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The Muppet Christmas Carol (1992)
A staple part of the Christmas diet
As I write this review I'm singing the songs in my head. Everything about this film makes me smile, except the sad bits of course. Every year since I first clapped eyes on this film I have made it habitual viewing on the run up to Christmas. Michael Caine is perfect in his role as Ebeneezer Scrooge. It's hard not to rate his performance in this film as he delivers a fantastic turn opposite what is essentially someone's hand covered in felt and foam. My one grumble, however, has been the removal of one of the songs from the DVDs and TV broadcasts more recently - When Scrooge is in the past and splits up with his partner. The song was very poignant and Caine's voice breaking as he fought back tears in the duet had me biting my fist and trying not to blub like a 5-year-old. It now just goes from her saying she's going to leave, doing so, then Rizzo crying. I luckily managed to pick up a VHS copy with the full film in so plan to burn that to DVD for this Christmas so I can fight the tears once more!! All said though, it's great film, and I plan to force it upon my daughter once she's old enough to appreciate it.
Wild Force (1986)
Don't judge a book by it's cover
The phrase 'don't judge a book by it's cover' can be extended to 'video', I'm offering a bounty £1000 to the first person that can pick one of the people drawn on the covers' counterpart in this film. That's the first minor flaw and I haven't even started to review the film. I don't want to bore you with nit-picking, just be aware that it's a dubbed film, and its fair to say the 'dubbers' don't share the same enthusiasm as the on screen actors, and when they visibly continue talking on screen I can't help but feel I'm being cheated out of some top notch dialogue which the budget may not have stretched to translating. There must've been a budget somewhere though, sadly this wasn't stretched to the music either, and I have a strong suspicion that no shots were re-taken, otherwise surely to goodness they may have attempted to hold the camera steady at some point. Characters? Well they're certainly that. Maybe they're all superb character actors in their home country, but the dubbing does none of their 'skills' as actors any justice. All I can say though is watch it, as it's outstandingly bad, watch it with friends and laugh about it in the pub. Well worth the pound it cost.