A Christmas Carol

brainiac | 23:44 Sun 22nd Dec 2019 | Film, Media & TV

45 Answers

Looked great (where were those locations?), well-directed, but what a pathetic, woeful script. I think all the praise for Peaky Blinders has gone to Steven Knight's head, and he thinks he can improve Dickens. He can't. And Guy Pierce hopelessly miscast.

The Good Life

Adverts

Answers

21 to 40 of 45

First Previous 1 2 3 Next Last

Best Answer

No best answer has yet been selected by brainiac. Once a best answer has been selected, it will be shown here.

For more on marking an answer as the "Best Answer", please visit our FAQ.

bednobs

Nothing like a muppet Christmas carol.
Disappointed from hampshire

Mamyalynne

No reason at all to pretend to give an honest opinion, it was well flagged in advance to be a darker adaptation of the original.

In all honesty had it been yet another faithful carbon copy I most likely would not have tuned in.

RAINYDAYS

Would give it 5 out of 10. Was expecting more.

Mamyalynne

Maybe the next two parts will give you that, we'll have to see.

Ellipsis

Brilliant!

Peter Pedant

I thought Dickens version better

I should have known this one would be modern
as soon as I saw the kid watering his grave

Ken4155

Another deliciously dark episode tonight. Definitely something to look forward to next 2 nights. Then again, I could just be pretending to like it:-///

Peter Pedant

// Nothing like a muppet Christmas carol.//

perfected by Michael Caine who isnt he didnt wish to cutesey and sweet.

Mamyalynne

If you are pretending then so am I Ken, to what end I know not.

Tonight's was excellent.

Peter Pedant

// Another deliciously dark episode tonight.//
o god what other lavatorial escapades did the cast get up to
tonight ?

I await with anticipation an episode of My Little Pony rescuing the Virgin Mary and Baby Jesus in Egypt
on the run from Herod and his evil hordes

and the three Gifts from the Magi are no gifts at all but exploding and radioactive knick knacks - and one three magus is found with three bullet holes in him and Herod army taunts the other one Balthazar with monkey signs

(yeah I might watch that)

brainiac

Question Author

Second episode very much better, but I still don't like the script (and the swearing), changes to the narrative - making Scrooge and Marley asset-stripping factory owners - and Guy Pierce way too young. And just what is that accent being attempted by Andy Serkis as the Ghost of Christmas Past?

Some bravura directing, though - I reckon Nick Murphy's agent will be inundated with offers come the new year.