I'm sorry, but Tiny Tim looked ghastly
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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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