Word: scroogeã
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...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 involves a mobile room with an invisible floor; as the room zooms in and over London, tables and chairs lurching across the invisible expanse, Scrooge and his surroundings establish separate planes of depth that are utterly convincing...
...playing not only Ebenezer Scrooge, but also the Ghosts of Christmas Past, Present, and Future. For Carrey to act as all three ghosts is a fitting and clever touch; rather than overwhelm the audience, this choice simply underscores the many ways in which the ghosts represent different facets of Scrooge??€™s personality. The multiplicity of roles also allows Carrey to stretch his comedic muscles. As the Ghost of Christmas Past—faithfully depicted as a sort of human candle—Carrey bends his face to produce myriad ticks as the flame wavers and crackles, adding...
...performances are so strong; Gary Oldman’s turn as Marley’s Ghost, for instance, is wildly over the top, so much so that his wailings and moans are at times incomprehensible. But Oldman’s other roles in the film—Scrooge??€™s soft-spoken financial partner Bob Cratchit and his son, Tiny Tim—are surprisingly subtle, providing much of the heart of “A Christmas Carol...
...pays for Tim’s operation, and he’s not beholden to me. And he buys his own Goddamn fucking turkey. He gets rich. In ‘A Christmas Carol’…he’s just a beneficiary of Scrooge??€™s munificence. In my world, he’s Scrooge??€™s equal partner...
...many, Rudenstine’s foray into fundraising conjures up the image of a miserly Ebenezer Scrooge??€”a greedy businessman counting gold coins in the shadows of his office in the southwest corner of Mass. Hall...
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