Comments on: Ten Reasons I Dread the New Christmas Carol Movie http://firstthings.com/blogs/evangel/2009/11/ten-reasons-i-dread-the-new-christmas-carol-movie/ A First Things Blog Tue, 06 Nov 2012 13:35:02 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.4.2 By: Chuck http://firstthings.com/blogs/evangel/2009/11/ten-reasons-i-dread-the-new-christmas-carol-movie/#comment-1526 Chuck Sat, 07 Nov 2009 20:06:50 +0000 http://firstthings.com/blogs/evangel/?p=971#comment-1526 My favorite version is still a stage parody in the 70s that ended with Scrooge saying to Marley's Ghost, "Let's break Tiny Tim's other leg and drown him in the Thames!" My favorite version is still a stage parody in the 70s that ended with Scrooge saying to Marley’s Ghost, “Let’s break Tiny Tim’s other leg and drown him in the Thames!”

]]> By: John Mark Reynolds http://firstthings.com/blogs/evangel/2009/11/ten-reasons-i-dread-the-new-christmas-carol-movie/#comment-1523 John Mark Reynolds Sat, 07 Nov 2009 17:33:00 +0000 http://firstthings.com/blogs/evangel/?p=971#comment-1523 The Scott version is very, very good (my Dad's favorite), but I think the lack of an English accent in this story matters. This story demands (I think) English English. The worst version? It starred Fonzie. Really. The Scott version is very, very good (my Dad’s favorite), but I think the lack of an English accent in this story matters. This story demands (I think) English English.

The worst version? It starred Fonzie. Really.

]]> By: Chris Roberts http://firstthings.com/blogs/evangel/2009/11/ten-reasons-i-dread-the-new-christmas-carol-movie/#comment-1517 Chris Roberts Sat, 07 Nov 2009 16:32:50 +0000 http://firstthings.com/blogs/evangel/?p=971#comment-1517 George C. Scott has my favorite version: http://www.amazon.com/Christmas-Carol-George-C-Scott/dp/B00000K3CJ/ref=pd_cp_d_3 George C. Scott has my favorite version: http://www.amazon.com/Christmas-Carol-George-C-Scott/dp/B00000K3CJ/ref=pd_cp_d_3

]]> By: John Mark Reynolds http://firstthings.com/blogs/evangel/2009/11/ten-reasons-i-dread-the-new-christmas-carol-movie/#comment-1512 John Mark Reynolds Sat, 07 Nov 2009 15:47:00 +0000 http://firstthings.com/blogs/evangel/?p=971#comment-1512 Adam, I was not feeling well yesterday so I had an extra hour to blog. Adam,

I was not feeling well yesterday so I had an extra hour to blog.

]]> By: Adam Omelianchuk http://firstthings.com/blogs/evangel/2009/11/ten-reasons-i-dread-the-new-christmas-carol-movie/#comment-1509 Adam Omelianchuk Sat, 07 Nov 2009 13:25:42 +0000 http://firstthings.com/blogs/evangel/?p=971#comment-1509 JMR, do you ever sleep? How many words a day do you blog? It's astonishing! JMR, do you ever sleep? How many words a day do you blog? It’s astonishing!

]]> By: Jeremy Pierce http://firstthings.com/blogs/evangel/2009/11/ten-reasons-i-dread-the-new-christmas-carol-movie/#comment-1506 Jeremy Pierce Sat, 07 Nov 2009 11:39:16 +0000 http://firstthings.com/blogs/evangel/?p=971#comment-1506 I liked Scrooged with Bill Murray. That wasn't so much an adaptation but a transfer of the story to the 1980s, but I thought it worked really well. I liked Scrooged with Bill Murray. That wasn’t so much an adaptation but a transfer of the story to the 1980s, but I thought it worked really well.

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