Farms: Books vs. Movies Review: A Christmas Carol - Part 2

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1. I like the other animated version with Tim Curry and Whoopi Goldberg.
2. I have noticed that Christmas Present and Future look the same in each version, but Christmas Past changes a lot, what did the ghost look like in the book
3. Have anyone seen the animated version?
4. If it makes you feel better, Matt, I didn't start reading Dickens until I was in college. Again, not that I hated him, just never got around to it.
5. Im not shocked that Muppet's version is one of the best. Muppets adaptation movie are some of the best. Have you seen the Muppets treasure island or Wizard of Oz? Both change some things but still stick to the central story with great respect. 
6. Could you do a reveiw on Big fish written by Danny Elfman&Yes man also written by Danny Elfman
7. Very true. In the movie, during the song sequence every time Statler and Waldorf as the Marley Brothers make a joke, they groan in pain for the fact that their chains make them suffer per heckle.
8. When I was Past in a version called "Humbug High", I based my character off of Galadriel from LOTR. XD
9. I never really was bothered with the Zemeckis Ghost of christmas past's voice. In fact, I think the wispy voice was based on a detail in the book. It said that whenever the ghost talked, it sounded like it was miles away from you even if it was in your face. So the added whisper wasn't because it was just a ghost, but because it was to make you feel like the character was so far away that you could only hear it whispering. Though to be fair that is a bit of a stretch so maybe I'm wrong. 
10. How about an Oliver Twist Book VS Movie??
11. @goldwaterproductions See, that's the thing: I don't think they ARE okay with it. We see them visibly struggling against the chains. Even though they're still laughing and heckling Scrooge, I think they know that this isn't the way they wanted things to be. They just don't have any other choice but to act this way, which is a lot sadder than the over the top repentance we get in the other versions . . . at least to me.
12. i think that marley (or marleys) in the muppet version is the worst depiction of marley. why? well marley not acting like he did in life says that he wishes he could go back and change the errors of his ways. in the muppet version, they seem to be ok with being ghosts in chains. 
13. @mooglenaur I think the reason being is because that version was way too short and despite having the same basic premise, it seemed more different from the book than any other version. Also, Scrooge seems in that version too gleeful in being stingy whereas he's supposed to be kind of tragic. and...hot-tempered Donald as jolly nephew Fred and sweet natured Goofy as corrupted jacob marley? Awkward.
14. So good to see that someone is looking at the positives of the Jim Carrey version instead of "Oh it's terrible just because it's motion capture." I'm not a big fan of mo-cap myself but does that mean I hate the movie? Absolutely not.
15. I loved scrooged starring Bill Murray. Also there was a great musical version starring Albert Finney an an animated version some time around the late eighties early ninties that i remember enjoying as a kid but for me the Alistair sim version wins hands down...
16. What no mickey mouse version? XD
17. "Boogity boogity" actually made me jump. Actually, hearing you talk about how this is the only Dickens you've ever read, I realized that I haven't actually read the original. I apparently sort of deluded myself into thinking that I had, seeing as how I've seen a few of the movies. Something to add to my to-do list, I suppose.
18. This makes me want to see the Muppet version.
19. I hear you with the 'never really got around to' reading classics. I blame it on the fact that there's just WAY too much to read (and do)!
20. "and the stewart version has...well...joel gray." Best. Line. Ever.