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Summary: Expensive Props - Poorly Written Script - A Dud
Review: Thankfully, my family and I rented this movie instead of buying it as we had planned originally. We are all huge fans of the cartoon version of this movie...I think poor Dr. Seuss would roll over in his grave if he only knew how badly the script was written.The script tries to explain why everyone is doing and feeling the way they do. It almost tries to analyze the original story and then, when no one answer seems apparent, they make up something new to add to the original story. The special effects and costumes are incredibly expensive and well done. Yet, it somehow never falls into place. This movie is not magical. In fact, I have never turned off any movie from lack of interest until now. We have a tall stack of Christmas movies and this one is just dull and lifeless. The kids turned it off themselves before I did! However, I was determined to stick in there and watch the rest of it on my own...and couldn't. It leaves you feeling sad that they went to so much trouble and expense for something that is mostly popular due to the clever marketing and huge marketing budget behind it.
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Summary: The Grinch
Review: Compared to other family and/or children's movies this one was a disappointment. I think Jim Carey could have added a bit more of his personality to the performance. In fact, I hoped the Grinch would have been more funny. It must have been hard to create a movie out of a 30 minute cartoon.
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Summary: Cute
Review: Before I saw this movie I thought it would be stupid, that they would take too much from the original cartoon version and leave it out. Actually, It was a pretty good film. I really enjoy it, and it did have plenty from the original. Some things in the movie could have been left out but overall it's great. Very funny, and it does put you in the Christmas spirit. I think Jim Carrey did a wonderful job as well as the other actors. This film being different in many ways from the cartoon doesn't ruin the fun of watching them. They're both great Christmas classics. You should own both!
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Summary: Whoooo Could Not Like This Movie?
Review: Though I usually scorn movie remakes --Christmas or otherwise, I found THE GRINCH to be a charming, visual delight. Deep inside Grinch Mountain, Ron Howard shows us a misfit's world filled with loot instead of love. Your eyes flit about drinking in the artfully imagined junkyard palace, all the while gathering glimpses into Grinchy's warped soul. Thankfully the story never strays so far from the original as to trigger outrage from ardent Seussophiles. Jim Carrey plays the Grinch with uncharacteristic control. We all know he could have gone Glaringly over the top. Instead he treats the character with respect and affection as if he, too loved the Seuss-tale as a child. Green prosthetics were never put to such good use or employed with such surprising effect. While this foray into Whoville may not go down in history as a classic the caliber of "Rudolph" or "Frosty," for my money it is still well worth the trip!
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Summary: bad
Review: the movie is so long and annoying. two many seens of the grinch alone in his cave. talyor momsen is good though. i also like the max playhouse feature on the dvd.other tahan taht the movie was the pitts.
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Summary: "The Grinch" (2000) now on DVD (Widescreen Edition) WOW!!!
Review: Taking Dr. Seuss's legendary 1966 cartoon classic "How the Grinch Stole Christmas", to the big screen was a pretty big risk. But the passion of all those involved was captured and a newer story for both child & adult evolved. Ron Howard was the perfect Director for this mission & who else but Jim Carrey could bring "The Grinch" to life? The town of Whoville and its occupants were colorfully brought to life. The Grinches Mt. Crumpits lair was too. The Widescreen DVD provides us the BIG PICTURE and the gorgeous set designs and the colorful land of Whoville!! The cast was perfect. Narrated by Sir Anthony Hopkins. The three stars of the movie to me was "The Grinch" (the unbeleivable Jim Carrey), Cindy Lou Who (a delightful 6 year old - Taylor Momsen) and Max the dog (Grinches only true friend until Cindy captures his heart which is "two sizes to small"). The extras abundant and great Rhyme quizzes, so pay attention! This movie is true to; Dr. Suess, The Grinch, Whoville, the children and now the adults who enter the world of "Dr. Suess". Enjoy this new version (along with the original animated version) of the "How the Grinch Stole Christmas.
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Summary: ghastly remake of a classic
Review: Why is it that Hollywood moviemakers seem incapable of understanding the simple fact that works that start off as drawing art (be they in the form of stills or animated cartoons) have a tough time translating to the live action format? It didn't work with "The Flintstones," for instance, and it works even less well with "How the Grinch Stole Christmas," Ron Howard's labored and lumbering attempt to bring the whimsical Dr. Seuss classic to the big screen. Unlike the beloved half hour animated version made for television in the 1960's, this non-animated edition ends up burying the wise and witty tale under gobs of overproduction. Despite the best efforts of the costume designers, set decorators and makeup artists in bringing the Grinch, the Whos and their village of Whoville to life on the screen, the sad fact is that what appears charming on the two-dimensional printed page can often become grotesque when transferred to the more three-dimensional world of live action filmmaking. Even more detrimental than the film's garish visual style is the fact that the beautiful simplicity of the streamlined tale has been padded out and stretched to the breaking point to fulfill the demands of a 105-minute running time. Although the film adheres fairly closely to the original plotting in its final third (even using a portentous recitation by Anthony Hopkins of Dr. Seuss' original rhyming text), the first hour or so is overloaded with dreary subplots involving the various Who characters, a silly flashback showing how the Grinch came to hate Christmas, and enough Jim Carrey shtick to make us wish he had never left "In Living Color" to embark on a movie career. Much as I have loved Carrey in some of his earlier filmic efforts, I must say that his act is fast losing much of its original freshness and charm. Not that he can be forced to shoulder all the responsibility for the film's failure, since the writers, Jeffrey Price and Peter S. Seaman, have neglected to provide a single line of witty or creative dialogue to go along with the stunning makeup, art direction and special effects. It's a particular embarrassment when the screenplay shifts between the soaring ingenuity of the Seuss poetry and the flatfooted triteness of the Price/Seaman prose. The grinding of the gears becomes almost audible. One wonders why an industry, which used to do so well by Christmas in the past ("It's a Wonderful Life," "Miracle on 34th Street," the various versions of "A Christmas Carol"), seems to have had so much trouble lately putting together a decent picture with a yuletide theme. In fact, in the past 20 or so years, Hollywood has managed to produce only one film with a Christmas theme that can truly be called a certified classic. I am speaking, of course, of the wonderful 1983 film, "A Christmas Story," the only work that has been able to successfully combine the gentle cynicism of the modern world with the sweet sentimentality one traditionally associates with the holiday. Perhaps that perennial delight will forever stand as the one exception to the cold crassness of overproduced and over-budgeted dreck like "Jingle All the Way," "Santa Claus - the Movie" and "How the Grinch Stole Christmas," which, by their very nature, drain Christmas of its childlike magic and charm. Now more than ever, "A Christmas Story" is the yuletide tonic we yearn for and need.
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Summary: Sorry, the cartoon is so much better!
Review: Ok, I know this is only BASED on the Dr. Suess book. But so was the cartoon and that is what most remember. The story is simple, the Grinch lives above the Whos, they love Christmas, he hates it, in the end he finally understands what the holiday is all about. In the cartoon you never really find out why he hates, he just does. The movie explains why (although it's somewhat strange). I suppose if you don't compare the movie to anything, it's alright. But you can't help but to compare it to the cartoon. The cartoon showed the Whos as fun loving folk who in the end despite having their material Christmas items stolen from them, still join hands and sing as if nothing ever happened. The meaning of Christmas is not lost on them. In the movie they are given a more human aspect and the mayor points out that they never should have invited the Grinch to an earlier celebration, because he knew this would happen. That part totally ruins the idea that the Whos fully understand the meaning of Christmas. The movie could have been so much better if only they'd stuck to what the book was all about. As for the DVD extras it's got all the bells and whistles you want, even some Who recipes!
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Summary: YOURE A MEAN ONE, MR. GRINCH!
Review: I love this movie,I watch it everyday then I rewind and watch it
again! I think that it was pretty smart that they had the grinch in
theatres last christmas then release it to video this year so
everyone will buy it for christmas! the only two parts I didnt like were: 1.when the grinch was a kid and he got laughed at,I thought that
was pretty mean. 2.at the whobilation when the mayor (hes the reason the grinch lives on mt.crumpit you know)
gives the grinch that razor,then they all laugh at him again,
that was pretty cruel! my favorite part was when youre a mean one mr grinch,and hes getting his sleigh ready. I liked everyone,not the mayor!
and I thought that whoville was pretty neat and cool too! jim carrey won alot of rewards for this movie! I also got his autograph!
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Summary: Have kids, grandkids, nieces or nephews? Get this now!
Review: What better praise can I give a movie than to tell you that my ten year old son says he will memorize the lines in this movie because he likes it so much. It arrived today and he is already watching it for the second time. It is pure enjoyment. This Ron Howard directed film starring Jim Carey and narrated by Anthony Hopkins is destined to be a holiday classic; we waited in line at the theatre last December to see it, and afterwards we agreed that as soon as the DVD came out we would purchase it. It doesn't matter whether you like Jim Carey films or not; this adaptation of the Dr. Suess classic cloaks Carey's neurotic comedy under a mound of green fur and yellow eyes, puts him inside a cave and wraps him in the Christmas spirit of Whoville. If Carey is remembered for anything by filmgoers, his portrayal of the Grinch may just be the one. If the adults listen closely, there are even enough lines in the film that will make you laugh out loud. Well, my son's still laughing. So if you want to make that favorite child happy this holiday season, buy this DVD now.
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