoyable (although I find them to be most effective in creating an illusion of depth, not when they make things come out of the screen.) The design of the Ghosts was well done. The appearance of the Ghost of Christmas Future was wonderfully eerie. And Present was wonderful. Past looked good, but its "flickering" physicality got a bit distracting.
Jim Carey performs admirably in this. His Scrooge is spot on and has none of the Jim Carey mugging that I was afraid of. His performance as the Ghosts is also enjoyable though some may be put out by the choice of accent for the Ghost of Christmas Present.
The other voice actors did well also. I didn't realize until the credits that Carey was not the only one wearing multiple hats.
My biggest problems with this version were where it departed from the original story in the interest of spectacular visuals. The scene shown in the ads where Scrooge is riding the Ghost of Past's hat like a rocket is one such example but the most gratuitous example was the carriage chase scene with the Ghost of Christmas Future. It came from nowhere, added nothing to the story, and frankly distracted from the movie. It was like there was this five minute interruption in the movie where the animators showed off before going back to the story.
Still, it was overall positive and a nice start to the Holiday season.
Jim Carey performs admirably in this. His Scrooge is spot on and has none of the Jim Carey mugging that I was afraid of. His performance as the Ghosts is also enjoyable though some may be put out by the choice of accent for the Ghost of Christmas Present.
The other voice actors did well also. I didn't realize until the credits that Carey was not the only one wearing multiple hats.
My biggest problems with this version were where it departed from the original story in the interest of spectacular visuals. The scene shown in the ads where Scrooge is riding the Ghost of Past's hat like a rocket is one such example but the most gratuitous example was the carriage chase scene with the Ghost of Christmas Future. It came from nowhere, added nothing to the story, and frankly distracted from the movie. It was like there was this five minute interruption in the movie where the animators showed off before going back to the story.
Still, it was overall positive and a nice start to the Holiday season.