Scrooge: Cuento de Navidad

Did we need another A Christmas Carol film? No, probably not.

Was this worth it? Just for Luke Evans vocals alone I'd 100% say yes. Some of the songs were spectacular.

The animation was great, with exciting new imaginations of scenes. I think it was a successful modernisation of an over saturated film and will definitely get younger kids enjoying it, but maybe not enough to stand out alone if it wasn't a musical. There wasn't enough emphasis on some of the other characters stories, so you don't build much of an emotional connection with them. Some of the accents were pretty bad, and parts of the original script and wording is lost, which is important to its essence.

Despite that, it's enjoyable, and after all it's a children's film. I will be going back to replay Luke Evan's singing solos on repeat.

There have been over 100 versions of this story on film and TV in the last 100 years or so.

This one, while competently made, adds nothing to the canon.

It is technically well enough done and has some fine glitz and glitter, but the plot is truncated to the point of abandonment; the character development isn't; the songs, with some exceptions are lifeless and listless.

How can I say this: even Tiny Tim comes off as a two-minute afterthought.

It's not that the story can't abide restaging. The best may still be the 1951 Alistair Sim, but the 1992 Muppet version was fresh and winning, and eve last month's Spirited gave us some pizzaz and some energy.

Scrooge: A Christmas Carol 2022, while not bad, per se, was as unnecessary a project as I can remember.

I'm a bit of a Scrooge-a-holic, always looking for new versions of the classic tale. While the animation here was quite striking, what they did with it added little to the story. A Christmas Carol is a story of redemption. This Scrooge is terrorized by the characters he encounters. After seeing his headstone, he falls into a kind of hell, ending up in his bedroom. Was this a story of redemption or an ugly assault on the senses. Because all the children looked bright eyed and healthy, even Tiny Tim, I couldn't buy into the pathos. Dickens meant the world to be a dark one because it reflected what many in Victorian England faced every day: poverty, hopelessness, and fear. Scrooge, in the original, propagated that through indifference and inaction. By the way, I found the nephew absolutely insufferable and Cratchit way too insignificant. We get little character development and some of the best parts of the story are glossed over or treated without foundation. I also found the dog silly and unnecessary.

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.

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!