Disney’s A Christmas Carol should help a timeless story find new audiences
I’m looking forward to seeing the new Disney film, A Christmas Carol, opening in theatres in December. Based on the trailer, the film looks dark and brooding, and Carrey looks absolutely convincing as the miserly Ebenezer Scrooge, a crusty business owner who learns some important life lessons after being visited by three spirits (Carrey plays the spirits as well).
When I first heard that Carrey would be playing the voice of Scrooge in this re-make of the classic Dickens tale, I was disappointed. I’m a Carrey fan and he’s made some truly memorable films (Liar, Liar, The Truman Show, Eternal Sunshine of the Spotless Mind), but certainly a Christmas Carol remake in full animation deserved a serious actor in the lead, with some Oscar nods to his credit.
But then I had second thoughts. Carrey has a good track record of playing animated characters (Lemony Snicket, Horton Hears a Who!) If a classic story can be retold using modern animation and 3D technology, it maintains the integrity of the original story, and if it finds new audiences in the process, then what’s the harm?
This animated, 3D version of A Christmas Carol might be an entertaining movie. It might even introduce a new generation of young viewers to Charles Dickens novels, or encourage them to view the classic 1951 version of A Christmas Carol, shot in black and white starring Alastair Sim.
But that might be expecting too much. Young viewers aren’t interested in black and white movies, which is too bad. Think what they’re missing.
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