Thank you!! Merry Christmas and a Happy New Year's to all from Australia!! P.S. Anyone here know where I could get that Picard Christmas jumper from? Please someone tell me now!!???
@@GhostOdyssey I don't know about Australia, but if they do international shipping, the cheapest ones in the UK seem to be on the OnBuy or Printerval sites.
Sir Patrick is awesome. I got to meet him at a Star Trek convention in 2013 and whereas everyone was asking him questions about Star Trek and the X-Men, I asked him a question about growing up as a Shakespearean actor and if he ever imagined his career taking off in the direction it did, earning him international acclaim that has made him one of an exclusive number of the British stage whose name will be mentioned in the same breath as the likes of Sir Lawrence Olivier and even William Shakespeare. He replied at some length about growing up and falling in love with the stage and acting and spoke for nearly half an hour, far longer than he had to any other question. When he finished, he turned back to me at the corner of the base of the stage (where the microphone was) and I thought he was going to cry. His voice cracked slightly as he said, "Thank you for mentioning Shakespeare because all my life all I ever wanted to be was a Shakespearean."
This is the definitive version of A Christmas Carol, to me. The gravitas and subtlety that Patrick Stewart brings to the role, and the depth of understanding he has for the character of Ebenezer Scrooge is so magnificent. He’s such a human character and so many adaptations fail to show that, as well as messing up the purpose of the initial two Ghosts, but this one nails it right on.
The 1951 Alastair Sim version is the best! I've watched it every year for at least the last 50 years. (It was always on TV somewhere.) Second best for me is the 1984 version starring George C. Scott.
I love the way this version portrays the different scenes with the Ghost of Christmas Present - the miners, the moment when he blesses the prisoners in their cells, the way all the different voices from across the world weave into the song. It gives such a sense of community, and also a clear sense of Christmas Present's compassion for the impoverished and condemned.
That's the main reason why this version of A Christmas Carol puts me in the Christmas spirit perhaps more than any other. The Alistair Sim version is probably objectively the best, and the Muppets are great too, but this is my personal favourite.
In fifth grade, our teacher had a reputation for being a meanie of an old biddie ... until the year I got there, at which time she became a beloved grandmotherly figure and highly popular, she had a strong bond with me, as a grandmother would, and I considered her a good friend. She did many extra-curricular things with the class, like teaching some Spanish, and doing the school play. I auditioned for the lead role in the play that year. The instant I opened my mouth, I got the part. It was performed twice for the school, once for each lunch period, and it was the first time I ever saw or heard of The Christmas Carol.
Smoking Bishop is a kind of Mulled Wine, but made primarily from Port, with cinnamon, cloves, mace, allspice, and ginger, with roasted lemon or seville oranges, and a little nutmeg at the end.
Back in about 1988, I went to a Star Trek convention that the feature guest was Patrick Steward. During the presentation Patrick began talking about his love of Dickens and how he was doing an in depth study of A Christmas Carol. He the proceeded to read from the novel the Christmas at the Cratchit house. I shut my eyes and listen to a beautifully read description of the feast where he brought it so to life that you could almost smell it. After that I wanted him to mount a production. I was so happy 10 years later when it was released on tv, I do not remember why I missed seeing it but I did. I kept missing it over the years. Then a couple of days ago it showed up on RUclips and I was not going to miss it again. I scheduled it to see it on Christmas night. As I was getting ready to watch it I saw your reaction so I decided to do my first watch then catch your reaction. In some ways I am glad I waited all these years to see it. Since I watch a lot British television and film, there were more actors I recognized. I also have my own deep dive into Dickesian society and what he wanted to convey with his writing. It did not disappoint.
You should click on the link in my comment about Patrick Stewart reading the audiobook, I have the actual audiobook on my iPhone but searched a RUclips version for free. 🎄🎅🏻⛄️🤶🏻🎁📖
My favorite version, and I've seen many. Lots of folks talk of the Alastair Sim version, and that is lovely, and I also like the 1984 edition with George C. Scott. But for me, this one is the best, and it's not just because I think Patrick Stewart is perfect as Scrooge. It's also Dominic as the perfect Fred, Laura Fraiser as the most tender and compelling Belle I've seen, and Ian McNiece as the perfect Fezzywig (among many other wonderful performances). Thanks for checking this one out, I really think it's underrated.
This one's good, but the Alastair Sim version is the defining production. It's the one every other adaptation of A Christmas Carol is measured against.
I wholeheartedly disagree. Alistair SIm is by FAR the worst of all the Scrooges. He is terrible and unbelievable in the role. I've seen better acting in a 5th grade play. The best of the best is Albert Finney. HANDS DOWN.
If I recall correctly, Patrick Stewart also did a one-man theatrical show of A Christmas Carol during the last TNG episode, "Thine Own Self," where Data was on a planet while having the android equivalent of amnesia.
The 1951 version starring Alistair Sim is my personal favorite and make it a point to watch it every Christmas Eve (granted, this year was in the form of viewers reacting to it). And to answer one of your questions, yes, the scene where the Ghost of Christmas Present lays into Scrooge over his "surplus population" remark is true to the original novella.
Me too!!! with a close second to the Alastair Sim version. with all of Patrick Stewarts stage experience, i really expected this one to be better than it was.
I like seeing the different renditions of this classic to see how the actors approach their roles. I like all the ones I've seen, but my favorites are the 1951 version with Alastair Sim, the 1984 one with George C Scott and this one with Patrick Stewart. A favorite childhood memory is the 1962 cartoon musical with Mr. Magoo as Scrooge.
My favorite version of this story is the Alistair Sim one from 1951. It's the only one, including the original book, that tells you why Scrooge became a miser (and also why he changed back).
The story of Ebenezer Scrooge has been retold in so many ways over the years, but my favorite version is the 1951 classic with Alastair Sim. There's just something about his portrayal that captures the heart of Dickens' A Christmas Carol perfectly. What's your favorite adaptation?
We literally watched this 2 days ago because this is my sister's favorite Scrooge. Mine is the Albert Finney circa 1970 version and the Michael Caine Muppet version.
I saw Patrick Stewart perform a one-man version of A Christmas Carol on Broadway. One of the best nights at the theater that I've ever had. He was phenomenal. You should check out Hamlet (2009), in which he plays Claudius (streaming on Amazon Prime), and the production of Macbeth (2010) in which he plays Macbeth (also on Amazon Prime). If you want a WHOLE different Patrick Stewart than the one you're used to, check out the movie Jeffrey (1995), which is streaming on a bunch of services, many of them free!
There was a filming of that one man show on cable at one point, because I recall seeing it. Never could see the minimal set dressings being changed from one scene to the next.
The original wasn't a play, it was a novella by Charles Dickens, the most popular British author of the Victorian era. Published in December of 1843, "A Christmas Carol" was an instant hit; the 1st edition sold out in less than a week.
My favorite one is Scrooge (1970) a musical version starring Albert Finney who has made appearances in recent movies such as 2 of the Bourne movie and most recently Skyfall (2012). A big roll for him was Daddy Warbucks in the 1982 version of Annie. Smoking or Steaming Bishop is a wine punch consisting of caramelized oranges, cloves, sugar and port or red wine that is served warm that was popular in Victorian England at Christmas time.
In my secret heart, all Patrick Stewart theater productions are actually performances by Captain Picard on the holodeck. (Or in this case, maybe the holideck, lol.)
Cassie, the version of A Christmas Carol with George C. Scott is really good too. BTW, this version, with Patrick Stewart is a family favorite, and we watch it every year!
Usually I won’t watch reactions to movies I’ve never seen, for obvious reasons, but I will watch Cassie react to anything Patrick Stewart related in a heartbeat
Cassie, if you read this far - if you've never seen the George C. Scott 1984 version, it's the gold standard. For a "TV movie," they spared absolutely no expense. The cast is uniformly fantastic and Scott's performance is simply amazing. The Ghost of Christmas Yet to Come being is rendered only in silhouette or as a long, distorted shadow; it "says" all that it needs to with abstract, random notes played in a subdued yet almost screeching metallic "voice" like a psychotic violin; its hand that emerges from the oversized, backlit/translucent robe only to point is clearly inhuman. The overall effect of that ghost is just nightmare fuel. Between that level of cinematography and Scott's performance (along with others - David Warner, Edward Woodward, Susannah York, and pretty much the entire supporting cast as English stage and screen veterans), I don't know if that one could ever be topped. The original 1984 TV broadcast in the States was fully sponsored by IBM, and "presented with limited commercial interruptions," all of which were obviously for IBM (that was a thing in the 80s). Coincidentally, Dad worked for the company, and had brought home some literature for it beforehand - printed flyers/glossy one-page summaries, with cast notes and a photo or two if memory serves. I kick myself for not saving and preserving that stuff at the time, but teenagers aren't renowned for their foresight.
I love how much you have fallen in love with Patrick Stewart, it's so adorable! In our family, our favorite version of A Christmas Carol is the 1951 version starring Alastair Sim but I think this is our second!
This is my favorite version! Patrick Stewart is an excellent actor and he's perfect for the role! The effects are modern. And this Scrooge's lost love is the most heart-rending of all 🎩
One of the things that makes 'A Christmas Carol' so wonderful is since there are so many versions of it, everyone has at least one that resonates with them. For me, it was the 1984 version starring George C. Scott. That is the one which I most gravitated to.
my favorite is with Alastair Sim, but should be a nice watch. Merry Christmas! thanks for always giving me some great reaction video entertainment to watch over the last few years. Been a pleasure. ps. watch the movie THE EDGE lol I will get a movie reaction channel to watch it one day lol
8:13 the bandage was to keep the bodies mouth closed after death, without it a bodies mouth just flops open in a horrible grimace, as you can see exaggerated here. Nowadays, the jaw is usually sewn shut through the gums or septum if there no teeth. Curiously, that may be a reason coins were placed on the eyes, not just to pay the boatman, but to keep them shut otherwise they half lid open.
My favorite version of A Christmas Carol was the 1984 version with George C Scott. On a side note, the actor who played Bob Cratchit was David Warner. Warner played Gul Madred, the Cardassian officer who terrorized Picard in TNG's Chain of Command part ll.
He also did voice work in kids' cartoons. I remember him as Nergal from "The Grim Adventures of Billy and Mandy", Rob the Cyclops' Dr. Wrecker personality from "The Amazing World of Gumball", and Dr. Vic Frankenstein on "Toonsylvania" (that last one is a really obscure Saturday morning cartoon that aired on FOX in 1998. While there used to be a VHS tape out with a sampling of some of the episodes the show had, a complete series DVD or Blu-ray hasn't been released. It was on Netflix, but that was ten years ago and it was on the Latin America/Brazil feed. Unless you had a VPN, you were out of luck in getting it).
@canaisyoung3601 Warner's IMDB listing of roles is very lengthy. I have no knowledge of the acting gig, but IMO, he did well enough to have a long career.
"There is a word. And he is it." I know you record these ahead of time, but I'm so impressed you're releasing something on Christmas Day! My favorite version of A Christmas Carol is the 1970 version called Scrooge with Albert Finney, who is my definitive Ebenezer. It's a musical and I hate musicals, but I love that version. Love. It. Thank you for this Cassie, and I hope you feel better soon!
@@vermithax And that’s what I always loved about Finney: his ability to lose himself in the role so much as to be unrecognizable. This film and Orient Express shows what amazing talent and a damn good makeup job can accomplish!
My own top 3 adaptations of Dickens' A Christmas Carol are: 1: Black & white 1951 version starring Alastair Sim 2: Mickey's Christmas Carol 3: Scrooged starring Bill Murray
Believe it or not- my favorite by far is "Mr. Magoo's Christmas Carol"- I am totally serious here!!! It is a musical with superb songs. Next year- give it a look!
The best movie, is the black and white movie from 1951, called Scrooge starring Alastair Sim. It is well acted and the story moves along exceptionally well, you'll love it.
That scene is so chilling, where Marley's ghost points to all the spirits doomed to watch the human suffering they want to, try to help, but cannot, having lost the power forever.
I might have mentioned this before. I went down to NYC on New Years Eve in 1991 to see Patrick Stewart in his one man show of “ A Christmas Carol.” I have to say one of his best live performances. Seeing him on stage is very special.
My favorite version of a Christmas Carol? Easy. The 1951 British version starring Alistair Simm. He's the best Scrooge ever, in my opinion! Grumpy in the beginning, with just a bit of comedy to his grumpiness (because he was an amazing comic actor) and he gave the needed drama and gravitas when the script called for it as well. Then giddy and fun in the end. After his character arc. It's an amazing performance. I watch it every year.
Alastair. I wonder, though, in every version, and in the book, all the people he's been such a jerk too for years or decades instantly forgive him even though they didn't see what happened with the ghosts to change him. I guess maybe it's the Christmas Spirit.
Of all the film iterations of the Charles Dickens story, this one and the one starring George C. Scott are my favorites. Fun sci-fi connection: Three actors in this film portrayed characters from Frank Herbert's novel Dune. Patrick Stewart played Gurney Halleck in David Lynch's Dune. Saskia Reeves (Mrs. Cratchit) and Ian McNeice (Fezziwig) played Lady Jessica Atreides and Baron Vladimir Harkonnen respectively in the SyFy channel miniseries Frank Herbert's Dune.
While the 1984 version with George C. Scott is my fav, this is definitely my second favorite!!!!! Their depiction of Christmas past as a Legolas looking dude (that’s a compliment) and especially the depiction of Christmas future with those terryfing glowing cats is sooooo awesome
Curmudgeon is the word you're grasping for. Another delightful visit with you. And definitely watch the George C Scott version. It's amazing and my personal favorite.
There's A Mickey's Christmas Carol, the 1984 adaptation of A Christmas Carol and from 2017 The Man Who Invented Christmas is the story of how Charles Dickens wrote A Christmas Carol.
I saw Patrick Stewart on Broadway in the 90's doing his one-man A Christmas Carol. It was AMAZING! He did all the characters. It was just him. When he came out people applauded and then he held up the book and put his head down as people applauded the book. It was funny, dramatic, moving and incredible. Amazing to have seen and I'm glad I saw it twice!
I was lucking enough to see Sir Patrick's one man performance of A Christmas Carol, he was absolutely astounding to watch, he transforms from character to character so fluidly, chameleonic!
Yeah I loved Scrooged. Murray and everyone else in it is great. The Disney cartoon was pretty good, too. But it's so weird Uncle Scrooge came from there. Like Donald Duck is the uncle of Huey, Dewey, and Louie -- and the other uncle is a duck version of a Charles Dickens character from the 1800's. Why doesn't anyone else think this is weird?
Hi Cassie. In spite of the versions you have watched, A Christmas Carol is not a musical. It is a rather bleak dramatic piece with the Scrooge character having an epiphany after his time with the spirits. The most widely recognized as the best performance of Scrooge is by Alastair Sim in the 1951 A Christmas Carol. I have seen most of the others and appreciate them as well, but I cannot go a Christmas without that version. While his performance is strong throughout, where he really shines is after waking on Christmas morning. Sim is no longer acting at that point, he has become Scrooge. It is brilliant. At some point, even if you don't do a reaction to it, do yourselves a favor and watch it. I hope you and Carly and all your loved ones had a wonderful Christmas, and that Santa was good to you all. Happy New Year!!!!
The Ghost of Christmas Past was played by Joel Grey, who won the Best Supporting Actor Oscar for Cabaret in 1972. He is the father of Jennifer Grey, who was Baby in Dirty Dancing. My favorite version is the 1984 George C. Scott one. His Scrooge just seems to enjoy being nasty.
I think you combined curmudgeonly and crotchety 😄 Next year be sure to react to the 1984 version with George C Scott, it's my favourite version of all. The 1950s one is great too.
That was a good version of this story, and it was a joy to see you enjoy it. The past few months after discovering your videos, has been so much fun. Love that you like Star Trek and looking forward to you finishing off the rest of the movies, maybe some of the other series too? But if you want to see a very interesting side of Patrick Stewart, look for Blunt Talk, it is so hilarious, given the words that Stewart says in that show and the situations he gets into. Merry Christmas.
Technically, Cassie, this is your third version of A Christmas Carol that you have seen. The Muppets version is the one with Michael Caine. One version I enjoyed growing up was Mickey's Christmas Carol, with various Disney characters playing the various roles, such as Muckey as Bob Crachit and Scrooge McDuck as Ebenezer Scrooge.
I love how Mr. Stewart shows Scrooge's excitement while seeing memories of his childhood classmates. Scrooge's memory was whirling while trying to remember respective names as boys and carriages trundled by. It was displayed so beautifully with each joyful, "Tony Veck! Benjamin Fish!! ...and Toby Bell."
I think the 1984 version with George C. Scott is a little bit better. That's just my opinion. Both are good, but I think George C. Scott does it just a little bit better. I watch 'The Christmas Carol' with George C. Scott every year on Christmas Eve. From the 1st of December until the Sunday after Christmas I watch a Christmas movie each and every day. It helps bring in the Christmas season. I watch Christmas movies from Halmark and the favorites, like Rudolph the Red Nosed Reindeer including 'Miracle on 34th Street.' I do this every year to ring in the Christmas season. Edit: I hope you and yours have a very Merry Christmas and a Happy New Year. May 2025 be much better than 2024 was.
This is my favorite version. It is so close to the book that even the dialogues are largely retained. And Patrick Stewart is fantastic. A great, top-tier actor! 🤩
Patrick Stewart adapted A Christmas Carol into a one-man play in the late eighties. He adapted the original play into a shorter version when he was working on the second season of Star Trek: The Next Generation, which he took to New York and Broadway for performances during the holiday season in the early nineties. It was a critical success. Money from the play went to support multiple charities.
Definitely favor the 1984 version with George C Scott. It's very atmospheric, creepy, heartwarming. Scott is excellent, but probably the best overall cast. Edward Woodward is an especially amazing Ghost of Christmas Present.
I do like Patrick Stewart and many of the ways that the play is expressed in this version. I have always enjoyed the 1984 made for TV version with George C. Scott the most. The scenery and colors were so vivid and appealing. Each version of this story have their own appeal. All morality plays have a consequence that threatens bad actions and a good ending promised for moral, loving actions. Concerning the scaring someone into being good, watch the Irish comedian Dave Allens' "First Day of School". Glad you liked this version.
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Curmudgeonly is the word you're looking for.
Merry Christmas, everyone!
Thank you!! Merry Christmas and a Happy New Year's to all from Australia!!
P.S. Anyone here know where I could get that Picard Christmas jumper from? Please someone tell me now!!???
@@GhostOdysseyawesome, a fellow Aussie 🙂. Greetings and Happy Boxing Day!
@@TheMarcHicks Hahaha! Good day to you, sir!! Good to see a fellow Aussie here!
And likewise, Happy Boxing Day and all to you too! : D
@@GhostOdyssey I don't know about Australia, but if they do international shipping, the cheapest ones in the UK seem to be on the OnBuy or Printerval sites.
@@alexvaraderey Oh, man, thank you so much for that, my friend! Much obliged and all!!
Cheers!!
Sir Patrick is awesome. I got to meet him at a Star Trek convention in 2013 and whereas everyone was asking him questions about Star Trek and the X-Men, I asked him a question about growing up as a Shakespearean actor and if he ever imagined his career taking off in the direction it did, earning him international acclaim that has made him one of an exclusive number of the British stage whose name will be mentioned in the same breath as the likes of Sir Lawrence Olivier and even William Shakespeare. He replied at some length about growing up and falling in love with the stage and acting and spoke for nearly half an hour, far longer than he had to any other question. When he finished, he turned back to me at the corner of the base of the stage (where the microphone was) and I thought he was going to cry. His voice cracked slightly as he said, "Thank you for mentioning Shakespeare because all my life all I ever wanted to be was a Shakespearean."
What a beautiful story. 😍👍🏼🍀
But I bet your fellow Trekkies were pissed at you lol
This is the definitive version of A Christmas Carol, to me. The gravitas and subtlety that Patrick Stewart brings to the role, and the depth of understanding he has for the character of Ebenezer Scrooge is so magnificent. He’s such a human character and so many adaptations fail to show that, as well as messing up the purpose of the initial two Ghosts, but this one nails it right on.
Alastair Sims version has the best ending, he's literally giddy with joy and shows it wonderfully.
This is my must see version of the story. I love this movie.
The curtains are here... Iii'm here.
My favorite version. I've watched this every year for 50 years. Gets me every time.
Agreed, Alastair Sim's portrayal of Joy is outstanding, I always look forward to his "I'm as light as a feather!"
The 1951 Alastair Sim version is the best! I've watched it every year for at least the last 50 years. (It was always on TV somewhere.) Second best for me is the 1984 version starring George C. Scott.
I love the way this version portrays the different scenes with the Ghost of Christmas Present - the miners, the moment when he blesses the prisoners in their cells, the way all the different voices from across the world weave into the song. It gives such a sense of community, and also a clear sense of Christmas Present's compassion for the impoverished and condemned.
That's the main reason why this version of A Christmas Carol puts me in the Christmas spirit perhaps more than any other. The Alistair Sim version is probably objectively the best, and the Muppets are great too, but this is my personal favourite.
Those are all positives, taken from Dickens, that most versions overlook.
Allister Sim version is my favorite, but I like them all. The hairball comment was so funny! Merry Christmas!!
In fifth grade, our teacher had a reputation for being a meanie of an old biddie ... until the year I got there, at which time she became a beloved grandmotherly figure and highly popular, she had a strong bond with me, as a grandmother would, and I considered her a good friend. She did many extra-curricular things with the class, like teaching some Spanish, and doing the school play. I auditioned for the lead role in the play that year. The instant I opened my mouth, I got the part. It was performed twice for the school, once for each lunch period, and it was the first time I ever saw or heard of The Christmas Carol.
I like this version quite a bit, and I highly recommend the George C. Scott version from 1984.
Patrick Stewart in A Christmas Carol. Fantastic!
Smoking Bishop is a kind of Mulled Wine, but made primarily from Port, with cinnamon, cloves, mace, allspice, and ginger, with roasted lemon or seville oranges, and a little nutmeg at the end.
And a hot poker poked into it at the end, I believe.
Back in about 1988, I went to a Star Trek convention that the feature guest was Patrick Steward. During the presentation Patrick began talking about his love of Dickens and how he was doing an in depth study of A Christmas Carol. He the proceeded to read from the novel the Christmas at the Cratchit house. I shut my eyes and listen to a beautifully read description of the feast where he brought it so to life that you could almost smell it. After that I wanted him to mount a production.
I was so happy 10 years later when it was released on tv, I do not remember why I missed seeing it but I did. I kept missing it over the years. Then a couple of days ago it showed up on RUclips and I was not going to miss it again. I scheduled it to see it on Christmas night. As I was getting ready to watch it I saw your reaction so I decided to do my first watch then catch your reaction.
In some ways I am glad I waited all these years to see it. Since I watch a lot British television and film, there were more actors I recognized. I also have my own deep dive into Dickesian society and what he wanted to convey with his writing. It did not disappoint.
You should click on the link in my comment about Patrick Stewart reading the audiobook, I have the actual audiobook on my iPhone but searched a RUclips version for free. 🎄🎅🏻⛄️🤶🏻🎁📖
I'm surprised the George C. Scott version wasn't watched. He was tremendous. Merry Christmas 🎄
He was too American.
I'm sure next year his will be watched and I agree he was amazing.
My favorite version, and I've seen many. Lots of folks talk of the Alastair Sim version, and that is lovely, and I also like the 1984 edition with George C. Scott. But for me, this one is the best, and it's not just because I think Patrick Stewart is perfect as Scrooge. It's also Dominic as the perfect Fred, Laura Fraiser as the most tender and compelling Belle I've seen, and Ian McNiece as the perfect Fezzywig (among many other wonderful performances). Thanks for checking this one out, I really think it's underrated.
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The interesting thing is Patrick Stewart actually performed this as a one man play where he played all the characters parts.
This one's good, but the Alastair Sim version is the defining production. It's the one every other adaptation of A Christmas Carol is measured against.
Yep, the Alastair Sim verrsion is hands-down my all-time fave, but I always enjoy most of the other versions, as well. 🙂
Agreed
And it's never a good comparison. Stewart is a great actor, but like all the actors in this, there's no emotion, no FORCE in their performance.
Is this the one from the 50's?
I wholeheartedly disagree. Alistair SIm is by FAR the worst of all the Scrooges. He is terrible and unbelievable in the role. I've seen better acting in a 5th grade play. The best of the best is Albert Finney. HANDS DOWN.
Patrick Stewart has a vary long history of theatrical work 😜
If I recall correctly, Patrick Stewart also did a one-man theatrical show of A Christmas Carol during the last TNG episode, "Thine Own Self," where Data was on a planet while having the android equivalent of amnesia.
Patrick Stewart in an episode of Extras is one of the funniest things ever.
The 1951 version starring Alistair Sim is my personal favorite and make it a point to watch it every Christmas Eve (granted, this year was in the form of viewers reacting to it). And to answer one of your questions, yes, the scene where the Ghost of Christmas Present lays into Scrooge over his "surplus population" remark is true to the original novella.
The George C. Scott version of A Christmas Carol is MY favorite.
Same. Much more darker and depth to it all.
Yes, I agree 100%, that is my favorite to.
Mine as well!
Love that version
Me too!!! with a close second to the Alastair Sim version. with all of Patrick Stewarts stage experience, i really expected this one to be better than it was.
This and the Muppet Christmas Carol (1991) are my favorite versions of this classic story.
I told her to review that one.
Same.
Mine too!
Michael Caine does a better Scrooge than sir Patrick. The role doesn't really fit him. He isn't very believable as a grumpy miser.
I like seeing the different renditions of this classic to see how the actors approach their roles. I like all the ones I've seen, but my favorites are the 1951 version with Alastair Sim, the 1984 one with George C Scott and this one with Patrick Stewart. A favorite childhood memory is the 1962 cartoon musical with Mr. Magoo as Scrooge.
George C Scott is my favorite but I love them all for their specific differences and that’s what’s so great about this story. So many ways to tell it.
My favorite version of this story is the Alistair Sim one from 1951. It's the only one, including the original book, that tells you why Scrooge became a miser (and also why he changed back).
The story of Ebenezer Scrooge has been retold in so many ways over the years, but my favorite version is the 1951 classic with Alastair Sim. There's just something about his portrayal that captures the heart of Dickens' A Christmas Carol perfectly. What's your favorite adaptation?
The 1951 version with Alastair Sim is considered by many to be the definitive version.
We literally watched this 2 days ago because this is my sister's favorite Scrooge. Mine is the Albert Finney circa 1970 version and the Michael Caine Muppet version.
I saw Patrick Stewart perform a one-man version of A Christmas Carol on Broadway. One of the best nights at the theater that I've ever had. He was phenomenal. You should check out Hamlet (2009), in which he plays Claudius (streaming on Amazon Prime), and the production of Macbeth (2010) in which he plays Macbeth (also on Amazon Prime). If you want a WHOLE different Patrick Stewart than the one you're used to, check out the movie Jeffrey (1995), which is streaming on a bunch of services, many of them free!
There was a filming of that one man show on cable at one point, because I recall seeing it. Never could see the minimal set dressings being changed from one scene to the next.
The original wasn't a play, it was a novella by Charles Dickens, the most popular British author of the Victorian era. Published in December of 1843, "A Christmas Carol" was an instant hit; the 1st edition sold out in less than a week.
Check out the movie "The man who invented Christmas."
It gives a great backstory on how it came to be written. It's neat.
My favorite version is the one titled 'Scrooge' from 1951. To me that one is the definitive version.
My favorite one is Scrooge (1970) a musical version starring Albert Finney who has made appearances in recent movies such as 2 of the Bourne movie and most recently Skyfall (2012). A big roll for him was Daddy Warbucks in the 1982 version of Annie. Smoking or Steaming Bishop is a wine punch consisting of caramelized oranges, cloves, sugar and port or red wine that is served warm that was popular in Victorian England at Christmas time.
In my secret heart, all Patrick Stewart theater productions are actually performances by Captain Picard on the holodeck. (Or in this case, maybe the holideck, lol.)
This one definitely seems to take place on the holodeck, it's a very clean-looking Disneyfied 19th-century London.
Cassie, the version of A Christmas Carol with George C. Scott is really good too. BTW, this version, with Patrick Stewart is a family favorite, and we watch it every year!
By far my favorite version of this story is the one with George C Scott. A true classic ❤
Alastair Sim’s version feels less like a film and more like found footage of the actual Scrooge 😊
Every time I’ve watched this I’ve imagined Capt. Picard playing this on the holodeck every Christmas.
I recommend The Man Who Invented Christmas (2017), the story of how Charles Dickens created the story of A Christmas Carol.
Merry Christmas! Scrooge (1951) with Alistair Sim is my favorite version.
Alastair Sim’s version will always be my favorite, after Michael Cain of course!
Also, you must watch The Man who Created Christmas! So GOOD!!!
1984 George C. Scott for life!
Usually I won’t watch reactions to movies I’ve never seen, for obvious reasons, but I will watch Cassie react to anything Patrick Stewart related in a heartbeat
26:26 "He hasn't laughed in so long he had a hairball?" 😭😭 lol 😂
Bah humbug, engage 🎄🎅🖖
Make it so.
You really need to see the George C. Scott version. It’s my favorite
Do a doubleheader with Patton.
Why watch an American Scrooge?
Cassie, if you read this far - if you've never seen the George C. Scott 1984 version, it's the gold standard. For a "TV movie," they spared absolutely no expense. The cast is uniformly fantastic and Scott's performance is simply amazing. The Ghost of Christmas Yet to Come being is rendered only in silhouette or as a long, distorted shadow; it "says" all that it needs to with abstract, random notes played in a subdued yet almost screeching metallic "voice" like a psychotic violin; its hand that emerges from the oversized, backlit/translucent robe only to point is clearly inhuman. The overall effect of that ghost is just nightmare fuel. Between that level of cinematography and Scott's performance (along with others - David Warner, Edward Woodward, Susannah York, and pretty much the entire supporting cast as English stage and screen veterans), I don't know if that one could ever be topped.
The original 1984 TV broadcast in the States was fully sponsored by IBM, and "presented with limited commercial interruptions," all of which were obviously for IBM (that was a thing in the 80s). Coincidentally, Dad worked for the company, and had brought home some literature for it beforehand - printed flyers/glossy one-page summaries, with cast notes and a photo or two if memory serves. I kick myself for not saving and preserving that stuff at the time, but teenagers aren't renowned for their foresight.
I love how much you have fallen in love with Patrick Stewart, it's so adorable! In our family, our favorite version of A Christmas Carol is the 1951 version starring Alastair Sim but I think this is our second!
This is my favorite version! Patrick Stewart is an excellent actor and he's perfect for the role! The effects are modern. And this Scrooge's lost love is the most heart-rending of all 🎩
George C Scott will always be my Scrooge. He was simply fantastic.
One of the things that makes 'A Christmas Carol' so wonderful is since there are so many versions of it, everyone has at least one that resonates with them. For me, it was the 1984 version starring George C. Scott. That is the one which I most gravitated to.
my favorite is with Alastair Sim, but should be a nice watch. Merry Christmas! thanks for always giving me some great reaction video entertainment to watch over the last few years. Been a pleasure. ps. watch the movie THE EDGE lol I will get a movie reaction channel to watch it one day lol
My absolute favourite is the 1951 version with Alistair Sim. It’s the quintessential version.
I agree. And i think i've seen all of the major ones.
I think you'll find Muppets is the quintessential version, actually
8:13 the bandage was to keep the bodies mouth closed after death, without it a bodies mouth just flops open in a horrible grimace, as you can see exaggerated here. Nowadays, the jaw is usually sewn shut through the gums or septum if there no teeth. Curiously, that may be a reason coins were placed on the eyes, not just to pay the boatman, but to keep them shut otherwise they half lid open.
Albert Finney in the 1970 movie Scrooge …No other version of a Christmas Carol beats this movie. My all Time Favorite..you’d Absolutely love it Cass
Agree!
"Thank You Very Much"
"looks like a Bene Gesserit" now *that* made me chuckle.
My favorite version of A Christmas Carol was the 1984 version with George C Scott. On a side note, the actor who played Bob Cratchit was David Warner. Warner played Gul Madred, the Cardassian officer who terrorized Picard in TNG's Chain of Command part ll.
He also did voice work in kids' cartoons. I remember him as Nergal from "The Grim Adventures of Billy and Mandy", Rob the Cyclops' Dr. Wrecker personality from "The Amazing World of Gumball", and Dr. Vic Frankenstein on "Toonsylvania" (that last one is a really obscure Saturday morning cartoon that aired on FOX in 1998. While there used to be a VHS tape out with a sampling of some of the episodes the show had, a complete series DVD or Blu-ray hasn't been released. It was on Netflix, but that was ten years ago and it was on the Latin America/Brazil feed. Unless you had a VPN, you were out of luck in getting it).
@canaisyoung3601 Warner's IMDB listing of roles is very lengthy. I have no knowledge of the acting gig, but IMO, he did well enough to have a long career.
"There is a word. And he is it."
I know you record these ahead of time, but I'm so impressed you're releasing something on Christmas Day! My favorite version of A Christmas Carol is the 1970 version called Scrooge with Albert Finney, who is my definitive Ebenezer. It's a musical and I hate musicals, but I love that version. Love. It. Thank you for this Cassie, and I hope you feel better soon!
Albert Finney was brilliant as Scrooge, and that is my favorite version of A Christmas Carol.
@@insaneprepper2832 I think so too. And he was such a young man when he played that role!
@@vermithax And that’s what I always loved about Finney: his ability to lose himself in the role so much as to be unrecognizable. This film and Orient Express shows what amazing talent and a damn good makeup job can accomplish!
My own top 3 adaptations of Dickens' A Christmas Carol are:
1: Black & white 1951 version starring Alastair Sim
2: Mickey's Christmas Carol
3: Scrooged starring Bill Murray
You would love the 1970 scrooge with Albert Finney !
Believe it or not- my favorite by far is "Mr. Magoo's Christmas Carol"- I am totally serious here!!! It is a musical with superb songs. Next year- give it a look!
The best movie, is the black and white movie from 1951, called Scrooge starring Alastair Sim. It is well acted and the story moves along exceptionally well, you'll love it.
The American Christmas Carol with Henry Winkler is a surprise, very touching. It can be found on RUclips.
Merry Christmas 🎅 🎄 🎁 and Happy New Year 🎆 🎇 🎉 🎊 Cassie, Carly, and your entire family. Also, everyone in the PiB community.
That scene is so chilling, where Marley's ghost points to all the spirits doomed to watch the human suffering they want to, try to help, but cannot, having lost the power forever.
I might have mentioned this before. I went down to NYC on New Years Eve in 1991 to see Patrick Stewart in his one man show of “ A Christmas Carol.” I have to say one of his best live performances. Seeing him on stage is very special.
My favorite version of a Christmas Carol? Easy. The 1951 British version starring Alistair Simm. He's the best Scrooge ever, in my opinion! Grumpy in the beginning, with just a bit of comedy to his grumpiness (because he was an amazing comic actor) and he gave the needed drama and gravitas when the script called for it as well. Then giddy and fun in the end. After his character arc. It's an amazing performance. I watch it every year.
Alastair. I wonder, though, in every version, and in the book, all the people he's been such a jerk too for years or decades instantly forgive him even though they didn't see what happened with the ghosts to change him. I guess maybe it's the Christmas Spirit.
This and the George C. Scott versions are my favorites.
Of all the film iterations of the Charles Dickens story, this one and the one starring George C. Scott are my favorites. Fun sci-fi connection: Three actors in this film portrayed characters from Frank Herbert's novel Dune. Patrick Stewart played Gurney Halleck in David Lynch's Dune. Saskia Reeves (Mrs. Cratchit) and Ian McNeice (Fezziwig) played Lady Jessica Atreides and Baron Vladimir Harkonnen respectively in the SyFy channel miniseries Frank Herbert's Dune.
The Alister Simm version is excellent as is George C Scott’s but the musical “Scrooge” with Albert Finney remains one of my favourites.
While the 1984 version with George C. Scott is my fav, this is definitely my second favorite!!!!! Their depiction of Christmas past as a Legolas looking dude (that’s a compliment) and especially the depiction of Christmas future with those terryfing glowing cats is sooooo awesome
Curmudgeon is the word you're grasping for. Another delightful visit with you. And definitely watch the George C Scott version. It's amazing and my personal favorite.
There's A Mickey's Christmas Carol, the 1984 adaptation of A Christmas Carol and from 2017 The Man Who Invented Christmas is the story of how Charles Dickens wrote A Christmas Carol.
I saw Patrick Stewart on Broadway in the 90's doing his one-man A Christmas Carol. It was AMAZING! He did all the characters. It was just him. When he came out people applauded and then he held up the book and put his head down as people applauded the book. It was funny, dramatic, moving and incredible. Amazing to have seen and I'm glad I saw it twice!
I was lucking enough to see Sir Patrick's one man performance of A Christmas Carol, he was absolutely astounding to watch, he transforms from character to character so fluidly, chameleonic!
Scrooged is my favorite but also up there is the George C. Scott version from 1984!
Yeah I loved Scrooged. Murray and everyone else in it is great. The Disney cartoon was pretty good, too. But it's so weird Uncle Scrooge came from there. Like Donald Duck is the uncle of Huey, Dewey, and Louie -- and the other uncle is a duck version of a Charles Dickens character from the 1800's. Why doesn't anyone else think this is weird?
Smoking bishop is a kind of punch.
I got to see Patrick Stewart's one-plan play of A Christmas Carol a year or two before this was made. He was great!
Hi Cassie. In spite of the versions you have watched, A Christmas Carol is not a musical. It is a rather bleak dramatic piece with the Scrooge character having an epiphany after his time with the spirits. The most widely recognized as the best performance of Scrooge is by Alastair Sim in the 1951 A Christmas Carol. I have seen most of the others and appreciate them as well, but I cannot go a Christmas without that version. While his performance is strong throughout, where he really shines is after waking on Christmas morning. Sim is no longer acting at that point, he has become Scrooge. It is brilliant. At some point, even if you don't do a reaction to it, do yourselves a favor and watch it. I hope you and Carly and all your loved ones had a wonderful Christmas, and that Santa was good to you all. Happy New Year!!!!
Dickens actually subtitles the novella "A Ghost Story of Christmas."
The Ghost of Christmas Past was played by Joel Grey, who won the Best Supporting Actor Oscar for Cabaret in 1972. He is the father of Jennifer Grey, who was Baby in Dirty Dancing.
My favorite version is the 1984 George C. Scott one. His Scrooge just seems to enjoy being nasty.
A very merry Christmas to you Cassie and Carly, and the rest of your family.
thank you for premiering this on christmas.
The one with Michael Caine and the Muppet Christmas Carol are the same one 😄
My personal favorite version is the one with George C Scott from 1984
I think you combined curmudgeonly and crotchety 😄 Next year be sure to react to the 1984 version with George C Scott, it's my favourite version of all. The 1950s one is great too.
I think Patrick Stewart used to do a one-man stage show of A Christmas Carol
That sweater is 11/10
That was a good version of this story, and it was a joy to see you enjoy it.
The past few months after discovering your videos, has been so much fun. Love that you like Star Trek and looking forward to you finishing off the rest of the movies, maybe some of the other series too?
But if you want to see a very interesting side of Patrick Stewart, look for Blunt Talk, it is so hilarious, given the words that Stewart says in that show and the situations he gets into.
Merry Christmas.
Technically, Cassie, this is your third version of A Christmas Carol that you have seen. The Muppets version is the one with Michael Caine. One version I enjoyed growing up was Mickey's Christmas Carol, with various Disney characters playing the various roles, such as Muckey as Bob Crachit and Scrooge McDuck as Ebenezer Scrooge.
I love how Mr. Stewart shows Scrooge's excitement while seeing memories of his childhood classmates. Scrooge's memory was whirling while trying to remember respective names as boys and carriages trundled by. It was displayed so beautifully with each joyful, "Tony Veck! Benjamin Fish!! ...and Toby Bell."
George C. Scott's version of A Christmas Carol is the best.
My personal favorite. David Warner is perfect as Bob. Heck, just a great cast overall, and Scott really delivers as Scrooge.
Too 'American'.
@@lyndoncmp5751 George Did it Best
Merry Christmas, Popcorn!!!
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You should watch the 1984 adaption starring George C. Scott. This is my favorite version!
The best acting performance of Ebenezer Scrooge is Alistair Sim in Scrooge 1951/The Christmas Carol.
Lionel Barrymore, on Orson Welles' Mercury Theater radio production. I find Sim rather flat.
This one is my favorite Christmas Carol. It’s more realistic to 1840s London.
I think the 1984 version with George C. Scott is a little bit better. That's just my opinion. Both are good, but I think George C. Scott does it just a little bit better. I watch 'The Christmas Carol' with George C. Scott every year on Christmas Eve. From the 1st of December until the Sunday after Christmas I watch a Christmas movie each and every day. It helps bring in the Christmas season. I watch Christmas movies from Halmark and the favorites, like Rudolph the Red Nosed Reindeer including 'Miracle on 34th Street.' I do this every year to ring in the Christmas season.
Edit: I hope you and yours have a very Merry Christmas and a Happy New Year. May 2025 be much better than 2024 was.
"He hasn't laughed in so long that he had a hairball?!?" You are a delight Cassie!🤣
This is genuinely one of my favourite films. I watch it every Christmas, and cry big old man tears at the part when scrooge goes to dinner with Fred 😂
This is my favorite version. It is so close to the book that even the dialogues are largely retained. And Patrick Stewart is fantastic. A great, top-tier actor! 🤩
I love most of them. Try the George C. Scott version sometime.
Patrick Stewart adapted A Christmas Carol into a one-man play in the late eighties. He adapted the original play into a shorter version when he was working on the second season of Star Trek: The Next Generation, which he took to New York and Broadway for performances during the holiday season in the early nineties. It was a critical success. Money from the play went to support multiple charities.
Definitely favor the 1984 version with George C Scott. It's very atmospheric, creepy, heartwarming. Scott is excellent, but probably the best overall cast. Edward Woodward is an especially amazing Ghost of Christmas Present.
I do like Patrick Stewart and many of the ways that the play is expressed in this version. I have always enjoyed the 1984 made for TV version with George C. Scott the most. The scenery and colors were so vivid and appealing. Each version of this story have their own appeal. All morality plays have a consequence that threatens bad actions and a good ending promised for moral, loving actions. Concerning the scaring someone into being good, watch the Irish comedian Dave Allens' "First Day of School". Glad you liked this version.
This is my favourite version of Christmas Carol the scene where he asks Fred's wife if he can stay for dinner makes me cry every time.
One of my favorit "The Christmas Carol" film!
In the true orginal Charles Dickens spirit ❤
Patrick Stewart is perfect as the role as Scrooge.