How The Grinch Stole Christmas ~ Lost in Adaptation 

He heard "All I want for Christmas" one too many times.

I feel that on a spiritual level because I'm currently doing so.

@@catandrobbyflores 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

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

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.🤣

To quote Ernest: "Who would throw away a perfectly good dog?"

There’s a backstory book out there where max just kinda showed up and the grinch kept him around because he was good at scratching an itch

That kind of reflects reality - all six of the dogs that played Max were shelter rescues. (The two lead dogs were kept by the trainer and the other four were rehomed after filming.)

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.

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!

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.

"Dirty hoe" - The Cat in the Hat

Max is a what???!! that poor doggo 😢

Let's not

Max is a dumped pet? When was that referenced in the movie?

they toned down the materialism? They literally freak out when their presents are stolen! The Grinch even rants about how they just throw away most of their presents! It seems more likely that they dialled up the materialism

He ate the Santa plate because he eats glass, not because he didn't like Christmas even as a baby. That's also why he visits the dump so often, to find glass. This is something that's hard to pick up on, it took me quite awhile to realize the bottle eating towards the beginning wasn't just a throwaway gag.

@@MadMikeRyan. he didn’t like Christmas as a baby, you can see him drawing a picture of Santa getting burned alive before the incident

@@mrcritical6751 Okay, but he ate the plate mainly because he considers it edible. That's what I was saying.

The Grinch hates Christmas because subconsciously the lights and music make him feel cold, hunger, and alone and he doesn't even KNOW WHY. Do you think his foster Mom's ever told him he was left outside all night!

You take that back! The cat in the hat is a treasure of American cinema.

I love that movie so much lmao, it's such an acid trip from start to finish.

Everybody hated Cat in the Hat movie though

The live action cat in the hat is the greatest film ever made

You should watch the "Adum and Pals" watch of that film. It's essentially a horror film.

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.

Same, I didn’t even realise for so long that a lot of people don’t like this movie

This movie is iconic. I too unironically really enjoy watching it every Christmas.

I love this movie too. Unironically, it has been part of every Christmas of mine.

@@jonasquinn7977 I'd say people are more indifferent to it

Absolutely agree, sure it's not a 1-to-1 adaptation but it's a damn fun ride beginning to end

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.

Me too ☺️

It’s campy weirdness is exactly why I actually love it. :D

Guilty pleasure 😅

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?

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.

The what?

@@TheZeroNeonix ru-vid.com/video/%D0%B2%D0%B8%D0%B4%D0%B5%D0%BE-n38GLE7rWY4.html

@ZeroNeonix there's a party in the film where people put keys in a bowl. Which is a hallmark of a swingers "lock and key" party.

I haven't seen this since I was young, and didn't catch that back then. Throwing that into a kid's story, particularly a Dr Seuss based one was screwed up.

I'm not the only one who saw that and understood what it was,. i was dying when i saw that and then had to tell the kids who i took to the theater I'll explain it when you are older. and then had to explain it to the young couple behind me who gave me a very disturbing look.

Jim Carrey would later also voice Horton in the Horton hears a Who movie.

Same!

I laughed HARD at that. Brilliant line!

Imagine if he rented a brown car or something. I don't think anyone can picture the Grinch being any color other than green

@@Betta66 An earlier version of the grinch from a short story called “the hoobub and the grinch” did end up being colored brown

Wait the mysterious benedict society has a movie?!

@@dandelion_16 i think it got a series adaption on disney+

@@iwakeupandboomimarat ooh cool! I read the first two books as a kid and really liked them. Might check that series out if it's any good.

My sister loved the mysterious Benedict society. I was too old for it. But I heard good things. I would love an episode on it

@@caitlinrobinson6812 quite good but I've heard not that loyal to the source material, which is to be expected as the book is about 200 pages and the show is 8 30 min episodes

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

Figures that studio executives would try to either find or make a loophole. Imagine my surprise. /s😒😒😒

@@crapshot321 Yep. And it definitely explains why we've had zero *live action* adaptations since Cat in The Hat.

"all adaptations that came after were animated" Honestly, it's better this way.

@@ShinGallon I'm definitely not complaining. Just providing some history.

@@ShinGallon but that doesn’t mean they’re “perfect”

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. ❤

There's 1 in a grilled cheese for sure. Not 💯 on the meat sighting though 😹 🧡🦇

If it's any consolation, an Atlanta billboard for a promotion on Pizza Hut’s spaghetti in 1991.

I see Jesus in my slab of meat. 😂

If you can in toast....!

Someone did in a tortilla!

🤘

I mean, child neglect is a thing that happens in real life, without CPS there would probably be a lot more parents like that

My biggest problem was just the Mayor and Martha May stuff

On top of that, it's easy enough for a child to make it to the top of the mountain, and there are chutes leading up there that people can travel through- yet nobody even tried to go get the young Grinch, not even his parents?

@@Dilophoto be fair knowing how much The Grinch despised his parents, I feel like they maybe tried to get him back but he pushed them away

Dr Seuss was actually inspired by "A Christmas Carol" while writing the book

Jim carrey would end up playing Scrooge in Disney's a Christmas carol so that makes two Christmas misers hes portrayed in his life

And voices Horton in Horton Hears a Who. 🤔 Very interesting. (gets out push pins and red yarn)

It's like a 20 page book so the only option was to add not subtract

@@fireyhto808yh thats the Joke ;)

@@fireyhto808 As Caddicarus said, "How do you turn this.....into a game?"

The dirty jokes are for the parents/adults watching the movie with their kids. So many other child-targeted movies do this, ex) Toy Story, Shrek, The Incredibles, etc. The list goes on and on.

It is standard practice to add material for adults to a children movie to make it a family movie.

A good one at that.

Does Hollywood ever need a reason to make things 'better' ? They rarely are willing to trust the source material/writing to do the job. At the very least they need : (a) a big name actor ... because ... (the sad part) some people refuse to see movies if there's no 'famous' people in them (b) a romance ... even if the script would be fine without it (c) something to attract the adults in a kid movie ... because they pay for the tickets

@@SushiSheik3 Speaking as an adult, it's pretty insulting that that's what they think they absolutely HAVE to include in order for me to have any interest in watching a movie with my family. In a documentary on Elf it was mentioned that in early versions of the script they were considering adding some more risque elements in order to make the movie more 'marketable' but decided against it and went the more wholesome route instead. And whaddaya know? They ended up with a hugely successful and loved filmed that's joined the ranks of the classics.

Based.

It's not Christmas until Uncle Boris tells us a story .💚

IIRC, the guys who did the live-action Grinch even admitted that they'd never be able to compete with the original movie. Which I find pretty admirable, because at least they know they'll never be up with the greats. So it makes this adaptation feel kind of humble, in a way. If that makes sense.

The original was perfection. Jones’ style of animation and Karloff’s vocalizations fit the story so exactly that anyone attempting a new Grinch has got to accept that they’re starting out miles behind the 8-ball.

Let us not forget the amazing basso voice of the one and only Thurl Ravenscroft (aka the voice of Tony the Tiger) singing "You're a Mean One, Mr. Grinch..."

I didn't know that! I was just looking to see if anyone else commented about that movie, because I actually really like it.

And the only reason Seuss movies are even made today is because his widow got spooked when she saw a guy walking around in a bootleg Cat In The Hat shirt where he was smoking weed and decided “yeah I have to merchandise his stuff otherwise this’ll be people’s only option”

Does it address or criticize Seuss' uhhhhh extremely harmful views?

Lol you beat me to the punch. I love Dr T. My mom was a piano teacher so we watched it with zero context and walked out changed people 🤣

I quite liked The 5000 Fingers actually.

I've seen them three times. First time was in 2016. I had a front row seat and no joke, she reached out towards me during one song and almost touched my hand.

"Somebody mixed my medicine..."

Yes! He also voiced Kirby the vacuum cleaner in the Brave Little Toaster.

Yes, we know. It's at 8:00 in the video.

Not as many kudos as if he'd been able to self-regulate _without_ needing to be taught how to resist torture by a former CIA expert[ or whatever it was].

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..!

🤘

Thank you! I thought that version was very cute.

Yes! I was disappointed he only said two words about it. My heart aches for him when he wonders how much emotional eating he's been doing. 😿 And how can you not comment on West Side Story carolers?! 😆 And the whole (albeit entirely unnecessary) Fred subplot was wholesome af!

Horton Hears a Who's premise is basically what if Horton lived in an HOA ruled with an iron fist by the Karenest of Karens and they just dialed that up to a thousand.

I'm familiar with the Abbot and Costello vaudeville routine, but this specific take on it seems more derivative of the Animaniacs' Slappy the Squirrel's take on the routine.

@@Nimelennar both classics

But he forgot the 's in who's which kind of strained the joke and ruined it for me.

And Cumberbatch's Grinch really resonates with depressed and disillusioned adults. There! Fun for the whole family! 😁

Frankly, this video was simply inviting it.

I watched the cg animated movie of the Grinch. It is a bland movie. It is better than the live action movie. The story is a lot better from a technical standpoint. It is a decent and passable movie for small children. Unfortunately the movie is still bloated. There is a lot of extra material before the Grinch steals stuff. This stuff is a slog to get through. It also lacks the technical ineptitudes to make me laugh. The CG version is not the worst but it is the blandest. The live action version is the worst. It is a case of pick your poison. I recommend just going for the original 2d short. It is the best adaption hands down. In the other movies, the actual stealing part takes up the last half hour or so of the movie. The short delivers on that material without much bloat. So I recommend going for that. These days I see Grinch merchandise everywhere on Christmas time. That really defeats the purpose of the story. Another big defeat is making two bloated movies when a perfectly good short already exists. The story was supposed to be against materialism. Yet it is used for the materialism of Christmas anyway. Another story against the materialism of Christmas is the Christmas Carol. It is a more brutal and direct story in giving it's theme. Ironically this is also a story that has a ton of adaptations. Way to milk the goat and completely miss the point. The version I am most familiar with is the 2d animated Disney short. It starts Scrooge McDuck and Micky Mouse. I think this Disney short plus the Grinch short may be my favorite Christmas specials. Both involve antiheros learning the spirit of Christmas, and it is very moving. In the Disney short, Goofy plays the ghost of Jacob Marley. The part I remember best is when Goofy haunts Scrooge McDuck. It is a very haunting and unsettling scene. It is so surprising that Disney somehow managed to make Goofy of all characters so spooky. I have Googled Jacob Marley out of curiosity. In image search, he is a lot scarier looking outside the Disney version. I think of the greedy people that want to milk the Grinch story and Christmas Carol story. I would like to beat them over the head with Jacob. I can say "Hey you! This is you. This is what you will become. Repent your sin, and redeem yourself. Change your ways, before it is too late." On a side note, nice joking of the name of the who's of Dr. Seuss. That reminds me of the rock band The Who. I have seen the same kind of joke done on the band in RU-vid videos. There is even a reference to the CSI song. They say " Who are you. Who who. Who who."

I suppose then it's a matter of which film would be best to compare to.

Yes!

That’s actually a good idea

@@moviemaestro800 I’d suggest that he do a similar thing he did with The Three Musketeers and The Phantom of the Opera.

I didn't know Tarzan was a book

The best thing about Jim Carrey is that he’s completely unpredictable and versatile unlike any other comedian

Read the books anyways they are amazing but do see if you can find the animated version with Boris Karloff. It's the gold standard and you'll be glad you did.

And I don't mean how he looked in it I just meant working with it still being able to jump around and stuff.

It’s not good. I tried watching it in the background while wrapping presents and it’s just BORING. At the very least, the Jim Carey movie has a fun, chaotic energy to it that always keeps the pace moving and entertaining. The new one just feels like it drags on too much imo

It's not a bad Christmas movie, but that's not a high bar to pass. The tone is very soft and safe. Be friends, love your neighbor, make small sacrifices for your loved ones, don't be passive aggressive. In its own right it's cute fluff. For a Grinch adaptation it's definitely boring.

Hold on. . . One moment . . . *ILLUMINATION* has a license for Dr. Suess's IP?!?!??!?!? *ILLUMINATION?!?!?!?!* Christ on a bike...

@@johnpolsen They also made the Lorax movie a few years ago

If that is the Cumberbatch film, then it is not that bad. I doubt I'll watch it again, but I enjoyed it enough when I was babysitting my nieces and nephews.

For real? That's an interesting connection.

@@Betta66 Yep. Jeffrey and Peter had written Roger Rabbit, among other films. The ones I can name off the top of my head are the Razzie worst picture winner Wild Wild West, Trenchcoat and..... oh dear god, the third Shrek. So Roger Rabbit was their lightning in a bottle movie, I guess.