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Eric Pfeiffer

This was great. One of the best versions of this story that I've seen. I will definitely be singing the "I Hate People" song all day at work tomorrow. I wonder if it's on Spotiify? LOL

Heidi Elizabeth Marcum

Scrooge- Thank you so, so much for your reaction for this beautiful rendition of one of my all time favorite Christmas classics!!!! This musical is my favorite version of A Christmas Carol. I love everything about it, from the acting, to the music, singing and dancing, to the sets and costumes, and all of its wonderful characters. :) I absolutely love Albert Finney as Ebenezer Scrooge, and in many other roles as well. He portrays this stingy old miser perfectly. I love his overall story as the ghosts help him to find redemption so that his dark future isn't what awaits him should he fail to change for the better. I love Scrooge's path to redemption. It's so beautiful, heartbreaking, emotional, and I have cried many, many times upon watching this movie. Also... the makeup and prosthetics used to make Albert Finney appear so much older than what he was back then are spectacular, especially for back in the 1970. The actor playing the younger version of Scrooge shown in Christmas past, is Albert Finney as well. His younger self in the past during the Fezziwig Christmas party is how he really looked in 1970, so he wears lots of makeup and prosthetics in order to age him up for most of the movie. It's brilliantly and beautifully done. I also love Sir Alec Guinness in the role of Jacob Marley throughout this movie. Sir Alec Guinness who plays Marley, also plays Obi Wan Kenobi from the original Star Wars movies, which is fantastic! I love him as Obi Wan, and I love him as Jacob Marley here in Scrooge as well. I love his dry humor and his charm that he brings to this role. And I love that we see Jacob Marley again in the end of the movie when Scrooge finds himself trapped down in Hell. Jacob Marley isn't ever brought back again after his main role of the story... to warn Scrooge of the three ghosts coming to offer him his one chance at redemption in any other version of this movie, book, or play. So I really love that we get to see more of Jacob Marley, when he comes as Scrooge's only friend in the end to welcome him into Hell, to offer one final warning to Scrooge. That he must change for the better if he has any hope of avoiding this dark fate awaiting him should he ignore these warning. I just love him. And then... I love, love, love David Collings in the role of Bob Cratchit, who is one of my overall favorite characters in any version of A Christmas Carol. Collings plays Bob so beautifully. He just brings so much life and joy in his character, and I love every moment with him onscreen. I deeply love his love for his children and his wife, and how he speaks with them all throughout this movie. Bob Cratchit is most definitely a loving and kind hearted man. I love his love for Christmas. Also... I especially love his song he sings in the beginning of this movie... Christmas Children. So beautiful, and he has an amazing singing voice. And lastly... I love, love, love, the Ghosts of Christmas Past, Present, and Future throughout this beautiful film, especially the Ghost of Christmas Present played by Kenneth Moore. Once again... he brings so much joy into this role and he's a lot of fun to watch. As are the other two ghosts as well. As for the songs sung throughout this movie... I love them all so much and I can't help but sing along with them every time I watch this movie. However, the few that really stand out to me more than the rest... are Christmas Children sung by Bob Cratchit, Happiness sung by Scrooge's love, Isabel who is played by Suzanne Neve, I like Life sung by the Ghost of Christmas Present and Scrooge, Thank You Very Much sung by Tom Jenkins the Soup Man, played by Anton Rodgers, and Scrooge, and then I love the end medley of a number of the songs throughout this movie combined sung by the entire cast of this movie. These songs are all beautiful, fun, and so joyful. I can't help but sing along throughout the entire movie. And this ending most definitely continues to make me cry every time I watch this beautiful movie. Scrooge's redemption, and the joy he shows just for being alive is so pure and incredible. I absolutely love this ending. :) In regards to your thoughts about Scrooge coming to recognize whether or not Tom Jenkins and the rest of the townsfolk were singing thank you very much upon his death in the end as he's singing and dancing in front of the Ghost of Christmas Yet to Come... I do feel that upon discovering he has died in the future when he sees his tombstone and grave, that Scrooge does come to realize the people had been singing about his death. It's never spoken or even implied whether or not I am right to feel this way, but Scrooge knows he wasn't a good man before he changed in the ending. He knows that no one liked him, and knows that he never would have done anything to make everyone so happy and grateful to him. So, I truly do feel that he did come to recognize everyone was so happy because he was finally gone and they were no longer indebted to him. Besides... it is the Ghost of Christmas Yet to Come's task to warn him what would have come of him if he fails to change for the better. The Ghost showing him a happy moment that comes because of him, wouldn't be a warning, and I suspect Scrooge had to have understood that. Don't you? Thank you both again, so much! I truly am grateful for your reactions for one of my favorite movies. I really had so much fun watching Scrooge again with you. And I cannot wait for many more movie reactions, as well as more Lucifer reactions from you to come!! So, until next time, dear friends... Thank you!! Sincerely, Heidi

nostalgicgirl

Heidi I'm so happy that you enjoyed this so much. Brings a big smile to my face. This was such a beautiful movie. Everything about it was wonderful. The songs! All the acting. The emotions. That scene with the casket was so great and I do think that it did click in the end that they were celebrating because he was dead. I loved that this time they showed us hell and how Scrooge was going to be working for the devil. Its such a great message to have around the holidays, especially after the year weve had.