Spirited
A Christmas Carol is one of my favorite stories. It has it all; ghosts, fun characters, sadness, despair, hope, and change.
So, since I noticed last month that my Christmas Carol-watchlist had 24 movies on it, I've unsuccessfully attempted to dissuade myself from the notion of doing one a day as an advent calendar. 462
So I decided to try.
And with this one, we're off to a delightful start. An updated full-fledged musical metatextual take on the original story, dealing with modern PR, bad faith, cynicism, unredeemables, and if change is ever possible, but with ghosts and Scrooges and commitments to change and tap dancing! I cried three times! I laughed a whole lot! I did absolutely not expect this to be a deconstruction of A Christmas Carol, but I enjoyed it wholeheartedly.
Kinda wish I'd seen it in the middle of the month, but it sure made me confident that this mad idea of an advent calendar with twenty-four different versions of A Christmas Carol is gonna be a whole lot of fun. Or have me seeing ghosts.
Good afternoon! 645