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Re: The Best Scrooge
Posted By: Adam Bomb, on host 24.124.70.146
Date: Friday, December 6, 2002, at 22:33:49
In Reply To: The Best Scrooge posted by Grishny on Wednesday, December 4, 2002, at 19:22:02:

> > Qua "Alistir Sim is TEH BETS Scrooge...
>
> Who?
>
> No, George C. Scott is the best Scrooge. He's just sooo good at playing mean, and then at the end of the movie when he becomes good, it's actually believable because he still has that gruff exterior on the surface overlaying the changed heart inside.
>
> Of all the Scrooges I've seen, I'd rate them in the following order:
>
> 1. George C. Scott
> 2. Michael Caine
> 3. Albert Finney
> 4. Patrick Stewart
> 5. Scrooge McDuck
>
> Gri"would put Bill Murray in there somewhere, but has never seen 'Scrooged' all the way through"shny

I don't have a favorite Scrooge per se--all those Christmas Carol movies look the same to me.

My mom and little sister, however, do like the version with Albert Finney as Scrooge.

Adam "I think it's a bit weird though, particularly the scene where Scrooge goes to HELL" Bomb

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