Always loving checking out behind the scenes footage/seeing actors in their element. Pretty cool.

a great movie and a great story, i have always loved the spirit behind such stories and the christmas carol brings it out, i just love everything about this book since i read it a long time back

my all time favorite book and now movie, it depcits the soul of the story and i could watch it again and again adn never get bored, the best thing!!

Oh this was definitely a good movie. Great animation and nice story. Worth the watch.

This movie has been out for ages and there is always someone doing their own version of this timeless classic. Each one has done it justice as well. They don't tear it up too much.

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While I don't have a problem with re-hashing old, tried and tested stories new productions need to bring something new to the party. This production, in my eyes, was stilted and jarring. I wasn't engaged by the presentation and for me engagement is a crucial factor in animated movies.
As noted by a previous commenter - motion capture movies have performed badly at the box office so maybe we need to go back to basics.

have created the Tolkien Saga with these technologies. And I do not mean the few special effects but everything. Now I just cannot get the personal characters out of my head when I read the books. So I only read the Lost Tales nowadays.

This one is a true delight getting back to the roots of the original story and trying very successfully to prevent diversion from the original story (description, chronology, ect.) the images are top notch and the cinematography is state of the art. Too bad that the 3D effect is a little off in some scenes.
This one is a must see even though some scenes may be too intense for younger audiences but skip paying extra for the 3D effect. They truly did not drive it home with the 3D effect.

The movie sucked... it took the spirit of the classic Christmas story and threw it in the trash! It was terrible. Why even make this movie? Like it hasn't been a thousand times already... geez. Freaking Hollywood is pissing me off. Can't they come up with anything new any more?!!!

I don't know about all this motion capture or keyframe stuff you guys are talking about. What I do know is that, the character moved horribly. it was very robotic and distracting.

The movie sucked

I saw the movie the other day, and I thought it was outstanding. A Christmas Carol really makes Polar Express show it's age. If you're still using that MoCap mess as a point for comparison it's time to get up to date. The mocap actually looks decent now and Jim Carey's performance is really able to shine through. It did not seem to have any major awkward moments that have plagued some of Zemeckis' early films.

As great as Jim Carey is, what really sells the movie is the creative cinemetograpy that shows all the untapped potential of using 3D as a medium. It's absolutely wild, especialy with the 3D glasses, and the experimentation probably would not have been possible without the aid of motion capture to speed up production. If you hate Zemeckis purely on the principle of Mocap, you're not giving him a full, fair assesment. There is so much more to a Christmas Carol in particular as a film than just the acting. It is really a shame all the coverage of his works foucs on the MoCap performances.

This may be a touchy subject for some people here, but the end goal is to make a film that would otherwise be impossible through live action. Keyframe Animation is just a one way to achieve those results in today's world. Zemeckis has just taken an approach against the norm that has ruffled a few feathers.