| A Christmas Carol Review |
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Hi Movie Fans
Thanks to the kind folk at Contagious Network I had the pleasure of recently attending a IMAX 3D preview of Disney’s new 3D movie – A Christmas Carol.
The movie opens up with an old ragged man at a funeral parlour about to say good bye to his business partner of numerous years. He contemplates his partner’s demise whilst struggling to pay the funeral director – thus we meet Ebenezer Scrooge.
Jim Carey is great as Scrooge and manages to bring the role to life with his “ragged” and scrawny voice. His faithful and ever reliable clerk (Gary Oldman), is a great addition to the cast and tends to steal your heart at times, especially his son Jimmy who is the special boy in his life.
The movie is comprised of three parts, just like the classic tale – the ghosts of Christmas past, Christmas present and Christmas future all visit Scrooge in one night to show him the significance of Christmas, family and the season of giving and sharing.
Although at times scary and “dark”, the movie does make its point and the ghost of Christmas future is one to be wary off. Not withstanding this, the scenes do provides some powerful images and cover issues that even the little ones would understand.
The ghost of Christmas present does steal the show (once again Jim Carey) and his constant bellowing allows one to sense what Christmas means to those of us today and how we need to focus on the present in order for the future to take care of itself.
The power of 3D and the images coming to life really add to this movie and ensure that you are kept entertained throughout – especially the snowing scenes – you feel like reaching out and touching the snowflakes!
Overall, a wonderful and heart warming movie - 3D is an experience that you must indulge yourself in as it will add to your entertainment pleasure.
Summary:
A classic tale told in an entertaining and powerful way that will not disappoint. Take the family, grab the popcorn, put on your 3D glasses and sit back and immerse yourself in this tale and think about how you are going to spend Christmas this year.
Kotch
Links to Disney’s A Christmas Carol web site:
http://www.disney.com.au/disneyfilms/achristmascarol/
Trailer 2
http://wdmpi-int.rd.llnwxd.net/ACC/TrailerA/English/AXC_ATrlr_ENGLISH_High.mov
Trailer 3
http://wdmpi-int.rd.llnwxd.net/ACC/TrailerB/English/AXC_BrlrT_English_High.mov
Once again, thanks to Contagious Network for their hospitality:
http://contagiousnetwork.com.au/
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