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Post by Slam_Bradley on Dec 22, 2021 11:12:11 GMT -5
The Bojack Horseman Christmas Special isn’t very old - three years, I think - but I’ve watched it in December every year since it came out. It is hilarious - and very Christmas-y in its way despite acting like it’s trying hard not to be. Bojack Horseman is fantastic. And that Christmas Special is excellent. My wife calls it "the sad horse show." |
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Post by Hoosier X on Dec 22, 2021 11:15:52 GMT -5
The Bojack Horseman Christmas Special isn’t very old - three years, I think - but I’ve watched it in December every year since it came out. It is hilarious - and very Christmas-y in its way despite acting like it’s trying hard not to be. Bojack Horseman is fantastic. And that Christmas Special is excellent. My wife calls it "the sad horse show." The Christmas Special is older than I thought it was. 2014! I was watching the show from the start but I somehow missed the special until a few years ago. |
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Post by kirby101 on Dec 22, 2021 11:23:46 GMT -5
Nuance can often be lost online, so please take the following post in a fun spirit, imagine me with a party hat and laughing as I say this: For me, a Christmas movie requires Christmas to be intrinsic to the plot. That would qualify, say, SANTA CLAUS: THE MOVIE. DIE HARD could have taken place during Easter or Halloween without changing the plot. McClane could have been ready to spend Halloween with his family. A tower block could have been hijacked during Halloween. Nothing would have changed. That’s all.  Au contraire, Christmas is integral to the plot. Offices don't have Easter or Halloween parties, Fathers don't fly across the country to be with the family for Halloween. Christmas is referenced throughout the movie. It's as much a Christmas movie as Planes, Trains and Home Alone. |
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Post by Prince Hal on Dec 22, 2021 11:26:08 GMT -5
Other recommendations for the Christmas season...
"Our Vines Have Tender Grapes" has my single favorite Edward G. Robinson performance, and I love Edward G. It's not strictly a Christmas movie, because it follows a year or so in the life of a Norwegian-American farming community in Wisconsin, but the Christmas scene is a heart-tugger, even to a hard-bitten irreligious type like me.
Of course, it's Margaret O'Brien's scene, so it has to be a tear-jerker.
The excellent cast includes Agnes Moorehead, Morris Carnovsky, and Ming the Merciless himself, Charles Middleton. One stunning sequence (among many) involving a barn-burning is truly unforgettable. Dalton Trumbo, noted blacklistee, wrote the script and it wears its heart unashamedly on its sleeve, but sincerely and with respect for this close-knit community and its hard-working people.
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Post by Deleted on Dec 22, 2021 13:14:54 GMT -5
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Post by berkley2 on Dec 22, 2021 14:09:14 GMT -5
It's actually a Thanksgiving film, but whatever lights your yule log. Wha ?! Oh well, I knew they were trying to get home for something or other and my faulty memory must have filled in that blank with themost obvious family holiday. Looking it up to see what else i forgot, I see it was directed by John Hughes, which would make it my favourite of his movies by far, though i only ever did see bits of his popular teen comedies here and there. |
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Post by kirby101 on Dec 22, 2021 14:23:55 GMT -5
Is that Nakatomi Plaza I see in flames in this "Christmas Movies" post? |
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Post by Deleted on Dec 22, 2021 14:42:55 GMT -5
Erm, no, I think that’s, erm, COBRA’s consulate, probably from a G.I. JOE Christmas episode…
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