Scrooge: Cuento de Navidad

The animation and cinematography in this movie is very good. The way they frame the pictures and what they include and exclude top notch.

Is the story the same...... essentially. But it leaves a lot to be desired since the essential cues created by Charles Dickens are all but completely void. This is like reading "The Message" bible - a paraphrase - rather than the word for word text itself. A pity because Dicken's original wording is immaculate. There's a reason that his book sold so well and touched so many, because they way he wrote it only added to the story and made it moreso.

The songs? Okay. Nice.

The length? Shouldn't really be a factor when telling a good story, but... fine.

The animators made everyone look like a Ken or Barbie Doll - painting a picture that is devoid of reality. But it was made for kids. A sort of introduction to "A Christmas Carol" for children who are not yet old enough to think.

There was backstory added (which I won't divulge) that was NOT part of the original, that DID add to the story and lend a little push to the original story. This story is warmer than the original story's. A "feel-good" kiddie version.

All in all, I like it. Not sure if it will be added to collection thought. Have let my Wife, the "Boss", give her opinion first.

It was NOT an "excellent" movie, but it sure blew away the Jim Carrey version (that was pure rubbish)!!!

I am one of those people that can love movies solely on the artwork and music. This movie served several, strong music "reveal" moments. I would compare it to how you felt the first time you watched "Show Yourself" and/or "Rewrite the Stars." So many of those moments. Also, I found it to be hilarious. If you're big on the traditional Dickens style, this may not be the movie for you. Because it's loosely comparable. CAN BE SCARY FOR SOME KIDDOS. The ending is a little darker than maybe some of the other adaptations. I would say it's similar to the Moana ending. All in all, I wept through the whole thing, lol. My Spotify playlist gained nearly the whole soundtrack!

Yet another film transposition of one of the most beautiful and iconic Christmas stories of all time and I can say by heart that this is the ugliest and least faithful of all, even if the film itself is not bad but when compared to all the others done so far this is the worst done. The main problems of the film are two, one is the dog that has absolutely nothing to do with it and is just annoying for most of the film and the other is the fact that the film is too childish, denaturing the more adult part of the original work in favor of an audience of small children, thus taking away a lot from the original teaching of history to make it more likeable.

Homage to Roald Neame version of Scrooge, it is , for CGI more, a seductive animation inspired by the classic novel. And, sure imaginative at whole, reminding the good tastes of the fascinations specific to childhood.

I like Prudence , against the strange idea about a Scrooge as owner of a pet, I admire the scene about connection , in past, between Robert Cratchit and Ebenezer, like the inspired option for Jonathan Pryce for ghost of Jacob Marley, remembering the old beautiful work of Alec Guinness in the original version.

It is unfair to critic it . First, because it is a new demonstration of hard work with a not significant budget and about large possibilities offered by technology today. Second, because i am too old for critics. My favorit options are in the past . And this correct , imaginative, seductive Scrooge, like a noble hommage to work for 1970 Scrooge, has the beautiful virtue to remind, in fair manner,the splendid art of leslie bricusse.

If you're going to make a remake at least try and improve something. The 1970 musical is the favorite version of this story at our house so we're a bit biased. It started out more original by incorporating Dickens childhood for Scrooges but then started semi-copying the musical numbers (rushed tempos and horribly shortened). And a dog??!! Scrooge was much too mean and stingy to have ever entertained having a pet. Hollywood - please please try doing something original. A new score would have been much better to go along with all the other changes that were made. It was like they wanted to tell it a new way but then kept changing their minds and copying bits and pieces of the well done 1970 version. Those who are unfamiliar with the Albert Finney masterpiece will enjoy it I think. But for those of us who treasure that version, this was all a bit confusing.