the Grinch was a Ron Howard film Bosco --- "Tracey de Morsella (formerly Tracey L. Minor)" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> He did the Grinch?!?!?!?!? My daughter has been torturing me with > that > crap all week. What a mess. What was he on. It was so hard to > watch the > piggy people and he does not seem to know what shade of red and > green > are used for Christmas colors. I agree, that the cartoon is a > classic. > I almost did not mind the torture of playing the song 25 + times > this > week or seeing the DVD of the cartoon six times. I think was my > favorite before this week. You should see our silly Grinch song > dance. > > [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: > > Burton can be a bit too--what's a good > word...?--artificial-seeming to me. All the riotous colors, the > crazy angles of Willy Wonka all turned me off so that I never saw > the film. I was the same way with 'The Grinch", which I > unfortunately did see: it was over-the-top, over saturated with > bright colors, loud, insufferably long, boring, and just a waste of > time. Taking an absolute classic like the cartoon (which is, by the > way, my second favorite Christmas cartoon of all time, after > "Charlie Brown Christmas") and stretching it from 27 minutes to two > hours? Bad, bad idea! > > > > -------------- Original message -------------- > > From: "tdemorsella" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > > I agree, but if the can get Jackson, who has the imagination and > > vision? By the way, how was Willy Wonka. Depp's Michael Jackson > > performance in the trailers hs just creeped me out > > > > --- In [email protected], [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: > > > >> Burton's tastes run a bit to the more gothic and outre side; > he's > >> > > perfect for stuff like "Nightmare Before Christmas" and the dark > > "Batman", but I don't think he'd have quite the right touch of > whimsy > > for *this* particular film. It's a tricky mix to get the humour, > > action, drama, FX, and magic down pat.... > > > >> -------------- Original message -------------- > >> From: "tdemorsella" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > >> What about Tim Burton? > >> > >> --- In [email protected], Gymfig@ wrote: > >> > >>> The hobbit is a children's book. It is not a serious film about > love > >>> > >> and > >> > >>> lost. I don't think that there is a director out there that > could > >>> > >> capture that. If > >> > >>> Henson were alive I think that he could have done it. I think > the > >>> > >> person that > >> > >>> directed the Lion, the Witch and the Wardrobe could do a great > job. > >>> > >> I heard > >> > >>> the movie was great. > >>> > >>> > >>> > >>> > >>> > >>> **************************************See AOL's top rated > recipes > >>> > (http://food.aol.com/top-rated-recipes?NCID=aoltop00030000000004) > >>> > >>> > >>> [Non-text portions of this message have been removed] > >>> > >>> > >> > >> > >> [Non-text portions of this message have been removed] > >> > >> > > > > > > > > > > [Non-text portions of this message have been removed] > > > > > > > > > > Yahoo! Groups Links > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > [Non-text portions of this message have been removed] > > I got friends who are in prison and Friends who are dead. I'm gonna tell ya something that I've often said. You know these things that happen, That's just the way it's supposed to be. And I can't help but wonder, Don't ya know it coulda been me. ____________________________________________________________________________________ Looking for last minute shopping deals? Find them fast with Yahoo! Search. http://tools.search.yahoo.com/newsearch/category.php?category=shopping
