![]() The original songs have been totally changed in terms of tempo, style, and even length (they did my favorite Thank You Very Much dirty!) while the new songs are just as forgettable and don’t seem to be Leslie Bricusse-quality. ![]() The songs are a mixture of being from the original film and the subsequent stage musical adaptation as well as being brand-new for this film. Trust me, he doesn’t fall into Hell in this remake! Instead of familiar scenes such as Scrooge flying out the window with the Ghost of Christmas Past, we get Scrooge falling through a wormhole of sorts with the Ghost of Christmas Past. Instead of familiar dialogue from the book, we get brand-new dialogue that’s missing the charm and is more aimed towards kids. Firstly, it doesn’t even seem like a remake of the 1970 version! Yes, some things are similar like the usage of some songs and brief scenes, but a lot of it seems entirely new like just another adaptation of A Christmas Carol! Spoiler alert: He doesn’t end up in Hell in this remake!Īnd honestly, I don’t know what to think of this version. They show him scenes from all three time periods of his life in an effort to get him to repent and reform. He’s subsequently visited by three more ghosts: the Ghost of Christmas Past (voiced by Olivia Colman), the Ghost of Christmas Present (voiced by Trevor Dion Nicholas), and the Ghost of Christmas Future. An elderly, stingy man named Ebenezer Scrooge (voiced by Luke Evans) is given an opportunity to change his ways by the ghost of his late business partner, Jacob Marley (voiced by Jonathan Pryce). I’m not gonna spend much time on the story as I’m sure you all know it by now. What did I think of this animated remake directed by Stephen Donnelly? Read on to find out! I was surprised to discover that an animated remake of the film would be coming to Netflix entitled Scrooge: A Christmas Carol. I thought the songs (by Leslie Bricusse) were mostly well-written, the acting was wonderful, and the overall film was delightful. ![]() One of my favorite adaptations is the live-action 1970 musical film, Scrooge, starring Albert Finney as the stingy, curmudgeonly Ebenezer Scrooge. ![]() Charles Dickens’ A Christmas Carol is a story that I enjoy very much and I like to check out as many adaptations of it as I can and oh boy, there are a lot! There are silent versions, live-action versions, animated versions, musical versions, etc. ![]()
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