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...beautifully animated “A Christmas Carol” proves itself the perfect ghost story for any season. With nuanced performances, a strong visual aesthetic, and an expertly pitched pace, Zemeckis’ third experiment in motion capture animation proves to be his best yet. Though the film offers little by way of narrative invention and may frighten much of its intended audience, its truly spectacular 3-D effects and loyalty to Dickens’ novella will likely preserve it as a new Christmas classic...
Though many films in the past decade have explored the depths afforded by recent innovations in 3-D technology, none look quite so spectacular as “A Christmas Carol.” From the snowflakes which seem to hover just inches from the viewer’s face to the eerily protruding nose of the unscrupulous Scrooge (Jim Carrey), Zemeckis’ effects add depth to the film without seeming gimmicky. Certain scenes in particular employ 3-D to unique and immersive effect—most notably Scrooge’s many modes of transportation. One of these...
...animation in the film is also breathtaking in both its realism and beauty. While characters in Zemeckis’ earlier motion capture films—such as the insufferable “The Polar Express”—were crippled by soulless eyes and blank, plastic faces, the figures in “A Christmas Carol” feel fully human while still retaining a measure of animated charm. Though scenes without supernatural entities are sometimes a little too dark to fully appreciate the detailed animation, especially while wearing the polarized 3-D glasses, the majority...
...film’s stylized aesthetic, along with the unfolding of the narrative, is tremendously faithful to Dickens’ tale and sure to please literary purists. In fact, nearly all of illustrator John Leech’s original paintings and woodcuts are closely recreated, making the film truly seem like the novella come to life. There are naturally some drawbacks to this somewhat slavish approach. Many scenes involving the ghosts are likely to frighten small children, and viewers hoping for a few narrative twists—like those in Zemeckis’ 2007 adaptation of “Beowulf?...
...Stare At Goats” is an attempted comedy and would-be political satire that fails on just about every conceivable level. For Ronson, a factual foray into the paranoia and government-funded absurdities of the Cold War era made for excellent non-fiction fodder. Presented as a film with one-note characters and only the barest discernible plot, the material is, to put it charitably, less engaging...