You've Just Been "Scrooged"

Well what can i say about this film.  "Scrooged" was sticking out like a soar thumb in tesco the other day, bringing back old memories of laughter and that little x-mas spirit.  Now i refer to x-mas spirit opposed to the original christmas spirit for a reason.  This film may be a christmas film but certainly is aimed at a more adult audience considering the swearing, guns and crazed taxi driver ghosts, but it still has that little something which seems to spark the little kid inside of me, bringing a smile to my face in that final moment when Bill Murray calls out to the audience to sing.  The story is pretty much exactly what it says on the tin (Bill Murray gets Scrooged), a scornful, heartless tv exec is visited by 3 ghosts (however crazy and moronic they may seem) and is shown the errors of his heartless ways which results in a fantastic happy ending (in a sort of warped way).  We see that this is an up to date version of Charles Dickens classic and it is very well done, but yet in a comedic fashion, it is entirely built up on the comic aspect, and that is why i have chosen to catagorise this as a x-mas film, but not as a pure christmas film, which films such as It's a Wonderful Life and the original Scrooge lie.  

If your looking for a good film to get you into the spirit, with laughs and that occasional moment of Bill Murray craziness (refer to the final ten minutes), definitely give this one a good watching.  Ba Humbug !!