1984 was most certainly a year of many great films with great success like Ghostbusters, Indiana Jones and the Temple of Doom, and the Natural and Police Academy. Though, I don't think I would ever in a million years, ever forgive myself if I did not talk about a movie that is most certainly one of the greatest adaptions to Charles Dicken's classic, A Christmas Carol staring legendary actor George C. Scott in the title role of Ebeneezer Scrooge and David Warner as Bob Cratchit as well as Roger Rees as Fred (Sheriff of Nottingham, Robin Hood Men in Tights).
The unscrupulous businessman Scrooge (George C. Scott) doesn't think much of Christmas charity; but then the ghost of his deceased business partner appears to him, trying to get him to change his mind; Scrooge should learn to open his heart.
George C. Scott's, A Christmas Carol is hands down one of the best adaptations to Charles Dicken's classic most certain. Really when it comes to iconic film adaptions like Mickey's Christmas Carol or Muppet Christmas Carol is that you always need the right actor for the role of Mr. Scrooge because he's the catalyst of the entire film so, you really need to have a master class actor in that role of Scrooge, unlike the Bill Murray version of Scrooge where sure you can adapt it to this era where you can portray him as an earlier Donald Trump or Bob Iger where he's a obnoxious cheap bastard always releasing the same thing but you have to make the jokes fresh and excellent and not look so stale. Though with this movie it was a perfect adaption to A Christmas Carol mainly because of George C. Scott, I mean the guy just has that way of perfecting his portrayal of Scrooge but more importantly perfected his presence on screen moreover every time he walks or steps on screen, he's just great from start to finish. The other best part of the most is the three ghosts interacting with Scott as well especially when Scott is going back to his past seeing his young years as well as seeing his father and it's almost a great reflection of a man seeing the man who made him this way especially when he's even describing the story behind each of his past reflections. Sure The Ghost of Christmas future is excellent and creepy but the one actor who deserves a lot of credit is Edward Woodward as the Ghost of Christmas Presents where the character is supposed to be this jolly character kind of like Santa or father Christmas but through the course of the movie he really because a disturbed like character and I remember when I was a kid watching the movie I was more terrified of that guy then, Ghost of yet to come. Like Woodward whose great playing a jolly guy but then becomes savage when he uses Scott's own words against him, for which sure at the time I was terrified at the guy, now that I'm a grown man I can understand that the Present is proving a point to Scott's character which really makes a lot of sense with this movie, because each of the Ghosts are trying to give him sense that if he doesn't change the future will be indefinite. There has been a billion adaptions of A Christmas Carol probably a thousand in my lifetime but no question George C. Scott's A Christmas Carol is the greatest portrayal of Charles Dicken's classic like Mickey's Christmas Carol I will most certainly watch every month of December the same with Muppet's Christmas Carol but I'm making sure every Christmas Day I'm planning on watch A Christmas Carol for many reasons George C. Scott is the number one reasons but more importantly the set designs as well as the cinematography is just great especially when this was released on television and yet what I really believe is a crime against humanity is this movie not getting an Emmy or Golden Globe for best movie on television. So, for all of you wanting to watch an excellent Christmas movie I would recommend watching this movie, with your kids on Christmas Day especially on Hulu, and maybe see if your kids are terrified by Ghost of Christmas Present like I was when I was a kid, and if not then I guess it was just me (kids these days). So with that I say Merry Christmas to one and all.
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