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Question of the Week

Question for the week of October 19, 2009:

We understand that Robert Zemeckis hasn’t been giving any interviews for his upcoming A Christmas Carol movie. What is your take on this new take on the Dickens’ classic? Are you excited to see this performance-capture movie which relies on Jim Carrey’s theatrics or are you going to pass?

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Reader responses:

Ken Hecker :
Thursday, November 12, 2009
\"Scrooged\" was a good film until Murray\'s ridiculous quote from \"Little Shop of Horrors\" that had no meaning. For a great take on \"A Christmas Carol\" you can\'t beat \"Scrooge\" starring Albert Finney, which came out in the early 70\'s. Great Bricusse music, and wonderful cinematography.

melody :
Saturday, October 24, 2009
This form of animation really creeps me out.

Anonymous :
Friday, October 23, 2009
Muppets Christmas Carol was the best followed by Mickey\\\'s Christmas Carol But lets all just read the book and stop remaking this Dickens tale, he did write other Christmas stories!

Arelem :
Friday, October 23, 2009
If the commercials are any example of the movie, its going to be 2 hours of Jim Carrey screaming and Scrooge falling, sliding, crashing, getting hit, stuff dumped on and pummeled. I\'d prefer seeing \"Scrooged\", at least Bill Murray and Carol Kane are funny.

dj :
Thursday, October 22, 2009
I can\'t watch another Christmas Carol remake no mater who stars or directs.

Ken Hecker :
Thursday, October 22, 2009
I\'ve seen a 3D preview during the Disney Christmas Carol train tour, and the movie looks great. I\'m looking forward to seeing the film in IMAX 3D. Too bad this venue has given so many a chance to take cheap shots at this film 3D sight unseen. Disney has put a lot of great work into it, and I believe it will be both fun, and relatively true to the Dickens\' classic.

mickey : lord ruller and master of all I see : paraskevas studios
Wednesday, October 21, 2009
MAKE it stop...PLEASE...... NOW pull the plug ..hurry before he makes another one.

KTB : Student :
Wednesday, October 21, 2009
While I really enjoy the performance capture technology, I do feel that Jim Carey is a poor choice. To Mauro: I think Scrooge\'s appearance is a great ugly. He\'s old, angry, and his skin is covered in white hairs and sunspots. After all, Scrooge isn\'t suppose to be a dreamboat. I will see this movie because it\'s one of my favorite stories and my second favorite form of animation. I just hope that Jim Carey doesn\'t overdo the characters and keeps them elegant (much like Tom Hanks did in \"The Polar Express\").

Ezekiel Johnson :
Wednesday, October 21, 2009
This sounds like a must miss. Next up Zemeckis must do a 3D mocap Bernie Madoff prison film. If he does not get a greenlight to do 3D anal rape in Hollywood he is not trying.

Leonard : Graphic Designer :
Wednesday, October 21, 2009
Well, as i was watching through the trailer, all I saw was a really old Jim Carrey flying through the scenes! A, \"whoooaoaaa!\" here and a ,\"whooooooaaaoaoa!!\",there. And I ask myself, why should I see this? I\'ll just wait and hear what the initial group of people will say about it. : /

Frank : Illustrator :
Wednesday, October 21, 2009
Saw the trailer and was not impressed. Taking a Holiday classic like Christmas Carol and bastardizing it into a 3D mess is sacrilege. If you want to do a remake stick to what you know and get out of the animation arena.

Wayne Sung :
Wednesday, October 21, 2009
I wasn\'t impressed by the animation so much as with Jim Carrey\'s acting. I\'m not excited about it but find some segments fun. The problem I think is it will end up being a spectacle movie more than a holiday classic. Just by impression it looks like Polar Express did a better job of it. But we\'ll see when Christmas Carol comes out.

Paula Parisi : Journalist : Manheimer Co.
Tuesday, October 20, 2009
Give me The Muppet Christmas Carol or Mickey\\\'s Christmas Carol over this mo-cap crap ANY DAY, PLEASE... Mr, Zemeckis, can you please go back to directing live-action movies? Your faux animation movies turn our stomachs and ruin our eyes.

Allen Dale : Animation supervisor : Soups 2 Nuts
Monday, October 19, 2009
Jim Carrey + Performance Capture= Big Screen Nightmare You\\\'d have to pay ME 14 dollars to sit through that crapfest. Remember when Zemeckis made good movies? What happened to him?

Mauro Salisi : Assistant colorist : Renegade Animation
Monday, October 19, 2009
Somebody please make Zemeckis stop!!! His movies make my eyes bleed and my soul shrink. The new Scrooge wins the year\'s UGLIEST character design...Maybe they should just show Mr. Magoo\'s Christmas Special instead!!!

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