A Christmas Carol (2009)

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	Year of first release: 2009
	Director: Robert Zemeckis (Back to the Future 1-3, The Polar Express)
	Actors: Jim Carrey (Mask, Dumb & Dumber), Gary Oldman (The Fifth Element), Colin Firth (The King's Speech), Cary Elwes (Hot Shots!)
	Country: USA
	Genre: Drama, Animation
	Conditions of visioning: 07.12.2013, SD VOD, Home cinema
Synopsis: Old Scrooge (Carrey) is as stingy as can be. On Christmas Eve he will be visited by three spirits that will show him that there is happiness around, even without money.
Review: I thought that would be THE Christmas movie to watch on this month of December. I knew that at the time it was kind of revolutionary because of the motion capture of actors allows them to play many roles (Jim Carrey has eight!). But the main feeling I had when watching the movie was boredom: the movie tries sooo hard to show the bad side of Scrooge, it is hard to believe that he changes in the end. The most annoying is the length of the scenes, in particular the one with the ghost of Marley, and the one with the first Spirit. Also they all speak so slowly and with a muffled voice very hard to understand in the original English version. The original story is good (I mean the novel from Charles Dickens) and the special effects quite impressive, but it seems like too much attention was given to the visuals, and not enough to produce a story easy to follow. After all it is Christmas and you want to be entertained! The movie is not even suited for kids because of several scary and morbid scenes.
Rating: 3 /10