A Christmas Carol (2009 film) Puns

Everything that I can remember is that a mum and her two children (daughter and son?) opened a shop, which I'm fairly sure was a bakery. I think she baked cookies. The nutcrackers were in a snowy icy type world and there were a lot of them. The main one wore a black hat I think. There was another villain that was more of a bad guy than the nutcrackers but I can't remember what. The nutcrackers were giant (at least human sized) and bad guys. Quite scary for a child as they gave my sister nightmares. I think it was a dubbed German film. They all still had German accents though.

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Encouraged: 4.3) “Sometimes you see strange connections: between authors and other authors, between two completely different pieces of work, across different times and places: share your excitement and insight.”

Happy holidays to you. This is a post of a selection of Dante’s “Inferno,” translated by Reverend Henry Francis Cary, circa the early 1800s. 1844, the year of Dickens’ classic novella, sadly marks the passing of this wonderful translator. I daresay Charles Dickens wrote this story of “Staves” in memory of the great English popularizer of poetry.

Of course, a silly thing set me on this project: Ebenezer Scrooge is a “sharp” and “pointy” name.

I’ll try to get it rolling here.

>Mistletoe! dead…I to my lover’s side adher’d, mistletoe! Yes!

>But there is no doubt in Love. Whereas about (always “a but”!)

I to my reader’s Scrooge—Ebenezer—my tale! Yes!

>With fixt and motionless observance bent the register.

>Of his burial, it was signed by the clergyman, the clerk, the undertaker…

>Signed, yes…on their unkindly visage!

Their hooks all IN Scrooge. And Scrooge’s name, “good.”

>Upon The Royal Exchange, portly moneychangers spoke:

>“Wilt thou I touch him on the last will and Testament?”

>Was answer’d: “It’s not too soon. Not for Scrooge.”

But haha, who was in conf’rence with my guide, I don’t mean to say that I know,

of my own knowledge, what there is particularly dead about a door-nail.

: Turn’d rapid round, and thus the demon spake

>“Save! Save you, Ebenezer Scrooge!”

>But the wisdom of our ancestors is in the simile; and

>My unhallowed hands shall not disturb it, or

Further footing to your step you will therefore permit

>There are no chestnuts to warm his cold heart

>But would you still proceed, Scrooge…was his sole

>Executor, administrator, assign, legatee, friend—

Matter! Up by this cavern go: not distant far,

Another rock will yield you passing safe.

The harrowing End, and solemnised it with redoubtable bargain.

I actually just posted this as a comment on a story in another sub and thought it would fit here as well.

My Grandmother used to have a HUGE collection of bells. China, silver, pewter, gold, well over 100 bells. One day I asked her about the bells and she sighed and said - well that's a story.

Turned out that one day when one of my aunts was young, aunt gave Gran a bell for Christmas. Gran - being a good Mum- made much of the bell. Showing it to everyone and making sure to display it on the cabinet in the dining room. Now I have a lot of aunts and uncles. Somehow, 1 bell turned into 2 and then into 4 ..6..10.. every Christmas, birthday, Mothers day, Gran would be presented with a plethora of bells! At first she was amused. Then resigned to a lifetime of bells. As we gazed at her massive collection that lined the walls, she leaned in close and whispered - i hate bells! After we both finished howling with laughter , i told her she was going to have to be brave and break it to the assorted relatives to stop with the clangers! Enough already! Which she did.

The next year, one of her loving daughters presented her with a very beautiful bird ornament for her Christmas tree. Gran made much of the bird, and made sure to display it on her tree for all to see....... 10 years later , i was visiting and she showed me her birds. On the tree, covering the walls, lining her shelves. It was Alfred Hitchcock in a technicolour rainbow and almost made you wish for the bells back!

Gran sighed deeply, leaned in close and whispered- I really hate birds!

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Replace all words with "poop". Hilarious. Nonstop carols over here. Don't recommend. Fa la la la poop.

All I want for Christmas is a Big ol Whale.

Silent night.

28/10/2017 - 05/12/2017

Wow do I hate this movie. And while I am not overly fond off the Dickens novella(it is certainly good but reasonably 'forced' in my opinion), this film does a great disservice to the legacy of that novel, and is all around a dumpster fire. The animation is very lacklustre. The performances consist of Carrey, and Carrey, and a little more CARREY. And its not like it was particularly great in any of his roles. It rushes through at an annoyingly swift pace, and does great disservice to the three spirits, particularly Ghost of Christmas Yet to Come. On the plus side, the rough plot still remains and the cinematography/camera angles are visually stunning. Aside from that, it's pretty poor.

4/10

I'll write a full review when I can.

FULL REVIEW FOR A CHRISTMAS CAROL[2009]: https://ebjfilmreviews.wordpress.com/2018/04/02/a-christmas-carol2009/

The Muppets seem to be once again fading into obscurity.

The 2011 revival with The Muppets returned them to the spotlight briefly but Muppets Most Wanted, while good, didn't seem to draw audiences and the momentum started to putter out. The ABC show was cancelled before it could really find its footing, and then the Henson Company spent an exorbitant amount of time and energy on The Happytime Murders which was just a train wreck.

So where do the Muppets go from here if they want to stay relevant? I say they need to go back to the 90s.

The audiences that grew up with the original Muppet Trilogy and the Muppet Show are not the only audiences anymore. Millennials are more likely to have fond memories of Muppet Christmas Carol and Muppet Treasure Island because those were the Muppet movies we were familiar with.

Also, one of the best things about the Muppets to me has always been the way they get billed as themselves. The Muppet Christmas Carol marketing lists "Micheal Cain, Kermit the Frog, Gonzo the Great" etc. I always thought that was such a neat idea. These aren't just characters, the Henson Company goes out of the way to make them feel consistently real off-camera. They appear as guests on talk shows, they show up as themselves on SNL, everyone speaks of them as if they are any other celebrity. I think they should lean into that more.

So start doing more adaptations again. Have a star as the main character, another as the main antagonist, then use the Muppets "as actors" to fill out the rest of the cast and "Muppetize" the story. I feel like that sort of sillyness is something audiences will be more receptive too right now than attempts to tell more modern day Muppet stories.

What did you guys think?

Over the years, there as been a ton of adaptions. Which one is your favorite? Personally, my favorite is the Disney version where Scrooge McDuck was Ebenezer and Mickey was Bob. I’m also a big fan of The Muppets Christmas Carol (Even though it is pretty cheesy, the songs are absolute bangers though). So, which one is your favorite? The Jim Carey CGI one? The 30s version? It’s a Wonderful Life (I’m counting it), etc.

I have no idea, libertarians are commited to the belief that individuals, and not states or groups of any other kind, are both ontologically and normatively primary; that individuals have rights against certain kinds of forcible interference on the part of others. On the other hand the story is mostly about a rich guy who becomes charitable via nightmares, so I dunno. Some hot takes are welcome here.

Note: Cultural osmosis makes this even worse at the moment to take the main character ( Ebenezer Scrooge ) at face value in the movies made by american producers.

Is Ebenezer Scrooge a conflicted man? is he right-wing or left-wing?

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