Tuesday, December 21, 2021

An Honest Trailer for How The Grinch Stole Christmas



How the Grinch Stole Christmas is a classic Dr. Seuss story first published in 1957. It was made into a Christmas television special in 1966 and two feature films in 2000 and 2018, among other spinoffs featuring the Grinch. This Honest Trailer is about the 2000 film version starring Jim Carrey as the Grinch. It was a huge hit, and probably the most familiar version of the story to the internet generation. As Screen Junkies reveals, this movie was less Dr. Seuss and more Ron Howard and Jim Carrey. The basic story is there, but stretched out to feature length by adding lots of violence and sexual innuendo. Is it really? I've never  seen the movie.

5 comments:

Unknown said...

Being older, I've always preferred Boris Karloff over Jim Carrey. I haven't seen either of the "new" ones.

Anonymous said...

The new animated version is fun and treats the characters with respect. I hated the Jim Carrey version. I'll always love the original with Karloff.

Bruce said...

Another vote for Karloff.

gwdMaine said...

Thurl Ravenscroft fan myself.

Bicycle Bill said...

Story by Seuss.
Animation by the team of Chuck Jones and Maurice Noble.
Voices by Boris Karloff (narration/the Grinch), and June Foray (Cindy Lou Who).
Music by Eugene Poddany with vocals by Thurl Ravenscroft (who was also the voice of Kellogg's cereal mascot Tony the Tiger).

Compared to an accomplished, polished crew like that, Ron Howard and Jim Carrey, even with the reputations they had, were still just middleweights in a heavyweight title fight.

-"BB"-