his movie the one that I first saw in theatres. On my 15th Birthday in 2009, some friends and I saw this movie in the IMAX cinema in 3D. It was definitely an experience.
Also a bit of housekeeping, next week I will be talking about the brick of a book Jonathan Strange and Mr Norell.
“Though London awaits the joyful arrival of Christmas, miserly Ebenezer Scrooge (Jim Carrey) thinks it’s all humbug, berating his faithful clerk and cheerful nephew for their view. Later, Scrooge encounters the ghost of his late business partner, who warns that three spirits will visit him this night. The ghosts take Scrooge on a journey through his past, present and future in the hope of transforming his bitterness.”
This adaptation is an enjoyable watch. The Performance Capture animation used in this film is amazing. But one word of warning, this movie leans hard on the secondary title A Christmas Ghost Story.
For this movie, I have four thoughts.
Firstly, the animation. When it comes Performance Capture animation, everything looks almost too real. There are points where you can see every spot and wrinkle in the person’s face. It looks almost like live action. And then we see something like the ghost changing its face to mess with Scrooge or other animation tricks that reminds you what you are looking at.
Secondly, three different points in this movie are pulled from the book that are not in any of the adaptations we have talked about this month. Firstly, the ghost horde. At the end of the scene with Marly, Scrooge sees all these other ghosts that are trapped like Marly, forced to see all the pain of the world with no way to help. I can understand why this may not have been included in the previous adaptations, because it was too scary. But this movie was not afraid to go there.
Secondly, in the section with the ghost of Christmas Present, Scrooge asks the ghost about what his representatives on earth are doing in his name, and the ghost shuts that down. This is a reference to something that was happening when it was written. At that time, the bake houses would let people use their ovens for a small price. For the people accepting this deal, this would be the only hot meal they would have all week. Some people in Parliament were trying to shut that practice down, citing the commandment about keeping the Sabbath holy. In my opinion I think that Parliament was following the part of the Bible that they want to.
Thirdly, the whole part of the same section with the two children under the robe of the Ghost of Christmas present of Ignorance and Want is a quote from the book. But this movie includes what the effect of Scrooge’s look at prisons and workhouses would have. This is a visceral reminder to anyone who have heard the line “are there no prisons, are there no workhouses” but never thought about how decrepit those places are.
Fourthly, here is my only complaint: the part with the Ghost of Christmas Yet To Come. Now I like the whole idea of the Ghost chasing Scrooge, as you can’t escape the future. My issue is the part where Scrooge starts to shrink. This feels like someone higher up decided that this movie needed to have some slapstick. The main reason that I have a problem with is the fact that this part is supposed to be serious but throughout we have Scrooge with a very high-pitched voice.
Thank you for listening to me. I how you enjoyed it. I wish everyone reading this a very Merry Christmas if you celebrate it and a Happy Holidays if you don’t and until next time.
Happy reading to all and to all a good night.
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