Celebrating 180 Years of "A Christmas Carol", Part 4: My Favorite Adaptations

I have been loving all this Christmas Carol book videos :)

My favorite is the 1951 Alistair Sim version. I watched it on YouTube last week. For me, the most enjoyable part is Sim's performance of giddiness and happiness, upon waking from his experiences with the three ghosts. I also like the fact that it was filmed in black-and-white, and the director's use of lighting and shadows was excellent. 🎅🏻

Completely forgot this was the 180th anniversary. In previous years, I did a whole series on my channel where I ranked my favorite adaptations, but given that there's so many, I could easily have made another part this year to capitalize on the anniversary. I wish I remembered that, there's always next year I suppose lmao. My favorite adaptation would have to be the George C Scott version. So many other versions have Scrooge act like he's a cartoon character, which makes the story very hard to take seriously. I like how Scott dials it back big time, and portrays him a lot more realistically. He's not a cranky old man that shouts out 'Bah Humbug' in a funny voice every 5 seconds, he's much more cynical and businesslike, which I think makes him even more cold hearted. I think his redemption feels the most earned out of any of the other Scrooges, because he's able to come so far. That's just my opinion though.

Love these videos..my favorites are hands down the 1938 version starring Reginald Owen..love the real life husband and wife combo Gene Lockhart and Kathleen...my 2nd version is the 1951 as it's your fav too..love the darkness in that one..and my 3rd one would be the 1970 Starring Albert Finney..fun version, fantastic ending..sweet movie.. 😊 Merry Christmas my friend..and hey I just bought that book behind you called..Christmas by the book..thoughts please 😊

I guess we all are product of our time. I for one love the Muppet's version but my kids can't stand them. Also loved "Scrooged" with Bill Murray, as well as the new Disney adaptation with Jim Carey. And by the way, we all cry when Mickey cries.