Christmas is upon us and there were a few choices to recommend for the month of December. There were maybe two or three I was falling behind almost like everyone falling behind on their Christmas shopping and thank the Lord, I got mine done because it's sometimes annoying to be in Walmart when they have so many cashier machines and less people running those cashier machines. This year I was trying to do some experimenting with some Christmas themed films obviously some that caught my eye and some I look at and thought oh that person was in that movie the first was a movie with Pioneer Woman (Ree Drumand), sadly I lost about ten minutes of interest because like all Hallmark movies they steal every movie plot you've ever seen. And I found the one Christmas movie that I personally believed was the right call moreover like another Disney Christmas classic was a special one that came from my childhood which leads us to The Muppet Christmas Carol.
The Muppets perform the classic Dickins holiday tale, with Kermit the Frog playing Bob Cratchit, the put-upon clerk of stingy Ebenezer Scrooge (Sir Michael Caine). Other Muppets -- Miss Piggy, Gonzo, Fozzie Bear, and Sam the Eagle -- weave in and out of the story, while Scrooge receives visits from spirits of three Christmas -- past, present and future. They show him the error of his self-serving ways.
Like Mickey's Christmas Carol this is another Disney movie that I completely forgot how great and memorable it was experiencing in my adult life, and it does have that nostalgia Disney/Christmas theme movie that you can watch over and over again during the Holiday season, moreover it's another Disney classic where you don't see any more in this generation of Disney but I believe everyone knows that. I'll say again that yes, this was the right choice to watch because it brings a ton of memories growing up because the Muppets were no doubt a big part of my childhood because I watched the original Muppet movie a dozen times. Surprisingly the movie was released two years after the events of legendary puppeteer Jim Henson (creator of the Muppets). And following the events of his death talent agent Bill Haber approached Henson's son, Brian Henson with the idea of filming an adaption, furthermore, told him that A Christmas Carol was the greatest story of all time and that it should be his next project. Originally the film was going to be made as an ABC Television movie but after months of writing and Muppet changes between which Muppet plays what character, Walt Disney Pictures offered to purchase the script for a feature film instead of a Television release. Surprisingly there were multiple actors in contending for the role of Scrooge, famous English actors like David Warner even American comedian George Carlin upon which I'm so glad they picked Sir Michael Caine to play the role because I would look at the film differently with George Carlin. Michael Caine in his own words after being offered the role by Brian Henson, said "I'm going to play this movie like I'm working with the Royal Shakespeare Company. I will never wink; I will never do anything Muppety. I'm going to play Scrooge as if it is an utterly dramatic role and there are no puppets around me", for which is the many reasons why he's one of the greatest actors to ever live furthermore took inspiration from "Wall Streat cheats and embezzlers", in his own words explained "I thought they represent a very good picture of meanness and greed". Which again this shows why Michael Caine is such a great character actor because he wants to take this classic Christmas story seriously and not play along with the fact that this is a typical Muppet movie because through the course of the movie Caine does such a fantastic job showing the emotions of cruelty, sadness, regret as well as happiness throughout the course of the film, and I also love the scenes where Caine is interacting with the Spirits of Christmas Present and Future played by Don Austen because there both the same height but more importantly it's showing Caine performing at his best with a tall man in a Muppet outfit as well as taking the story seriously as well. There's close to maybe ten film adaptations of the Christmas Carol, some of them like Bill Murray's Scrooged where you haven't seen it for a long time but then you watch it, and it doesn't stand the test of time. Then you watch versions like The Muppet Christmas Carol, and it still stands the test of time for its Holiday cheer as well as caring the true elements as to what makes the Christmas Carol such a great Holiday story of all time. So, for this Holiday season I would highly recommend watching The Muppet Christmas Carol for its ability to bring back great memories watching this beloved classic during the past Christmas season. Furthermore, this is most certainly a Christmas movie worth seeing as well as saving on your Disney Plus movie/TV show list.
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