A Christmas Carol
Rated: PG for scary sequences and images.
Trekker's Grade: A
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A Christmas Carol is a timeless classic that is enjoyed and loved by millions, it's one of Charles Dickens's masterpieces meant to boost the spirits and enlighten the soul.
It has many versions, including a well-done cartoon Disney version, and story is fairly well known. Ebenezer Scrooge is a miserly businessman who seven years earlier lost his partner. On Christmas Eve he's visited by the ghost of his partner who warns Scrooge that he will be visited by three spirits intent to show Scrooge his ways. The three ghosts, of course, are The Ghost of Christmas Past, The Ghost of Christmas Present and The Ghost of Christmas Yet to Come.
Jim Carrey plays the role of Scrooge and three ghosts and he does them all wonderfuly. The 3D in the movie is well done, though there's one needless extended sequence that seems there only to boast about the 3D, and doesn't have what I call the "Colorform effect" that 3D movies I've seen in the past have. (The only problem I had with the 3D is that the glasses didn't full cover my field of vision so I was too often aware of the glasses and their frame.)
It's a bit early -for me- for this level of Christmas spirit and cheer -also hindered by the 70-some degree day we had today- but this movie delivers the spirit(s) well in one of the better adaptions of Dickens's masterpiece.
Go see this with your family, some of the ghost sequences (notably the door-knocker, the ghost of Jacob Marley and the Ghost of Christmas Yet to Come) may be a bit scary for younger kids but overall they'll likely enjoy it.
Rated: PG for scary sequences and images.
Trekker's Grade: A
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A Christmas Carol is a timeless classic that is enjoyed and loved by millions, it's one of Charles Dickens's masterpieces meant to boost the spirits and enlighten the soul.
It has many versions, including a well-done cartoon Disney version, and story is fairly well known. Ebenezer Scrooge is a miserly businessman who seven years earlier lost his partner. On Christmas Eve he's visited by the ghost of his partner who warns Scrooge that he will be visited by three spirits intent to show Scrooge his ways. The three ghosts, of course, are The Ghost of Christmas Past, The Ghost of Christmas Present and The Ghost of Christmas Yet to Come.
Jim Carrey plays the role of Scrooge and three ghosts and he does them all wonderfuly. The 3D in the movie is well done, though there's one needless extended sequence that seems there only to boast about the 3D, and doesn't have what I call the "Colorform effect" that 3D movies I've seen in the past have. (The only problem I had with the 3D is that the glasses didn't full cover my field of vision so I was too often aware of the glasses and their frame.)
It's a bit early -for me- for this level of Christmas spirit and cheer -also hindered by the 70-some degree day we had today- but this movie delivers the spirit(s) well in one of the better adaptions of Dickens's masterpiece.
Go see this with your family, some of the ghost sequences (notably the door-knocker, the ghost of Jacob Marley and the Ghost of Christmas Yet to Come) may be a bit scary for younger kids but overall they'll likely enjoy it.
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