A Christmas Carol (1997)
Miser Ebenezer Scrooge is awakened on Christmas Eve by spirits who reveal to him his own miserable existence, what opportunities he wasted in his youth, his current cruelties, and the dire fate that awaits him if he does not change his ways. Scrooge is faced with his own story of growing bitterness and meanness, and must decide what his own future will hold: death or redemption.
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Highly Overrated But Still Good
In truth, there is barely enough story here to make a film.
It’s sentimental, ridiculously long and only occasionally funny
Let me be very fair here, this is not the best movie in my opinion. But, this movie is fun, it has purpose and is very enjoyable to watch.
Sweet, entertaining, and underrated are the three words I would use to describe this Christmas Carol. The story itself is so famous that I won't bother with summarizing it and I highly recommend that the eight or so people who don't know it watch this film (if you can't find a copy, it's on YouTube). While there have been animated versions before and musical versions before, this is the only version I know of that is an animated musical (if you know of any other such versions, let me know), and I think it does both of these aspects very well, especially since I had an extremely hard time getting Santa's Sooty Suit out of my brain. Likewise with the animation, which is crisp and bright without being too bright. This movie sticks pretty close to the original and the few changes it does make actually work, such as Scrooge having an equally grouchy dog and Tiny Tim accompanying his father to work. The ghosts are very good as well, especially the ghost of Christmas Future, who reminds me somewhat of the Grim Reaper. The duet between a young Scrooge and Belle is very touching and bittersweet.
48 hour ago, I had no idea this movie was evne made.I was over on YouTube, were i stumble on too it , I just checking out for others movies. As it was not a long movie . I gave it s watch last night.I thought animation was really good for time and I don't think it was bad at all.I liked the fact there was a dog in this version, I found those parts really funny and fun to watch However I felt liked the voices of the person playing seemed a little bored . When he was speaking into now and again.I am not a fan of musicals. Movies at all , I did really like any of the songs.The rest of the movie was just average 5/10
See the Disney version is so Disney i love this one because of the fact its a musical i love it so much I'm lookin for soundtrack lyrics it is the best carol I've seen i love Disney i really do but this one is the Best!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! its not boring at all it gives a warm welcome to the first timers who've never seen a Christmas carol Disney u expect it to be good personally i think Disney tries to hard so now I'm glad to see one that is just right i vote this in the top five its soooo good my favorite part is with bettina and him on the bridge and when they are singing i love that song it has great rhythm along with the song when hes in boarding school reading about robinson caruso oh i love this movie and i think every one should give it a chance before they judge it
"Christmas Carol" is my favorite story for the Holiday Season, and I usually enjoy checking out new adaptations of the story, but this one SUCKED!!!! I guess the real reason why I am disappointed is that the voiceovers were such a top-notch cast.