I watched this movie wearing 3D glasses. Here are the 3D glasses.
It was a bit annoying to wear them whole the movie, but 3D images were amazing. When I was a kid, "The Wizard of Oz" was on TV with 3D. At that time, we had to wear a cheap paper glasses with blue and red cellophane in order to see 3D images. However, even though I wore them, I couldn't realize 3D. Now that I think about it, the technological advance is tremendous. I think we will able to see 3D images without glasses sometime in the future.
As you know, in this movie, the technology called "performance capture" is used. Actually I don't like humans described by it. They look very scary. They are like dolls that are too much close to humans. Look at this.
S,s, scary!!
By the way, the original book written by Charles Dickens is very hard for me to read, because there are too many words I don't know. I feel that I don't know about 70% of all the words in the book. Does Charles Dickens tend to write with a bit difficult words? It might be just because of my poor vocabulary.
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I haven't seen this 3D version of "A Christmas Carol" yet, but I have been to see several 3D films in the IMAX cinema in London. Among them were some nature films, a documentary about the International Space Station and the animation "Polar Express". I think the techniques used in "Polar Express" were similar to those used for making "A Christmas Carol". I agree with you that humans depicted in that way are rather weird and creepy. They are too real in some ways and not real enough in others. The new 3D movie, "Avatar", has opened recently, but, as it is a fantasy picture, perhaps the appearance of humans and other creatures in it won't seem so strange.
On your other subject, don't worry, Charles Dickens is a bit difficult to read, even for native English speakers. There are several obvious reasons for that.
1. He wrote his novels and short stories about 150 years ago. The formality of our use of English has changed considerably since that time, so you will find many unfamiliar and rarely used words (perhaps even "excrescent"!).
For example, near the beginning of "A Christmas Carol" is this phrase: "No beggars implored him to bestow a trifle..."
Translated into modern, everyday language it is: "No beggars asked him to give a small amount [of money]..."
2. Our lifestyle has also changed vastly in the past 150 years, so many of the things he writes about no longer exist, or are unfamiliar to us. The special vocabulary connected, for example, with horses and carriages or occupations of those times is now obsolete.
3. He often writes about real places, particularly in London, and refers to streets, buildings and events that would be familiar to his readers in the middle of the 19th century, but don't have the same significance for us now. They are especially foreign for you, living in Japan.
4. Dickens was a great sketcher of people's characters, and often uses direct speech with different kinds of accent and mannerisms that I imagine is hard for you to follow.
I don't want to deter you from reading Dickens, or other writers of that period, because his works are among the best English literature. His stories are excellent, and you will certainly increase your vocabulary by reading them. However, I realise it is not much fun having to look up words in the dictionary as you slowly make your way through the pages. Moreover, the new words you learn might not be of any use in today's world, and even more bothersome is to know which are the useful ones and which can be left in the 19th century. I admire your efforts in trying to read such literature!
I hope you have a good week.
Tim
Tim,
150 years ago?! I see. The stories wirtten a long time ago are always hard to read.
Yes, I think the same technology is used in Polar Express.
I'm going to see Avatar next month.(^.^)
Thank you very much for your comment!
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