Wow, that was so horrible. I will never get those faces out of my head. I am so glad I didn't let my son see this. I will take Mickey's Christmas Carol and Scrooged as the best Interpretations of that particular story.
Going to Church won't make you a Christian any more than standing in a garage will make you a BMW.
It's actually quite faithful, though.
Dickens never conceived this story to be strictly for children as it's always contained a lot of haunting and disturbing imagery, it's always been very much a ghost story in addition to a Christmas story.
I started out with the children's versions as well but eventually wanted something more accurate and this one delivers that with a stunning level of detail.
In addition to being a terrific version it's one of the most remarkable computer animated films ever made, even surpassing Avatar at making me believe I'm looking at our real world.
"That fart was so deadly Jack Bauer should have been called to stop it!" -Me
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But not really HORROR. It's supposed to be creepy, that's the whole point, to scare Scrooge with the reality of his choices, but it isn't that bad. All these kids' movies like Puss In Boots have lewd jokes or The Neverending Story which is ACTUALLY scary without even trying to be but people love them.
and I'll thank you to not ask God for strength and take His name in vain in same post.
You're so profoundly sad. No. It's just my people are Nordic.
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"You and me both. Sadly people are brainwashed to think ACC should be some singing/dancing happy Christmas movie"
Maybe Hollywood can make Happy Feet: A Christmas Carol and have penguins dancing all the parts out happy and with no morality tale.
It is creepy & it's GLORIOUS!
A ghost story that happens to take place on Christmas, it ought to be a bit shady.
I think its dialogue delivery might even be the best of any version ever; no longer scratchy through old time cinema, the lines brilliantly jump of the page with authority here.
I understand haters, but I really truly enjoy this.
I agree, somewhat. The story is supposed to be creepy and disturbing. At the same time, I thought the image of the Ghost of Christmas Present fading into a skeleton was a little overboard. Want and Ignorance were too over the top. Having read the original and unabridged version, I think Dicken's method was more effective. The Ghost of Christmas Present simply faded away at the sound of midnight, only to be replaced by the hooded phantom of Christmas Yet to Come (to use Dicken's original name. Marley's jaw did drop in the book, but the goofy way of his trying to talk was a little weird. Of all the versions I have seen, I think the TNT version with Patrick Steward is the most faithful, although it has some flaws, which mostly come from a T.V. budget. I liked Disney's version, though. Many scenes were more effective in the theaters and in 3D, though. They lost their effectiveness on the small screen.
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"I was a little disappointed with the Patrick Stewart version and how many liberties it took, especially with the dialog. I found this film a lot more faithful, despite the silly shrinking scene, and (quite amazingly) its this version that keeps the Dickensian dialog instead of updating it for modern versions. "
I was so happy they kept the dialogue of the book. I thought this was going to try to be hip and updated, maybe with cool slang and fart jokes. So happy it isn't that because Christmas Carol is my favorite book to read at Christmas. I love seeing the film versions of it too, especially when they get it right.
I didn't get the shrinking scent...oh well. :)
I thought that was the point of Christmas Carol. I remember reading the book and thinking how scary Marley's ghost was with his chains...it's a morality tale...basically Scrooge figured out how bad his life and afterlife will be if he doesn't do goodwill to men.
If you try to lighten that up, then you are missing the point of the book and movie. The spirits are supposed to be scary. Especially the last one. It is what gives the morality of the story weight. Or else Scrooge wouldn't change...you'd have no story!
I agree. The creepiest looking people ever!
It's a ghost story. Boo.
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