How The Grinch Stole Christmas ~ Lost in Adaptation
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What the heck happened to the Adaption of Dr Seuss' The Grinch starring Jim Carrey?!
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I like to imagine that the Grinch’s real backstory is that he had to work retail during the Christmas season and that’s what drove him to hate the commercialization and noise.
He heard "All I want for Christmas" one too many times.
I feel that on a spiritual level because I'm currently doing so.
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Same, bro. Same.
@@mffmoniz2948 Working a convenience store for years, and sharing the same name as that artist of that overplayed song, does not help any with my BAH HUMBUG! mood, around the holidays...I just do surface level politeness about it, and only celebrate as far as I'm obligated by family.
Matpat also did a theory about the possibility of the Grinch having Misophonia
Bit of trivia: Taylor Momsen didn't have a Who nose because according to her, she was too young at the time to wear the prosthetic. She wore fake eyelashes and fake teeth for the movie (and hated wearing the fake teeth because of the taste of the glue), but something about the fake nose wasn't working for her. So she had blush put on her nose instead, and a line was added to the script about how Cindy hadn't "grown into her nose yet."
Why didn't everyone just recieve blush on their noses instead of God-awful subtitutes? That's sounds adorable
@@DrDolan2000 Good question. I don't know, sadly.
And also the grinchs love interest did not have a prosthetic either, they explained it that she had not lost the true meaning of Christmas, so her nose never turned upwards
@@ahritheweird9579 So the others were just... snobby?
@@dustyrose192 Perhaps snooty
For all of the film's faults, this line is golden: "I want golf-clubs! I want diamonds! I want a pony so I can ride it twice, get bored, and sell it to make glue!"
Pretty much sums up Christmas in a nutshell.
Horrifying.
That whole rampage speech is amazing. On par with Clarke Griswold losing it during Christmas Vacation.
"IT'S BECAUSE I'M **GREEN** ISN'T IT?!"
@@someonewhocommentsonyoutub3779 when I was a kid I thought that it was a reference to the hulk since they're both green and angry.🤣
One of the theories I've always liked is that the Whos in the Grinch story probably make so much fragging *NOISE* because of the events of Horton Hears a Who. They almost died because no one believed they even existed, and so to make sure their continued existence... continues, they make as much noise as Who-manly possible all the time so others always know they're there. (No I will *not* apologize for that pun. it's gold.)
I think that's a theory and not trivia?
But I like it anyway.
@@DrawciaGleam02 you are right. I fixed it.
Unfortunately Horton is set after The Grinch. You can very briefly see The Grinch living in a Whoville house in the Horton Hears A Who short
@@mrcritical6751 Well dang it. I thought Petra was on to something!
500th like.
Fun Fact, the guy that sang the original "You're a mean one Mr. Grinch" was also the voice of Tony the Tiger. Now whenever I hear that song I picture the actual Tony the Tiger in a recording booth making a diss track.
And that birthed an infamous fanfic!
That would be Thurl Ravenscroft. Got to love that name.
@@CliffordtheOrangeCat that is a name for a Wizard in a fantasy world would have, and I am all for it!
To be fair there is such a thing as "too much Christmas" as someone who worked in retail during the holidays and had to listen to the same Christmas songs on repeat for 2 months!!! But... I try to just enjoy the pretty lights, peppermint ice cream, hot cocoa, and some tasty cookies.
In my country, Christmas decorations and displays (at least in shops) get set up as early as October, sometimes you can see small things like Christmans themed biscuit tins and other small gift ideas being snuck out as early as September. It's enough to make anyone feel Christmas fatigue, long before December even rolls arround. 😩
I hear ya! It's taken me years to recover from working Christmases in retail
I haven't actually seen anyone celebrate Christmas in ANY was in over a decade. I have two friends that have a dinner with their parents and thats it, but they eat with their parents ever Sunday so it means nothing new. Everyone else I know just buy a gift for a few people and fuck off. I don't see decorations anymore. I haven't seen a Christmas tree in years except for once in a Target 3 years ago. I don't even see decorations at Walmart. Just like a single aisle selling wreaths and coffee mugs. Christmas has been a dead holiday since I was 12 or so. At least in Oklahoma.
@@aceofspadefish4971 OMG, that sounds like literal torture 😳
@@aceofspadefish4971 Totally fair. For me it was borders so we did have a bit more variety but baby it's cold outside still makes me cringe.
Many thanks for introducing Taylor Momsen as "future rock star." She's awesome.
Anyway, my one issue with the movie, which I did overall like, is the scene where the Grinch steals Cindy's Christmas tree. In the book and the 1966 cartoon, Cindy hadn't met the Grinch before, so she just assumes that he's Santa Claus. In Ron Howard's version, not only has Cindy already met the Grinch, but her feeling bad for the Grinch is basically how the whole plot of the movie happens. So she sees a guy in her house hiding behind her Christmas tree, and he has the Grinch's same furry green hands and a similar voice, but she still thinks it's Santa Claus. I've heard the theory that she was just playing along, but the movie doesn't really set that up from what I remember.
Not only that but she does full on see his face when he sticks his head through the tree halfway through the scene.
@@tinkerer3399 That too
@@tinkerer3399 my thought is that she was still half asleep and the recognition part of her brain wasn't working yet
I guess the cotton on the tree masked him enough to trick her
I took it that she knew it was him, hence the comment about him being sweet and her generally energy around that scene. She knew, but didnt want to know, if you get me.
I like to image that after the grinch was giving back the Christmas stuff, The grinch explain that part of the reason why didn’t who celebrating Christmas was the noise they made. So one of The Who makes earmuffs so that grinch doesn’t have be over simulated and annoyed by all the noises.
I think another youtuber mentioned the Grinch getting earmuffs as well!
I doubt he's over stimulated, you can be annoyed by something without it being about over stimulation.
@@lainiwakura1776 There's annoyed, and then there's wanting to commit about 500 B&Es and burglaries in one night only to dump everything off a mountain. The 1966 Grinch definitely showed signs of misophonia and an argument could be made that the Jim Carrey Grinch was neurodivergent as well. Even before the PTSD inducing moment, he was showing signs of overstimulation and eventual meltdown. That "Christmas present" was just the dungbomb cherry on top of the shit cake.
Still think this line was ahead of its time comedic genius:
4:00, wallow in self-pity. 4:30, stare into the abyss. 5:00, solve world hunger - tell *no one*. 5:30, jazzercize; 6:30, dinner with me (I can't cancel that again). 7:00, wrestle with my self-loathing..... I'm booked!
Excluding solving world hunger, that’s basically my afternoon after work.
not to forget "hate, hate, hate, double-hate, LOOAAAATHE entirely"
I nearly pmsl at that part. There's some great stuff in this movie. And not so great, but it's a net plus.
@@belagrolaub8746 yes, yes, yes!
Regardless of the movie he's in as an adaptation, Carrey's Grinch is an amazing character.
Despite this movie's weirdness, it still holds a special place in my heart as a yearly watch
Me too ☺️
It’s campy weirdness is exactly why I actually love it. :D
Guilty pleasure 😅
I'm surprised it took you THIS long to do a Dr. Seuss adaptation... And then I realized there's a good reason as to why.
Which reason?
@@tamarbeker1701 Most of them are crap.
Oh.
the animated shorts are pretty good as was blue sky's cgi horten movie.
Also not that many adaptations of Dr. Seuss books Have you ever seen a movie after the Butter Battle Book or Green Eggs And Ham?
Dr Seuss is basically Roald Dahl from the opposite universe because he also made beloved children’s classics but not only do they remain appropriate for children while being mature enough not to haunt their nightmares.
He was a devout anti-fascist and while some of his early works (particularly concerning Asians,) hasn’t aged well, he grew enough to move away from that and see how similar it was to the fascists he’d spent years mocking.
But dr seuss was never inappropriate it was only the movies and the only inappropriate books he wrote were his adult books and also he could have grew out of the racism but he's dead now so we could never know.
@@Buffalo872I think the whole point of the comment is that Dr Seuss _did_ grow out of the racially insensitive elements already, long before he died
"I'm not sure if she was a Happy Days fan..." Going by her age, she was more likely an "Andy Griffith Show" fan! And yeah, I'm quite certain that probably was a bit of a factor when it's little grown-up Opie who's asking to direct your movie (and when Ron Howard really is as "aw shucks" sweet as you'd want him to be). It probably did make it pretty hard for her to say no to that face! 😆
Or The Music Man! Howard was so sweet and adorable in that.
@@unfabgirl Honestly, I was thinking of mentioning that too! 😆Cute little Winthrop!! He was just too precious in that movie. ❤
I honestly don't see the problem. This adaptation is so loyal and so accurate, you didn't even include a "What they left out" section.
It's like a 20 page book so the only option was to add not subtract
@@fireyhto808yh thats the Joke ;)
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As Caddicarus said, "How do you turn this.....into a game?"
1:28 - that political cartoon never fails to give me the chills! Dear old Doc did NOT pull his punches.
"Milf Who tits" is either a terrible or perfect band name.
I totally get that this movie isn’t for everyone, but I love it! I’ve watched it more times than I can count, it’s my favourite Christmas movie ever! I’m always excited when the season comes around and I can watch it.
I loved this video Dom, have a happy holiday!
I see that Il and Dom turning beloved Christmas songs into something terrifying is a tradition now.
i absolutely ADORE this film so much, definitely my favourite christmas movie that i always watch this time of year ! the humour, the costumes, the sets, the acting, JIM FREAKING CAREY !!!!! the anti-consumerism, the throwaway lines, the raunch… god i love how the grinch stole christmas 💚💚💚 (i watched the illumination one last year and my god it was dreadful)
cartoony designs rarely do translate into live action without taking a trip into land of nightmares known as the uncanny valley.
And sometimes the opposite is the case too (I prefer animation to live-action any day), as the Pirates of the Caribbean comic and 2D drawings look just weird..!
To me this, this was a perfect adaptation. I like seeing how they created an original story based off the original version. I like they established more lore and commented on the materialism.
They did a great job with the avarice line. I feel he was upset because of commercialism because he seemed pressured to go all out to give a great gift considering he was made fun of for making something homemade.
I also like the friendship between Cindy and the Grinch because they balance each other out and learn from each other.
I always laugh at many of the jokes in this movie and it cheers me up every time.
It should be noted that Audrey Geisel totally changed course and said "No more live-action adaptations" only a few years later, when The Cat in the Hat was..."adapted".
You know, the "Whostein" joke might have felt less iffy if instead of the name the Grinch saw a menorah and was like, "...huh." Like it just never registered to him that somebody in Whoville might *not* celebrate Christmas. Feels like that way it'd make his ignorance the butt of the joke instead.
Hey, fun fact: the original "You're a Mean One, Mr. Grinch" was sung by the same guy who did Tony the Tiger's voice, thus making it sound like a breakup song
🤣🤣🤣 Thank you for putting in that old Abbot and Costello joke! I love when someone manages to get it in something.
Thank you for uploading this when you did! I've been having a really tough time mentally the past few days, and the notification came just when I needed a seratonin boost. You're amazing! ❤
I took one look at the thumbnail and my entire brain lit up like a....uuhh...like a...
Like a forest fire. Surely the most fitting tree-based metaphor in this specific context.
"The 1960's animated version is the one most commonly thought of over the book."
This is so true. There's a copy of the book on my coffee, but I still thought of the cartoon when you told the summary.
The original TV cartoon is all you ever need to watch. It has Boris Karloff as Narrator. What more can you want?
Thurl Ravenscroft singing a banger song about how mean the main character is... oh wait it's got that too! The original TV adaptation is so good.
*sobs quietly into the void* "Seuss" rhymes with "Joyce"
The live action version is my mother's favorite So-Bad-It's-Good movie. We watched it every year after it came out on DVD and have spent hours quoting it.
I have always been a Jim Carrey fan and I am absolutely in love with this movie. I think Dom said it best. This movie is just Jim Carrey being his most Jim Carrey ever, hating every second, and making it work.
The best thing about Jim Carrey is that he’s completely unpredictable and versatile
There's also that new horror parody with the actor who plays Art the Clown called 'The Mean One' because of course they just had to. 🤣🖤🎄💚
As someone who kind of starts off very slow and likes a lot of the older more laid-back Pagan traditions because of my religion I understand not exactly feeling super joyous but all the same warmest regards and best wishes your stuff always make me laugh and that's a very special thing
An actual thing I heard a five-year-old say today: Don't watch the adult Grinch. It's scary.
Why the heck would you make me listen to that final credits song? Its in my brain FOREVER now!
The credits song could fit the recent Jacksfilms Grinch game thing.
This feels like the Christmas version of Hocus Pocus, being a holiday movie that didn't have the best reviews at the time but was liked by kids who grew up to give it a big nostalgic following. This one I have a bit of soft spot for but it has a bunch of problems, and even the way it's filmed is just ugly. Honestly, the 2018 one, while flawed in its own, is mostly better.
Haha, so this is a really great reve-
[the parody at the end begins]
oh gods my organs are attempting to climb out of my body in terror
As some one who loved the book as a child, this movie actually was everything I wanted for an adaptation. And yes I saw this movie in the theater, telling you this just to say that for the target demographic, we weren't as critical as you make us out to be. Great vid, happy holidays mister Dom.
I absolutely adore every single one of the changes. I was cracking up just remembering them.
A song about Grinch-thurst wasn't what i knew i needed untill i heard it.
I literally watch this movie every year and I love the book, the animated short. I haven’t seen the newer one.
Thank you Dominic!
I need a full version of that parody
Meh. It doesn't have anywhere near the same quality of wordplay or imagery that the original does. Which isn't much of a criticism, when being compared to something written by Dr. Suess, but definitely leaves it feeling lacking.
I mean, in the original, the best, most lyrically complex, most evocative line in every verse is the last one, and "Come over here and let me blow on that horn" just doesn't do it for me.
@@Nimelennar okay but I do drag and burlesque and it would be so fun!
@@TheLouKiss Fair enough.
Hey it's been a really rough couple of months with family passing. Surely watching this *sees clip of the original animation and weeps openly for better days*
This is the best version
Please do another Goosebumps Lost in Adaptation!!! I am dying for you and Pushing Up Roses to review/compare Night in Terror Tower! It’s been over a year since I tweeted about this collab and I am sick of commenting about it on your channels!
I don't know what I expected for the Mr. Grinch song parody, but I did *not* expect it to be ... That.
My Christmas hat off to you, Il Neige. Well done.
Merry Christmas and a Happy New Year, Dom!
If Dom did more TV shows, I would love to see him discuss things like how “Gravity Falls” rates as an adaptation of Elaine Elizabeth Cornell’s “The Secret Shack in the Middle of the Woods” (1988), how “Amphibia” rates as an adaptation of Matthew Lionel Joseph Strauss’ “The Frog Lands: A Tale of Adventure” (1994), how “The Owl House” rates as an adaptation of both Katherine Abigail Waterford-Copeland’s “The Glyph Witch: A Modern Fairy Tale” (1996) and Percival Spencer Kelly’s “The Grim Walker” (1835), how “The Ghost and Molly McGee” rates as an adaptation of Nathaniel Thomas Muir’s “Marion and her Ghost” (1845), and how “Avatar: The Last Airbender” rates as an adaptation of Liu Chonglin’s original “The Last Wind Master” trilogy (1962, 1964, 1966).
It's a small thing but the fact you mentioned Wocket makes me happy,. I love that book.
I wouldn’t mind as second this video started it would just show your backdrop and you instantly popped up and went “not at all this books 20 bloody pages”
I love seeing Indigo's face at the end of all your vids. Me and my mate always start chanting Indigo, Indigo, Indigo.
I had no idea that Seuss' widow had that much vetoing powers.
...Dear Lord, why did she _not_ veto the dog butt smooch?
I actually really like the aesthetics of the Whovians. I mean it looks weird but I think it’s cool they did it. I also think that 10 minutes is more like 35 minutes and the other 55 minutes isn’t that much a shame since it gave reason for his anger and made it more believable that he would have the ability to become good again. Idk why ppl hate on the movie so much aside from the Nostalgia Critic. But I loved the movie as a kid as did other kids and didn’t even know about the hate til my late teens.
I even remember my mom’s friend hating the Cat in the Hat movie but she’d never seen the Grinch. And so we watched it because clearly Cat in the Hat was garbage while the Grinch was really well done and had a nice message and performances.
The next world apocalypse film should definitely be a Whovian world melting away as the snow flake touches the ground.
"Evidently you can't see Jesus in a big slab of meat." Yup, Jesus is seen in a bowl of flat bread and a cup of wine.
In the weird Halloween prequel, the kid is a boy who follows the Grinch to his mountain and must be rescued...by the Grinch. They added that into this movie.
I joke every year that I turn into a Grinch. I start out hating the holiday, but by the time we get to it, I absolutely adore it and can't wait until the holiday next year. And then we get to December and I hate the whole thing all over again.
The original TV version is all I'll ever need. Also, the guy who sang "You're a Mean One" in the original also voiced Tony the Tiger in Frosted Flakes commercials.
When I was a small undiagnosed child, I was so fucking terrified of the grinch that I developed a phobia of the color green, because I felt like the grinch would suddenly pop out of anything green and get me. My mom fixed this by taking me to see the grinch musical
4:23 You can't see Jesus in a big slab of meat but I saw the virgin Mary in a roast beef sandwich once.
The version I saw had a key party. Let that sink in. Ron Howard released a “family friendly” movie with a big ol’ swingers scene. Not sure if it got released in the US, I happened to be in Peru at the time I saw it with an unamused audience.
I'm guessing the surprise success of Grinch helped Hollywood convince Dr Seuss's widow to allow another book adaptation. And what better book to adapt next then Cat in the Hat. Mike Myers was probably cast as the cat to match the star power Jim Carrey had in Grinch. But Cat in the Hat bombed so hard, the widow banned all future book adaptations. At least live action. She seems more willing to accept animated movies. Starting with Horton hears a Who some time ago.
My family love this adaption.
I have no idea why.
I just watched a video about the Tony The Tiger/Grinch ship and the end credits song is.... well. It is.
Because of Jim Carrey’s version; Cindy is now a main character protagonist lol; designed to change Grinch’s heart
The things this movie got right were when they stuck to the book and replicated the animated version. Which just makes me wish they hadn't made one book into a full length movie, rather turned a few books into an ANTHOLOGY movie.
He also wrote a book in 1939 called The Seven Lady Godivas that was reissued I 1989 (I think). It. Is a great story and worth the effort to get a copy.
If Dom's upset by the Grinch's love interest here, he certainly won't like the Grinch being shipped with Tony the Tiger!!! 😆😆
Love the whos on first skit glad to see someone today still references Abbott and Costello.
Dr suess's wife was a legend
Yes, I do love the visuals of the movie. And that's about it. The actors did fine, just the movie wasn't very good.
I'll be honest, you're the first person I've heard voice any of those complaints about the movie. Especially about the facial prosthetics.
I don't get it. I genuinely don't get it. The who's don't look the slightest bit creepy to me.
Also, to this day, Jim Carrey's How The Grinch Stole Christmas is one of my favorite Christmas films.
Happy Holidays, mother scratcher! And all the best in the new year.
I love the 60s Animated Show
I like what they did it was so simple I always go back to it during the holidays
People when they say they love the live action movie: “I love it when it’s just Jim Carry and the dog!”
I wasn't ready for the credits music! Hahaha
Just wanted to say, this video's parody song is DEEPLY cursed, and I hate the accompanying psychic damage 😂😂😂
goddamn Il Neige really went over the top with this
Not sure what I was expecting from the ending song...but it wasn't THAT0_0!!!!!! My jaw dropped!
I'll be honest, if Dr. Seuss intention with "The Grinch who stole Christmas!" was to critique how commercialized Christmas has gotten, then I think this movie hits the mark and hits it well.
The main issue I have with the first animated movie was that at the end the Whos just go around the tree to sing and completely ignore the missing gifts. As if they all already have the spirit of Christmas in their hearts.
This movie, on the other hand, has them completely obsessed with the commercial side of Christmas. Presents! Glittering Light! Decorations! Feasts!
To have them have to realise that to celebrate Christmas you just need the people you love around you instead of them already doing it and only the Grinch needing to understand is a much better way to express the point of the story.
My niece loved Shrek and the Grinch when she was a toddler. 2003, I watched those films back to back with her so many times 🙃
There’s TWO details that I appreciate about this adaptation - the snowflake thing, and the fact that the Grinch saving/bringing back the stuff is driven to save Cindy Lou. He even has a throwaway line of “oh well, it’s only toys isn’t it?” Before he sees Cindy Lou atop the sled.
Considering that the whole point of the story is that it’s not about the material stuff, that is a good way to avoid the arguments about the plot hole (which isn’t necessary for the book and Chuck Jones special, because they’re smaller scale and simpler in tone)
I wonder what Dom would think about that grinch/Tony the tiger story and all the lore that had come up because of it
I love to hear you on Escape From Vault Disney if just to hear "Hello, my beautiful listeners"
Regardless of its flaws, I love Jim Carrey's Grinch. I can't feel the way those who grew up with the original book and animated special can, because Carrey's Grinch was my first introduction to The Grinch and, so, it'll always hold a place in my heart the original will never be able to do
Okay, wait, wait, wait, wait. The estate of Dr Seuss, which represents the author, decided to cease publication of certain books. They didn't have to actually provide a reason, but they did, and the reichwing latched onto it officially decided to be Offended, saying the decision blocked free speech.....?
So I guess I can sue the next time Disney threatens to lock my favorite movie in the vault forever, or my local stores decides to cease carrying my crochet magazine, or my nephew tears up that term paper on mRNA that I really enjoyed.
America: where you can sue anyone for making decisions about their own stuff. 🤦
I had several books by Dr. Seuss as a child (a couple that are now "banned" apparently) but I did not have How the Grinch Stole Christmas & only know it from the animated holiday special which I still adore to this day. There are 3 holiday specials that make Xmas feel like Xmas for me: The animated Grinch, the claymation Rudolph the Red Nosed Reindeer & A Charlie Brown Xmas. These all came out in the mid 60s so they are very nostalgic for me.
I do not feel the fondness for the live action Jim Carrey film that I do for the cartoon.
I understand being a Grinch about Xmas. There was a decade that I experienced the deaths of loved ones every year between Nov & Feb & I absolutely dreaded the winter/holiday season as well as my birthday for quite a while since I associated it with death & mourning. I also worked in retail so often had to work during the holidays & deal with the general public. It took a while before I could have unjaded, uncynical feelings about The Holiday Season but I finally can.Even though it sometimes is tinged with a little sadness, I now feel a fondness for all the Christmas traditions & memories associated with it since it connects me to my family members who are no longer with me.
This movie is unhinged, especially compared to its source material... and I can't help but love it.
You know...they could have a rainy season before ending up on the dust speck the Horton finds.
I watched this musical on SKY1 about the Crinch loved the illustrated cutouts for scenery
Here's a little fun fact, the set for Whoville was one of the stops in the famous Universal Studios backlot tour until 2020 and during the holiday seasons, performers would dance and sing to remixed songs from the Grinch movie as part of the Universal Hollywood's Grinchmas celebrations.
Another Backlot tour related fun fact, during the production of the movie Man on the Moon in 1999, Jim Carrey apparently got bored during breaks on set and decided the best way to alleviate that boredom was to hide behind the famous Bates Manor set from Psycho and then (dressed up as Mother) run up to the unspespecting trams wielding a rubber knife and scaring the crap out of the guests and guides alike. Allegedly, Carrey wanted to repeat the prank during the filming of Grinch, this time in full Grinch costume but was told no by production who wanted to keep the costume hidden until the film came out. The initial prank however was the inspiration for the Bates Motel sequence of the tour in which Norman Bates approaches the tram with a rubber knife.
The Boris Karloff Grinch is amazing!
Mrs.Seuss is a bad a$$ business shark. I went to the Dr. Seuss gallery in Chicago, in Watertower Place. The employee told me about how the pieces being sold were chosen by her- the entire process was intense. And, yes, if you want a “print” it will cost you. I saw several prints for $25,000-ish. Boss Lady!
You’re a mean one mr grinch peak Christmas song
Yep, I’m going to be “this guy,” THAT’S *NOT* HOW YOU PRONOUNCE “Seuss” @Dominic Noble it’s closer to “Zoice.”
Shudder at the thought of a more specified Grinch!
15:48 To SKIP the ad
12:29 Best line in the video.
"Evidently you can't see Jesus in a big slab of meat." - Dom Noble, 2022