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The Book of Mormon Movie, Volume 1: The Journey (2003)
DO NOT SEE THIS MOVIE
This movie is AWFUL. Top to bottom - writing, directing, production, sets, dialogue, acting, costumes, special effects - deeply, disturbingly poor. Do NOT pay to see this movie; do NOT buy it on video - the filmmakers deserve to lose all their money because they are so obviously incompetent. They plan on making at least 6 more in this series - they must not be allowed to! The film is SO BAD!!!
When I say bad, I mean Batman and Robin bad. I mean Howard the Duck bad. B&R and Howard are ARTISTIC MASTERPIECES compared to this.
How the Grinch Stole Christmas (2000)
Filthy, foul... gaaggghh!!
This movie was a disgusting, offensive, frivilous prostitution. Mean-spirited, superficial, and completely lacking any resemblence to the original story. Has anyone ever READ the original story? The point of Seuss' "Grinch" is not that the Whos are selfish weenies who learn how to be grateful after the Grinch steals all their Christmas. THE POINT OF SUESS' GRINCH IS THAT THE WHOS ALREADY KNOW THAT MATERIAL GOODS ARE NOT THE POINT OF CHRISTMAS, AND THEY HAVE THE GIFTS AND GADGETS AS AN EXPRESSION OF WHO THEY ARE, ALREADY, INSIDE. Jim Carrey is at his annoyingest; Ron Howard shows glaring deficiency in basic storytelling; and the general plot is gaudy and ridiculous, not to mention risque and offensive -- wife-swapping at the party? The Who children brutally mocking and ostracizing the young Grinch? The buxom Whoville sex-pot? A ROMANCE STORY? Give me a green latex make-up-covered break. The sets, make-up, and camera work were obviously meant to be stunning and grand. Instead they came across as exaggerated and trite. The Grinch's bat-cave-like home? The nauseating use of tilted camera shots? And oh, wow, what great latex noses. Brilliant.
I physically shuddered as this atrocity progressed. Commercial, soul-less, pathetic.
The sky animation, though, was nice.
Really, really bad. My children will never see this film.
The Santa Clause (1994)
Better than "Grinch"
No, it ain't perfect; sure, it's sappy and simplistic; special effects are dreadful; and Judge Reinhold is, well, cardboard like usual. But it's a sweet, cheery, Christmasey kind of show. I'll let my kids watch this one, but never the Jim Carrey / Ron Howard ego-trip Grinch garbage.