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Dec 25, 2012 - 9:58 PM
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Michael24
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I watched the Blu-Ray release the other night and it looks like it was remastered.
Interesting. I've read some reviews of the Blu-Ray, and they all seemed to suggest it wasn't remastered and looked little to no different from the DVD.
This is when we first hear Marley's voice calling out to him and he stops in the street and asks who's calling him, but on the old DVD release we didn't hear the sound of Marley's voice!
I've read about that error. My DVD contains Marley's voice in both the hearse and doorknocker scenes, so I must have a later release that corrected that.
To me, this ranks as the best film version of the story next to the 1951 Alastair Sim classic (Director Clive Donner was film editor on that version).
I finally saw the Sim version last December. It was good, but I thought it was melodramatic and a little dry at times, and I don't quite buy Sim's transformation as much as I do Scott's. To me, it feels like Sim's Scrooge comes around at the end just because he's supposed to, whereas Scott's Scrooge feels like he comes around because he actually learns from his experience.
All in all, "A Christmas Carol" is a story I really like and I always enjoy seeing adaptations of it, whether they are traditional versions (like these) or modern day interpretations. Except for the musicals. I just can't get into it when they make it a musical for some reason.
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Dec 25, 2012 - 10:20 PM
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Eric Paddon
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I never knew about a second DVD release so maybe there was a remastering done for that one. I can say that the Blu-Ray looks much better than the first DVD release if that's the frame of reference.
I think a musical version can be done effectively. I admit I only have two frames of reference, one being "Scrooge" which the more I watch it, the more I find myself not liking what I see. The score had some songs I enjoyed when I first saw it as a child and there is that sentimental feeling for it, but I think when it coms to "Scrooge" what really astonishes me is how I have never seen a version of "A Christmas Carol" that manages to completely strip out the whole heart and soul of the story. Albert Finney's Scrooge never really learns anything until he gets thrust into Hell (I HATE that scene!) because in Christmas Present, the only thing he learns how to do is get giddy with drink and loosen up at a party, and then in Christmas Yet To Come, for the sake of a cheap laugh he thinks he's being praised. Leslie Bricusse I have to say, had no business writing the script for this film because while he might be a talented songwriter he clearly had no understanding of what the story is about. On the other hand, I can see a good song like "I'll Begin Again" springing out of a good script and I can even envision "Thank You Very Much" as an appropriate song to take place for the scene when Bob Cratchit shows up late to work, hears his salary is being doubled and in his dumbfounded state can only say (begin song!).
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