Re: [Mid] A Christmas Carol

Greetings!

>>Oh yea, I forgot, it's made for television............Bah Humbug!
>>
>>Lothair - who didn't like it!
>
>I was made to sit through it, I also didn't like it.
>Vitus

I enjoyed it well enough, but nothing compares to the Alistair Sim version.
I guess I just have a hard time buying Patrick Stewart as a crotchety, nasty
old mizer. The George C. Scott version was a better modern adaptation.

Another thing that bugged me--this version kept referring to Scrooge's
sister as "Fran." Her name is "Fan." I guess they decided to "modernize"
it, but to me, "Fan" is an evocative 19th century name which gives the story
flavor.

I'm going to have to find time to get in a viewing of both the Sim
"Christmas Carol" and "A Christmas Story" in the next few days--it's a bit
of a tradition. (I've spent the last few days catching up on watching Best
Picture winners I always wanted to see, but didn't, and both were fabulous
(Schindler's List and The English Patient); and I threw in "Shakespeare in
Love" for good measure, which I saw the day it opened.)

Nicolaa

From: "Susan Carroll-Clark" <nicolaa@columbus.rr.com>
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Received on Sun Dec 19 11:35:36 1999