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Correct. the original text has the jaw fall off, but the original text of this scene also has Scrooge's comic and acid lines just as the film does--in other words, in this scene, in the text, Dickens is balancing macabre and humor, as the filmmakers chose to do as well.

I clicked on the review of the christmas carol that was on the mainpage above all the subscribed threads but it wouldn't let me reply to that one, so I'll reply here. Quote other HTF review: Marley's jaw cracks off in the original text, as is Scrooge's line, "I'd rather not" (the...

Yes, focus on the minutia, the one or two moments in the film that REEK of producers requiring 'something for the kiddies' to be added to the film, and ignore that it's the only version of the text that has understood just how dark the original Dickens is. It includes the allegorical twins for...

It is far and away the most faithful adaptation I've ever seen of Dickens' text. Just a stunning film, not flawless, but one of the very best films of 2009, I can't wait to watch it again. It's funny, i saw this in IMAX and it was the trailer for Avatar attached to Christmas Carol that...