I saved this disc (the 2011 BD) for Christmas eve. I had watched some of the 1938 version on TCM a week or so ago. I also watched one of the extras (a film critic discussing it) afterwards.
I've given up hope for a future upgraded disc, so I can happily get by with this, a few missing words...
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I have a bunch of Simpsons season sets that I bought a long time ago, but I tired of the show before I got a chance to watch them.
I have the previous 4 movie set with 5th Avenue, which I usually watch this time of year. (It also has Christmas in Ct, Shop Around the Corner and the Owen Christmas Carol).
I tried watching it last nite and the movie stops playing about halfway through; I assume it's the old problem of DVD...
I saw it was coming on (after watching Shop Around the Corner) but I purposely didn't watch it; too early in the Christmas season.
I guess I'll have to watch my Blu-ray copy (2011 release) in a few weeks.
I just watched the movie and noticed this for the first time. I guess I've always watched it in mono before. (The scene where he surprises Fred and his guests.)
I've also been in Christmas-movie mode the last few weeks. Last night was "National Lampoon's Christmas Vacation." Leaning towards "Holiday Inn" tonite. Or perhaps an alternate version of "The Christmas Carol" (saving the main one - Alistair Sim - for closer to Christmas).
OK, here's a dumb question: how will one buy this digital-only release? The only such thing I've ever bought is from Amazon Prime. Will this one be available that way?
Earlier in this thread someone posted that if you already own the movie it will be upgraded for free. Does that mean if...
The end of last year was the first time I joined, since we needed quick delivery on something that would otherwise have cost over $20. Most of the time I'm not in a rush to get my order and it's not a problem to order enough to get free shipping. There have been only a few times I haven't opted...
I'm not as bothered by the missing line as I am by some of the annoying screen jumps early on in the film. Supposedly this doesn't occur on all displays but it's happened with mine, both previous and current TVs.
I have an earlier Blu-ray version than this one (different cover with a slip-cover) and his hair has a bluish tint from the back.
Not as blue as it looked on TV (TCM or AMC?) a few years ago. I have no idea what source they were using.
I recall watching this a few years ago and my wife, who had never seen it before (neither had I) happened to walk in the living room during that scene. It made her resemble that jaw-dropping emoticon.
I've always thought this disc looked fine (in my very un-expert opinion, of course).
On the other hand, I recall the version of the 1951 Alastair Sim version, which I believe was released around the same time, got good reviews here. Even though, in that case, the disc has a problem with lots of...
Good review. I know what you mean about seeing Sim as being Scrooge, rather than as an actor portraying him. The latter is also how I felt about Scott and Stewart; they both did a good job but I never forgot that I was watching Scott or Stewart, rather than Scrooge.
And I also think the fact...
Also he doesn't make amends with the guy who, at the beginning of the movie, told him he couldn't repay his debt on time. I don't know if he does this in any other version (or in the book) but in the Stewart version, the debtor is happy to be relieved of his debt when Scrooge dies (in the...
That's on my viewing agenda for tonight. I don't usually wait for Christmas Eve to watch it but I guess I was busy watching lots of other Christmas movies the last 3 or 4 weeks (including the Patrick Stewart version and a couple of partial viewings of the George Scott version on AMC).