12/22/2008 12:08 PM
posted awhile ago
Re:Recast A CHARLIE BROWN CHRISTMAS (1965)
Usesoap's recast made me get off my chair and dance like the peanuts.
Then I sat down to write this response, but I got right up again and danced like the Peanuts to Hey Ya!
Then my pet hamster caught a glimpse of the recast, and I could tell he loved it, because he eats when he gets excited:
But seriously, usesoap's recast is one of those great posts that makes me imagine a movie I'd like to watch more than once.
I'm imagining the Peanuts as college freshmen returning home for the holidays, excited to share their new college experiences with old friends.
Charlie Brown (Michael Cera) is the only one who isn't in high spirits. Making new friends has been tough for the shy young man, and don't ask him about how baseball try-outs went! To top things off, he's not doing so hot in his classes, either. He's wondering if he even belongs in college.
His old friends remind him that he's a person of value. You're a good man, Charlie Brown.
The movie ends at a Christmas concert put on by a rock/jazz combo called "Ludwig," led by Schroeder (Emile Hirsch) on piano, and Franklin (John Leged) on vocals."
 
Ludwig tears through a smokin version of Soulful Christmas that would do the Godfather proud. (At the end, Lucy leans over Schroeder's piano and steals a kiss.) Schroeder blushes, then the movie closes with their moving rendition of Silent Night.
Have a good week, filmgamers! Merry Christmas!
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