iamwhatiseem
Diamond Member
I wanted to like the film, it was exactly what I wanted a production company do - take the classic story of The Christmas Carol and delve deeper into Scrooge. And - it did that quite well. Why was Scrooge such a bastard? The film does that part well.
But then there are problems. Once again "Hollywood" can't help themselves but get ridiculously politically correct. Making Bob Crachet's wife black is pure nonsense. Blacks in 1800's England were only slightly better off than blacks in America. They were not downright field slaves, but were overwhelmingly 3rd class citizens primarily in servitude to wealthy whites. An above average man would not have been accepted to have a black wife.
As well as making every female character in the movie superior both morally and mentally than the males in the movie. Hollywood does this almost every movie they make anymore.
And finally they also couldn't help themselves but present an OBVIOUS bow to socialism and collectivism as the answer to mankind's problems. And all other means of production are pure evil.
It could have been a very good movie. Really good. But once again Hollywood ruins it.
But then there are problems. Once again "Hollywood" can't help themselves but get ridiculously politically correct. Making Bob Crachet's wife black is pure nonsense. Blacks in 1800's England were only slightly better off than blacks in America. They were not downright field slaves, but were overwhelmingly 3rd class citizens primarily in servitude to wealthy whites. An above average man would not have been accepted to have a black wife.
As well as making every female character in the movie superior both morally and mentally than the males in the movie. Hollywood does this almost every movie they make anymore.
And finally they also couldn't help themselves but present an OBVIOUS bow to socialism and collectivism as the answer to mankind's problems. And all other means of production are pure evil.
It could have been a very good movie. Really good. But once again Hollywood ruins it.