May 19 2009'A Christmas Carol' Still Pointless and Slightly Repulsive
Disney has released a new image and short clip from Robert Zemeckis's A Christmas Carol, confirming that, yes, the computer-animated rehashing of the Dickens classic still appears to be superfluous and moderately unsettling to look at, and Jim Carrey's wacky, fluctuating voice is not helping:
Reader Comments
1. me - May 19, 2009 2:18 PM
first
2. Nick - May 19, 2009 2:18 PM
I really don't want to watch the clip. Judging from the still, the animation looks like crap. Why bother to animate something that's been filmed dozens of times if you're not even going to make it look good?
3. Elmo - May 19, 2009 2:24 PM
did they go back to the 90s to animate this movie?? it's gross looking..
4. kurt c - May 19, 2009 2:52 PM
Uncanny Valley.
5. Mark Farson - May 19, 2009 3:10 PM
Dammit Zemeckis. I find it hard to believe that you fell into this after doing great things back in the 80s.
6. seriously, wtf, i am so pissed - May 19, 2009 4:06 PM
WTF, THIS IS ANIMATED?!?! WHOSE STUPID IDEA WAS THAT?!? OH man, I am SO disappointed!!!!! F'ING THING SUCKS!!!!!
7. Bear - May 19, 2009 4:45 PM
Haha yeah #4...
I heard this was shot on location in the Uncanny Valley.
Zemeckis put up a production compound there.
8. che-che - May 19, 2009 5:06 PM
my god, what has zemeckis become.
used to have so much respect for the guy. and now. i dont even know. these are the end of days my friends.
9. che-che - May 19, 2009 5:11 PM
i mean... C'MON!! the voice doesnt even match the characters looks!! he is old and cratchety, should sound like brooks from shawshank! and thetexture around his lips look like they are chapped and not like wrinkley skin. this is bad. on so many levels.
10. haha - May 19, 2009 10:05 PM
I hate this style of animation.
The Muppets Christmas Carol has always been the only one I'd watch, and it will remain that way!
11. Dustin - May 19, 2009 10:35 PM
I thought scrooge was so-so, but the ghost was just so horribly animated I couldn't believe they released this on purpose. I wish Jim Carrey had used the time he spent with this movie on something else, so I could watch that in leu of this crapfest of epic proportions.
12. Rhialto - May 20, 2009 5:53 PM
I hope this is experimental because it lacks a lot.Just not convincing enough.Luckily there's still some time.
13. Judy - May 20, 2009 9:12 PM
@ haha - The Muppets Christmas Carol is a tradition in my house. No one can ever beat Statler and Waldorf singing "Marley & Marley."
14. prideofchucky - May 21, 2009 1:12 AM
I wonder who's greenlighting all these Zemeckis computer animation films.. They never do well with sales and they look horrible yet every couple of years later is another one to bomb at the boxoffice. This one does look better then the rest but I think he's gonna wait for technology to catch up to the point they are less lifeless.
15. no one - May 26, 2009 12:11 PM
Blah Blah Blah its animated. Stop bitching. What the hell is wrong with all you people. And how does it look shit ? ide really like to see you do better. Cant your tiny little minds grasp the fact that 3D animation, motion tracking etc isn't easy ? everyone go and die. If you dont like the look of it don't watch it and shut the fuck up.
16. frank - May 29, 2009 12:22 PM
Before I draw nearer to that clip to which you point, answer me one question. Are these the shadows of the things that Will be, or are they shadows of things that May be, only?
17. VA - May 31, 2009 4:51 PM
^^^^^^^^^^
Yeah, this is going to be released around Christmas. THATS A LLLLOOOOONNNGG WAYS AWAY!
anyway, i LOVE how jim Carrey is in it!
18. Matt - June 1, 2009 2:44 PM
I like the animation. Some of you need to get your heads outta yer asses.