I was actually thinking it would have been better for the sick boy to have died so he could be put out of his misery. I'm not trying to be mean, but I hated looking at him because of how frail and sick he looked. It's good he was healed, but it was a horrible sight for me.
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That's kind of the point.
shareI understood the point, but it was too the point where I would have rather him die than have to go on and suffer like that. Most people were rooting for him to live, but in that state, there was little hope.
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Good thing you're not a doctor.
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Certainly if I were, I would do all I could to cure someone. I wouldn't kill a patient to "put them out of my misery" if that's what you're implying.
shareI would have rather him die than have to go on and suffer like that. Most people were rooting for him to live, but in that state, there was little hope
Like someone else said, he's not supposed to look good. We're shown he is eventually going to die if the conditions do not change for his family.
You noted that you were aware of this point, so that makes me ask, what the hell is your point in saying you would rather he die than to look like that.
And like someone else said, I hope you're not a doctor.
In the end, what exactly is your point? It makes no sense.
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What the hell is YOUR point in assuming someone is a doctor because they said they would rather someone not be in great pain than to look like they are? Of course waiting for a cure is more acceptable, but that is an observation. Not everyone has to go the, "Everyone should live even if they're in great pain," route. He's a child, so that's different. What does being a doctor have to do with anything? I stated my point clearly a year ago, but it seems to me Tiny Tim looked extremely ghastly unlike the other versions.
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I actually liked the "at death's door" look of Tiny Tim in this version. Not that I like to see a sick child, of course, but it fits the story so much better. In most other versions of ACC, Tiny Tim is so cute and robust he looks like he's ready to run out and play football, which makes his disability so much less believable.
shareThe point is...he supposed to look ghastly. Geez...are you daft?
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I liked TT to look that way because it was more in keeping with him being frail and sickly.
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He did not appear to be in pain or he would have been crying and groaning a lot. He was just very weak and also had a bad leg. I agree with the poster who said that most of the other Tiny Tims looked too healthy.
shareI hope that was just makeup, with the black circles under his eyes. I can't find a picture of the kid who played 'Tim', I hope he looks a little healthier.
shareIt was makeup. When you see Tim in the very last scene, where he's healthy and runs to Scrooge, he looks 1000% better.
shareIndeed the fact that Tim looks as he does is one of its strengths. I've seen versions with Tin's so tall and healthy that Bob couldn't even lift him.
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Such an odd comment. The child is supposed to be sick and in danger of dying; that's kind of the point, as other posters have said. Also, IT'S A MOVIE. They did not go out and actually find a dying child to cast. And he gets well and does not die in the end. I just watched the so-called "classic" version from 1951 and "Tiny" Tim in that movie is a big strapping boy who looks perfectly healthy, which really interferes with the "willing suspension of disbelief" and makes his part in the story look ridiculous.
shareThat was the point. He looks sick and needs proper medical attention. He actually looks like the Tiny Tim we need to see so that we sympathize with Cratchet and his family. For most of the adaptations, Tim looks too healthy so we are distanced from his plight and need to actually see him as he was meant to look...weak and deteriorating health-wise.
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