A Review on How the Grinch Stole Christmas: Parents Edition
Dr. Suess’ How the Grinch Stole Christmas directed by Ron Howard, came out on November 8, 2000. This children’s literature Christmas movie happens to tell a valuable story. Although, it may seem a little intmidating for children, it all goes into the wonderful meaning of this film. The original How the Grinch Stole Christmas came out in 1966. Ron Howard did his best to make a magical remake. I recommend that all families watch this movie during the holiday season to remind themselves of the true meaning of Christmas.
This movie takes place in the vibrant town of Whoville during the brisk winter months. All the citizens are excited and preparing for the best day of the year, Christmas.
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Except for one individual, the Grinch (Jim Carey), who lives on the old, raggedy, Mt. Crumpit, just north of Whoville. The Grinch does not appreciate Christmas due to past experiences, but with the help of a sweet, young girl in town, named Cindy Lou Who (Taylor Momsen), the Grinch is able to realize that Christmas is not so bad after all and he brings out the true meaning of Christmas through his grouchy actions. This movie is simply great.
It is a family movie which includes humor for all ages. Jim Carey puts on a great performance as the Grinch, who he portrays as an eccentric, creative, and eerie character. His funny personality and mannerisms really is what made his character so great. All the other actors and actresses did a great job of portraying their characters living a regular, everyday life. Even with the touches of nightmarish scenes, this feel-good film took a different approach on Christmas, a good one.
This movie was a remake of the original twenty-two-minute cartoon. Ron Howard did a great job of turning it into an hour and forty-five-minute production. This movie was not boring or dragged out. The casting director took time and noticeably sought after to find suitable
actors and actresses to portray the characters. In this version of How the Grinch Stole Christmas, director, Ron Howard explained how the Grinch arrived in Whoville and explained why the Grinch disliked Christmas as much as he did. That was not explained in the original version, which caused confusion. The best part about this movie is the message they are trying to deliver. Lou Lou Who (Bill Irwin) said it best, “you can’t hurt Christmas, Mr. Mayor because Christmas is not about the gifts, the contests, or the fancy lights.” We tend to forget the true meaning of Christmas and do not fully understand what it really is about. It is not about the gifts and the extravagant lights. It’s about being with
the people you love and celebrating the birth of Jesus Christ. The Who’s are able to carry on with their Christmas celebration despite of the Grinch’s irascible behavior. With this movie being a remake, I was unsure of how it would compare to the original version, but it exceeded my expectations. The acting was awesome and each character had just the right person portraying them. The dialogue was suitable for the audience as well. Both children and adults could find humor throughout the movie. The music suited each scene properly and adjusted to fit each mood. I recommend this movie to everyone, but I encourage parents to watch the film with their young children, due to some scenes that could be frightening.
Whether or not you consider Ron Howard's version of Dr Seuss's classic How The Grinch Stole Christmas comical, yet disgraceful, there's no ignoring the little green monster's reign over the box office. The movie, How the Grinch Stole Christmas starring Jim Carrey, was released in November of 2000, reaching a gross high of over $200 million in the U.S alone (The Numbers). However, I feel that this version has over exaggerated the original story, and I will back this up by showing many examples of how Dr. Seuss’s classic turned into a marketing, franchise frenzy.
Seuss, The Grinch is the main protagonist in this tale, but not much background is given on this green fellow. In the story, The Grinch is accompanied by his dog, Max, throughout most of the movie. Max acts as a sidekick that helps the Grinch, but is somewhat of an underdog. But puns aside, Max wasn’t treated the best by the Grinch in most of the movie. The Grinch made him pull an entire sleigh which held the Grinch and all of the Whos’ Christmas food, gifts, and decorations. While Max is pulling the sleigh, The Grinch is continuously yelling at him to make him move faster despite the extremely heavy weight on his shoulders, and expects him to carry all of it on his lonesome. To add onto that, The Grinch makes Max help, treating Max almost like a slave, which is extremely unethical and should never be done. But The Grinch doesn’t really even treat Max like a worker, Max just does what he’s told, and doesn’t get much out of the things he’s done for the
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With her justification, of the Whoville law, that all Whos should be able to attend not because of their outer appearance. As the mayor, Maywho objectifies the crowd believes in what Cindy Lou says. However, the mayor does not want that to happen as argues if he is not here I will accept the award. Cindy Lou was able to break the law of not speaking about or to the Grinch as well as have the people in the town agree to invite him to the celebration. When the Grinch goes mad because of the razor gift he received Cindy Lou and her family were all shamed and looked down upon by everyone in Whoville for what they did and it was their fault for breaking the norm (not inviting the Grinch). Later on, because the Grinch took all the presents the people in the town were able to see the true meaning of Christmas and that is family so in an indirect way the Grinch also broke the norm of just accepting gifts on that day. The Grinch proved that although his appearance and personality were he truly knew what the Charismas spirit was and it wasn’t all about the gifts, lights, or celebrations but family was the key part in it
Marley had died. Scrooge did not have anyone else who cared about him. “Nobody ever stopped him in the street to say. . . ‘My dear Scrooge, how are you?’. . . But what did Scrooge care! It was the very thing he liked.” (Dickens 3). No one liked Scrooge. Likewise, a group of teenagers go up to see The Grinch. They come down the mountain scared and tells the Whos. When one of the teenagers mentions seeing The Grinch, everyone freaks out and creates havoc in Whoville. The mayor finally tells Cindy Lou Who why they do not like The Grinch. It was because he did not like Christmas and he was always mean and unhappy. The Grinch does not like Christmas and he is grumpy. No one likes him. Although, people provoked The Grinch to be mean, unlike Scrooge. In short, contemporary books use the same conflicts as traditional
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