One look at the trailers for Robert Zemeckis’ motion-capture visual spectacle that is the latest incarnation of Charles Dickens’ “A Christmas Carol,” and you should know exactly what you’re going to get.
The tale is so familiar to everyone on the planet that it’s hardly worth the time to describe it again. Suffice to say Ebenezer Scrooge (Jim Carrey) is a miser who is visited by a series of ghosts on Christmas Eve, warning him that his greedy and humbug ways will have lasting effects in the afterlife.
Technology hasn’t just caught up enough with the story to effectively tell it, but it has surpassed the original tale. Director Robert Zemeckis has made technology the forefront of his films, going back to the “Back to the Future” movies and “Who Framed Roger Rabbit?” Having directed other films with motion capture, CGI and IMAX 3D (e.g., “The Polar Express” and “Beowulf”), Zemeckis is an expert with the technology.
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