I guess bad things happen to people in hell from bullies if his mouth is stuck permanently open. The poor dude has to carry around chains and heavy boxes and has to wrap something around his head to keep his mouth shut. I don’t get why Marley is visiting Scrooge. I guess it could mean “take a spoon and eat my ass you prick,” but the characters in this film seem way too proper to even think such things. I like to think that it can be used either way. I don’t know if the term “humbug” means bullshit or fuck you. You just walk around and wait to hear your name spoken like Ebeneeeeeeeeezerrrr Scrooooooooooooooge. If he lived now, he’d be one of those assholes with gadgets that walk around houses and look for ghosts. There is no question that Scrooge believes in ghosts. You see a dude in chains with a mouth wide open and eyes bugging out and breaking into your house, run… Scrooge immediately accepts him as a ghost and asks him what he wants. I guess they were trying to make him scarier, but it didn’t work.Īt home, locks become unlocked and doors open and in walks Marley wrapped in chains. It would irritate the fuck out of me if somebody spoke like that and I had to work with them. He can’t handle his employees dicking off and that happens all the time around the holiday.Īfter doing his job and trying to get home to relax, Scrooge starts hearing the voice of his old partner Jacob Marley (Frank Finlay) and why the fuck is he talking like that? Ebeneeeeeeeeezerrrr Scrooooooooooooooge…. He’s not happy with his employee, Bob Cratchit (David Warner). You can’t act well if you have to hang out with Tony Danza.Įbenezer Scrooge (Scott) is a businessman and he does not dig Christmas at all. Now that I think about it, I wasn’t a fan of his performance in the 1997 TV version of 12 ANGRY MEN. He is awesome in everything he is in and this is no exception. Well, I haven’t seen it since I was a youngster and I decided to check it out and see if it lives up to the hype. When it comes to telling this story on film, most people point to the 1984 George C. It has been made into several films and has impacted a lot of holiday television specials. One of the most popular stories around the holiday season is A CHRISTMAS CAROL.
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