The reason why the Grinch is one of my favorite animated characters is because he is not unrealistically hyper-happy all the time. In fact, he is the grumpiest, sassiest, most cynical character I’ve ever seen. In many ways, I find the Grinch resembling humans who have ups and downs in their emotions.
Grinch was not always his grumpy self. The Grinch, directed by Yarrow Cheney and Scott Mosier and based on the 1957 Dr. Seuss’ book, How the Grinch Stole Christmas, shows the Grinch (Benedict Cumberbatch) as a child with no parents and no one to care about him in the orphanage.
The Grinch naturally dreads Christmas and all holidays family and friends celebrate together. When people come together to sing, feast, and exchange presents, the Grinch has no one to share any of that with because he lives isolated in his cave on Mount Crumpet above Whoville. So when the Whos decide to make Christmas three times bigger than last year, the aggravated Grinch schemes to steal Christmas from his neighbors and silence the holiday cheer once and for all.
What I loved most about this movie is that every single character, from Cindy-Lou Who (Cameron Seely), the pure hearted girl who wishes Santa could help her mother, to Max, Grinch’s loyal pet dog, has their own unique personality, which makes the whole animation lively and real. There are so many emotions intermingled in the images they create. We also see the ongoing humor between the disgusted Grinch’s interaction and these quirky characters, backed up with moody soundtracks including You’re a Mean One, Mr. Grinch, written by Dr. Seuss himself and Albert Hague, and Happy, written and performed by Pharrell Williams. The most beautiful Christmas village depicted in the background is an extra giveaway.
The Grinch is not evil nor good; he is just in the middle, like us. He has a warm heart, but a scared one, which reminds us of the people around us that might feel left out or lonely. Christmas is not only about presents, glorious lights, and material goods we exchange. Christmas is about the internal goods in people, shown by warm actions and words of sharing, loving, and caring. This Christmas, I ask you to be kind to people that mean most to you, and perhaps watch the perfect Christmas film, The Grinch with them.
The Grinch is now available in all theaters in the U.S. since its release at November 9th, 2018.
Grinch was not always his grumpy self. The Grinch, directed by Yarrow Cheney and Scott Mosier and based on the 1957 Dr. Seuss’ book, How the Grinch Stole Christmas, shows the Grinch (Benedict Cumberbatch) as a child with no parents and no one to care about him in the orphanage.
The Grinch naturally dreads Christmas and all holidays family and friends celebrate together. When people come together to sing, feast, and exchange presents, the Grinch has no one to share any of that with because he lives isolated in his cave on Mount Crumpet above Whoville. So when the Whos decide to make Christmas three times bigger than last year, the aggravated Grinch schemes to steal Christmas from his neighbors and silence the holiday cheer once and for all.
What I loved most about this movie is that every single character, from Cindy-Lou Who (Cameron Seely), the pure hearted girl who wishes Santa could help her mother, to Max, Grinch’s loyal pet dog, has their own unique personality, which makes the whole animation lively and real. There are so many emotions intermingled in the images they create. We also see the ongoing humor between the disgusted Grinch’s interaction and these quirky characters, backed up with moody soundtracks including You’re a Mean One, Mr. Grinch, written by Dr. Seuss himself and Albert Hague, and Happy, written and performed by Pharrell Williams. The most beautiful Christmas village depicted in the background is an extra giveaway.
The Grinch is not evil nor good; he is just in the middle, like us. He has a warm heart, but a scared one, which reminds us of the people around us that might feel left out or lonely. Christmas is not only about presents, glorious lights, and material goods we exchange. Christmas is about the internal goods in people, shown by warm actions and words of sharing, loving, and caring. This Christmas, I ask you to be kind to people that mean most to you, and perhaps watch the perfect Christmas film, The Grinch with them.
The Grinch is now available in all theaters in the U.S. since its release at November 9th, 2018.