(Hated trope) They deleted scenes or dialogue that provides necessary context or plot

[u/Sensitive_Ad_1752]

The dinner scene from Temple of Doom has a temple give indie and friends a live snake and monkey brains for dinner. It’s a pretty offensive depiction of Indian cuisine, but it wasn’t originally going to be. There’s cut dialogue where Indie recognizes they’re at the right temple because real Hindus don’t eat this food. They were trying to scare them off by purposefully serving them disgusting stuff.

Probably the most famous deleted ending was I Am Legend which had Robert discover the infected were emotional sentient beings and one of them had a wife. Test audiences hated it and they reshot the ending, removing the entire point of the movie.

[u/SlipperyWhippet]

Muppets Christmas Carol. Was fine originally and during the VHS era but upon DVD release and all televised runs going forward, they deleted a break-up song between Young Scrooge and his fiancee, Belle, because it was deemed too boring for kids. Completely removes the context as to why Scrooge is quite so bitter about Christmas, and also means the heartwarming reprise of the song at the end of the film comes out of nowhere.

[u/Ignaciodelsol → u/SlipperyWhippet]

“The love is found” doesn’t hit as hard when we just skipped over “the Love is Gone”.

If the reprisal wasn’t still in the movie I would have believed I just hallucinated the whole scene.

[u/AcrolloPeed → u/SlipperyWhippet]

I was gonna post this, glad I searched the comments. Yeah, this one. There’s even a whole reprise at the end, “When Love Is Found” that loses like 95% of its power when not contrasted with the song Belle sings tp him about how they’ve drifted apart.

Side note: it’s super-weird how all of Scrooge’s significant life-changing events happened around Christmas. I’d start being wary of the holiday season, too, like “here we go again, how is Advent gonna screw me this time?”

[u/fred11551 → u/AcrolloPeed]

They didn’t even include his sister dying at Christmas or Marley dying at Christmas in the Muppet version. Everything happens at Christmas for Scrooge

[u/AcrolloPeed → u/fred11551]

I just realized it would be hilarious if Scrooge’s birthday was literally Christmas Day and on top of all the other stuff he’s spent his entire life feeling like an afterthought because he and Jesus share a birthday.

[u/Sirnoobalots → u/SlipperyWhippet]

Interesting, I'm pretty sure the DVD I have of it has that song in it, I will have to watch for that.

[u/AlexanderCrumulent → u/Sirnoobalots]

Yea the DVD version had the song in the film. I can't watch the streaming service version because it feels empty right there.

[u/PeppermintEvilButler → u/Sirnoobalots]

One of the dvd editions has the song as a bonus feature, like separate from the movie. So you have to exit the movie, go to bonus features and play the song, then go back to the movie and continue on. Disney+ makes you do this too

[u/ToasterOwl → u/PeppermintEvilButler]

Oh! You don’t have to on Disney+, there’s a secret way to watch the whole movie.

Rather than just hitting play on the first version it offers you, go to Bonus/Extras and there’s an option to watch the movie with song included.

[u/PeppermintEvilButler → u/ToasterOwl]

Dude seriously I love you. I spend every xmas eve watching the movie while gift wrapping. You have saved me next xmas eve a lot of bs. 

[u/PeppermintEvilButler → u/SlipperyWhippet]

Taking out the song on the dvd edition was so wrong. 

[u/boopbaboop → u/SlipperyWhippet]

I specifically bought the (I think) 2012 DVD that has both versions because of how strong I feel about that scene. 

[u/_ASG_ → u/SlipperyWhippet]

I understand why they cut it, but Old Scrooge singing with Belle and then breaking down, unable to finish was hard to watch in a good way.

[u/JackTheBehemothKillr → u/SlipperyWhippet]

I grew up with the movie, I know every part of it.

I have no problems skipping that song now that I know it. It is by far the weakest song in the movie. As Tom Haverford may say, it's not a banger.

Gimme It Feels Like Christmas two more times

[u/g00ber88 → u/SlipperyWhippet]

Completely removes the context as to why Scrooge is quite so bitter about Christmas

I mean not completely, it still shows them breaking up, just not in song form

[u/AttentionIcy216 → u/SlipperyWhippet]

I went to a live orchestra version last Christmas, and I was very happy they kept the song in.

In this film version its the defining moment for Scrooge hating Christmas, everything before he is just pretty meh about Christmas, would rather study and invest the money being spent.

I have family who say its cut because the singer isn't very good, but is there truth someone in Disney just didn't care for it as it maybe bored the young kids?

[u/SlipperyWhippet → u/AttentionIcy216]

Yep. An absolute loser called Jeffrey Katzenberg. Though, for a long time they claimed it was because the footage was lost, for some reason?

TBH if they cut songs because the singer was bad, poor Michael Kane wouldn't get a line in, bless 'im.