Mickey's Christmas Carol (1983)

"mommy, when I die, am I going to go fall into a flaming grave?"
That's exactly what I said to my Mom when I was very young and I saw it. I still have nightmares.

Call me the second coming of Scrooge if you will, but even if I am the only one, I hate this movie. It's all good ol' fashioned Disney fun, then comes the Ghost of Christmas Future. That whole scene with falling into the grave, in my humble opinion, is Michael Eisner child abuse. Not only does Disney have to add the whole dramatics of the scene where Mickey goes to Tiny Tim's grave--they feel an insane compulsion to add as much drama as they can to stretch the loopholes of the G-rating. Oh, yeah, and Scrooge gets right in the audience's face at the last second. Masterful cinematography, I'll admit. Having a talking Scottish duck thrown at me has never been so scary, but hey, they managed to do it. Perhaps it would have found a better home in nightmare on elm street, but with Scrooge McDuck? I didn't think so.

Now, see, in Dickens, Scrooge is crying at the feet of the G.o.C.Y.T.C., and not screaming for the safety of his eternal soul. I always thought that the ghost should have been the sorcerer from the sorcerer's apprentice. For one thing, he stays silent. For another, if the scene were altered for Dickens accuracy, it would be dramatic and not just a kid's nightmare. The whole scene with Crachit visiting the grave was good. Had they stayed on that note and not added any material borrowed from Dante, I would have been pleased.

As I said, the movie is good otherwise. In fact, I would personally go and see it if they completely re-did the Christmas Future scene to be like I said. But for old man Disney, it's -so- important to be dramatic, even if it means scarring little kids for life.

Long live Muppet Christmas Carol. Now there's a Christmas Carol for you.

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Thank you
Thank you for the movie, my 21 year old daughter loved it. It arrived extremely fast and the movie works great. Enjoy your holiday and thanks again. Awesome seller!!!