Alright, I've seen the 1966 cartoon over 100 times most likely... and I must admit, the more I watch it, the more I wish the cartoon was longer. Well, this year I got my wish. I will admit, that it isn't the easiest thing turning a short story into a two hour long movie, but Ron Howard pulled it off. Yes, I do agree that Tim Burton should have been the one to direct the movie, but I still think that no one else but Jim Carrey could have pulled off the character of the Grinch.
Carrey does lots of goofy things in this movie that you wouldn't have previously thought that the Grinch would do, but I think that if Carrey had made the character a little less goofy and a little more serious at the beginning of the movie, then maybe it would work. Because the Grinch's character is supposed to just be miserable and grumpy, then when he's stealing the christmas presents, he could act a little more goofy because he's "enjoying" what he's doing.
Either way, it's not Carrey's fault. He does a flawless performance (as always) and can pull off an awesome grinchy smile. Tim Burton would have caused the film to be darker and aimed more towards the adults. This may have made the movie a little better (or worse, hey.. we can't prove Tim Burton could do it better) but that defeats the entire purpose of this film.
It is not intended entirely for adults. Yes, it was written so that it interests the adults as well.. but it was created for the kiddos.
The beautiful world that Ron Howard created works perfectly though. I loved Mt. Crumpet and Who-ville. Who-ville is a town where straight lines don't exist, everything has to curve and bend (just like Seuss had always inteded) and that must have been quite a challenge for any director. But he does pull it off nicely.
The backstory on the Grinch (that explains why he hates Christmas) defeats the line in the poem "The Grinch hated Christmas, he hated the whole season. Please don't ask why, no one quite knows the reason." But alas, they do give him a childhood and a love interest. I don't quite agree with this aspect of the story, but it was interesting to watch and kept me entertained.
The movie starts getting really good when it returns to the original story. The part of the movie where the Grinch prepares to steal Christmas. You'll note that Jim Carrey even sings the song "Your a mean one, Mr. Grinch" and does it really well. Nice job!
Jim Carrey seemed to give the Grinch an unusual accent in this film, it's like a bad Sean Connery. I wasn't quite sure if it would work at first, but it does!
The narration was down pretty well, but they did change up the original poem to work with the new story, so it's not exactly the same.
All in all, this is a great holiday film. It's not Ron Howard's best film, it's not Jim Carrey's best film, but it's a darn, gee-golly gosh, fun movie and I suggest that you give it a chance.
Carrey does lots of goofy things in this movie that you wouldn't have previously thought that the Grinch would do, but I think that if Carrey had made the character a little less goofy and a little more serious at the beginning of the movie, then maybe it would work. Because the Grinch's character is supposed to just be miserable and grumpy, then when he's stealing the christmas presents, he could act a little more goofy because he's "enjoying" what he's doing.
Either way, it's not Carrey's fault. He does a flawless performance (as always) and can pull off an awesome grinchy smile. Tim Burton would have caused the film to be darker and aimed more towards the adults. This may have made the movie a little better (or worse, hey.. we can't prove Tim Burton could do it better) but that defeats the entire purpose of this film.
It is not intended entirely for adults. Yes, it was written so that it interests the adults as well.. but it was created for the kiddos.
The beautiful world that Ron Howard created works perfectly though. I loved Mt. Crumpet and Who-ville. Who-ville is a town where straight lines don't exist, everything has to curve and bend (just like Seuss had always inteded) and that must have been quite a challenge for any director. But he does pull it off nicely.
The backstory on the Grinch (that explains why he hates Christmas) defeats the line in the poem "The Grinch hated Christmas, he hated the whole season. Please don't ask why, no one quite knows the reason." But alas, they do give him a childhood and a love interest. I don't quite agree with this aspect of the story, but it was interesting to watch and kept me entertained.
The movie starts getting really good when it returns to the original story. The part of the movie where the Grinch prepares to steal Christmas. You'll note that Jim Carrey even sings the song "Your a mean one, Mr. Grinch" and does it really well. Nice job!
Jim Carrey seemed to give the Grinch an unusual accent in this film, it's like a bad Sean Connery. I wasn't quite sure if it would work at first, but it does!
The narration was down pretty well, but they did change up the original poem to work with the new story, so it's not exactly the same.
All in all, this is a great holiday film. It's not Ron Howard's best film, it's not Jim Carrey's best film, but it's a darn, gee-golly gosh, fun movie and I suggest that you give it a chance.