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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[@CassiBlack]

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.

[@mffmoniz2948]

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

[@catandrobbyflores]

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

[@scp--297]

@@catandrobbyflores Same, bro. Same.

[@Daelyah]

@@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.

[@Kyolover8]

Matpat also did a theory about the possibility of the Grinch having Misophonia

[@Betta66]

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."

[@DrDolan2000]

Why didn't everyone just recieve blush on their noses instead of God-awful subtitutes? That's sounds adorable

[@Betta66]

@@DrDolan2000 Good question. I don't know, sadly.

[@ahritheweird9579]

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

[@dustyrose192]

@@ahritheweird9579 So the others were just... snobby?

[@MissCaraMint]

@@dustyrose192 Perhaps snooty

[@kristofgriffin384]

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!"

[@catandrobbyflores]

Pretty much sums up Christmas in a nutshell.

[@jaginaiaelectrizs6341]

Horrifying.

[@roseking9472]

That whole rampage speech is amazing. On par with Clarke Griswold losing it during Christmas Vacation.

[@someonewhocommentsonyoutub3779]

"IT'S BECAUSE I'M **GREEN** ISN'T IT?!"

[@ricardoaguirre6126]

@@someonewhocommentsonyoutub3779 when I was a kid I thought that it was a reference to the hulk since they're both green and angry.🤣

[@kylejohnson423]

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.

[@LakinMae5]

And that birthed an infamous fanfic!

[@CliffordtheOrangeCat]

That would be Thurl Ravenscroft. Got to love that name.

[@LakinMae5]

@@CliffordtheOrangeCat that is a name for a Wizard in a fantasy world would have, and I am all for it!

[@tomlinson1710]

He also voiced I believe Thing One in The Cat in the Hat (the animated TV special from 1971)

[@petrastedman669]

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.)

[@DrawciaGleam02]

I think that's a theory and not trivia? But I like it anyway.

[@petrastedman669]

@@DrawciaGleam02 you are right. I fixed it.

[@mrcritical6751]

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

[@DrDolan2000]

​@@mrcritical6751 Well dang it. I thought Petra was on to something!

[@SevenEllen]

500th like.

[@jacquig1939]

Someone online said the Grinch got everything from the trash right- so how did he end up with a dog?... someone didn't want Max anymore. That broke my heart.

[@DrDolan2000]

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

[@s.nifrum4580]

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

[@kaspianepps7946]

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.)

[@donovan9456]

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!

[@TheRockhead9]

Excluding solving world hunger, that’s basically my afternoon after work.

[@belagrolaub8746]

not to forget "hate, hate, hate, double-hate, LOOAAAATHE entirely"

[@mirjanbouma]

I nearly pmsl at that part. There's some great stuff in this movie. And not so great, but it's a net plus.

[@mirjanbouma]

@@belagrolaub8746 yes, yes, yes!

[@ToaArcan]

Regardless of the movie he's in as an adaptation, Carrey's Grinch is an amazing character.

[@Betta66]

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.

[@tinkerer3399]

Not only that but she does full on see his face when he sticks his head through the tree halfway through the scene.

[@Betta66]

@@tinkerer3399 That too

[@cooperminion825]

​@@tinkerer3399 my thought is that she was still half asleep and the recognition part of her brain wasn't working yet

[@mrcritical6751]

I guess the cotton on the tree masked him enough to trick her

[@ImHisMrs77]

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.

[@shinyagumon7015]

I find it funny that they toned down the materialism message while also adding that the Grinches montain is their junkyard and a reference to Max being a Christmas puppy that was thrown away after the festivities. Also I would really enjoy an episode on the Cat in a Hat with Michael Myers.

[@antonakesson]

"Dirty hoe" - The Cat in the Hat

[@Angel-yg6su]

Max is a what???!! that poor doggo 😢

[@lahlybird895]

Let's not

[@she_bear_aurora]

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

[@GloomyFish]

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

[@slothdance2020]

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.

[@BrightWulph]

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. 😩

[@pollyrg97]

I hear ya! It's taken me years to recover from working Christmases in retail

[@hahano9586]

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.

[@BrightWulph]

@@aceofspadefish4971 OMG, that sounds like literal torture 😳

[@slothdance2020]

@@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.

[@ShadowKaiserin]

I'm just going to admit that I unironically love the live action Grinch movie and think it's hilarious.

[@jonasquinn7977]

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

[@sum1rllyspecial]

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

[@sweeneytodd1414]

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

[@ForrestFox626]

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

[@someonewhocommentsonyoutub3779]

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

[@TheZeroNeonix]

The childhood trauma probably didn't help, but the Grinch was shown to hate Christmas even before then. Even when he was a baby, he had a strange loathing of Christmas, chewing off the face of Santa on a plate of cookies and saying, "Santa bye-bye!" Also, the Grinch later criticizes the Whos for being materialistic. "That's what it's all about, isn't it? That's what it's always been about! Gifts! Gifts. Gifts, gifts, gifts, gifts, gifts. You wanna know what happens to your gifts? They all come to me. In your garbage. You see what I'm saying? In your garbage! I could hang myself with all the bad Christmas neckties I found at the dump! And the avarice. The avarice never ends! 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! Look, I don't want to make waves, but this whole Christmas season is stupid, stupid, stupid!"

[@MadMikeRyan.]

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.

[@mrcritical6751]

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

[@MadMikeRyan.]

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

[@LorettaBurrow]

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!

[@Rmlohner]

Brian Jay Jones' biography of Dr. Seuss has a fascinating look at the process of figuring out what color to make the Grinch. Especially since he was an absolute control freak about the colors in his books, and would legit flip out if the publisher couldn't perfectly duplicate a single one of the colors he used.

[@PrismPoint]

If you absolutely hate yourself, "The Cat in The Hat" would be a good follow up, as it was allegedly so bad that all future Seuss adaptations were forbidden from being live action.

[@theunigamer194]

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

[@amelialonelyfart8848]

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

[@nsasupporter7557]

Everybody hated Cat in the Hat movie though

[@thehobbler1349]

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

[@HoneyBeeFlanzman]

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

[@googamp32]

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.

[@tamarbeker1701]

Which reason?

[@googamp32]

@@tamarbeker1701 Most of them are crap.

[@tamarbeker1701]

Oh.

[@megamike15]

the animated shorts are pretty good as was blue sky's cgi horten movie.

[@stanleyteriaca2184]

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?

[@starmaker75]

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.

[@DrawciaGleam02]

I think another youtuber mentioned the Grinch getting earmuffs as well!

[@lainiwakura1776]

I doubt he's over stimulated, you can be annoyed by something without it being about over stimulation.

[@maskedmallard537]

@@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.

[@darkninjafirefox]

Despite this movie's weirdness, it still holds a special place in my heart as a yearly watch

[@isabelageekarts8947]

Me too ☺️

[@Author.Noelle.Alexandria]

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

[@redrasegarden]

Guilty pleasure 😅

[@DaleyKreations]

I was listening to an old radio talk show once with Boris Karloff as a guest. They had a shot where the main joke was that Karloff didn't want to be the voice of Halloween anymore (he was tired of scaring children etc) - he wanted to be the voice of Christmas instead. The special was pre-Grinch of course because ironically you could argue he DID become one of the most identifiable voices of Christmas after all.

[@mritty115]

At Universal Orlando Resort, the Jim Carrey version of The Grinch is both a walk-around character and stars in yet another adaptation of the story, on the stage 4 or 5 times a day in November & December. They clearly draw inspiration from the movie, but knock it back down to about 20 minutes. The result is that you have an adaptation that *looks* like the movie, but is actually much closer to the book itself (though with the addition of Martha Mae Who, but without her lusting after The Grinch).

[@titangirl161]

Fun fact everybody knows: making the Grinch green was Chuck Jones' idea. Jones rented a car to drive out and meet up personally with Geisel, and while the book was black and white, the special would be in color. So Jones decided to use the color of the car he rented, describing it as a "sickly green" and so that became the Grinch's color

[@Betta66]

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

[@s.nifrum4580]

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

[@seanmcloughlin5983]

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.

[@Buffalo872]

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.

[@douglaswolfen7820]

​@@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

[@zenith9701]

I'd like to see both a "The mysterious benedict society" episode and a "Night a the museum" which is one of those "wait that was a book?!"

[@dandelion_16]

Wait the mysterious benedict society has a movie?!

[@iwakeupandboomimarat]

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

[@dandelion_16]

@@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.

[@caitlinrobinson6812]

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

[@zenith9701]

@@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

[@googamp32]

"Sorry, Horton! Now, you have to hear a Who FUCKING the Grinch!" may be my favorite thing I've heard you say in this show!

[@ECKohns]

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

[@mackenziegivens6061]

Same!

[@Sailormac2]

I laughed HARD at that. Brilliant line!

[@otakukaku]

Another sexual innuendo that apparently made it past Mrs. Suess that Dom didn't mention was the key party. That blew my mind at the time.

[@TheZeroNeonix]

The what?

[@otakukaku]

@@TheZeroNeonix kzbin.info/www/bejne/pGSbeH97bNeKj5Y

[@lissaquon607]

@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.

[@PittsburghSportsFan43]

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.

[@candlegal10311]

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.

[@charlesswansonii9319]

And yet Jim Carrey’s Grinch is still entirely relatable.

[@sebastianevangelista4921]

I almost forgot about your anti-Christmas phase so that definitely takes me back. Also, apparently Mrs. Suess was so appalled by the live action version of Cat in The Hat that she barred Hollywood from doing further adaptations. However, the document that stated that specifically said live action adaptations and therefore all adaptations that came after were animated because doing so constituted as a loophole that would allow them to make the films and profit off of them.

[@crapshot321]

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

[@sebastianevangelista4921]

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

[@ShinGallon]

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

[@sebastianevangelista4921]

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

[@ITS_JAYJAY_2006]

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

[@RariettyC]

I have issues with the 2000 version, but the huge crush I had on Christine Baranski as a little girl helped me realize I was bi, so I'll always be a little bit grateful they added a bizarre romance subplot with way too much sexual tension

[@EAKugler]

I still don't understand why anyone would make such adult additions to a children's motion picture. But you are definitely correct that this was a Jim Carrey film first.

[@SushiSheik3]

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.

[@Carewolf]

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

[@marocat4749]

A good one at that.

[@NotTheStinkyCheese]

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

[@snowangelnc]

@@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.

[@2krenegade323]

I won’t lie, I do enjoy this one for very sentimental reasons from my time as a 9 yo. I was also never really never bothered by their additions to the Grinch’s backstory, mainly because it’s a plausible take (albeit incredibly “lampoonish”). And to be fair there’s one line at the end that still cracks me up more than it should: “Aren’t you gonna arrest me? Put me in a chokehold?? BLInD ME with PePPerSpRAy!!?”

[@meredithvaughan5946]

"Welcome Christmas" still gets me every time and probably always will.

[@ImHisMrs77]

One of my main issues with the movie (and I LOVE the movie) are Cindy's parents. They essentially allow a whole town to belittle their daughter publicly. The mother is so obsessed with her dang lights, that she lets Cindy vanish off without any thought. She also defaces public property by tearing down those traffic lights and oh look, she is a thief as well, because she takes them. A child of Cindy's age should never have been able to go off on her own and go up that mountain alone to visit a stranger, a stranger that is thought to be dangerous, yet she does exactly that at least two times. They don't listen to Cindy when she is trying to tell them things, too busy in their own little worlds. Yes okay, dad finally stands up for her, but only after his CHILD is allowed to be intimidated by adults. So yeah, that part of the movie just background tickles at my brain. But I do still love the movie anyway. And heck yes Taylor was a future rock star, I love The Pretty Reckless!

[@Betta66]

🤘

[@miglek9613]

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

[@ForrestFox626]

My biggest problem was just the Mayor and Martha May stuff

[@Dilopho]

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?

[@mrcritical6751]

@@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

[@seripanther]

Friends often ask me why I'm so sour on Grinch adaptations, when I tend to be pretty open-minded about adaptation in general. My answer: when the bar you have to clear, or even meet, is BORIS KARLOFF and CHUCK JONES . . . why are you even trying?

[@thegloriouswizard5270]

Based.

[@patriciadilday447]

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

[@BrightWulph]

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.

[@Sailormac2]

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.

[@CanadianTimeLord]

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..."

[@ActiveAdvocate1]

I wonder if this was in any way based on "A Christmas Carol"? Dickens KIND OF did it first, but this one will always hold a special place in my heart.

[@isabelageekarts8947]

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

[@GTARanger1992]

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

[@maskedmallard537]

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

[@quinnbansley4534]

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!

[@SwiftFoxProductions]

"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! 😆

[@unfabgirl]

Or The Music Man! Howard was so sweet and adorable in that.

[@SwiftFoxProductions]

@@unfabgirl Honestly, I was thinking of mentioning that too! 😆Cute little Winthrop!! He was just too precious in that movie. ❤

[@cheezemonkeyeater]

"Apparently you can't see Jesus in a slab of meat." Pretty sure there's someone out there who has.

[@T0xXx1k]

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

[@Modern_Robot]

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

[@13blackcatzzz]

I see Jesus in my slab of meat. 😂

[@Roadent1241]

If you can in toast....!

[@lainiwakura1776]

Someone did in a tortilla!

[@flowerzforsaturn]

With the way this movie came out it makes more sense why the cat in the hat movie was the way that it was. I feel like the grinch although straying from the source material for a bit was still heart warming. The cat in the hat on the other hand felt like a parody instead of an adaptation and was the reason why Audrey no longer allowed adaptations for a while.

[@stuffwithsoph8264]

the original cartoon from the 60's hits hard for me, idk what it is but when you see the christmas spirit and the grinch realizes what christmas is, i fucking cry

[@mikailagray]

This is probably on of the only decent live actions films like this. I also like that the Whos looked like the Who drawings as it makes it feel more out of this world. I love this movie and it is much less unhinged than Cat in the Hat. I also like the older film and we had two vhs copies of it. I also like that the backstory of the grinch showed how shallow many of the Whos were in general which made it difficult for everyone to truly enjoy anything especially Christmas.

[@tabletopnephilim4633]

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.

[@fireyhto808]

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

[@annabeinglazy5580]

@@fireyhto808yh thats the Joke ;)

[@DrawciaGleam02]

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

[@UndeadGirlCyber]

I watched this movie in cinemas as a kid and mostly remembered it as surprisingly mean-spirited for the kind of heartwarming message it was trying to portray.

[@Tadicuslegion78]

There is another reason Seuss refused to let Hollywood touch any of his books during his life, and that is, The 5000 Fingers of Dr. T, Dr. Seuss's only attempt at writing a Screenplay for a movie...and the disaster it turned into swore Seuss off Hollywood for years, until Chuck Jones played the Friend card hard leading to The Grinch in 1966. Read the book Becoming Dr. Seuss by Brian Jay Jones for more

[@DisabledDragon]

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

[@mrcritical6751]

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”

[@GrimmDelightsDice]

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

[@toric6005]

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 🤣

[@coyoteartist]

I quite liked The 5000 Fingers actually.

[@aaronmartin6108]

Who's on First is always a classic, you did a great job of explaining things in Final Thoughts, and sweet baby back ribs does Neige have range! I hope you do a bloopers compilation this year, those always kill me.

[@m3rrys0ngstr3ss]

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.

[@stapler942]

Something Yoda and the Grinch both have in common: they both appeared in an official book as something other than their iconic green colour before they appeared onscreen. (In Yoda's case, he was blue in the novelisation published a month prior to The Empire Strikes Back's release).

[@OpinionsNoOneCaresAbout]

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".

[@kazza6078]

The 'who's in whoville on first' bit was great, the dance at the end really sealed it lol

[@Nimelennar]

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.

[@kazza6078]

@@Nimelennar both classics

[@Carewolf]

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

[@Xblackjckqueen]

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)

[@SmashYamato]

Ok the dance after the “Who’s on First?” homage made me laugh entirely too much.

[@aurorathedragonlady2728]

Just a fun fact that wasn't mentioned that I just love: the voice actor of Tony the Tiger sings 'You're a Mean One Mr. Grinch'. This small fact brings me a lot of joy for some reason. Tony Tiger hates the Grinch!

[@gabrielleduplessis7388]

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.

[@karibee4968]

My bragging right and only contribution is that I’ve seen Taylor Momsen live with The Pretty Reckless (I was six rows away, and I was gay panicking the whole time). So now every time my family puts on this movie, I can point at the screen and go “I’ve been in the same room as her”. It isn’t old at all and my family finds it very funny

[@Betta66]

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.

[@RedSpade37]

"Somebody mixed my medicine..."

[@earthiswatching]

The holiday episode I didn't know I needed. You left out that the songs in the tv version were sung by Tony the Tiger. (Thurl Ravenscroft), I've never watched any of the film versions, just because of the amount of padding the story needed to make it to 30 minutes, with commercials. (One of my earlier dvd purchases.)

[@VioletCatbird]

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

[@Magicghost23]

cartoony designs rarely do translate into live action without taking a trip into land of nightmares known as the uncanny valley.

[@TeruteruBozusama]

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..!

[@trinaq]

Kudos to Jim Carrey for acting underneath that uncomfortable looking hairy costume and mask. He apparently considered quitting after a few weeks, until an interrogation expert advised him to distract himself from the pain.

[@robertawalsh2995]

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

[@jaginaiaelectrizs6341]

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].

[@sarahrosen4985]

The Lost in Adaptation we didn't know we needed.

[@Teuthological]

I see that Il and Dom turning beloved Christmas songs into something terrifying is a tradition now.

[@heathercontois4501]

🤣🤣🤣 Thank you for putting in that old Abbot and Costello joke! I love when someone manages to get it in something.

[@neilprice513]

Later on all Doctor Seuss adaptations were banned for almost a decade, by the family, due to a string of adaptations which side-lined the original source material for them completely focusing dated trends (even for the time it was made). The straw that broke the camel's back was Horton Hears a Who (2008)

[@maskedmallard537]

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.

[@habersmashery]

Il Neige really outdid himself on the outro song thing week XD

[@Nightlark100]

I was literally googling if dr seuss was a real dr when you answered that question for me As well as the adaptations mentioned, there's also an unofficial horror film that's come out recently called 'The Mean One'

[@Formoka]

I actually weirdly loved the 3D animated Grinch. I expected to hate it, but I always loved relatable villains and I definitely related to the depressed as hell Grinch who loved his dog.

[@choryllis6646]

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

[@XaviusNight]

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

[@trinaq]

Little Cindy Lou Who was played by Taylor Momsen, AKA Jenny on "Gossip Girl", who was only about seven at the time.

[@Betta66]

🤘

[@samanthawycoff855]

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! ❤

[@regularshowman3208]

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.

[@jessilynallendilla5014]

Tony the Tiger: "You're a mean one, Mr. Grinch..."

[@ConnorNotyerbidness]

Fun fact about this movie: my ex gfs dad worked for universal for over 20 years (mid level exec kinda guy not involved in movie production) and hed just started working for them around the time this was being made Well he drove his car onto the lot as usual but got lost and wasnt quite paying attention and accidentally Drove Onto The Set Of the Film Mid Shot He got into some small trouble but thankfully wasnt like during a big set up shot so was no harm no foul

[@NymphettEcho]

I adore the live-action The Grinch and y’all can tear that away from my cold dead hands. 10/10 watch every year, multiple times in the winter.

[@petarmilich8684]

Who else wants to see a Lost in Adaptation episode on Tarzan? I do have to say though, I actually agree with the people who were protesting the Seuss censorship.

[@moviemaestro800]

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

[@breezy3392]

Yes!

[@xaveircombs2690]

That’s actually a good idea

[@petarmilich8684]

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

[@Zero-di3cf]

I didn't know Tarzan was a book

[@shotyslawa]

I recently watched this movie with Polish dubbing, and was delighted to find out that Grinch himself was voiced by the person, who voiced the game version of Geralt (Jacek Rozenek). The Witcher himself stole Christmas. And occassionally the same tone of voice was used for both characters, making it my first ever enjoyable experience of a dubbed movie.

[@amonrawya3064]

That is a brilliant nugget of information, thank you.

[@anamelessyoutuber1462]

Any version of The Grinch is like Super Size Me. Because everyone had to watch them in school.

[@Saezimmerman]

"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.

[@kiramartinij]

The live action 2000 film is one of my brother's all time favorite films. Our DVD player is getting a lot of use this Christmas, as ever. Another great video from you, sir, and capped by a very funny parody / cover too! :)

[@coopdville855]

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.

[@jenneacubero1036]

Just realized something about the romance subplot; they're was barely much of Grinch interacting with Martha. Not even at the jubilee we don't see them chatting, Martha seeing Grinch genuinely being nice with Cindy and the other kids or apologizing for the school incident prior to the Mayor giving him that razor. Neither did we get to see why the Grinch still loves Martha besides her being eye-candy. We saw them together as kids but that could all have been infatuation, nostalgia and Martha wanting ANYONE who's not the Mayor. The romance subplot could've been better.

[@RukoHanaji]

I just realized something; I was watching some Private Snafu cartoons, and was kind of amused by some of them being in rhyme. And then this video reminded me that Seuss wrote those shorts.

[@limbobilbo8743]

I thought “i wonder if he’s going to make a whos on first style joke” needless to say I was not disappointed

[@kellyheffner3232]

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.

[@nsasupporter7557]

The best thing about Jim Carrey is that he’s completely unpredictable and versatile

[@c.d.dailey8013]

I liked Dr. Seuss as a kid. I still like him now as an adult. They are a bit of a guilty pleasure. It wasn't until adulthood that I realized that the Grinch story wasn't a normal Christmas story. It was a clever satire of Christmas, particularly the commercial aspect. I think it was for the best that the story focused more on community in the happy ending. I don't think religion is appropriate for material aimed at very small children. As for the adaptations, I highly recommend the original 2D animated short. It is very accurate to the source material. There are two songs, the Who song and the Grinch song. Both are amazing. I think the short is the first time where the Grinch was green. He was white in the book, partly due to limited pallet in illustrations. Now the Grinch is always depicted as green. That may be due to the short. The story works best as a half hour short, because the source didn't have much material to begin with. The live action movie is so bad that it is good. It is so badly written. They got to stretch the story out before the Grinch actually goes out and steals everything. What the live action movie did was fill the runtime with Grinch fanfiction. It is very badly written Grinch fanfiction. There was the sob story of the Grinch. Then there is the love triangle. Then there is a Mary Sue. This Mary Sue is a major furry, because she is so infatuated by the Grinch. These are all mistakes that I learn to avoid when I become a better writer. By better, I mean better than some amateur noob. The movie has a ton of intentional comedy especially with the Jim Carrey shenanigans. Yet it is the technical ineptitudes of the story that created unintentional comedy for me. This is a case of it's so bad it is good. When the Grinch burned down the tree, I burst laughing. Seeing the footage in this video makes me chuckle a little.

[@c.d.dailey8013]

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 KZbin videos. There is even a reference to the CSI song. They say " Who are you. Who who. Who who."

[@ThanksHermione]

A KZbin trailer for another adaptation went up. It's a horror movie called The Mean One. The Grinch returns 20 years after murdering Cindy's mom.

[@Caernath]

I would have liked to see another award show, where Dom would look at all Grinch adaptations. I'm curious on what he thinks of Cumberbatch's Grinch.

[@justjukka]

Thank you! I thought that version was very cute.

[@maskedmallard537]

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!

[@daniellemhall1358]

Why is Dominic reviewing my grandparents' entire VHS collection? First Matilda now this. If he does the Green Mile next I will know he has access to my childhood memories.

[@SamyTheBookWorm]

Grandparents? Dude I’m in my 20s and these are movies from my childhood, calm down.

[@daniellemhall1358]

@@SamyTheBookWorm These are my favourite movies too. It's just a weird coincidence.

[@minerman60101]

Should've done a "Tales of Dr. Seuss" film that bundled multiple stories into the hour and a half runtime

[@coreymon78]

Giving Jim Carrey the opportunity to be as Jim Carrey as possible is always entertaining.

[@nsasupporter7557]

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

[@hayhay509]

as someone who loved the book and the animated movie, this movie was like a "teenager" version of the book i loved as a child.

[@maskedmallard537]

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

[@Flower_Mom]

@12:30 reminds me of the Dr. Seuss parody from The Critic called Morton Hears His Neighbors In Bed.

[@xarenanotmyrealname4134]

I cannot imagine any other actor pulling off that costume as well as Jim Carrey did.

[@xarenanotmyrealname4134]

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

[@creamtherabbit77]

An actual thing I heard a five-year-old say today: Don't watch the adult Grinch. It's scary.

[@griffinwatson5197]

Last time I was this early The Grinch wasn't live action yet.

[@aidanfarnan4683]

A song about Grinch-thurst wasn't what i knew i needed untill i heard it.

[@faithworldleader6891]

The original TV cartoon is all you ever need to watch. It has Boris Karloff as Narrator. What more can you want?

[@fairelvenlady]

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.

[@wilsonkierankitsune]

I will forever be unable to unhear "You can't see Jesus in a big slab of meat"

[@christine_and_bean]

Fingers Crossed for the Cat and the Hat live action. I can only Imagine the commentary 😂

[@SamAronow]

Frankly, this video was simply inviting it.

[@Digitalhunny]

WHY, do we _all_ love that poor abused doggy _so_ frickin' much?? Every year, for decades, same feelings of absolute love for that poor sweet silly doggo. Way more than Cindy Lou Woo, always. 😂😂😂

[@Tom_TheDutchguy]

Dr. Seuss wasn't really a thing in The Netherlands when I was a kid, So the only time I ever got exposed to even the slightest bit of the Grinch. It was when I watched Home Alone 2 and you can see Kevin watching the 1966 animated short on the tv he has in his limo. Only a handful of books have gotten translated into Dutch recently and the first time The Netherlands got their first dosage of Seuss, it was with the 2000s adaptation. I Went to see it in the theater with my older sister when it came out and........we both thought it was boring as hell. I watched the 1966 short in it's entirety when I was in my late 20s and It's so much better then either of the big Hollywood productions. As for the 2000 version, it only has one joke in it that I can still laugh at. It's when The Grinch has started his second rampage and after crossing the street at one point, he tries to get a taxi. The taxi drives by him and after a couple of seconds he says: It's because I'm GREEN isn't it? That just always cracks me up, but it's not worth watching the entire movie for it.

[@Zeywerks]

Would love to see a Lost in Adaptation for V for Vendetta

[@AmiliaTheGeek]

Honestly I love the original book and this one holds a special place in my heart. While I admit the animated one is probably the best the original animated one that is of the adaptations I watch this one every year.

[@staceynainlab888]

taking a very simplistic Seuss book and expanding it to several hours of screen time CAN be done surprisingly well. Netflix Green Eggs and Ham