FX's new version of "A Christmas Carol" Oh. My. God.

[EMCE Hammer]

Thanks to this thread, our family watched "An American Christmas Carol" on Tubi TV. I hadn't seen it in probably 30 years. It held up very well. Winkler is great in that, and the whole production is really well done.

Chris

Glad to see I'm not the only fan of that one.

[Earth 2 Chris]

Thanks to this thread, our family watched "An American Christmas Carol" on Tubi TV. I hadn't seen it in probably 30 years. It held up very well. Winkler is great in that, and the whole production is really well done.

Chris

[Spawn67]

I saw it randomly and thought it was dreadful. I see it as a modern take on a classic but doesn’t do it for me.
I then put on the George C Scott version which I like a lot.

[Nostalgiabuff]

any fans of Bill Murray's Scrooged? (which I've never seen; just thought of.)

love Scrooged. classic film.

[PNGwynne]

Andy, as always thanks for the referral--I was only famliar with the 1969 animated adaptation, which I saw many times as a child. It was my first exposure to Dicken's story.

[powersthatbe]

any fans of Bill Murray's Scrooged? (which I've never seen; just thought of.)

[Hedji]

Patrick Stewart's version is often overlooked. It's a bit... 90s TNT, but still very good.

The most overlooked is Richard Williams' and Chuck Jones' animated version, which is just brilliant.

I have no need for what is described here. Thanks for the avoidance warning.

[PNGwynne]

Sometimes I think these newer productions are just trying too hard to be "new", thinking that edgier is somehow better.

I'm reminded of the execrable 2006 British tv version of Dracula. Starring David Suchet whom I usually enjoy, it focused on family drama and STDs over textual fidelity and vampirism. Awful.

I won't be wasting my time with this Christmas Carol.

[Werewolf]

Mickey's Christmas Carol is my favorite. I mean come on, it's got Scrooge McDuck as Scrooge. It's brilliant.

[JediJaida]

I took one look at the trailer and it was an instant pass for me.

I much prefer Alistair Sim, Albert Finney, Mr. Magoo and yes, even George C. Scott over this dreck.

[Falstaff13]

When I heard about this, I had high hopes. I've just finished it, and it really was a slog to get through. They seemed to want a Gothic look, but even then it was dimly lit and lacked a real punch other than getting away with some F-bombs and being deliberately outre.

[Earth 2 Chris]

I had a coworker send me the trailer, and I instantly thought this was just blasphemous and ill-intended. Dickens almost single-handedly revived Christmas through his works, (not just Scrooge's story), and was definitely trying to show that the better aspects of mankind could and should be on display during the season. I haven't watched this, but whoever made it is literally ****ing all over Dickens' original intent as well.

Solid pass for me. I've already watched the Muppets version and Magoo, I'm going to watch Sim's (my favorite) and Finney's (my #2) this weekend.

Chris

[Mikey]

My fav versions of A Christmas Carol is THANK YOU VERY MUCH and Mr Magoo

All other versions are BORING

[powersthatbe]

My favorite Scrooge take was Albert Finney's. This version sounds horrid and repulsive but I agree that is was most likely a ugly time to live in.

[Werewolf]

it's a comedy but it especially revels in how gross it really was.

Yeah, on average, I really don't think people realize how horrific it really was. Aside from the relative opulence of the upper class, the majority lived in poverty with little food. Cities were a crowded, crime ridden, unsanitary nightmare of illness, pollution, stench and despair. At times the smoke billowing out from the factories would have looked like it was blocking out the sun. It would have seemed like an actual hell on earth.