UPDATE, 12/31/2019 - I thought I was done writing about A Christmas Carol, at least until summer, but apparently it was not done with me. There were a few more things on my mind during the week after seeing this affecting miniseries. That's how I know this was great; it won't let me go. It mainly stems from comments I've seen that it was both too long in parts and not long enough in others, making it feel both overstuffed and rushed. I didn't feel at all that way and I kind of ramble on about it.

UPDATE 2, 1/20/20 - I really thought the last time I wrote about this was going to be the last time, but it's nearing the end of January and I'm still thinking about it. That's due to the exceptional talent of Guy Pearce. This one performance shows me he's an equal to Andrew Lincoln or Robert Downey Jr. Funny, because I was floored by him in Memento long before I knew either of the other two. Since then I only remember him from Iron Man 3. IMDb tells me there were a few smaller parts that I forgot about, like the opening minutes of The Hurt Locker, where things didn't go so well for him. There was also Jack Irish, a series he starred in, which I now realize I had started watching somewhere before it became unavailable. I'll have to use my Amazon Christmas gift card for that. So, in all these years, because he wasn't regularly appearing in things I watched, his talent faded from my mind. A Christmas Carol has changed that. Even if Pearce never does anything else, there are very few who can convincingly convey real emotion, and I won't let that fade again.