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| Disney's Scrooge in 3D | |
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| Topic Started: Nov 1 2009, 09:42 PM (92 Views) | |
| Black Tiger | Nov 1 2009, 09:42 PM Post #1 |
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Saw a few scenes as part of a promotion Disney ran at Grand Central Station in NYC. They remodeled a real train as a walk-through museum with props, set designs, actor interviews and interactive morph-your-face stations. The grand finale was a 3D screening of some scenes of the new film. I must say, I don't know if the world has exactly been clamoring for a new film version of the Charles Dickens classic story, but the effects are really spectacular. Old London town comes to life as never before. We'll always have the Alastair Sim version, but this puts a fresh new spin on the classic for a modern audience. |
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| Chandu | Nov 2 2009, 11:54 AM Post #2 |
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Too bad it's not Disney's Uncle Scrooge. How many versions of A Christmas Carol do we need anyway? |
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| Black Tiger | Nov 4 2009, 03:58 PM Post #3 |
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Is that a "Bah, Humbug" I hear? |
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| Chandu | Nov 4 2009, 06:52 PM Post #4 |
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If'n it ain't, I kin say it louder! Besides, I really like Uncle Scrooge.
Edited by Chandu, Nov 4 2009, 06:53 PM.
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| CliffClaven | Nov 19 2009, 06:43 PM Post #5 |
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Saw it. Respectable adaptation with some inventive touches, excellent 3D, a few too many lookit-what-we-kin-do bits. Not quite as creepy as I feared, but there's still something distractingly off. Wish they'd either let us see the actors, or go whole hog and make the characters characters. Some other Carols: -- Magoo's for the songs and Jim Backus's voice. -- Mickey's for Uncle Scrooge, the nice animation and all the old school Disney cameos. -- George C. Scott and Patrick Stewart for good actors doing the story justice. -- Scrooged for Bill Murray and some great ghosts, although the core idea -- a modern Scrooge could in fact be a high-profile success who receives humanitarian awards -- and some gritty touches get buried in big-budget effects and comedy. -- Scrooge, a huge, old-school musical with Albert Finney, for anyone who didn't get their fill of lavish Victorian production numbers in Oliver. -- The Muppets, for an uneven but entertaining attempt to mix a game (and good) Michael Caine and other humans with classic Muppet foolery. -- Richard Williams' animated version (last seen on a cheap VHS tape). Short, very straight version done in the style of an old engraving. Surprisingly moving. -- Blackadder's for bah humbug fun. A Victorian-period Blackadder, ridiculously good and kind, is visited by a Christmas Ghost. Not that Blackadder needs saving -- the ghost simply wants a change from the unpleasant old sinners he usually annoys. We then get visions of other Blackadders demonstrating something less than proper Christmas spirit. |
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