Comments on: A Christmas Carol: ‘Twas a Spiritless Affair, Indeed

By: Chris

Chris — Fri, 09 Apr 2010 11:21:53 +0000

In the book, Dickens speak about the hypocrisy of the sabbath. Disney just modernised that particular sentence.

By: iedge carta

iedge carta — Thu, 18 Mar 2010 16:29:26 +0000

Oh wow no ONE knows anything a bout the movie at this point so leave you arrogant comments to your self until after it comes out because when its good and YOU like it you will look stupid for saying what you said and so what if you think its like the Polar Express this is going to have more to it and that movie is so old it will be cool to see what they can make out of this movie, I hope is amazing.

By: Sally

Sally — Sun, 03 Jan 2010 21:23:37 +0000

Do any of you have calendars? What day is the Seveth-day? Why is the whole world confused on this when everyone has a calendar right in front of their faces?

By: jtilbe

jtilbe — Mon, 16 Nov 2009 22:03:40 +0000

My point is that someone inserted the words “men of the cloth” into a scene from Dicken's work. Those words are not in any of the editions I have checked. The fact that Dickens was critical of the church and critical of limitations on Sundays is well established. But to take a minor scene from “A Christmas Carol”, change the wording and include it in the movie suggests someone in the film production has an ax to grind.

By: dave o.

dave o. — Mon, 16 Nov 2009 20:10:08 +0000

Dickens was highly critical of the church and he saw obligatory Sunday services as an exploitative way to keep poor people controlled on the only day they did not have to toil. This point of view is consistent with his criticism of the class system throughout “A Christmas Carol”.

By: jtilbe

jtilbe — Mon, 16 Nov 2009 16:03:40 +0000

By: dave o.

dave o. — Mon, 16 Nov 2009 14:10:08 +0000

By: Kangaroo Be Stoned

Kangaroo Be Stoned — Mon, 09 Nov 2009 01:25:51 +0000

“Elf” is awesome.

By: cradlebaker

cradlebaker — Mon, 09 Nov 2009 00:07:13 +0000

what's wrong with Elf? I thought it was an excellent and often funny Christmas movie.

By: scheng1

scheng1 — Sun, 08 Nov 2009 14:07:03 +0000

Thanks for the honest review. It's high time they have some charming movie for Christmas

By: RobHunter

RobHunter — Sat, 07 Nov 2009 15:10:25 +0000

You lose all credibility when you refer to Elf as “a pitch perfect holiday film.”

That aside, your review is solid. Wrong of course, but solid.

By: JT

JT — Sat, 07 Nov 2009 14:16:00 +0000

In one edition of “A Christmas Carol” there is a scene where Scrooge questions the Ghost of Christmas Present about closing the baker’s shops on the seventh day. (Perhaps Dickens was suggesting that the poor had no means of baking in their homes, and depending on the baker’s shop, they ate cold food on Sundays.) However, Dickens does not use the phrase “men of the cloth”, which seems a senseless and unnecessary swipe at the clergy.

Regarding Scrooge being shrunk and chased in the Ghost of Christmas Yet To Come scenes, I can only imagine that someday there will be a ride at Disney called, “Ebenezer’s Wild Chase”.

By: jtilbe

jtilbe — Sat, 07 Nov 2009 13:22:06 +0000

In one edition of “A Christmas Carol” there is a scene where Scrooge questions the Ghost of Christmas Present about closing the baker's shops on the seventh day. (Perhaps Dickens was suggesting that the poor had no means of baking in their homes, and depending on the baker's shop, they ate cold food on Sundays.) However, Dickens does not use the phrase “men of the cloth”, which seems a senseless and unnecessary swipe at the clergy.

Regarding Scrooge being shrunk and chased in the Ghost of Christmas Yet To Come scenes, I can only imagine that someday there will be a ride at Disney called, “Ebenezer's Wild Chase”.

By: Kangaroo Be Stoned

Kangaroo Be Stoned — Sat, 07 Nov 2009 12:07:45 +0000

I took a look at the trailer and immediately wanted to see it, which I will be doing in six hours.