I have seen them all. Sim is the most evil Scrooge and you actually see him transform to goodness at the end.
He also voiced Scrooge in the great 1971 animated version.
Please stop remaking this.
The 1984 George C. Scott version topped it.
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What's so special about Patrick Stewart's one more than Scott's?
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It's probably the most definitive adaption of A Christmas Carol. Where was it lifeless?
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I think it's the most definitive adaption because in contrast to you I think all the actors were on their game. Especially Scott, the Ghost of Christmas past and present, York, Warner, and the little kid who played Tiny Tim was adorable.
It was never lifeless. Name one scene that was lifeless.
Stewart was all wrong for Scrooge. He looked awkward, the delivery of half his lines was so bad, and I will never get over that stupid hysterical laugh he does at the end. The Cratchit family were a clan of idiots. I still can't watch the dinner scene when they're banging the table with their knives and forks shouting "The Goose". Tiny Tim was the most unappealing and least sympathetic Tiny Tim ever. Richard E. Grant had no personality as Cratchit.
The best character was Fred.
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Alas, I grew up on the Alistair Sim version, too, and I gotta go with tradition on this one. But that's not to say that the inimitable Mr. Stewart didn't bring his full Shakespearean weight to this production. Pretty damned impressive retelling of the story.
shareThis one comes up quite a lot and the answer always seems to be that its the one you grew up with. I don't like the 51 - apart from Sim its a little hammy and there are liberties taken with the plot just to get Jack Warner in it. The 70 is the best for me although it contains dialogue that is total 70's and a ghost made out of a coathanger. It does capture the spirit though (pardon the pun) which was what Dickens intended. It's not too dark and doesn't take itself too seriously. It can also be mawkishly sentimental at times so I think the author himself may have approved.
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