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Summary: I LOVE THIS MOVIE
Review: I saw this movie when I was in the fourth grade and my best friend and I still watch it every Veterans Day to start off the holiday season. It's tradition. Everyone should buy this movie.
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Summary: 'Cause Moogoo says so!
Review: Mom, Dad, isn't this cool, now everybody in the world is going to see what I wrote down. This means that someone in India will read this stuff.
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Summary: Instant Christmas Classic!
Review: Charles Dickens never looked or sounded better. This is probably the most fun adaptation of the story ever. Kermit's "One More Sleep" is both touching and endearing. Michael Caine is the most perfect Scrooge and every Muppet has a decent part even if they don't appear throughout. Henson bless us, everyone!
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Summary: This is a great movie I'm looking for Muppets Take Manhattan
Review: This is a wonderful Christmas Movie! I need all of the "Muppets Lovers" out there to do me a favor?! I'm in desparate need of finding the movie "Muppets take Manhattan!" If anyone can help me,please let me know! My E-mail address is here please write to me...
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Summary: memememe?
Review: I love this movie and watch it like 5 times every year around christmas.It's worth it jst too see the amazing and cute dolls ( look at the mice family...oh those birds...look ast the singing grapes,the cat is so cute...etc.,etc. Gonzo and Rizzo lead through the film in the most funny and charming way. This is for laughter...I love the scene where Scrooge throughs something st the bunny,haha. And I cry about Tiny Tim..... I will not rest until I've watched this 1.000.000 times at least.And this is the best Muppets Movie ever!!!
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Summary: The most moving film I've ever seen
Review: Well, this is one of the very few movies that has had this 24-year old crying his heart out, not just once, but everytime I re-watch it! Particulary the "Love is gone"-song, where the young Scrooge chooses a career in business before love, and the incredibly moving speech by Kermit in the christmas-yet to come-scene: "It's alright, children. Life is made up of meetings and partings. I'm sure we'll always remember Tiny Tim as the first parting that was among us." I also felt that this movie really gives alot of insight into the character of Scrooge, and why he's become the way he is, like in the first of several masterful Paul Williams-songs: "There's nothing in life that freezes your heart like being alone...He's really a wictim of fear and of pride, look close and there must be a sweet man inside." And the scene with Scrooge as a child, all alone in the schoolroom on Christmas Eve really gets to me, with the now grownup Scrooge commenting on his lonely childhood: "I was often alone as a child. The christmas holiday was just a time to get some extra work done". Of course, this movie isn't just sadness and melancholy, but I felt it's important to mention this as you might not expect that from a muppet movie. It's alot of fun as well, of course, particulary with Uncle Sam as the Headmaster: "You'll love business, IT IS THE AMERICAN WAY...oh, sorry, IT IS THE BRITISH WAY!" And Gonzo/Charles Dickens and Rizzo the Rat make a terrific story-telling couple, providing comic relief and downright slap-stick humour, and some very insightful comments on the nature of story-telling in general, and their source material in particular: "Gee, this is scary stuff, should we be worried about the kids in the audience?" "No, this is culture!" "Great story, Mr.Dickens!" "Thank you. if you liked this, you should read the book!"
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Summary: Muppets' Christmas Carol, Wildly Wrong Yet Remarkably Right
Review: Being a literature professor who specialized in Charles Dickens, I have had a number of people mention in a teasing way "The Muppets Christmas Carol." They expect me to burst an artery in fury and indignation and are surprised to find me not only acknowledging the film but also praising it. One would think that someone who cherishes the original story as I do would detest a version in which Fezziwig becomes Fozziewig (owner of a rubber chicken factory) or in which an extra brother (Robert) is given to Jacob Marely or (even more incredible) Dickens himself becomes a blue long nosed creature (Gonzo, and who knows what he is?!). And yet this version of the Carol remains at its base exactly what Dickens intended it to be--a story of loss and reclamation. It often surprises those friends of mine who bait me to learn how much of the Muppet Carol remains true to Dickens' vision, even containing elements which match the text better than other versions. For example both the aging of the Ghost of Christmas Present before Scrooge's eyes and the gentle quality of the Ghost of Christmas Future as it leads Scrooge to view his horrible future are elements found originally in the book which are faithfully depicted in this movie if not in many others. However the major reason the film works so is because Michael Caine plays Scrooge straight. He allows the Muppets do their humor, but he portrays the agonizing process needed to change a human being from a self centered man of business to "as good a friend, as good a master, and as good a man as the good old city ever knew." What would Dickens think of this version? I can't say, but I do know that he had no difficulty in having his stories brought to all members of society especially to children. He wrote a children's version of the New Testament as well as several children's versions of his own novels. I think he would have liked the film even with the addition of Robert Marley. END
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Summary: I love this dvd!
Review: My kids and I both adore this video. Around the end of November it suddenly begins to enter into our movie rotation, and we watch it a lot of times when its no where near Christmas times! And I can stand that! This movie is adorable, and a good way to expose kids to Dicken's legend. I highly reccomend this!
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Summary: 20% Of This Title Is Missing
Review: This is a great movie, but a poor DVD, and here is why. 20% of this movie is missing--cut out by Disney. 10% is missing on the left, and 10% is missing on the right. It's called full screen and this title was originally released for movie theaters in Widescreen. The only widescreen version available is on Laser Disk. This title is not worth the one star I am forced to give it. Don't be fooled by all the 5 star ratings who watch all their movies on a TV set, the original movie is great, but this DVD release is bad.
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Summary: Classic Muppet Version Of The Immortal Christmas Story
Review: Having loved the Muppets from when I grew up watching their classic television series I just knew that their turn on the classic Charles Dickens story "A Christmas Carol", was always going to be something special. The story of the unappealing old miser who learns about life and caring one Christmas Eve when he is visited by three spirits is possibly the best known Christmas story ever written and is without a doubt one of the most frequently filmed stories as well. As was always their way however the Muppets have made this immortal story very much their own in a delightful version which is just as much for adults as it is for children. Boasting the great talents of Michael Caine as Ebenezer Scrooge the other main characters in the story are filled by the various well loved Muppet characters with Kermit the Frog playing the much put upon Bob Crachit; Scrooge's employee, Miss Piggy playing his wife Mrs. Crachit, with Fozzie Bear as Fozziwig, Scrooge's first employer, Waldorf and Statler appearing as Robert and Jacob Marley, and Gonzo the Great as Charles Dickens himself and narrating the story with the help of a very accident prone Rizzo the Rat.
The story of "A Christmas Carol", hardly warrants a detailed description as it is so well known however "The Muppet Christmas Carol", with the addition of some wonderful songs and much Muppet humour along the way manages to cover in proper detail the main elements of the story which sees Scrooge visited by three spirits, the Ghosts of Christmas Past, Present, and Future, who in the course of the night of Christmas Eve show him his wasted life and lost opportunities and illustrate how he has become a lonely, mean and unloved man as a result of his drive to accumulate great wealth, while forgetting his loved ones in the process. The totally brilliant way in which real actors are incorporated into scenes with the Muppets works extremely well here and somehow the Muppet's already established personas fit their characters perfectly. The story combines the essential elements of humour, love , regret, and redemption, all wrapped up with the hilarious Muppet antics nicely and it never fails as of course a Christmas movie in passing on that vital Christmas message about appreciating what and who we love and to show those in our lives that we do care. Having a narrator in this version is also a unique feature of "The Muppet Christmas Carol", which is a departure from how the story is generally presented. It works very well and with one of my favourite Muppets in Gonzo the Great playing Charles Dickens we are guaranteed an enjoyable viewing experience with much comedy being performed along the way between him and Rizzo the Rat.
Directed by Brian Henson the son of the late and very great genius Jim Henson, "The Muppet Christmas Carol", is as fitting a tribute to his father as could be found and he has shown that he fully understands the true uniqueness of his father's creations when placing the Muppets in such as famous story as Charles Dickens' "A Christmas Carol". For this film as well some "new", Muppet individuals have been created for the characters of the Ghosts of Christmas Past, Present and Future and they are just as memorable as the characters we all know so well. The film is probably the best piece of film work by the Muppets to date and it is rich in terrific Victorian England atmosphere with no expense spared on sets, costumes, music, and the necessary special effects. Any actor performing with the Muppets certainly has his or her work cut out for them but Michael Caine as the very "human", Ebenezer Scrooge delivers a wonderfully balanced and thought out performnce as Scrooge. Not for one minute does he broaden his performance to match the colourful Muppet characterisations and as a result his balanced work stands out all the more prominently as a result. He certainly has created here his own unique and very memorable interpretation of Scrooge. The music in "The Muppet Christmas Carol", is equally memorable and is written by Paul Williams and while Dickens purists might object they create some wonderful interludes throughout the story. The beautiful "It feels Like Christmas", and the very amusing "We're Marley and Marley", are two of the standouts that you will find yourself humming long after the film has finished.
"The Muppet Christmas Carol", has become a film I personally cherish at Christmas time and in fact the whole film makes a dazzling Christmas viewing experience for both young and old. It's humour and special effects will amuse children while the brilliant compostion of the film will intrigue adults as it does me with every viewing. Make sure you treat yourself next Christmas to a viewing of the wonderful Muppet characters as they take on Charles Dickens in Brian Henson's classic "The Muppet Christmas Carol".
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