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Chasing Christmas (2005)
Unlike any version of "A Christmas Carol" you've ever seen.
I caught this movie on ABC Family and thought it was really funny. There have been so many versions of A Christmas Carol that it was nice to see them do something different with it. I really liked the way that Christmas was run by an office and the ghosts were like secret agents.
I talked to my grandparents, who also saw it, and they didn't like how it leaves the story of A Christmas Carol and goes off on its own story. But that's exactly why I liked it. So maybe it's not an old person movie. It certainly wasn't traditional.
It was nice to see Andrea Roth, who is on Rescue Me (which I am a big fan of) do something comedic. And the little guy who plays The Ghost of Christmas Past was good too.
And any movie that references Star Wars Holiday Special is fine by me.
Rent (2005)
Pretty decent adaptation
I thought Chris Columbus did a decent job giving what he had to work with. I mean, transferring a musical into a movie is a tough job - mainly because audiences just aren't used to it anymore. Back in the day (at least from what my mom tells me) it was expected for characters to break into song. Chicago had the interesting approach of making it all in a characters head, but you can't pull that trick in Rent.
It was great to see the original cast back, and Rosario Dawson was a nice addition. I've liked her ever since I saw her in Joise and The Pussycats back in 2001. This movie is definitely worth checking out, if not in the theater then definitely on DVD when it comes out.