A Christmas Carol

[brainiac]

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.

[naomi24]

I've recorded it. Is it rubbish? Tell me now and I won't waste my time.

[Mamyalynne]

//Filming on the series commenced by May 2019 at Rainham Hall, a 1729-built National Trust site in the London Borough of Havering.[8] In early June filming took place at the Lord Leycester Hospital in Warwick.//

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/A_Christmas_Carol_(miniseries)

[Mamyalynne]

It's good, dark with some swearing but well done.

[Theland]

Dark miserable and depressing.
Binned it off halfway through.
Need a laugh, not another reason to swallow pills.

[Toorak]

I thought it was dreadful (and I love Guy Pearce, one of my favourite actors - just not here)

[brainiac]

Someone as miserable and hard-bitten as Scrooge is meant to be would never have put up with the demands of a sulky, insubordinate Bob Cratchit - that first scene was all wrong.

[naomi24]

Oooo, brainiac. I've gone off it already. Poor Bob Cratchit wouldn't dare. I feel the delete button beckoning.

[shoota]

Press that button....

[Maydup]

I quite liked it, well devised and directed, made a change.

[tonyav]

I'll watch it tomorrow ( probably ) on iPlayer.

[Ken4155]

I thoroughly enjoyed it. Dark and foreboding and unlike any other production of the classic. The script, imho, was appropriate to the mood of the drama and Guy Pierce was excellent as Scrooge. Each to his own, I guess, but I eagerly await tomorrow evening's episode.

[Barsel]

This wasn't for me and I was really looking forward to it.I fell asleep several times and then just stopped watching it.

[maggiebee]

Can understand why it wouldn't be to everyone's taste, but I enjoyed it.

[Lie-in King]

I thoroughly enjoyed it & echo Ken @ 23:37.

[carolegif]

Nothing like the book by Dickens. Scrooge is 30 years younger, Bob Cratchit never answers back. No mention of Marley being urinating on in his grave. No mention of the rich moneylenders (Marley and Scrooge) cutting costs and causing an explosion in a factory (children with burns and missing limbs etc.). No mention of slavery in the book either, though it was alluded to by the blacksmith (played by a person of colour), recalling how they put him in chains where he died (this was a scene in Purgatory - also not in the book). Left wing biased twaddle! I loved the book, why try to change it? The story truly told would have been better. Made worse by the fact that the Alistair Sim version was on Saturday afternoon!

[hereIam]

You'll have to make your own decision naomi, but I did not like it at all. The relationship with Crachit was ridiculous, he was not in the least bit scared (if that's the right word) of Scrooge and the way it started off with Marley in his grave, well I personally thought that ludicrious! Yes, the acting is good, but I was actually bored with it. Just my opinion of course ..

[Rosie29]

I a free with Mamya and Ken - very dark very stylish and a refreshing new take on the story.
I really enjoyed it and I really enjoy the traditional Alastair Sim version as well.

[Ellipsis]

I've never seen Peaky Blinders, but I enjoyed this.

Plenty of faithful retellings around if you prefer.

[Spicerack]

I can tell from the people on here that liked/pretended to like it that I'd hate it. It must be an abomination.

[Rosie29]

I wonder why on earth someone would pretend to like something if they didn't. Confused.