Muppet. It is too good to miss.
Stage performances are great too. I've seen many and the impacts set design, actors, and sound has on the story can not be understated.
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Yesss! The Muppets is definitely my favorite one.
You know I'm surprised I've never seen a stage version, though. It seems like it would be perfect for the stage.
Muppet is the only one you need. Maybe Scrooged is funny? but it's no muppet
I like the obscure one where Tiny Tim dies.
That sounds depressing lol. It's like a "bad ending comes true" version?
no, it’s an inside joke, sorry.
Haha gotcha
That one's a real classic I hear
Muppets
Blackadder's Christmas Carol.
In a subversion of A Christmas Carol, the Scrooge figure is a kind, charitable person but is miserable because of how poorly he's treated by others. He's visited by ghosts attempting to cheer him up by showing him how much better a person he is compared to his evil, rich ancestors, this backfires spectacularly.
- Muppets
- Patrick Stewart
Patrick Stewart is in a version?
Yep. He had a 1-man show of it for years, and then a 1999 TV movie.
Christmas Carol Goes Wrong is worth mentioning
The Jim Carry one because I remember seeing it with my wife.
Scrooged with Bill Murray.
The play adaptation, idk if it's all the same one but a troupe put it on every year near me when I was a kid and it was always super good, guess that was mostly thanks to the actors and the crew though
A VHS Christmas Carol! 80s-themed sung-through musical adaptation
Oh hey, it's Starkid!
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I just realize I didn't say my favorite. It's the Muppets one!
MFW nobody mentions the Alistair Sim version from 1951:
What's so good about that one?
The performances! It's a straightforward adaptation that doesn't get wacky or play on your existing expectations of the story like most modern adaptations do. It's still funny because Alistair Sims can be a very funny actor, and the dramatic moments are very good too. The actor who plays Jacob Marley is also amazing. Lots of great faces, lol. And Alistair Sims voice is just incredible.
The special effects are serviceable (good even, but yeah, old.) If it has one flaw I think it might be a little earnest for modern audiences, but it is a good adaptation of the novel in that sense too. I definitely recommend giving it a shot!
I'd love to see a good, earnest version played straight as well as it could be. I'll have to check that one out sometime!