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L.A. Readers! Join Mr. Beaks For An IMAX 3D Screening Of Robert Zemeckis's A CHRISTMAS CAROL On Nov. 2nd!
Beaks here...
I cannot confirm that Robert Zemeckis's A CHRISTMAS CAROL is a surprisingly dark, visually astonishing, narratively faithful adaptation of the holiday classic, but I can tell you that if you live in the Los Angeles area, you can find out for yourself on November 2nd, 2009 what the director of BACK TO THE FUTURE, FORREST GUMP, CAST AWAY, CONTACT and USED CARS has done to Charles Dickens's tome. In IMAX 3D, no less!
This is the way to see A CHRISTMAS CAROL! So if you want to take a dizzying ride through Victorian-era London with me, fire off an email to aicncontests@gmail.com with the subject header "Bah Humbug!!!" (exclamation marks optional) posthaste! The screening will be at the AMC CityWalk in Universal City, and will begin promptly at 7 PM.
Since this is a family film, I will allow readers up to three guests if they promise me they're bringing their kids. If you're just a miserable single Scrooge like me, you get a +1. Please do not try to sneak in three of your friends. It will not end well for you. (And make sure to give me the full names of your guests.)
I'll have the list of attendees up later in the week. Hope to see a bunch of you there! I promise to be Swine Flu free (and present) for this one!
This is the way to see A CHRISTMAS CAROL! So if you want to take a dizzying ride through Victorian-era London with me, fire off an email to aicncontests@gmail.com with the subject header "Bah Humbug!!!" (exclamation marks optional) posthaste! The screening will be at the AMC CityWalk in Universal City, and will begin promptly at 7 PM.
Since this is a family film, I will allow readers up to three guests if they promise me they're bringing their kids. If you're just a miserable single Scrooge like me, you get a +1. Please do not try to sneak in three of your friends. It will not end well for you. (And make sure to give me the full names of your guests.)
I'll have the list of attendees up later in the week. Hope to see a bunch of you there! I promise to be Swine Flu free (and present) for this one!
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Just kidding, but you know he'd be perfect.
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...when he could have EASILLY played all of these roles under heavy makeup, a la Lemony Snicket?
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Ugly, garish, totally without soul.
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but he chose this
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That's right, I said again. I already caught it about a week ago during the crew/cast screening over at the El Capitain in LA. Pretty fantastic, imho. Sure I'm biased since I worked on it, but I pretty sure I can remove myself just enough to see that it's a damned good version of the Scrooge tail. Btw, get ready for some upset parents thinking this is an ultra-kid-friendly Disney film, when it is actually kinda dark with a gothic edge to it. Oh yeah...YES, the 3D eyes are much, MUCH better than past mocap films!!
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I think you misspoke. what you meant was, "This movie is not my thing, but it's awesome that AICN arranges free screenings for their readers."right? or are you just a fucking prick?
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(Thanks again AICN for the Avatar preview that I got to go watch because of you guys and/or girls.)
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That made me laugh out loud. Thanks! :)
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I'm glad that Disney was able to accurately capture the slapstick humor and action sequences from Dickens' Christmas Carol novel.
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Deserves to get pancreatic cancer. No day passes that i do not go to the cathedral and pray for that miserable has been to die before he can rape Yellow Submarine.
God... no, please no...
They're working on the Yellow Submarine remake RIGHT NOW... And now cancer in sight... no terrorists nuking Hollywood... NOTHING!I'm beginning to get the feeling god doesn't exist. -
Avatar will own all.
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...mood before WHERE THE WILD THINGS ARE. I won't forgive it for thatUgly to look at, childish not childlike, inane physical comedy, Jim Carrey at his most irritating, dumbing down a classic...and frankly, the CG didn't even look good.What a piece of shit.
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That rotting corpse of his is still out there, directing these... things. But the Zemeckis I once admired IS NO MORE. Jesus wept.
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.. they will show the full length Avatar trailer in front of this, which makes more sense than Saw 6....
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it's dark blahh surprisingly blah blah parents thinking kids are gonna blah blahh...
THE BOOK IS DARK! Some guy named charles dickens wrote it. and he made it dark. so yay if it's like the book. -
Considering that, based on the trailers so far, it's probably a safe bet that Beaks will hate this.
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Since you seem to be in the business of enforcing proper talkback etiquette, I’ll chime in with my own advice that has served me well: Never post something that would be inappropriate/offensive in a normal social setting. For example, say we’re coworkers and we’re chatting around the water cooler. Me: “Hey I heard there was a free screening of that crappy looking Christmas Carol. Man, you couldn’t pay me to sit through that.” You: “You’re a fucking prick.” Who do you honestly think would look like the prick in that scenario? If you choose to respond, I’d prefer an honest, thoughtful answer. If you come at me with some more snarky, passive aggressive B.S., I will write you dismiss you as a troll and not waste my time responding. I don’t act that way and I won’t take the bait from folks that do. Am I taking this too personally? Perhaps. But I don’t hide behind some screen name to spew venom. There are people on here wishing for the director to get cancer for God’s sake. And I get put on blast for voicing my opinion about an upcoming film? Come on man. Thats just childish.
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Oct 27, 2009 10:58:29 AM CDT
Wherein Scrooge learns the true meaning of Christmas...
by darthcorleone
...by being dropped from great heights and being smacked in the groin over and over with icicles.
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Fuck Robert Zemeckis up his fucking ass.
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Fucking ass!!
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What are there, 25 versions of this film already? In fact, I can't think of a movie that's been remade more! I couldn't possibly be less interested in this. I'm worried this will steal my local IMAX away from Avatar and that would really piss me off!
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You know it's gotta be coming. If not that, maybe a mo-cap Death Becomes Her sequel. Check out IMDB, if you look at the recent Zemeckis pictures on there, it looks like the mo-caped a little more hair on his balding head.
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in his cartoon grave right about now.
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A christmas carol is slated to have imax for one month and then avatar is booked from dec. to march, or at least that is what I have read
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I just checked my local IMAX and Avatar is replacing A Christmas Carol on December 18th.Also, The Wizard of Oz 70th anniversay restoration is playing in November (not the IMAX though). I wonder why we haven't heard about this theatrical rerelease. I just watched the Blu-ray so I'm not worried about it but I'm sure it will be big news to some.
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...was the laugh out loud slapstick sequences and Scrooge rocketing through the London sky like Iron Man, that Dickens captured oh so effectively, translated to the big screen.
Seriously, this looks like the biggest piece of shit since The Grinch. Funny enough, Jim Carrey at his most irritating, also starred in that one. -
he is really stupid!!! and cant act, Lame!!
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he is really stupid!!! and cant act, Lame!!
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you should be a politician, brother. you make a snarky, rude comment in a talkback where AICN is providing a free screening for it's readers, and I make a joke at your expense, and you're off on water coolers and cancer? good misdirection.and if you think I'm a troll, you're unclear on the concept, kiddo. I've been coming here for 10 years, and have written like 5 reviews for the site. I've earned the right to call out kids who have to be negative nancys just because being contrary is cooler than saying nothing at all.but again, maybe I'm over analyzing it. maybe, as I posited previously, you are, in fact, just a prick. and by the bye, just to indulge your water cooler fantasy (and hopefully, to teach you the magic of html in making your little dialogues clearer), I'll show you a more appropriate metaphor:
Boss: "Hey, I've arranged a free screening of the new Christmas Carol movie for everyone in the office. Just a nice little thing I thought I'd do for you guys."
SnallyG: "You couldn't pay me to sit through that piece of crap."
BadMrWonka: "You're a prick."
Boss: "Seriously...if you do't want to go, don't go....no need to be a prick."
SnallyG: "You're a troll!"
Boss: "You're fired."
BadMrWonka: "Ouch..." -
That should be big news! I like to think i'm a big movie buff, but I haven't heard about wizard of oz showing next month.. i'll def. check it out though! That'll whet the appetite till Avatar is released....
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"I don’t hide behind some screen name to spew venom."
that one made me chuckle out loud, so thank you for that. is your name really Snally G? god, you can't make up some of this shit... -
You're right. I made a thoughtless comment and got overly defensive about it. I owe you a personal apology and an apology to the AICN community for wasting their time.
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My, my, that's beautiful sarcasm?
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Oct 28, 2009 1:32:01 PM CDT
Remove the interrogation sign at the end of my post
by robots in das guys
That was not a question. Fuck AICN and fuck Robert Zemeckis.
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Believe it or not, that wasn't sarcasm. I've just decided that folks here would rather not have the talkback clogged up with juvenile pissing matches. While some may enjoy the flaming, I come here for cool movie news and to exchange opinions. I'm hereby committed to a more civil discourse. When I'm feeling less than civil, I'll try my best to keep my mouth shut, but I'm not really interested in providing an opportunity for hostile responses.
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And no list of winners =( How are we to plan for it if we do not know who got in.
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