Ultimately, however, this isn't a bad movie per se and I'll never claim that. To this movie's credit, however, they do attempt to retain some of the heart. It sort of reminds me, in a different sort of way of course, as to how I couldn't really get into The Hobbit trilogy because there was so much CG that all the heart and soul of the movie, the characters and the story were lost. This movie isn't that, but I just can't get over the fakery of the set. Like you could believe in these characters and immerse yourself in their world and their struggles because of how these worlds were built and maintained. Here's the thing about movies like Lord of the Rings and Harry Potter, however far into fantasy they may have gone, their worlds always retained a sense of believability. That's not what I'm trying to say here, though, I couldn't suspend my disbelief when watching this movie because of how much the town looks like a fake set, not a real, however fantastical it may be, town. I suppose I'm looking for "realism", for lack of a better term, in a movie about a hairy green man that hates Christmas and wants to ruin it for everyone in WhoVille. The set design is problematic because it looks like precisely that, a set. I feel that everything else around Carrey doesn't hold up as well. And, honestly, Jim Carrey is absolutely THE best part of this movie, bar none. Not a serious villain, mind you, but a cartoonish villain nonetheless. He's supposed to be this 'dastardly' and over-the-top villain. Regardless, I think that the overacting, as far as the character of the Grinch is concerned, actually works. Now, really, perhaps that's not fair because, to me, while a lot of people claim Carrey overacts (and this is a more than valid criticism) in his comedic roles, and I think his earlier roles were sort of tailored to those specific gifts that he had at the time. Well I'm here to pop that nostalgic bubble for most of you and say that the movie doesn't hold up. I've wondered, a few times throughout the years, how well this movie has held up, if at all, in the almost two decades since its release. Anyway, I'm certain that I, once again, made my mom take me to see this movie because of Jim Carrey's involvement in it. This brings us to this movie, which I DID watch in movie theaters way back when it came out. It's just not for me and 25 nights of that would just drive me up the fucking wall. Plus I've never been a big fan of the saccharine nature of these movies. I don't think there's enough good holiday movies for me to do a 25 Nights of Christmas marathon like I did for horror in October. A good movie is a good movie any time of the year, but Christmas movies have always been specific about their timing. Horror movies you can watch every year and they're good all year, but an October horror fest is made more fun by the fact it's the month of Halloween (my favorite 'holiday'). The thing about Christmas movies is that you can really just watch them during the holiday season. Not saying that there aren't any truly great Christmas movies, but they're few and far in between. That's why it was such a big deal when Carrey did Bruce Almighty in 2003 as they promoted it as his return to comedy after a few years away from it. But, still, I think more people gravitate to his comedic exploits more because they're more 'easily' consumable when compared to his dramatic movies. I've always thought that, when he's inspired, Carrey can turn in some tremendous dramatic performances as evidenced by, once again, the Truman Show and Eternal Sunshine. Hence why I need multiple adjectives in all caps to illustrate how much I fucking TREASURE that movie. I fucking LOVE The Truman Show, fucking ADORE that movie. I probably wouldn't have understood that movie at that age, but now I see it as the incredible movie it is, one of the best of the 90s. I also made her take me to see The Truman Show when it came out in 1998. Probably some of the few people that actually saw that movie in theaters. To the point that I made my mom, along with my father (the less said about that the better), take me to see Ace Ventura: When Nature Calls in movie theaters. Him, along with Arnold Schwarzenegger and Jackie Chan, were my guys when I was growing up. Let's talk about Jim Carrey a little bit, shall we? This was a guy that, when I was a little kid, I idolized.
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