Walt Disney Pictures
Directed by Robert Zemeckis
My rating: 2 stars out of 4
IMDb
(Blu-Ray/DVD, Walt Disney)
(Starz)
After the dreadful Polar Express and simply awful Beowulf, Robert Zemeckis returns with yet another attempt at motion capture magic. Like the others, it's mostly a failure. Ebenezer Scrooge counts his pennies and bah humbugs Christmas all the way home. He is visited by the ghost of Christmas Past on Christmas day, who gives him a guided tour of his childhood. Dropped back in his bedroom, Christmas Present in the form of a Christ figure shows him the impacts of his behavior on those around him. Finally, Christmas Future appears in the form of death with dire warnings. The original Dickens is still there, but where the film goes all wrong is the modern updating with ridiculous action chase scenes, presented in a gimmicky 3D and accompanied by a loud, bombastic score. I guess the modern audience expects more of a theme park ride than characters and plot. The animation improves somewhat over the previous Zemeckis films, but is still plagued with the "uncanny valley" effect: dull, lifeless eyes that appear to stare into nothing.
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