The WORST Grinch?!

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  @poweroffriendship2.0 · 6 years ago

  <i>&quot;Maybe Christmas he thought, doesn&apos;t come from a store. Maybe Christmas, perhaps, means a little bit more.&quot;</i><br><br><b>~ Dr. Seuss</b>

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  @ScottPillgram20 · 6 years ago

  Considering this is the same company that slaps their movies&apos; characters onto any kind of merchandise they can think of, I&apos;m not surprised that Illumination&apos;s Grinch barely touches the commercialization and materialism of Christmas. If they criticized that stuff, then people will be dissuaded from buying their Grinch-themed Christmas merchandise.

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• FI

  @firemaster9293 · 6 years ago (edited)

  OG: A Timeless Classic<br>Live Action: It’s strange, it’s bizarre, and has lots of cruel humor. My kind of guilty pleasure<br>CGI: It’s just boring, dull, and bland. What a wasteful cast for Benedict Cumberbatch.<br><br>I agree that I rather take Jim Carrey Version than Benedict Cumberbatch Version anyday because at least it has something to be entertain. The only good thing about Illumination’s take is the animation is pretty to look at but that’s about it.

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  @swiftshock2615 · 6 years ago

  The only thing more horrifying than the live-action Grinch baby is the Funko Pop version of the 2018 Grinch baby.<br><br>Seriously though, I hate the fact that this film is practically made up of <i>nothing</i> . Yeah, adapting the original version to a full length feature film (again) is going to involve some padding, but I would be fine with it so long as it had some sort of substance or added bits of interesting story-telling. To me, the live-action version did this well when they added those extra interactions between the Grinch and Cindy Lou, two individuals who were sick of the commercialism of Christmas for different reasons. Here, we just have more &quot;safe&quot; jokes and sub-plots that don&apos;t really add anything. It&apos;s a shame that those take priority over showing a plausible motivation for the main antagonist.<br><br>Well, at the very least they weren&apos;t running promotions with cars and plastering ads on disposable popcorn buckets for a movie who&apos;s main message dealt with environmentalism. And at least this wasn&apos;t as bad as the live-action Cat in the Hat...though that&apos;s not really an impressive accomplishment.

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  @michaelstrong5383 · 6 years ago

  My biggest problem with this version is that the Grinch is way too nice and isn&apos;t all that mean. Say whatever you want about the Jim Carrey version, but at least that film knew that the Grinch has to be his most &quot;Grinchiest&quot; just so his kindness at the end was well earned.

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  @midnightarcanacentraltv5815 · 6 years ago

  This Grinch looks so dull compared to old Grinch. Not to come off as a cranky old man who hates everything new, but at least old grinch looked mean, creepy, and generally unpleasant and unkind. This one, looks very very boring, like some bootleg plush you’d find in a carnival game. Also, I’d hate to see what Illumination has in store for yet another Minion movie and the Mario movie. Like we needed another one of those. Worked so well the last time didn’t it?

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  @apollorock3r244 · 6 years ago

  Man, when they make a version of the Grinch that makes the Nostalgia Critic appreciate the Jim Carrey version a lot more (despite that he’s not a fan of that version), you know they messed up.<br><br>The moment I knew that Illumination is working on the movie, I knew they’re going to mess this one up. From the trailers and a lot of scenes, Illumination really just made this movie as Despicable Me lite than the Grinch. Good thing Warner Bros. is now going to be in charge of the upcoming Dr. Seuss movies (given their track record of great movies like Happy Feet and the LEGO Movie) and if any indication of how good the Green Eggs and Ham Show (made by WB and Netflix), it looks like Dr. Seuss’ movies are in the right direction.

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  @329link · 6 years ago

  Original animation: utterly beautiful art<br>Live action movie: pretty decent if you consider it more like a parody<br>Illumination: fuck you

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  @moxxiedemongamer3019 · 6 years ago

  <a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=tZK2PfRFctM&amp;t=55">0:55</a> at least PIXAR has talented animators who work constantly with incredible stories with great animation however unlike Illumination has cutesy characters that rely on pop culture references and pop tunes that felt dated pretty quickly so yeah Illumination is like Michael Bay just replace explosions with those GOD DAM Annoying Minions

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  @MagmaPaint · 6 years ago

  Looking back, this iteration should have been it&apos;s own thing with no connection to the Grinch whatsoever. And I agree with the general consensus, Illumination is safe and lukewarm with its projects to the point of forgettable.

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• IC

  @icecreamhero2375 · 6 years ago

  Basically they turned him into Gru.

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  @Deley18 · 6 years ago

  The fact they ended on the screaming goat made me glad I didn&apos;t see it at the theaters. Not gonna lie, but that ending seemed to make this movie a whole lot worse then how the reception says.<br><br>I suppose the 2D Special is a prime example in which a 10 minute book doesn&apos;t need to be padded out to a 90 minute film. Basically, in sum, it&apos;s to the point.

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