is it just me?

[acroyear]

Or was A Christmas Carol never meant to be a "thrill ride"?

I'm all for playing with themes and updating the concept (An American Christmas Carol with Henry Winkler is my fav christmas movie of all), but the commercials are making it out to be a CGI action-comedy a-la Ice Age, and are leaving me totally unimpressed and uninterested.

p.s., get off my lawn.

Comments

[jmthane.livejournal.com]

I'm with you on the George C. Scott version, and Alastair Sim is, of course, "the classic", but there was an earlier version from 1938 with Reginald Owen as Scrooge that is well worth seeking out. IMHO, he nailed the role.

As a side note, in that version, Bob Cratchit is played by Gene Lockhart, Kathleen Lockhart (his wife) plays Mrs. Cratchit), and in an uncredited role, June Lockhart (their daughter) makes her screen debut, playing Belinda Cratchit. (And yes, Anne Lockhart is Gene and Kathleen's granddaughter.) (Yay for IMDB.)