Post by Prime etc. on Dec 25, 2020 4:23:52 GMT
SCROOGE 1935 - A much more satisfying watch than the 1938 version which I viewed last year, with clever uses of shadow in places. Hicks gives a more believable performance than some I have viewed--his transformation comes across as more heartfelt--the scene I always like in this story is where he visits his nephew and the reaction of his nephew's fiancee. I assume it is meant to flashback to his own fiancee (how many kids did she end up with? Looked like a dozen to me).
Also not overselling Tiny Tim worked well here--no need to have him showing up at the end. But what the hell was the point of the Queen Victoria scene?
And wow to seeing a young Maurice Evans and I didn't recognize Athene Mrs. Karswell Seyler as Scrooge's charwoman.
Now to watch a very similar film, DIE HARD 2...
Also not overselling Tiny Tim worked well here--no need to have him showing up at the end. But what the hell was the point of the Queen Victoria scene?
And wow to seeing a young Maurice Evans and I didn't recognize Athene Mrs. Karswell Seyler as Scrooge's charwoman.
Now to watch a very similar film, DIE HARD 2...