{"id":4187,"date":"2026-11-13T16:29:08","date_gmt":"2026-11-13T22:29:08","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/blogs.jccc.edu\/messenger\/?p=4187"},"modified":"2026-11-13T22:14:41","modified_gmt":"2026-11-14T04:14:41","slug":"the-messenger-reviews-ebenezer","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/blogs.jccc.edu\/messenger\/2026\/11\/13\/the-messenger-reviews-ebenezer\/","title":{"rendered":"The Messenger Reviews: Ebenezer"},"content":{"rendered":"

After being out of the spotlight for a long time, Johnny Depp is about to make his return to the big screen. I don\u2019t think he could have picked a better movie for his return. He loves to play weird but flawed characters, and I\u2019m so surprised he hasn\u2019t played <\/span>Ebenezer Scrooge. Now he has the chance to play that character and put his stamp on him.<\/span>\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n

This version of the iconic story is directed by Ti West, who I just love so much. He directed the \u201cX\u201d trilogy which I really enjoyed. In fact, the first film in that trilogy, \u201cX,\u201d is tied as my favorite horror movie of all time, along with any version of \u201cCarrie.\u201d Although I do love that trilogy, the last one, \u201cMaXXXine,\u201d was honestly really disappointing and not very good as a conclusion. I\u2019m just so scared that \u201cEbenezer\u201d is going to be more like \u201cMaXXXine\u201d than \u201cX,\u201d but honestly, I could be completely wrong and can go either way.<\/span>\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n

\u201cEbenezer\u201d is set in a bleak, atmospheric Victorian London. It follows Ebenezer Scrooge, whose obsessive love for money and deep disdain for humanity have left him completely isolated. Knowing that Ti West is directing, it’s not gonna be the normal version of \u201cA Christmas Carol” story. It\u2019s instead going to be a fresh new take on the story.<\/span>\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n

Well, that was awesome. Definitely my favorite version of a \u201cA Christmas Carol.\u201d While being very faithful to the original story, Ti West put his signature stamp on it, and I\u2019m not gonna forget it for a long time. Definitely my second favorite film of his, right behind \u201cX\u201d.<\/span>\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n

For starters, Johnny Depp couldn\u2019t have had a better return to Hollywood. His performance was honestly so amazing. I also love that it\u2019s based on a classic book. The movie was split up into chapters so it felt like I was reading the book while also watching the movie. It was also directed flawlessly and they couldn\u2019t have picked a better person to direct it. For the cherry on top, this movie made me cry so much.<\/span>\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n

I honestly can\u2019t think of any negatives with it. It was just a perfect Christmas movie. Overall, I would say that if you want a movie that will put you in the holiday spirit, go see it. The Film made me feel so good inside along with ripping my heart out multiple times during it.<\/span><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

Knowing that Ti West is directing, it’s not gonna be the normal version of \u201cA Christmas Carol” story. It\u2019s instead going to be a fresh new take on the story.\u00a0<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":14,"featured_media":4188,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"advgb_blocks_editor_width":"","advgb_blocks_columns_visual_guide":"","_jetpack_newsletter_access":"","_jetpack_dont_email_post_to_subs":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_tier_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paywalled_content":false,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":"","_ppma_block_editor_authors":""},"categories":[7],"tags":[389],"ppma_author":[368],"class_list":["post-4187","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-studentvoice","tag-film-review"],"author_meta":{"display_name":"Hunter Eagan","author_link":"https:\/\/blogs.jccc.edu\/messenger\/author\/sepstein\/"},"featured_img":"https:\/\/blogs.jccc.edu\/messenger\/files\/2026\/11\/Screenshot-2026-11-13-at-4.25.17-PM-300x185.png","coauthors":[{"link":"https:\/\/blogs.jccc.edu\/messenger\/author\/hunter-eagan\/","display_name":"Hunter Eagan"}],"tax_additional":{"categories":{"linked":["Student Voice<\/a>"],"unlinked":["Student Voice<\/span>"]},"tags":{"linked":["Film Review<\/a>"],"unlinked":["Film Review<\/span>"]}},"comment_count":"0","relative_dates":{"created":"Posted 2 days ago","modified":"Updated 2 days ago"},"absolute_dates":{"created":"Posted on November 13, 2026","modified":"Updated on November 13, 2026"},"absolute_dates_time":{"created":"Posted on November 13, 2026 4:29 pm","modified":"Updated on November 13, 2026 10:14 pm"},"featured_img_caption":"","series_order":"","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"authors":[{"term_id":368,"user_id":0,"is_guest":1,"slug":"hunter-eagan","display_name":"Hunter Eagan","avatar_url":"https:\/\/secure.gravatar.com\/avatar\/?s=96&d=mm&r=g","avatar_alt":"","avatar_decorative":"","author_category":"","first_name":"","last_name":"","user_url":"","job_title":"","description":""}],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"https:\/\/blogs.jccc.edu\/messenger\/files\/2026\/11\/Screenshot-2026-11-13-at-4.25.17-PM.png","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/blogs.jccc.edu\/messenger\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/4187","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/blogs.jccc.edu\/messenger\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/blogs.jccc.edu\/messenger\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.jccc.edu\/messenger\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/14"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.jccc.edu\/messenger\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=4187"}],"version-history":[{"count":3,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.jccc.edu\/messenger\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/4187\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":4202,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.jccc.edu\/messenger\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/4187\/revisions\/4202"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.jccc.edu\/messenger\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/4188"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/blogs.jccc.edu\/messenger\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=4187"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.jccc.edu\/messenger\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=4187"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.jccc.edu\/messenger\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=4187"},{"taxonomy":"author","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.jccc.edu\/messenger\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/ppma_author?post=4187"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}