NUNS REACT: The Muppet Christmas Carol
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- เผยแพร่เมื่อ 22 ธ.ค. 2023
- In today's episode, the sisters react to The Muppet Christmas Carol!
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The strange thing about this movie is that it was the most faithful adaptation of the story. They even lifted whole lines from the novel.
And the costumes were accurate of the way clothes were in 1843 London.
Not entirely faithful, Martha (the oldest Cratchit child) and Fan (Scrooge’s little sister) were left out. I have always loved this movie, but after watching so many different adaptations of the story, I wish they included those two. Fan’s death is what made Scrooge close off his heart, that is a very important plot point as grief over the loss of a loved one can do that to a person. As for Martha Cratchit, they should’ve had Annie Sue Pig play her, she would’ve been perfect for it. I also wish they had more familiar Muppet characters in the movie like Scooter, Wayne, Wanda, Hilda, Miss Mousey, Beauregard, Mildred, Brewster, Nigel, Crazy Harry, Clifford, the Newsman, Strangepork, and others.
That moment when Scrooge hears who the “unwanted creature” is, you can practically feel his stomach drop. Michael Caine is so good in this role!
Yes, it's so moving!
AGREED! Michael Caine gave this role his all
Ebenezer Scrooge wore black clothing that reflects his lack of light and joy in his life. Toward the end, Scrooge gives to the charity, his first act of kindness recognized by others. He is awarded with a red scarf, the beginning of his journey into the light.
The focus on loneliness is on point! I love the lines in the first song: "There's nothing in nature that freezes your heart like years of being alone." And also the line "He loves his money, cause he thinks it gives him power." He *thinks* it gives him power. He doesn't understand what real power is.
Considering it's his money that dramatically improves the lives of everyone around him in the end, is he wrong?
@@ccggenius It's his kindness that gives his money power, not the other way around.
@@TheHopperUKa dime is worthless in the pocket of someone who’s never going to spend it.
@@ccggeniusOnly money and will can do that. Money alone could do nothing. the book makes it perfectly clear, Scrooge fears the world, he uses money to protect himself from hardship but ends up living in the cold and the dark.
This had some fantastic interpretations I'd never really thought of before - like that Fred inviting Scrooge over isn't just to establish Scrooge as a miserable person, but is actually Scrooge being given a gentle chance to change his ways to avoid the ghosts being sent.
Omg the red scarfs caught me off guard at the end! Beautiful cinematography!❤
"Why show me this if I am past all hope?"
Because you're not. I know that's the whole point, but it always comes to mind when I hear that line.
Yes. Marley’s face appearing on the door knocker works in every film version, and it is a pivotal moment in the tale. This has always been one of my favorite stories.
What I love about Scrooge confronting his own tomb is you can take it as this. He knows who's grave it is and is in denial. He recognizes everything in the future from the pigs talking about his death and his belongings being sold, so he knows who's death everyone was so joyest over.
The way he was talking to the Spirit about how things can change and a life can be made right is he was trying to convince himself. Scrooge even tried to misdirect towards a different grave but continues to move onward and is given the harsh reality. This scene could've gone big like with Mickey Mouse or Jim Carey's Christmas Carol but it was more of a slow burn building up to the reveal. Very powerful scene to me and the best.
In another musical version of A Christmas Carol, theres an addition that Tim reminds Scrooge of his sister, kind of makes his concern for Tim hit harder.
So glad you are seeing the version with "The Love is gone" song it was such a heartbreaking song but was cut out of most all versions of the movie.
Agreed!
@@daughterstpaul This was the only muppet movie I saw in the theater. I was 6 years old and my parents took me to see it when it first came out. I didn't know there is another version of the movie with an extra song.
You ladies should react to The Prince Of Egypt (1998)
It stars Val Kilmer as the voice of Moses
The burning bush scene in that film is incredibly beautiful
It's a shame there was no Best Animated Feature oscar at the time, because honestly top contender. Also the filmmaker's decision to have the voice of God be sort of a blend of voices was really interesting.
I read somewhere that Brian Henson was reluctant to do this movien since the Muppet formula usually recast well known puppets in all of the roles. Once it was decided that the 3 Ghosts would be wholy original and unique to the film, he was on board!
Also, blink and you'll miss it, but you can see that Michael Caine is actually working Mr. Applegate's mouth when he throws him out the door!
I don’t think Caine operated Applegate’s mouth, he was just holding his collar
Thank you! No one else got the Bob Marley joke. I was lonely with that joke for decades
I wanted to be a nun in my youth, but was stopped by much interference from my family. This movie has always been my favorite! Thank you for sharing this with me on Christmas :)
This was a fun reaction! Though I gotta say, the 70s animated Jacob Marley was the absolute scariest version.
Also, never got the "Robert Marley" joke until now 🤦🏽♀
Hahahaha! Glad we could help 😂
The face coming out of the knocker always makes me jump
A lovely reaction! My favorite Scrooge will always be Alistair Sim, but Michael Caine's insistence on playing it straight is what makes this work. And it's exactly what Brian Henson wanted.
Dickens himself infused his tale with humor, Everyone remembers the 'more of gravy than the grave' line, but there's also 'Maybe I should have said (Marley) was dead as a coffin nail' (instead of doornail) and Mrs. Cratchit's wish to give Scrooge 'a piece of my mind to feast upon', a phrase we still use today.
The swift acceptance of Scrooge's conversion can be put down to a phenomenon called 'telescoping of time'. The easiest way to illustrate this is in 'Encanto'. Mirabel's song 'Waiting for a Miracle' takes place at the speed of thought, which is why the world around her seems to freeze, but for audiences to understand it, the song takes several minutes. By contrast, rebuilding Casita takes several months, but we see the process completed in a matter of minutes.
I'd like to see your reaction to 'The Man Who Invented Christmas', featuring Dan Stevens as a young Charles Dickens. It's a pretty accurate depiction of how and why Dickens came to write 'A Christmas Carol', and the things that influenced the story as he wrote it. Christopher Plummer is excellent as Scrooge.
I would like to recommend another take on 'A Christmas Carol' that you might enjoy: 'Jacob Marley's Christmas Carol' by Tom Mula. It follows the Dickens tale, but from Marley's point of view. Apparently, Mr. Mula had been appearing as Scrooge in a stage production for several years, and one day the director's daughter said that she felt it was unfair that Scrooge should be redeemed, but not Marley. I don't think it's in print any longer, but it's available through various sources, including eBay (probably the least expensive option). An audiobook edition, read by Mr. Mula, is available through Audible.
Would you please react to “The Trouble With Angels?” It’s such a great movie about nuns and would love to hear actual nuns react to it.
This is my favorite Christmas movie. I take the Muppets very seriously, and I appreciated your perspectives. I think this is the first reaction I've seen with Belle's restored song. Had any of you seen it before? What did you think? I love how it ties into the finale.
The VHS version my family had for YEARS had the song on it, and it always felt wrong whenever another version skipped over it! It's such a turning point for Scrooge and makes his conversion so much more believable. I'm so glad it's back! - Sr Benedicta
I wish you had commented on the excellent songs Paul Williams contributed! "Whenever you find Love it feels like Christmas..." "it is... the ways of Love made clear!" And in Tiny Tim's song, to hear him begging the Lord to "catch us when we fall" and "teach us in our dreams" I cannot listen without weeping almost compulsively. It's like clear beams of light from heaven, piercing the clouds here and there... making you chase them in hope of standing in constant sunlight....
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Just finished watching a side by side comparison of this film to the original novel.
The similarities and the changes.
One such change was how Scrooge was not always so cold. He grew cold and distant over the years. But the message of community and generosity is similar. That the Holliday season is about family and coming together as a people.
One of the things I like about the Muppet version vs. the George C. Scott one is the tone of the spirits. In Scott's there is a palpable dislike and hostile tone while in Muppets' the spirits are understanding and compassionate. Well, except for Christmas Past when Scrooge tries to blame her for the bad memories and she gets rather terse and pointedly reminds him that _he_ made those choices.
I love Michael Cain as Scrooge. 😊 I watch this every year 🎄
I watched the old B+W 1938 version of A Christmas Carol last night it is a timeless story 🙏❤️✝️
Alistair sims version is superior to the 38 one
The 1999 version with Patrick Stewart is very good too.
There's so many actual lines from the novel in this adaptation
Merry Christmas, Nuns!
And remember: Light the lamp, not the rat!
I see Muppets, I click.
Happiest New Year to you and yours!
Sisters, I just discovered your channel and started here - wow what a react vid! This movie might be my fam's fav Christmas movie (tough call) and we watch it ALOT! Still, you brought up points that were enlightening for me, both as a Christian and simply as a fan. And I heartily agree with a previous poster that this version with the song "The Love is Gone" is the best version. The song really brings home the gravitas of his choices. God Bless and success with your mission.
I'm here from the school you went to on 1-29-24 edit: nice work on the vids btw
That "what if" was a really good take! I never thought if that!
Really enjoyed the perspectives y'all shared with us on this wonderful Christmas classic!
Merry Christmas, ladies! And I hope y'all have a fantastic new year 😁
That was very interesting. I'd love to see you ladies react to the "Nightcrawler" episode from the 90s X-Men animated series. Where the team helps out a kindly yet very "unconventional" looking monk.
Thank you for the discussion and the laughter.
This was a great reaction. You nuns are very, very wise.
Nuns with a social media site. Now I’ve heard everything.😂
You might be interested in the video we made explaining why we're doing this series! th-cam.com/video/GRI7c4TKLNY/w-d-xo.html
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Well I hope you do the rest of the Muppet movies (that includes the Sesame Street ones) if you hadn’t seen them yet. I just love the Muppets, this was actually the very first adaptation of “A Christmas Carol” I ever saw back when it first came out in theaters. I was like 3 or 4 at the time. I didn’t even know it was based on a book back then until I saw other versions later on. Here are a few other movies I recommend if you haven’t seen any of them yet: Rock-A-Doodle, Ghostbusters, Ice Age, Who Framed Roger Rabbit, Harry Potter, The Never Ending Story, and Space Jam. Also a few anime series as a lot of people do those: Digimon (the very first anime I ever got into which is why it is my favorite), Blue Seed, Fairy Tail, A Certain Magical Index, A Certain Scientific Railgun, Please Teacher and is’t sequel Please Twins (I like the sequel better), Monster Rancher, Flint The Time Detective, Beyblade, Pokemon, Princess Nine, Goblin Slayer (that one is a bit more intense, even for adults), Yu Yu Hakosho, Ranma 1/2, and Fullmetal Alchemist Brotherhood (which is considered to be one of the best anime of all time, a statement that I partially agree with). A few of them show the dark side of religion if you are interested.
I heard that Charles Dickens wrote A Christmas Carol when he was facing bankruptcy. Apparently, the story was one factor that led to Christmas being associated with charity and goodwill. If that's not divine intervention, then I don't know what is.
I always felt that Scrooge, due to his old age, had died. It explains why he was seeing ghosts and is somehow able to see his own life flash before his eyes. He may have been a ghost himself already, being able to see in other people's houses, know their private conversations, and what they are going through. And being dead, he was able to see everyone's reactions to his death...and he may have just been in denial about being dead, like most people would.
The first spirit was an angel (like Gabriel or Michael), the second was Jesus, and the third was the Grim Reaper.
Once God had seen Scrooge had genuinely changed, he was allowed to go back in time, to the moment he had died, and have a second chance at life.
But then why does he also see Tiny Tim being dead at Christmas when he just saw Tiny Tim being alive at Christmas?
@FrenkTheJoy Like I said, Scrooge, as a ghost, is able to watch what happened to the people he affected. One of them is Tiny Tim's death. It was once Scrooge finally wanted to change as a person that he was sent back in time to change his future and help the people he never had a chance to.
"I don't know why those businesses were open on Christmas day..."
At the time Sickens write a Christmas Carol, Christmas was not widely celebrated. It wasn't the holiday it is now.
* Dickens
*wrote
Most nuns are good, decent people too - find any nun, and it's someone's aunt, sister, daughter, old classmate etc. I'm an atheist, but some of the nicest people I've ever met have been nuns - so, why shouldn't these three laugh along at Gonzo and Rizzo etc? Glad they enjoyed it - an old favourite of mine, too.
It's rather befitting that the 3 spirits of Past, Present, and Future Yet to Come which Ebeneezer Scrooge (various actors [Alistair Slim, Albert Finney, George C. Scott, Michael Caine, Bill Murray, Patrick Stewart, etc.], CGI Jim Carrey from 2009, and of course Carl Barks' comic book duck miser / _Ducktales_ [1987 original & 2017 reboot] headliner, Scrooge McDuck, who is officially Donald's filthy rich uncle & the paternal grand-uncle to Donald's 3 nephews Hewey, Dewey, and Louie in Disney's Duck extended family canon) encounters are symbolized, quite literally, by an ANGEL (often depicted as an eponymous child, a female, an indigenous person, or Jiminy Cricket depending on the version), FATHER CHRISTMAS aka SAINT NICK alias SANTA CLAUS (played by Willie the Giant in the Mickey adaptation) & THE GRIM REAPER / DEATH PERSONIFIED (played by Mickey & Friends' predominant nemesis or cantankerous neighbor Pete in the Mickey adaptation).
This was delightful :) Will you do reaction to Disneys "Small one"? A christmas movie
So a serious question, perhaps best asked to religious figures. You talk about how Scrooge is so recognizable and such an iconic character... but in the only story where he appears, he's redeemed and saved. Why is the unsaved version of Scrooge the version he's stuck with in the public consciousness forever? Does this speak to the nature of forgiveness, or lack thereof?
You might enjoy another Jim Henson production, Emmet Otters Jugband Christmas.
I'd love to hear their thoughts on "When the River Meets the Sea"!
Can we take a moment to think of how the Muppets could have shown the forgotten children of man - ignorance and want.
I first saw them in the George C. Scott version, and it scared the crap out of me! So, how might this production company have gone about it while maintaining the sort of ominous and dread about them?
I think for me it was the Patrick Stewart version, that scene was spookier.
You should check out Monty pythons flying circus. Very English humor. Specifically check out “ThenHoly grail”
They need to do Derry Girls!
Just started this. Looking forward to seeing if you react to the "scrooge is saved" line at the end. Ummmm.... No he isn't
It is always interesting to see how Death is portrayed as they are the most popular angel in fiction, even to non-Christians or non-religious.
MAY ALLAH GUIDE(WITH EMAN ) AND BLESS YOU SISTER
Michael Caine. The best Scrooge par none.
Sisters react to the sisters of battle.
Hooray for religious indoctrination!
Oh no, religion in a Christmas movie aaaaaaaaaaaah
There's a difference between just practicing your religion and religious indoctrination @@FrenkTheJoy
Swing and a miss ladies. How could you pass up the opportunity to share the gospel message, talk about what real salvation means, and the difference between faith, not works? Is this really what the Catholic church believes? Sad.