is it just me?

[acroyear]

Or was A Christmas Carol never meant to be a "thrill ride"?

I'm all for playing with themes and updating the concept (An American Christmas Carol with Henry Winkler is my fav christmas movie of all), but the commercials are making it out to be a CGI action-comedy a-la Ice Age, and are leaving me totally unimpressed and uninterested.

p.s., get off my lawn.

Comments

[ladyaelfwynn.livejournal.com]

You are not the intended audience. They are however, catching the kidlet's attention, who at 10 1/2 is exactly who they want to entice.

The hubby and kidlet may go to see it without me, because I'm not a Jim Carey fan.

[acroyear70.livejournal.com]

Disney used to be good at (hell, they were the inventors of) movies "good for all ages". They still manage them (especially Pixar).

Why stop now, especially for a seasonal work that's meant to have an aire of timelessness to it (if it didn't, it wouldn't still be the most popular Christmas work outside of the Gospel of Luke).

[dawntreader]

i'm not particularly a Jim Carey fan either. he's not ALL THAT funny. amusing at times, yes. but i've found his better acting are in movies where it wasn't OMG IT'S JIM CAREY to the point you don't even know what his character was supposed to be.

and, futhermore, speaking of commercials for this movie, i guess i don't see the point of 'oh ha ha, now Ebenezer Scrooge gets racked in the balls by icicles' in the middle of A Christmas Carol. call me a curmudgeon on that point, but Bah Humbug!!

bring me the Muppet version if you must update the story. ;)