I actually felt very lucky getting to see the trailer before Ice Age: Dawn of the Dinosaurs, because I seriously didn’t expect it. 
Seeing the trailer, I just know that this will be an amazing film. I’ve been looking forward to it for quite a while. I’m probably going to go see it as soon as I can, but since it opens the first week of November, I might see it again closer to Christmas. 
I saw the trailer for it in front of Ice Age: Dawn of the Dinosaurs as well, and though I already knew I was going to be seeing it, it was so exciting to be actually viewing it; as well, this adaptation is closer to how Dickens saw the story, and if you pull up the book’s Wikipedia article, you’ll notice some original illistrations by John Leech, which were shot for shot exacts, and even the designs of the characters are the same. This is really shaping up to be the definitive film version of the book in my eyes, anyway.
Here’s a quote from Robert Zemeckis found on the featurette I posted I a while back:
I’ll probably see it when it comes out. I’ll have to read the book when it comes out because I own it, but never read it. I’ll see if it’s a lot like the movie.
I saw Ice Age: Dawn of the Dinosaurs, but it didn’t have the trailer! 
They didn’t play it in front of my Ice Age: Dawn of the Dinosaurs screening, either. I did see it, though, in front of my Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince 3-D IMAX viewing. It left me with mixed feelings. I was expecting it to be more in the live-action vein of, say, Sherlock Holmes (not the mood, they’re definitely not the same plots, but in the ‘look’. Dark, snowy christmas sorta thing). Instead, it came off more like The Grinch, The Cat in the Hat, or worse, The Polar Express. Granted, Carrey’s eyes look a heck of a lot more livelier than the dead ones in TPE, but I’m still not convinced by the special-effects to suspend my disbelief (it has that ‘uncanny valley’ effect of the Final Fantasy films, IMO).
I’ll wait longer for a more substantial trailer or TV spots, but at the moment, only TPATF, Avatar and Sherlock Holmes will be my winter films to look forward to. I do hope, Jim Carrey makes money outta this, though (that sounds wrong, what I mean is, that his movie does well at the B.O.), as he’s one of my fave comedians.
I’m hoping I’ll finally catch the trailer this weekend - I’m kinda bummed I keep missing out, so cross your fingers for me!
thedriveintheatre: I’m super curious to see how the effects look - I’ve been reading all kinds of things from Comic-Con about how much its improved since TPE, but I want to see for myself. But, like you, I’m rooting for Jim Carrey. From what I’ve seen so far, I like him as Scrooge!
This is what Jim had to say when asked where he drew inspiration from; he cited Alistair Sim’s performance as Scrooge in the 1951 film adaptation:
“The one thing I will say that I wanted to, not replicate, but definitely have some of it in there, was the bitterness that he portrayed,” Jim said. “The way he had sourness in his character. It wasn’t just on the surface. You imagined that he had the worst case of acid reflux on Earth. There was a true bitterness, a foul taste in his mouth, and that was something that I wanted to consider.”
Thanks for posting the trailer, annarborjack!
And thanks for sharing that quote, Bill - I think it’s pretty interesting that he’s drawing from Alistair Sim’s portrayal of Scrooge. I feel like most people think of him as the Scrooge that everyone else has to kinda live up to…or at least the one that most people remember. Obviously, Jim’s gonna put his own spin on the character and maybe he’ll become another generation’s Scrooge to remember. We’ll see when it comes out in the fall!
I saw the trailer. I really liked it. There were moments where I hopped out of my seat and moments where I caught myself giggling. I am kind of excited to watch it.
My anticipation for watching this movie is at the same level as The Polar Express a while ago. I wanted to see it, but didn’t really care if I didn’t. When I saw Polar Express the first time, I was blown away, so I think A Christmas Carol will do the same thing.
This movie is going to be awesome! They are actually bringing trains all over the states to show people the making of the movie! Very cool!
Yes! The train tour is FINALLY coming to DC next week. I’m really excited - I’ve been hearing nothing but good things about it, so can’t wait to finally check it out…and see more footage! I’ll share my report after I go. Has anyone else already gone?
I thought that the idea of Jim Carrey in Disney’s A Christmas Carol would have been good, and I was quite looking forward to it, but then I saw the trailer, with the souless eyes of the characters and I was all: -___-
It’s not just the eyes, but the way they move as well. It’s just creepy. They should have made it in live-action. I probably won’t be seeing this.
Why don’t they just ANIMATE this? It looks awful. I like my zombie movies to have more life than this ugly tripe. Carrey’s truly lost his mind to think we’d rather see a pale imitation (and an ugly one, at that) of him rather than the real thing.
AWFUL.
Can’t say I’m excited for this movie at all. It’s rare that I see a trailer for a movie like this and feel no interest in seeing it. The 3-D was kinda neat, I guess, but maybe it’s because the trailer for it was the first 3-D experience I’ve had.
Maybe if it’s ever on TV, I’ll watch it.
I thought the CG was much improved from Beowulf and The Polar Express - the beginning of the trailer looked especially impressive, and I think seeing the story in this format will be interesting.
BTW - If you guys get a chance to see the train tour (it’s on the tail end of it now, since the movie opens in a month), it’s pretty cool! I think if you see more footage from the movie there, you might have a change of heart about the movie because they truly do look amazing…
I personally am excited for this one. I have absolutely no issues with CGI vs. MoCap and all of that. I strongly believe that films should utilize whatever medium they need to tell their story well. Will A Christmas Carol be a little bit too scary for kids, and maybe more than a little creepy in parts? Yes, and the motion capture type of animation will compliment those elements in the storyline.
Some people look at a painting you’ve done, and consider that you should continue doing paintings, rather than say, sketching. It’s up to you what medium you want to use, even if they hold one on a higher pedestal than another in their mind.
MoCap will not hurt CGI, nor will CGI hurt live-action. There is nothing wrong with different types of filmmaking. When making a movie, utilize the way that you want to express your art. Look at things for where they come from, what kind of work was put into them, and how different stories are told, and therefore affect you.
I will see this movie as soon as possible, and I will judge how I see the film for what it is. Not for the medium, but for the execution of the story.
I’m still interested in seeing it because I do like A Christmas Carol as a story a lot, anyway. But I do agree that based on what I saw in the trailers, sometimes the characters look…off. Not enough to deter me from seeing it, as I can make a real judgement then, but they don’t always look right. The Ghost of Christmas Present to me looked especially odd.