With Christmas coming up I started looking round for X-Mas movies to view.Checking a pile of DVDs,I spotted a rarely mentioned adaptation of A Christmas Carol which I had picked up from Choices Video Rental shop just before it closed 5 years ago!,which led to me deciding that it was finally time to hear this Christmas Carol.
View on the film:
Supplying a sweet song for the soundtrack,Kate Winslet (whose sister Beth also appears) gives a good performance as Belle,with Winslet's soft voice making Belle's humble roots shine.Joining Winslet, Nicolas Cage gives the film a touch of wild horror as Marley,whilst Simon Callow joyfully grumbles as Scrooge and Michael Gambon gives the title a touch of class as the Ghost of Christmas Present.
Taking a slightly different direction in their adaptation,the screenplay by Piet Kroon & Robert Llewellyn open up the events in Scrooge's childhood which led to him being filled with "bar humbugs." Although this does allow Scrooge to appear more human,it also stops the central melodrama threads from heating up, thanks to the additional flashbacks making the present Scrooge look surprisingly mild mannered.
Giving a glimpse at what the rest of the film should have been with a delicate kaleidoscope fly across London,director Jimmy T. Murakami sadly keeps the animation style blunt,which leads to all of the main characters being unable to display the dramatic levels of emotion that the story deserves.
Final view on the film:
A film which does not offer a full glass of Christmas cheer.
View on the film:
Supplying a sweet song for the soundtrack,Kate Winslet (whose sister Beth also appears) gives a good performance as Belle,with Winslet's soft voice making Belle's humble roots shine.Joining Winslet, Nicolas Cage gives the film a touch of wild horror as Marley,whilst Simon Callow joyfully grumbles as Scrooge and Michael Gambon gives the title a touch of class as the Ghost of Christmas Present.
Taking a slightly different direction in their adaptation,the screenplay by Piet Kroon & Robert Llewellyn open up the events in Scrooge's childhood which led to him being filled with "bar humbugs." Although this does allow Scrooge to appear more human,it also stops the central melodrama threads from heating up, thanks to the additional flashbacks making the present Scrooge look surprisingly mild mannered.
Giving a glimpse at what the rest of the film should have been with a delicate kaleidoscope fly across London,director Jimmy T. Murakami sadly keeps the animation style blunt,which leads to all of the main characters being unable to display the dramatic levels of emotion that the story deserves.
Final view on the film:
A film which does not offer a full glass of Christmas cheer.