I was just old enough in 1992 to fully comprehend the sequel as the most cynical possible rehash.
That said, I totally get where you’re coming from re: broad market vs. franchise moviemaking. When I found myself growing mildly nostalgic, a few years back, for John Grisham adaptations, I knew that Hollywood was definitely no longer making movies for me.
― Maria Edgelord (cryptosicko), Thursday, 19 December 2019 21:09 (four years ago) link
I still remember going to school the Monday after Home Alone came out, all of us having seen it and loved it.
― Chris L, Thursday, 19 December 2019 21:13 (four years ago) link
As a kid, I remember being slightly disappointed that the wall-to-wall carnage promised by the trailers only gets rolling in the last 20 minutes or so.
― temporarily embarrassed thousandaire (Eric H.), Thursday, 19 December 2019 21:16 (four years ago) link
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34. PHANTOM THREADPaul Thomas Anderson, USA, 2017(154 points, 3 votes) [TIE]
― temporarily embarrassed thousandaire (Eric H.), Thursday, 19 December 2019 21:19 (four years ago) link
Me and my classmates all came to this conclusion xp.https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=PAz2Le8Xl0M
― Chris L, Thursday, 19 December 2019 21:20 (four years ago) link
surprised at how much i liked home alone when i finally revisited it as an adult, very christmasy (before the mortal kombat brutality kicks in). also surprised that the carnage took up away less screen time than i remember.
helped that i saw it in a theater filled with kids who were my age when i first saw it, all of whom were waaay into it & it was very adorable hearing their shocked & amazed reactions. best moment was when daniel stern falls down the icy steps, which i think is very early in the sequence so the kids in the audience didnt know what they were in for yet, and when he landed after a long noisy painful fall you couldve heard a pin drop in the theater, except for one lone kid who I just heard very loudly whisper: "WHOOOOOA"
― warn me about a lurking rake (One Eye Open), Thursday, 19 December 2019 21:36 (four years ago) link
watched 2 recently, which sucked ass. funny comparing the "home alone" moment from each: in 1 kevin wakes up and its kind of magical bc he doesnt immediately understand what happened and is a little frightened. In 2 kevin lands at jfk, immediately realizes exactly what happened and that he has all of his dads credit cards, refuses an offer of help by some adults, and consciously & assholishly is like "im a lone in new york, sweet, time to go on a spending spree until they find me"
― warn me about a lurking rake (One Eye Open), Thursday, 19 December 2019 21:42 (four years ago) link
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33. A CHRISTMAS TALEArnaud Despleschin, France, 2008(157 points, 3 votes, 1 first-place vote)
― temporarily embarrassed thousandaire (Eric H.), Thursday, 19 December 2019 22:02 (four years ago) link
(I was the first-place vote on this.)
Still need to see this one.
― Maria Edgelord (cryptosicko), Thursday, 19 December 2019 22:03 (four years ago) link
me too
― Legacy of Banality (Pillbox), Thursday, 19 December 2019 22:04 (four years ago) link
I think I just prefer the French take on the "my whole nutty family is in one house for a week and we're either going to kill each other or settle decades' long grudges" holiday staple.
― temporarily embarrassed thousandaire (Eric H.), Thursday, 19 December 2019 22:16 (four years ago) link
saw Home Alone once as a kid and never had any interest in rescreening but this is :D
― insecurity bear (sic), Thursday, 19 December 2019 22:26 (four years ago) link
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32. HANNAH AND HER SISTERSWoody Allen, USA, 1986(159 points, 3 votes)
― temporarily embarrassed thousandaire (Eric H.), Thursday, 19 December 2019 22:38 (four years ago) link
i like Hannah v much
ranking below Miracle on 34th Street as a holiday film? bananas
― a Mets fan who gave up on everything in the mid '80s (Dr Morbius), Thursday, 19 December 2019 23:00 (four years ago) link
Bananas is definitely not a Christmas movie.
― Maria Edgelord (cryptosicko), Thursday, 19 December 2019 23:58 (four years ago) link
OK, actually we'll do 11 tonight, since there's a tie at #30. Again, in chronological order:
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30. MY NIGHT AT MAUD'SEric Rohmer, France, 1969(161 points, 3 votes) [TIE]
― temporarily embarrassed thousandaire (Eric H.), Friday, 20 December 2019 00:35 (four years ago) link
didn't vote for Cat People, mostly because it has been long enough since my last viewing that I can't recall its specific Christmas content.
It's set during the holidays; the revenant (?) Irina sings the French carol "Il est né, le divin Enfant" (never mind that she was Serbian in the previous movie).
― Anne Hedonia (j.lu), Friday, 20 December 2019 00:39 (four years ago) link
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30. KISS KISS BANG BANGShane Black, USA, 2005(161 points, 3 votes) [TIE]
― temporarily embarrassed thousandaire (Eric H.), Friday, 20 December 2019 00:50 (four years ago) link
That's a wrap on day 1!
Xp yeah I remember seeing it the first time and being surprised that it’s not a horror movie at all, p much a straight up Christmas movie
― warn me about a lurking rake (One Eye Open), Friday, 20 December 2019 00:51 (four years ago) link
Thanks, Eric. Drinks for everyone?https://media1.giphy.com/media/3osBLcKOrK2jpNQB9K/source.gif
― Anne Hedonia (j.lu), Friday, 20 December 2019 00:53 (four years ago) link
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― temporarily embarrassed thousandaire (Eric H.), Friday, 20 December 2019 00:53 (four years ago) link
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― a very powerful woman in the dog world (Noodle Vague), Friday, 20 December 2019 00:57 (four years ago) link
I've never seen Kiss Kiss Bang Bang yet. What is wrong with me etc (because it looks good). But had no idea it was part of some holiday movies canon. so thanks thread!
― calzino, Friday, 20 December 2019 01:04 (four years ago) link
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― temporarily embarrassed thousandaire (Eric H.), Friday, 20 December 2019 01:10 (four years ago) link
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― a very powerful woman in the dog world (Noodle Vague), Friday, 20 December 2019 01:15 (four years ago) link
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― Legacy of Banality (Pillbox), Friday, 20 December 2019 01:16 (four years ago) link
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― insecurity bear (sic), Friday, 20 December 2019 01:24 (four years ago) link
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― Legacy of Banality (Pillbox), Friday, 20 December 2019 01:27 (four years ago) link
Shamefully, I’ve never seen Maud. Didn’t think to vote for KKBB, but I like it.
― Maria Edgelord (cryptosicko), Friday, 20 December 2019 01:48 (four years ago) link
Maud’s was my #1
― Dan S, Friday, 20 December 2019 02:03 (four years ago) link
(oops, sorry, forgot to designate that #1 vote)
― temporarily embarrassed thousandaire (Eric H.), Friday, 20 December 2019 02:15 (four years ago) link
Ive has it in my ‘to watch’ pile for months and haven’t gotten around to it, I had no idea it had a holiday element!
― warn me about a lurking rake (One Eye Open), Friday, 20 December 2019 02:23 (four years ago) link
xp - on it, if you can get a mod to swap out the screencap.
― Legacy of Banality (Pillbox), Friday, 20 December 2019 02:28 (four years ago) link
That’s ok, it’s not important
― Dan S, Friday, 20 December 2019 02:44 (four years ago) link
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29. ELFJon Favreau, USA, 2003(194 points, 4 votes)
― temporarily embarrassed thousandaire (Eric H.), Friday, 20 December 2019 14:31 (four years ago) link
Elf has a good number of very funny Will Ferrell moments but as a movie it is, tbh, kinda dumb and flimsy.
― i was so hungry that i ate a hole cake entirely to myself (Old Lunch), Friday, 20 December 2019 14:36 (four years ago) link
I actually haven't seen it. 2003 was the height of my "Will Ferrell isn't funny, people!" phase. I'll check it out with my future in-laws this weekend.
― temporarily embarrassed thousandaire (Eric H.), Friday, 20 December 2019 14:45 (four years ago) link
If that's the point you're starting from, Elf of all Will Ferrell films is probably unlikely to sway you.
― i was so hungry that i ate a hole cake entirely to myself (Old Lunch), Friday, 20 December 2019 14:50 (four years ago) link
Kiss Kiss Bang Bang rules and is considerably more Christsmassy than several other placements. The world would be a better place if RDJ and Shane Black had just done a bunch more of those instead of getting dragged into the MCU.
― Simon H., Friday, 20 December 2019 14:51 (four years ago) link
can't imagine wanting to revisit Elf
― Simon H., Friday, 20 December 2019 14:52 (four years ago) link
Like a few seconds of this particular clip might be all I need from Elf
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4ZnTC-epgcA
One of the movie's biggest problems is that it's just so weirdly/badly cast, pretty much across the board.
― i was so hungry that i ate a hole cake entirely to myself (Old Lunch), Friday, 20 December 2019 14:56 (four years ago) link
The idea that Elf is a classic Christmas film is a millennial conceit for people who didn't grow up with Tom Hanks's 'Big'
― YOU CALL THIS JOURNALSIM? (dog latin), Friday, 20 December 2019 15:03 (four years ago) link
^ I like Elf okay, but this is pretty much otm.
― Legacy of Banality (Pillbox), Friday, 20 December 2019 15:14 (four years ago) link
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28. NATIONAL LAMPOON'S CHRISTMAS VACATIONJeremiah S. Chechik, USA, 1989(200 points, 4 votes)
― temporarily embarrassed thousandaire (Eric H.), Friday, 20 December 2019 15:27 (four years ago) link
find the Lampoons too successfully loathsome to revisit tbh
― Simon H., Friday, 20 December 2019 15:29 (four years ago) link
This one has enough goofball scenes to make it mildly amusing. My family and I use Aunt Bethany and Uncle Lewis jokes all the time.
― TikTok to the (Alfred, Lord Sotosyn), Friday, 20 December 2019 15:30 (four years ago) link
There's a ton of stuff I like and even love about this movie and yet, somehow, I am very much not in its corner.
― temporarily embarrassed thousandaire (Eric H.), Friday, 20 December 2019 15:31 (four years ago) link
and Randy Quaid is...kinda terrific? I love his reaction to Brian Doyle-Murray's "And YOU'RE going to jail!"
― TikTok to the (Alfred, Lord Sotosyn), Friday, 20 December 2019 15:32 (four years ago) link
yeah catherine ohara really is phenomenal in HA1, low-key one of her best performances imo
― warn me about a lurking rake (One Eye Open), Thursday, 26 December 2019 17:11 (four years ago) link
tried to see Comfort and Joy for this poll, but it wasn’t available via any of my streaming services or libraries.Watching it on Hoopla rn (apparently from a pan & scan NTSC-converted VHS transfer)
― don't care didn't ask still clappin (sic), Friday, 27 December 2019 00:45 (four years ago) link
thank you Eric! I enjoyed seeing the results
― Dan S, Friday, 27 December 2019 01:23 (four years ago) link
and Pillbox!
― Dan S, Friday, 27 December 2019 01:38 (four years ago) link
Watched Elf again on Christmas eve with my family. There are a lot of good lines, and I always like “Santa Claus Is Coming to Town" at the end
― Dan S, Friday, 27 December 2019 02:15 (four years ago) link
I had a "no Elf, no Home Alone" rule this year. I like Elf but not enough for it to be an annual tradition.
― wasdnuos (abanana), Friday, 27 December 2019 02:21 (four years ago) link
the narwhal's sad-voiced "bye buddy, hope you find your dad" is my new favorite line from Elf
― Dan S, Friday, 27 December 2019 02:25 (four years ago) link
didn't remember until seeing it again that "Baby It's Cold Outside" features in a scene
― Dan S, Friday, 27 December 2019 02:35 (four years ago) link
My Night at Maud’sCarolLa Grande illusionFanny and AlexanderTangerine
2046The ApartmentEyes Wide ShutThe Shop Around the CornerFar From Heaven
Call Me By Your NameBoogie NightsThe Ice StormA Tale of WinterHannah and Her Sisters
It’s a Wonderful LifeMetropolitanPhantom ThreadHoliday (1938)Mon Oncle Antoine
LA ConfidentialJoyeux NoëlA Christmas TaleThe Nightmare Before ChristmasElf
― Dan S, Friday, 27 December 2019 02:47 (four years ago) link
Dan S: Does Boogie Nights have anything Christmas-related? There's the big New Year's Eve sequence ("Goodbye '70s, Hello '80s"), but I've seen it a bunch of times and I'm not remembering anything having to do with Christmas.
― clemenza, Friday, 27 December 2019 07:17 (four years ago) link
agree it's not really a holiday film. what I remember besides the New Year's Eve party scene is the donut shop shoot-out scene where Don Cheadle gets an unexpected Christmas gift
― Dan S, Friday, 27 December 2019 08:10 (four years ago) link
Forgot about that, you're right.
― clemenza, Friday, 27 December 2019 14:12 (four years ago) link
Those who didn't vibe with Scrooged: try again. I wasn't that into it for the longest time but now I don't go a holiday season without rewatching it.
Just finished watching Wonderful Life in its entirety for the first time in many years. I might agree with its placing here. It seems to have become more affecting in my dotage.
― Drive Like a Demon From Steakhouse to Steakhouse (Old Lunch), Saturday, 28 December 2019 23:17 (four years ago) link
Forgot to share the full results spreadsheet:
https://bit.ly/37myWBZ
If it had been a top 50...
41. Remember the Night42. Female Trouble43. Blast of Silence44. 204645. Krampus (2015)46. A Junky's Christmas 47. Home for the Holidays48. A Very Harold & Kumar 3-D Christmas49. Call Me by Your Name50. Inside (2007)
― temporarily embarrassed thousandaire (Eric H.), Saturday, 28 December 2019 23:20 (four years ago) link
Goddamnit...how did I forget that Cobra is a Christmas movie?
― Ask yoreself: are you're standards too high? (Old Lunch), Saturday, 15 August 2020 01:29 (four years ago) link