I'm sorry, but Tiny Tim looked ghastly
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Marmadukebagelhole — 13 years ago(December 27, 2012 01:17 AM)
I would have rather him die than have to go on and suffer like that. Most people were rooting for him to live, but in that state, there was little hope
I'm not implying anything. I'm just making a rather reasonable inferrence. And, by the way, Tiny Tim did NOT die. So there was hope to be had.
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NorthernLad — 12 years ago(December 23, 2013 09:15 AM)
Like someone else said, he's not supposed to look good. We're shown he is eventually going to die if the conditions do not change for his family.
You noted that you were aware of this point, so that makes me ask, what the hell is your point in saying you would rather he die than to look like that.
And like someone else said, I hope you're not a doctor.
In the end, what exactly is your point? It makes no sense.
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PurpleLemonadeDinosaur — 12 years ago(December 23, 2013 09:05 PM)
What the hell is YOUR point in assuming someone is a doctor because they said they would rather someone not be in great pain than to look like they are? Of course waiting for a cure is more acceptable, but that is an observation. Not everyone has to go the, "Everyone should live even if they're in great pain," route. He's a child, so that's different. What does being a doctor have to do with anything? I stated my point clearly a year ago, but it seems to me Tiny Tim looked extremely ghastly unlike the other versions.
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Adler-99 — 12 years ago(December 25, 2013 08:51 AM)
I actually liked the "at death's door" look of Tiny Tim in this version. Not that I like to see a sick child, of course, but it fits the story so much better. In most other versions of ACC, Tiny Tim is so cute and robust he looks like he's ready to run out and play football, which makes his disability so much less believable.
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eljaykay1219-310-146082 — 12 years ago(December 25, 2013 05:41 PM)
He did not appear to be in pain or he would have been crying and groaning a lot. He was just very weak and also had a bad leg. I agree with the poster who said that most of the other Tiny Tims looked too healthy.
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hachmom-1 — 11 years ago(December 25, 2014 05:08 AM)
Indeed the fact that Tim looks as he does is one of its strengths. I've seen versions with Tin's so tall and healthy that Bob couldn't even lift him.
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aafleming-19569 — 9 years ago(December 24, 2016 12:26 PM)
Such an odd comment. The child is supposed to be sick and in danger of dying; that's kind of the point, as other posters have said. Also, IT'S A MOVIE. They did not go out and actually find a dying child to cast. And he gets well and does not die in the end. I just watched the so-called "classic" version from 1951 and "Tiny" Tim in that movie is a big strapping boy who looks perfectly healthy, which really interferes with the "willing suspension of disbelief" and makes his part in the story look ridiculous.
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Scarecrow-88 — 9 years ago(December 25, 2016 03:50 AM)
That was the point. He looks sick and needs proper medical attention. He actually looks like the Tiny Tim we need to see so that we sympathize with Cratchet and his family. For most of the adaptations, Tim looks too healthy so we are distanced from his plight and need to actually see him as he was meant to lookweak and deteriorating health-wise.
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Woodyanders — 6 years ago(December 07, 2019 03:31 PM)
Well, he's meant to be this frail and sickly cripple, so the fact that Tiny Tim looked so ghastly in this version was so totally the point pertaining to his character.
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