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The Man Who Hated Christmas
by Timothy (movies profile)
Dec 12, 2007
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This film will encourage everyone to enjoy Christmas. I CANNOT think of ANY person who will hate Christmas and want it to be banned. A large percentage of the population in the world have Christmas as their favourite time of the year; it is such a popular festival.
In this film, Mr Scrooge is a strange person who HATES Christmas. Because of his rude behaviour, he is greeted by 3 ghosts who take him to visit different areas of time:
The 1st ghost is a child. This is the ghost of the PAST, who takes Mr Scrooge on a trip through his own childhood, allowing him to see what he was like when he was younger. The ghost presented a scene of him watching his wife depart because she felt he did not love her anymore. The ghost also presented a scene of when Scrooge was at school. When Scrooge recognized the other boys in the school, he called to them; but the ghost said, 'They cannot see or hear you'. This was true because Scrooge was not able to intervene with the way things had already been: it was as if Scrooge was looking at a video tape of the past.
The 2nd ghost is a man with a long beard. This is the ghost of the PRESENT, who takes Scrooge on a tour of the town, presenting the way things are now. This ghost was teaching Scrooge about the traditions of Christmas which happened at the time of the story.
The 3rd Ghost is a grim reeper, who does not talk at all. This is the GHOST of the future, who presents pictures of what things might be like in the future if Mr Scrooge behaves the way he presently does. The ghost took Mr Scrooge to a street which had a group of people standing in the rain and talking about what they thought of Mr Scrooge. Since the ghost did not talk, he communicated by pointing and guiding: for example, when Mr Scrooge told the ghost to show him more things, the ghost simply pointed in a particular direction.
I would like to finish this report by making a few comments about the film:
- When a carol singer went onto the doorstep of Mr Scrooge`s house, he began to sing at a QUICK SPEED. When Mr Scrooge opened the front door, the carol singer`s speed on singing SLOWED DOWN quickly until he was silent. It was then that Mr Scrooge dismissed the carol singer. I think that the carol singer got nervous and had a bad feeling. So that`s PROBABLY why he started to sing at a slower speed.
- When the ghost of the present arrived in a graveyard, he said he was going to die at midnight (when the clock struck 12). By the time the ghost arrived at the graveyard, HIS BEARD HAD CHANGED COLOUR. I didn`t think it was possible for a ghost to get old like that. The ghost of the present magically disappeared at midnight. This is when the ghost of the future appeared out of the ground. This whole scene was kind of strange, and I will have to question the people who made the film why it done like this. Basically, when Mr Scrooge had finished seeing a ghost, he would FIND HIMSELF BACK IN HIS BEDROOM: for example, when he had finished seeing the ghost of the past, he sat down on a wall in a scene of the past & then found himself sitting on his bed in his bedroom. When Mr Scrooge told the ghost of the future he couldn`t bear to think about the future, he found himself pulling at a garment in his bedroom. The ONLY EXCEPTION is the scene where the ghost of the present was in the graveyard and was about to die. This was the only time when one ghost changed to another in the same time. I think it was a bit strange on one ghost to did and be replaced by another: in the original book, the 3 ghosts appeared in sepearte dreams; at the end of each dream, Mr Scrooge found himself back in his room.
- This film is a children`s adaptation of an adult novel. It will encourage children to read the original novel at an early age. It will also persuade children to enjoy Charles Dickens and read the other books written by him. I think Charles Dickens is an excellent author: his stories are so realistic and moralistic that lots of people would learn important things from them. |
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