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Posada Navidena (1994)
A Very Accurate Version of the Dickens' Classic
This is a very well done adaptation of A Christmas Carol. Not only does it employ more of the scenes than most of the 100s of versions but the translation is extremely well done. When translating metaphors that would not make sense in Spanish, they use Spanish metaphors that not only have the same meaning but create the same emotion. Also, the verbiage used gives the work the same old world academic flavor as Dickens' work. The Synchronization is off; however, it doesn't take away from the true art of the story itself.
A Christmas Carol (2015)
A Highly Underrated Project
At the very beginning, this film it is identified as an amateur production. It says "A Movie by...." Professional directors agreed to discontinue that phrase decades ago, because it is presumptuous to claim that the director did it all by his/her own. Nowadays, it is considered proper for a director (like Ron Howard) to say "A Ron Howard Film." not "A Film By Ron Howard"
Anyone purporting to be qualified to review a film on anything other than whether they liked it or not, should take things like the budget, resources et cetera into consideration. The director of this film shows considerable creativity in his use of these resources. That is assuming the amount of the budget quoted went mostly to the narrator.
Other reviewers criticized the sets. The director showed significant creativity in the use of sets, considering the low budget and his singing voice was one of the best in the film. It would be interesting to see what he could do with better funding. Then, he could afford to have better miking, lighting et cetera and could afford to rent a sound stage so the ambient light and sound could be controlled.
In these times, there are people making movies in their living room with their cell phones and are putting them onto YouTube. At least this guy got his product distributed. I admire his effort.