The Muppet Christmas Carol 1992 by AverageMansReviews

The Muppet Christmas Carol 1992 by AverageMansReviews

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Warning: there is flashing effects/colourful effects/transformation/burning

These two ghosts of the Marley Brothers: basically; Jacob & Robert Marley [Muppets: Statler & Waldorf: puppeteer and voice by: Jerry Nelson & Dave Goelz: these puppeteer and voices are of other characters/Muppets as well:] come to tell their ex-business partner that if he doesn't change his ways, he will end up just like them and three ghosts will come and visit him; the past, the present and the future. But will  Ebenezer Scrooge [Younger stages of life: Edward Sanders, Theo Sanders, Kristopher Milnes, Russell Martin and Ray Coulthard/Older: Michael Caine:] he is the only surviving member of Scrooge & Marley which is in a nutshell a money lender for mortgages and such.

Generally speaking: the script, comedy, framework, pacing and art; we have on-screen narration from Muppet: The Great Gonzo as Charles Dickens/puppeteer and voiced by Goelz: Dickens is the author of the book this script is based on A Christmas Carol 1843, so yes he can predict things just before they happen and he has his good friend Muppet: Rizzo the Rat as himself/puppeteer and voiced by Steve Whitmire: he is always hungry or/and eating; he asks questions of Dickens and throughout the majority of this film in one way or another they either break the fourth wall either as it relates to us the viewers or falling off the shelf or to another character to correct the line just spoken and yes they have their own kind of shtick be it for an example Rizzo climbing to the top of this gate to then jumping off hoping that Dickens will catch him falling, sadly he didn't, then Rizzo squeezing through the gate to go and retrieve some food on the other side, with Dickens pointing out that in a nutshell Rizzo could have done this originally so it makes Rizzo climbing up and falling down absolutely pointless when he could have just squeezed through a gate to begin with.

So as you can see on top of this Christmas story we have this double act of Dickens and Rizzo keeping us entertained, which consequently makes the framework and pacing of this 86 minutes film very smooth and entertaining as we are for the majority of this film not only forward but also back and forth between this double act and the actual storyline and what is happening as well with it at that time, but we aren't done yet on top of this we also have the back and forth between the storyline and a musical number as well; which my favourite has to be the musical number entitled Marley and Marley full disclosure Statler & Waldorf are both my favourite Muppets: for the younger generations; these two Muppets are two old men that usually set up in a balcony heavily mocking the show or something.

As they indicate to Scrooge these chains/shackles are the ones that they forged in life essentially they are stuck with them for eternity and he will too if he doesn't change his ways.

Obviously now broadly of the artistic visions of this film title, as you would have come to expect from this franchise; the characters as in the Muppets as all of them including the background and musical characters and just not the main Muppets every Muppet has been given the same level of priority as it relates to their presentation and/or identification as it relates to them talking or singing or anything; my point here is; at this point this franchise doesn't do anything sloppy including but not limited to the scene and so on; they just want to create a world where Muppets and that humans can live side-by-side.

Character developments, voice performances and performances; to continue my sentiment of Muppets and humans living side-by-side; the viewers can get an excellent sense of what I'm talking about; as every character be you Muppets and/or humans their personalities are defined to them even though it may be a Muppet portraying it Dickens character; so that I could use this line of essentially Gonzo's interpretation of Dickens is excellent, so much so Dickens himself would be proud, so as always the chemistry throughout this last is free-flowing regardless of voice performer or performer and obviously having Caine as Scrooge is wonderful and top-class; as it gets its title some real gravitas.

This film receives: 10/10, this film is top-notch entertainment; it is a classic for eternity, if you haven't seen it yet you should be it at least once in a lifetime, I went to go and see this film at the cinema with the person I watch some of this content with, so I could create this content; at the beginning of this film somewhere there is a message saying in loving memory to Jim Henson which sadly died in 1990; 1936-1990. This film also has some awards accredited to its name 2 Winners which includes but not limited to Fantafestival 1993 Best Direction Brian Henson [yes he is the son of Jim Henson.] 1 Nominee Grammy Awards 1993 Grammy Best Musical Album for Children Robert Kraft (producer) Paul Williams (producer) Chris Caswell (producer)