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Harry has seen the Cannes Reel from Zemeckis' A CHRISTMAS CAROL & it feels like EC's CHRISTMAS CAROL!!!

FIRST! by Pogue__Mahone	May 28th, 2009 01:50:58 PM
Am I?
Jim Carrey? by BancaRota	May 28th, 2009 01:58:28 PM
He's awful. I don't need 3D and the rest of the bullshit to enjoy this story. Give me Alistair Sim and keep the rickety racketa.
Fuck Christmas by ErnestBorgNine	May 28th, 2009 01:58:50 PM
It's May.
Sounds great by slone13	May 28th, 2009 02:01:19 PM
Fuck the naysayers. Fuck them right in the ear.
......no-no-no-no-No-no-NO-NO-NO -NO-NO-NO!!!! by mattforce7	May 28th, 2009 02:08:11 PM
..yessssss :D I am looking forward to this one a great deal
......no-no-no-no-No-no-NO-NO-NO -NO-NO-NO!!!! by mattforce7	May 28th, 2009 02:08:19 PM
..yessssss :D I am looking forward to this one a great deal
Merry Zombie-mas...again by Chesterfield Slacks	May 28th, 2009 02:08:42 PM
So what am I missing here? A classic tale that's been done 100 times that could have real emotive actors, now needs to be done with hundreds of CG artists, using gobs of CPU time to give us a movie where story comes second to "look-look!! We can do CG actors!! Watch! Look how charming and almost real they look!!" Hollywood, please use mo-cap for dangerous shit that would otherwise harm a real person, use animators for stylized characters, and stop wasting money on this shit when there are really talented actors that we can care about watching.
Here is your CANNES coverage by JohnRyder	May 28th, 2009 02:14:24 PM
not really
Jesus! by Nice Marmot	May 28th, 2009 02:15:39 PM
Just realized I had no idea who else was in this so I checked IMDB. Carrey plays ALL the Christmas ghosts??? That f'in' blows! Those parts would be great for some other talent to take on. I like Bob Hoskins as Fezziwig though.
Does every article have to start with the word "twitter"? by FlickaPoo	May 28th, 2009 02:17:25 PM
...I know twitter is an easy target these days but...be cooler man. Just be cooler. If you just try...then I'll meet you half way and try to bitch less...deal?
they beat deadeye, then this should be spectacular by pipergates	May 28th, 2009 02:19:13 PM

Mickey's Christmas Carol by MJDeViant	May 28th, 2009 02:21:01 PM
That's my favorite.
Harry has 20,000 friends on Twitter by Whtshark	May 28th, 2009 02:23:58 PM
so leave him ALONE!!!
The only question I have... by the_beard_of_Chuck_Norris	May 28th, 2009 02:28:27 PM
...how does a man in wheelchair get 2nd row center?
The best Christmas Carol? by ErnestBorgNine	May 28th, 2009 02:33:53 PM
Scrooged. Easily.
by ErnestBorgNine	May 28th, 2009 02:34:38 PM

PLANT! by Dhaemon	May 28th, 2009 02:36:18 PM

The Best Christmas Carol.... by Gunslinger1919	May 28th, 2009 02:37:47 PM
...easily George C. Scott's version. Brilliant. Oh...and...PLANT!!!!! How much they greasing that palm with Harry?
I'll take Michael Caine and by i_banged_harley_quinn	May 28th, 2009 02:40:16 PM
the Muppets over Mo-Cap any day.
I second that ErnestBorgNine by Stifler's Mom	May 28th, 2009 02:41:09 PM
SCROOGED. all the way. Zemeckis's motion capture stuff is forgettable bullshit. go back to making real movies, please.
mr magoos christmas carol by patch_adams_dickblood	May 28th, 2009 02:43:21 PM

$10 says Harry will love this movie because... by Giant_Dick_Bag_Filled_With_Taco_ Meat	May 28th, 2009 02:45:51 PM
...of the preferential treatment he is getting from the filmmakers. I expect a review where he states the film was so good it felt like the light from the screen was licking his cock and stroking his balls, regardless if it's a piece of shit. Payola in any form, it's what Harry eats for dinner.
Giant Dick Bag by HEADGEEK	May 28th, 2009 02:47:14 PM
yeah - because that worked so well for McG. Payola is not showing footage. Payola is cash bribes and I've yet to meet anyone on either side of the industry that has offered or accepted.
Cannes coverage... by Lloytron	May 28th, 2009 02:57:33 PM
...only gets mentioned here when it coincides with Texas? Have you guys not got passports or something?!
Gunslinger by Flyingcircus	May 28th, 2009 03:02:58 PM
Agreed. Scott is the balls. Nobody beats his Scrooge. That grimey voice, that cackle. Genius.
"I hate people!" by oisin5199	May 28th, 2009 03:04:23 PM
Still love Albert Finney's musical Scrooge. I still sometimes sing out 'thank you very much, thank you very much, that's the nicest thing that anyone's ever done for me.'
Why invest in a 4K 3D system? by CerebralAssassin	May 28th, 2009 03:04:46 PM
When no content is being delivered in 4K? It'll be 2K for the forseeable future. Not sure the studios (save Sony, for obvious reasons) will want to invest more money in 4K output if so few projectors can display it.
honestly, Harry- could this really be any better than by Stifler's Mom	May 28th, 2009 03:04:48 PM
POLAR EXPRESS? This just looks like Jim Carrey back in GRINCH mode, and Bob Zemeckis back in POLAR EXPRESS mode. Easy paychecks all around.
by Xionsmith	May 28th, 2009 03:05:05 PM
the_beard_of_Chuck_Norris - The Alamo's First 2 rows are on the floor. and the 2nd row has a 3-4 seat gap in the middle for wheelchairs and such. Harry always sits there...ALWAYS.
Best version IMO by Xionsmith	May 28th, 2009 03:06:35 PM
..is Scrooged with Bill Murry.
I'm really looking forward to this by SoylentMean	May 28th, 2009 03:07:56 PM
although I'm a sucker for Christmas movies, from the overt Rudoplph the Red Nosed Reindeer stuff, to the blink and you missed it X-mas time set films (like Lethal Weapon and Die Hard, although Die Hard is a Christmas movie, I don't care what you say).
Why Such a Lonely Beach by rbottoms	May 28th, 2009 03:09:44 PM
Mr. Magoos Christmas Carol is still a favorite holiday cartoon, second only to A Charlie Brown Christmas and ahead of How the Grinch Stole Christmas. Let's see Zemeckis top that!
Again, no thanks.... by Johnny Ahab	May 28th, 2009 03:11:07 PM
Carrey? Strike 1. Yet another rehash of the most rehashed story ever? Strike 2. Creepy-ass mo-cap without real actors? Strike 3. I have no interest in paying $12 to drag my ass to the theater to see this.
I used to really like Mickey's Christmas Carol by SoylentMean	May 28th, 2009 03:11:44 PM
now it's a nostalgia type thing. When I was little and it played on tv I thought it took forever (I think they stretched it to an hour with commercials) when in reality it's barely a half hour long. Again, relativity ruins my fun.
I know this is getting a little obscure, Harry, but by Shut the Fuck up Donny	May 28th, 2009 03:11:57 PM
since you noted the style of the film reminded you of EC horror, which artist would you say it most channeled? Davis? Craig? Evans?
Cerebral Assassin by HEADGEEK	May 28th, 2009 03:12:11 PM
actually - the Alamo Village is showing TERMINATOR SALVATION, STAR TREK, ANGELS AND DEMONS and WOLVERINE in 4k right now. Everything is available at that resolution, just VERY few places have it. The results are stunning. And even moreso when it goes to 3D.
Stifler's Mom by HEADGEEK	May 28th, 2009 03:13:24 PM
If you don't know the difference in source material from A CHRISTMAS CAROL to POLAR EXPRESS - there really is no hope for you.
Or by EC, did it remind you of Don Martin?... by Shut the Fuck up Donny	May 28th, 2009 03:14:08 PM
...Did Marley's chains go "Kerploppity! TinklityScreep?"
Yule Love It!!! by Jobacca	May 28th, 2009 03:14:16 PM
Aint nothing ever topping SCROOGED bitches...you know it to be true!
The only other holiday themed films better than X-mas films are. by SoylentMean	May 28th, 2009 03:16:55 PM
Halloween themed films. Because Halloween films have their own genre all the time! It's called Horror! Eat that Frosty!
Subject line ate my ellipsis, so here it is by SoylentMean	May 28th, 2009 03:18:29 PM
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Nothing by tensticks	May 28th, 2009 03:23:11 PM
Will ever top the 1984 Clive Donner-directed version, starring George C. Sccott. It is simply definitive in every way.
Nothing by tensticks	May 28th, 2009 03:23:17 PM
Will ever top the 1984 Clive Donner-directed version, starring George C. Scott. It is simply definitive in every way.
The classic source material only sets the bar higher for failure by Stifler's Mom	May 28th, 2009 03:24:55 PM
Soem adaptations have been great, most terrible. Did we learn nothing from Ghosts of Girlfriends Past only four short weeks ago?
Twilight is one of the worst movies ever made by Giant_Dick_Bag_Filled_With_Taco_ Meat	May 28th, 2009 03:26:54 PM
I couldn't believe how awful it was as it unfolded in front of me. The wife and I were laughing the entire time. I think Cullen had on more lipstick than the female characters in that movie. Aside from the sparkly absurdity of just about everything, special mention has to be made for vampire baseball. FUCKING LOL. It was so bad I actually can't wait for the next installment =)
Wrong talkback by Giant_Dick_Bag_Filled_With_Taco_ Meat	May 28th, 2009 03:27:44 PM
I suck. Probably karma for calling Harry a shill.
Payola... by the_beard_of_Chuck_Norris	May 28th, 2009 03:27:51 PM
Bribery of an influential person in exchange for the promotion of a product or service, such that of disc jockeys for the promotion of records. A bribe or a number of bribes given to an influential person in exchange for a promotion of a product or service. Me thinks Harry's definition may be inaccurate...
Headgeek by CerebralAssassin	May 28th, 2009 03:30:05 PM
I said 4K 3D. Not 2D.
Mr Magoo blows them all away by Castlemonster	May 28th, 2009 04:53:13 PM
Even Jack Palance as the hard-boiled Wild West Scrooge.
Who cares? I mean, really.... by IAmLegolas	May 28th, 2009 05:36:56 PM
This Zemeckis character needs to pull his head out of his arse, nobody cares about trying to make photoreal 3-D modeling live actors in completely 3-D environments when you can just film already real actors in a real environment. And then he keeps tackling "classic" stories that have been done to death. "Beowulf", "Christmas Carol". What a huge waste of time, money and energy. It's what Lucas will go back and do, replace on the actor's with photoreal ones when the technology is up to snuff. "Your scientists were so preoccupied with whether or not they could, they didn't stop to think if they should."
Gary "Fucking" Oldman by IAmLegolas	May 28th, 2009 05:39:04 PM
was fucking great as Commissioner Gordon, I'll not stand idly by while bad words are thrown at him. My favorite character in both Batman movies.
General Electric: A Christmas Carol by Mysterious_Volvo	May 28th, 2009 05:56:47 PM

When did Gary Oldman go from playing... by Failure101	May 28th, 2009 05:58:39 PM
When he became middle aged. But I agree with Legolas. He was great in those movies.
Sim is the man by palimpsest	May 28th, 2009 06:15:03 PM
That's the best Scrooge ever.
The Muppet Christmas Carol! by lockesbrokenleg	May 28th, 2009 06:28:12 PM
Nothing will top it.
Nothing wrong with an animated CC, by brattyben	May 28th, 2009 06:45:59 PM
but, this motion capture stuff is just kinda outdated. Remember how all that rotoscoping in some of the parts of Heavy Metal, might have been cool, but, were really lifeless and less dynamic than the other stuff in there? That's what mo-cap reminds me of. If you want to do a cartoon, do a cartoon. And use all them money that you would have used on the actors, to some better animation and technology, and solid voice performances. Give Christmas Carol to Pixar, they'd do it RIGHT! Now, let's see what type of rolling review Harry gives it when everyone else is calling it a misfire.
Albert Finney will always be Scrooge for me by Crisp_One	May 28th, 2009 06:49:01 PM
I'm really looking forward to this, but I agree with Oisin. Finney's Scrooge is spot on, and the music was great too. Just got it on DVD last year!
No love for the George C. Scott version? by Logan_1973	May 28th, 2009 06:52:54 PM
Still my favorite version. Scott nailed the part, and the VFX, while dated now, still give the vibes needed.
Samuel Jackson is Scrooge Daddy! by Castlemonster	May 28th, 2009 06:55:28 PM
With Jack Black as Tiny Tim the twisted hunchback firebug and Harvey Kietel as the Cleaner!
And another thing... by Logan_1973	May 28th, 2009 06:57:31 PM
Rich Little's Christmas Carol was also a classic. The Richard Nixon/Marley ghost tangled in audio tape (instead of chains) gets me every time.
My favorite is still "SCROOGE" by Boneyard	May 28th, 2009 07:25:13 PM
Catchy music, period-style cinematography and Alec Guinness as Marley kicked ass. Plus you have that whole "Scrooge in Hell" scene. Great stuff.
Caine, Stewart, and Murray by GoDFaDDa42	May 28th, 2009 07:33:16 PM
In my opinion, The Muppet Christmas Carol has the best Scrooge and the best ghosts, followed by the relatively recent television CC with Patrick Stewart (I've never seen his one-man theatrical show, but it's supposed to be great). I still love Scrooged, and my friends watch it every year.
George C. Scott version is by far the best by slone13	May 28th, 2009 07:36:48 PM
There is not up for debate. Good day.
George C. Scott!!! by MsAcer	May 28th, 2009 07:41:14 PM
That's who gets my vote. The only holiday movie I watch each year... Great!
Payola comes in many forms... by p0llk4t	May 28th, 2009 07:42:42 PM
Not just cash bribes. Nice try there though. I would consider it more Quid pro quo...
Re Oldman and by Jaka	May 28th, 2009 08:00:48 PM

Fuck this soulless piece of shit. Boycott this shit.... by DANNYGLOVERS_DICKBLOOD	May 28th, 2009 08:02:10 PM
....anyone contributing to the death of actual human beings on celluloid need to go fuck themselves. You're all bitching and whining endlessly about Tom Rothman-- imagine that motherfucker with the limitless tools of mocap at his disposal to do whatever the fuck he likes with every film in his grasp.
And bringing up Polar Express is perfectly valid. by DANNYGLOVERS_DICKBLOOD	May 28th, 2009 08:03:54 PM
Zemeckis took a delightfully magical kid's book and shot his wad all over its fucking face. He molested the fuck out of that classic work, and he will molest the fuck out of Dickens' corpse.
Re Oldman and "who cares?" by Jaka	May 28th, 2009 08:04:39 PM
Yes, Oldman was great in both Batman films. So perfect that I just accepted that the person on the screen was Com. Gordon, not Gary Oldman, the actor. Who cares about photo-realistic CG? Well, I guess I don't - but I am interested in it. As far as caring goes, though - not so much. Especially with Pixar making incredible films and both ILM and WETA doing incredible digital effects. I mean really, does anybody think that Pixar couldn't do photo-realism if they wanted to? Their work on Wall-E leads me to believe they could do pretty much whatever they want at this point.
My favorite "Christmas Carol"/ Creepy and Eerie! by The Reluctant Austinite	May 28th, 2009 08:37:34 PM
My absolute favortie version of "A Christmas Carol" is the Oscar winning animated 1972 version with Alastair Sim returning to voice the part of Scrooge. That scared the living crap out of me as a kid when I saw it at school! The things they do to kids in the public school system! Marley's Ghost---shiver! And the two creepy bastards, Want and Ignorance, under the Ghost of Christmas Past's robe---yikes! Since Harry mentioned EC comics, I'd like to mention that Dark Horse has already published three hardback volumes of "Creepy" and one of "Eerie" this year. They are FANTASTIC.
Marley and Marley by vaterite	May 28th, 2009 09:07:26 PM

Fuck Zemeckis. The death of make-up art begins... by Flip63Hole	May 28th, 2009 10:30:58 PM
What an asshole. Hasn't made a good film in ages, anyways. May as well stick to cartoons...
SUHMOOOOKIIIN'... by Castlemonster	May 28th, 2009 10:38:57 PM
Somebody stop me!
Happy Birthday!! by sambafreak13	May 28th, 2009 10:46:47 PM
Let's not forget what Christmas is really about...celebrating the birth of Santa
Christmas is really about MO CAP MOVIES!! by lockesbrokenleg	May 28th, 2009 11:16:38 PM

This technology could revolutionize pornos by YackBacker	May 28th, 2009 11:21:58 PM
Think about it- you could have Meg Ryan "in her prime" doing ungodly things to Marilyn Monroe "in her prime" while Angelina Jolie simultaneously services their anuses. And Rita Hayworth can be the big finish.
I'd love to see Alan Rickman as Scrooge! by The_Genteel_Gentile	May 28th, 2009 11:29:08 PM
George C. Scott has been my favorite thus far, follwed by Michael Cain, and then Patrick Stewart.
Why sit up the front at a 3d movie? by red_weed	May 28th, 2009 11:39:11 PM
You get more depth the further back you sit. I find the closer you are to the front the more your eyes have to work to focus on any one element because the distances between the two images is larger. yes? no?
Brattyben there WAS an animated version, and it by white_vader	May 28th, 2009 11:52:09 PM
won an Oscar. Like Austinite said. What he didn't say is that it was by Richard Williams, who did another Oscar-winning job (and for Zemeckis no less) on Roger Rabbit. It's fantastic. Look it up!
Christmas was the time for ghost stories by Castlemonster	May 29th, 2009 12:21:55 AM
At least in Dicken's day. So a creepy Christmas Carol is perfectly in keeping with tradition. And Christopher Lambert is Scrooge the Vampire Slayer!
Bruce Willis IS JACOB MARLEY!!! by lockesbrokenleg	May 29th, 2009 12:32:48 AM
Ass kicking Scrooge all over London.
Gentle Gentile by Bumpasses Dawg	May 29th, 2009 02:22:34 AM
Dead on. Rickman the ornery would be great as Scrooge. But Rickman the gentle would make a great Bob Cratchet. Rickman the scary could even carry Bob Marley. Alan Rickman rocks.
Danny Glovers Dickblood and Headgeek by semisaj	May 29th, 2009 02:45:07 AM
Are the one and same person...I think Harry is the commercial safe bet that will grab every chance he can to get his hands on some movie mem, free entry, to meet the stars, make money from the site etc..and then his real self is allowed out as this wind up merchant dickblood...the best version of Scrooge is the Dickens one..you know the book..but it's nice to have the story in a different format...my fave's are The Muppet and the Bill Murray one's...so these fuckface's that are saying it's wrong to have this done in mo cap 3d cgi can eat an Anal Gape ...as based on what they are saying we would still be only telling stories by making cave drawings...mo cap and 3d are the future of cinema...James Cameron will soon have us all believing.
Why all the hate? by Mr Gorilla	May 29th, 2009 04:28:24 AM
BEOWULF was a brilliant film, loads going on in it, and unashamedly thoughtful and carefully paced, just the kind of blockbuster I thought they didn't make any more. He told a good story and he told it well. Beyond that, I don't really care what the process was.
And as for all the whining... by Mr Gorilla	May 29th, 2009 04:36:00 AM
I can't believe these people who are whining about the death of make-up, or the end of people performing live on film. Really, there's about 100 points in the last 100 years where you could have whined similarly. Film starts - 'boycott this shit, it's the death of theatre'. The talkies - 'boycott this shit, it's the death of silent film acting'. Colour - 'boycott this shit, it's the death of properly composed b/w photography'. Stop motion - 'boycott this shit, it's the end of trusting people to use their imagination' Computer generated sets 'boycott this shit, it's the end of production design' Avid - 'boycott this shit, it's the end of the proper craft of editing on film' CGI characters - 'boycott this soulless shit, it's the end of stop-motion' And on, and on, and on. Totally pathetic.
I really don't get the Mo-Cap hate by I_am_not_the_droid_you_are_looki ng_for	May 29th, 2009 05:35:00 AM
What the fuck is your problem with it? Anyone who thinks that mo-cap signals the end of live action cinema has shit for brains. The Polar Express was fine. I have no nostalgia for the source material. Beowulf was great. From the little I've seen, this looks pretty good. Zemeckis is a good director who has made some classics (including my favorite flick). Although I'd like to see him return to conventional filmmaking for at least a film or two, I don't have a problem with him experimenting.
by kevinwillis.net	May 29th, 2009 07:18:54 AM

And What the Hell Was That? by kevinwillis.net	May 29th, 2009 07:19:35 AM
I start writing, and suddenly there is a post with nothing except my name. Stupid AICN. Or HTML forms. Or my keyboard . . . .
Anyway, I Gotta Agree With Oison and Crisp_One by kevinwillis.net	May 29th, 2009 07:22:24 AM
Albert Finney's Musical scrooge, and his performance, will always be Scrooge to me. First Christmas Carol I ever saw, it has awesome songs--I Hate People, Father Christmas, Thank You Very Much, I Like Life (Life Likes Me!), December the 25th, and the love song . . . Finney's performance just was Scrooge to me. Of course, it's the first Christmas Carol I saw, and I saw it repeatedly. Don't forget Alec Guinness as the ghost of Jacob Marley. I mean, come on!
it's animation by Rupee88	May 29th, 2009 08:25:49 AM
Yes the Mo-Cap hate is retareded...it isn't supposed to look REAL, you dickheads...do Pixar people or other cartoon look real? No...just get comfortable living in the uncanny valley and stfu.
Mr Gorilla by Chesterfield Slacks	May 29th, 2009 10:25:44 AM
Yes, I'm one of them whiners. However, I don't believe mocap is the "death of live actors"...it's Bob Zemeckis's death of imagination and Hollywood's death of 70's-style risk-taking and innovative story-telling. With all the great original stories and scripts out there, Bob "Z-as-in-Zombie" has to mine and re-tool done to death classic in a palatable American fast-food way with a gimmick that essentially will send it to the bargain-bin rather than make it a re-watchable classic years from now. The Polar Express demolished the charm of the original book. Beowulf's crispy-clean-game-trailer look ruined the gothic heaviness of the original. It will probably work, because the original story is so well structured, and it's a classic Christams story, but for fuck sake, why? What a sad, pathetic waste of talent and insight.
Fuck Zemeckis...I'm done with this guy. by DoctorWho?	May 29th, 2009 12:24:54 PM
Carey and Oldman make me want to see this but this mo cap stuff is weak. Just saw Jim Carey in Man In The Moon for the first time yesterday and was oncle again blown away by this guy's talent. Good Flick!

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