A Christmas Carol
The movie Disney’s A Christmas Carol is animation treat this season and writer director Robert Zemeckis has yet again proved his skill to make a 3D movie with precision.
The Oscar-wining director has been successful in evolving animated characters that look so close to humans and this is where Zemeckis technical craftsmanship makes such a huge difference. The fact that the animated characters are so similar to real human characters makes it more believable. Robert Zemeckis has beautifully adapted Charles Dickens’ timeless classic A Christmas Carol into a well-directed animation.
Disney’s A Christmas Carol gains an edge over his previous two animations; The Polar Express and Beowulf and that is mostly because the origin of the story is from an unforgettable classic. Charles Dickens penned this story in 1838 and it has luckily got into the right hands else there are movie makers who have the potential of creating rubbish out of classics.
The story is about Ebeneezer Scrooge (Jim Carrey renders the voice over for Scrooge’s character) who is a wealthy old miser who has not celebrated the Christmas Eve for seven consecutive years and with that many among audience will go into nostalgic moments trying to remember the story narrated by Dickens. Yes most of them will be familiar with the tale of Ebeneezer Scrooge. But this is not to draw comparisons between the classical tale and the contemporary motion picture, as both have their share of genius.
Anyways coming back to story, Scrooge loathes Christmas and has not been celebrating it since his partner Jacob Marley’s death. Marley’s ghost appears and warns Scrooge about the three ghosts who will visit him soon. Well the spirits appear and remind Scrooge of past Christmas Eves and also show the people around who are celebrating the eve with so much fun. The three ghosts cautions Scrooge of the events that are likely to take place in the future Christmas Eves if he does not mend his ways.
A Christmas Carol
Scrooge’s past life shows that he was a happy-go-lucky guy who had been hard working and just like any normal youngster goes crazy about Belle, and when she confronts him about his present behaviour, Scrooge fails to explain and the audience does not get a clear picture of Scrooge’ transition. Scrooge’s drastic change in behaviour has not been explained in the movie.
The movie undoubtedly is a good adaptation of Dickens’ story and the animation thoroughly supports the story and characters of the film. The other biggest highlight of the film is Jim Carrey’s voice over; he has rendered his voice to the three ghosts and the ghost of the future Christmas too, which makes the characters much more interesting.
The film is not all in all a children’s film there are certain spooky scenes that will scare the kids may be we can rate it under PG. The movie is a nice Christmas gift for movie lovers and it has definitely got the entertainment factor that will draw audiences.
| Film | A Christmas Carol |
|---|---|
| Cast (Voice) | Jim Carrey Steve Valentine Daryl Sabara Sage Ryan |
| Director | Robert Zemeckis |
| Producer | Katherine C. Concepcion Jack Rapke Heather Smith Steve Starkey Peter M. Tobyansen Robert Zemeckis |
| Writer | Charles Dickens Robert Zemeckis |
| Runtime | 1 Hour 36 Minutes |
| Rating | 3.5/5 |
Posted on Sunday, November 8th, 2009 at 5:16 pm