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kleeamd82 — 10 years ago(September 02, 2015 07:08 AM)
No, I've never had a coaching. This is my 2nd time working for them. I was hired as a people greeter during the holiday season 5 yrs ago and was dismissed following it. Was hired again this past June as a permanent cashier. Never had a problem either time.
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strntz — 10 years ago(November 10, 2015 12:23 PM)
Most favorite: Alistair Sim, 1951
Least favorite: Reginald Owen, 1938
Same here.
One minor addition though is that I would put 1984's version very close to 1951. I like 1984s supporting cast better than 51, but Alastair is amazing.
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shadow_priest_x — 10 years ago(November 10, 2015 02:37 PM)
I agree on the George C Scott film, it's my second favorite. Interestingly enough, I wasn't a huge fan the first time I watched it but something brought me back for a second go around. For whatever reason, I was able to appreciate it much more the second time and it steadily rose through the ranks to take 2nd place.
Scott's portrayal of Scrooge has a different feel than that of most of the other actors who have taken on the role and I think it's that uniqueness that I have come to appreciate. He took the role and made it his own while still being true to the spirit of Dickens's story. -
dweilermg-1 — 9 years ago(October 21, 2016 07:15 AM)
I agree that Alistair Sim 1951 version is best but a great thing about the 1938 Reginald Owen version is that Gene Lockhart is Bob Cratchit and his then 12 year old daughter June Lockhart is one of the Cratchit children decades before she starred on such TV series as Lassie and Lost In Space.
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TwoThousandOneMark — 10 years ago(November 09, 2015 11:43 PM)
Fav - 1951
Least - The Muppets. Sorry, yet I prefer a more grown up & ghostly story.
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shadow_priest_x — 10 years ago(November 10, 2015 02:39 PM)
I enjoy the Muppets version but I don't even consider it a true adaptation of A Christmas Carol. It's more of a paraphrase, like Scrooged with Bill Murray, and as such I don't even consider it in conversations like this.
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vmacek@mindspring.com — 10 years ago(December 23, 2015 03:42 PM)
This version has always been my favorite, between the nostalgia of seeing it for decades since childhood and its wonderful performances and (mostly) dark, moody quality - apparently distributors back in the day didn't think it was cheery enough.
Now that I've seen it all I can easily place 'Disney's A Christmas Carol' into the least-favorite spot. I give points to Jim Carrey using Sim's portrayal as a template, but the look and feel of the animationugh! The characters
all
have that Uncanny Valley goblin appearance. The use of CGI animation seems most 'justified' for its many unnecessary, distracting, spook show effects scenes. A bright, showy bonbon with a rancid center. -
cfwente — 10 years ago(December 25, 2015 08:07 AM)
To be fair, I think most performances I have seen of Scrooge have been quite good. However, Sim's interpretation is, for me, the best by far. Can't imagine anyone doing the job any better even to include the likes of Finney and G.C. Scott.
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Blackjack254 — 10 years ago(December 27, 2015 04:21 PM)
The Sim version is good, but it is not flawless.
For example, it's brilliant that it fleshes out Scrooge's past, but at the expense of the rest of the movie, and the future segment is completely reversed, for some reason.
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Blackjack254 — 10 years ago(December 27, 2015 06:05 PM)
In the book the order is:
- The business men "I only know he's dead"
- the corpse robbers
- The deathbed (Not shown in Sim version)
- A family celebrates the fact that the man they were in debt to has died (rarely shown in ANY version)
- Cratchets mourning Tiny Tim
- Cemetery
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