Between the two theatrical remakes of The Grinch, this is certainly the lesser of two evils.
It's not the absolute dumpster fire that the 2000 Jim Carrey version was, but comparing it to the 1966 animation, this is one big coal pile of a movie.
It's visually appealing — the bright and colorful scenery really adds to the Christmas vibe, in stark contrast to the 2000 film which had a very bleak and depressing color palette. So points for that.
The Grinch himself, however, is such a bore in this remake. I hardly cared about what was going on for much of the runtime because the star of the show is so lame. Though, I will say that I prefer this incarnation of the Grinch over the psychotic, creepy and unfunny Grinch of the 2000 movie.
The songs are mostly nothing to write home about, but the only one I really hated was the rap one. I don't know what they were thinking with that.
At the end of the day, this is not as atrocious as the live-action version with Jim Carrey. There are good parts, it's pleasing to the eye, but overall, it is a lousy remake.
Even if the other Grinches didn't exist and it were its own movie, I wouldn't be a fan.
Still better than the 2000 movie, but in the end, a very unsatisfactory experience.
Lesser of Two Evils
Between the two theatrical remakes of The Grinch, this is certainly the lesser of two evils.
It's not the absolute dumpster fire that the 2000 Jim Carrey version was, but comparing it to the 1966 animation, this is one big coal pile of a movie.
It's visually appealing — the bright and colorful scenery really adds to the Christmas vibe, in stark contrast to the 2000 film which had a very bleak and depressing color palette. So points for that.
The Grinch himself, however, is such a bore in this remake. I hardly cared about what was going on for much of the runtime because the star of the show is so lame. Though, I will say that I prefer this incarnation of the Grinch over the psychotic, creepy and unfunny Grinch of the 2000 movie.
The songs are mostly nothing to write home about, but the only one I really hated was the rap one. I don't know what they were thinking with that.
At the end of the day, this is not as atrocious as the live-action version with Jim Carrey. There are good parts, it's pleasing to the eye, but overall, it is a lousy remake.
Even if the other Grinches didn't exist and it were its own movie, I wouldn't be a fan.
Still better than the 2000 movie, but in the end, a very unsatisfactory experience.