| − | |Like the animated special and live action film before it, the film retains the anti-nihilism and redemptive themes in the movie. The anti-materialism message also is further reinforced as Grinch's chance encounter with Cindy Lou Who has him learning that she didn't even intend to ask for presents, but rather to ease her mom's burden due to doing so many things for so many people, which ultimately acted as the catalyst for his redemption. Also has a promotion of family values, since as noted above, Cindy Lou Who expressed concern for her mom barely spending time being a mom and burning the wick at both ends. Due to several scenes in the film with Christmas carols being sung, it is also one of the few movies to explicitly note that the point of Christmas was also a celebration of the birth of Jesus Christ. | + | |Like the animated special and live action film before it, the film retains the anti-nihilism and redemptive themes in the movie. The anti-materialism message also is further reinforced as Grinch's chance encounter with Cindy Lou Who has him learning that she didn't even intend to ask for presents, but rather to ease her mom's burden due to doing so many things for so many people, which ultimately acted as the catalyst for his redemption. Also has a promotion of family values, since as noted above, Cindy Lou Who expressed concern for her mom barely spending time being a mom and burning the wick at both ends, and a primary part of the Grinch's hatred for the holiday dealt with his time as an orphan, with it being heavily implied that he was alone even in the orphanage. Due to several scenes in the film with Christmas carols being sung, it is also one of the few movies to explicitly note that the point of Christmas was also a celebration of the birth of Jesus Christ. |