It's being shown after the watershed. I'm sure they could have made it family friendly by basically ruining the whole point of it. It's not family viewing unless members of the family are at a certain age.Don't get me wrong,I have no problem with swearing on TV,but why drop the F word when I'm sure you will have whole families watching this together thinking it will be family friendly.To go with this,they make out that Scrooge [interfered with as a child at boarding school][/ISPOILER]
I guess the BBC wanted to bring it up to date,the only thing missing was some sex scenes
Having said all that,I have watched it,and thought it was pretty good with some good special effects.
Good innit?There really making Scrooge to be really evil
This is not a family friendly version. I like the fact it's got a harder edge to it and is including subjects that are uncomfortable but have always gone on. There's plenty of other versions for families (Alistair Sim, Muppets) so the selling point of this is essentially Peaky Blinders does Dickens. And very well.Don't get me wrong,I have no problem with swearing on TV,but why drop the F word when I'm sure you will have whole families watching this together thinking it will be family friendly.To go with this,they make out that Scrooge was
>I guess the BBC wanted to bring it up to date,the only thing missing was some sex scenesinterfered with as a child at boarding school
Having said all that,I have watched it,and thought it was pretty good with some good special effects.
Thanks for your help Garrett
Even Alastair Sim would be turning in his grave if he was alive todayA dreadful attempt which would make Dickins turn in his grave. The best adaption of A Christmas Carol is still the Muppets version. Nothing else comes close.
Agree in the past versions I always took it Jacob Marley was the real skinflint and Scrooge was following in his footsteps getting every penny's worth out of everybody and being partly blind to its consequences. But this version knows most of the consequences and even actively does things evil and been said by Marley to be the worse of the two(although he would say that). So even if he does get redemption he still staind the lives of hundreds or people and have to become a huge philanthropist to come anywhere near to wipe out what he done before.My issue is this, portray Scrooge as so bad and so evil, why will we care if he gets redemption?
They sent for 4 more but they came, back (due to the mumbling) with fork handlesI see the lighting budget was just the one candle again !
They sent for 4 more but they came, back (due to the mumbling) with fork handles
You misspell Dickens and you put forth Muppets as best version. You must be an apparition. Be gone.A dreadful attempt which would make Dickins turn in his grave. The best adaption of A Christmas Carol is still the Muppets version. Nothing else comes close.