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
As with Planes, Trains, and Automobiles, most people are shocked/appalled to learn that I've only seen this holiday classic once all the way through and only relatively recently, at that.
― i was so hungry that i ate a hole cake entirely to myself (Old Lunch), Friday, 20 December 2019 15:36 (four years ago) link
shitter's full!
― TikTok to the (Alfred, Lord Sotosyn), Friday, 20 December 2019 15:37 (four years ago) link
Also: stopping by to say that A Christmas Tale is my favorite Desplechin.
yeah i kind of want to be too cool for xmas vacation but i have to admit that i find it pretty funny, mostly due to really really good comedic performances rather than the actual scripted jokes.
alfred otm re: aunt bethany & uncle lewis are classic characters & very useful references in family joking situations
― warn me about a lurking rake (One Eye Open), Friday, 20 December 2019 15:38 (four years ago) link
I just love riding in cars!
― TikTok to the (Alfred, Lord Sotosyn), Friday, 20 December 2019 15:39 (four years ago) link
Aunt Bethany is for sure an eleventh-hour save.
― temporarily embarrassed thousandaire (Eric H.), Friday, 20 December 2019 15:39 (four years ago) link
A Christmas Tale is great and got my vote.
― Simon H., Friday, 20 December 2019 15:40 (four years ago) link
Let's play ball!
― TikTok to the (Alfred, Lord Sotosyn), Friday, 20 December 2019 15:40 (four years ago) link
my appreciation for this is so entangled with nostalgia that it's probably not worth parsing, but I'm pretty sure this was the last instance of Chevy Chase being funny in a movie.
― Legacy of Banality (Pillbox), Friday, 20 December 2019 15:41 (four years ago) link
Yes. His double takes are excellent.
― TikTok to the (Alfred, Lord Sotosyn), Friday, 20 December 2019 15:42 (four years ago) link
in my family when someone cant finish a thought, loses the thread or otherwise drifts off when talking, it is not unheard of for someone to yell "THE BLESSING!" at them
― warn me about a lurking rake (One Eye Open), Friday, 20 December 2019 15:42 (four years ago) link
Example:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fKncYRJQRC8
― warn me about a lurking rake (One Eye Open)
mine too!
― TikTok to the (Alfred, Lord Sotosyn), Friday, 20 December 2019 15:43 (four years ago) link
Yes, this might be the all-time family-quoting movie.
― temporarily embarrassed thousandaire (Eric H.), Friday, 20 December 2019 15:43 (four years ago) link
I can't ever get past finding Chevy Chase utterly repellent, even if Clark Griswold is supposed to be on many levels horrible.
― temporarily embarrassed thousandaire (Eric H.), Friday, 20 December 2019 15:44 (four years ago) link
yeah his comedic style is predicated on him being a clueless dickhead, which he actually is in real life, so unless his sensibilities are channeled just so (Caddyshack, Fletch, og Vacation & NLCV, some early SNL), his persona just grates.
― Legacy of Banality (Pillbox), Friday, 20 December 2019 15:49 (four years ago) link
I like that, in Community, the joke was actually on him.
― Legacy of Banality (Pillbox), Friday, 20 December 2019 15:50 (four years ago) link
I stared at the list of his filmography as if at the remains of an electrocuted cat.
― TikTok to the (Alfred, Lord Sotosyn), Friday, 20 December 2019 15:50 (four years ago) link
https://cansesclasseled.files.wordpress.com/2019/12/27.batman_returns.jpg
27. BATMAN RETURNSTim Burton, USA, 1992(201 points, 4 votes)
― temporarily embarrassed thousandaire (Eric H.), Friday, 20 December 2019 15:53 (four years ago) link
I have a copy of the first episode of The Chevy Chase Show which I just rewatched a bit of the other day. Highly, highly recommended. Among the most beautiful of trainwrecks.
― i was so hungry that i ate a hole cake entirely to myself (Old Lunch), Friday, 20 December 2019 15:54 (four years ago) link
Batman Returns didnt pass my arbitrary "is it christmassy enough" test, but man do i love that movie. maybe the only superhero/comic book movie that i enjoy
― warn me about a lurking rake (One Eye Open), Friday, 20 December 2019 15:56 (four years ago) link
oh man, yeah, The Chevy Chase show was definitely one of the best worst ideas in modern cultural history. Did it even make it to episode #2?
xp
― Legacy of Banality (Pillbox), Friday, 20 December 2019 15:57 (four years ago) link
Best Batman movie, best performance in a Batman movie (Pfeiffer), most fun Pfeiffer performance.
― TikTok to the (Alfred, Lord Sotosyn), Friday, 20 December 2019 15:59 (four years ago) link
definitely the highlight of Burton-era Batman, it's level of being Christmasy is incidental but palpable.
― Legacy of Banality (Pillbox), Friday, 20 December 2019 16:06 (four years ago) link
I dunno, Bruce Wayne spending the back half of the film dressed in a modified Santa suit and fighting the Penguin with an oversized candy cane felt pretty Christmas-y to me but ymmv.
― i was so hungry that i ate a hole cake entirely to myself (Old Lunch), Friday, 20 December 2019 16:26 (four years ago) link
https://cansesclasseled.files.wordpress.com/2019/12/26.far_from_heaven.jpg
26. FAR FROM HEAVENTodd Haynes, USA, 2002(202.5 points, 4 votes)
― temporarily embarrassed thousandaire (Eric H.), Friday, 20 December 2019 16:31 (four years ago) link
dang, that is something I totally forgot about - time for a rewatch!
― Legacy of Banality (Pillbox), Friday, 20 December 2019 16:40 (four years ago) link
another great movie I don't recall the Christmas/holidays component of at all
― Simon H., Friday, 20 December 2019 16:41 (four years ago) link
xpost Please do not sue me when you discover upon rewatching that I have fudged the truth a lil.
― i was so hungry that i ate a hole cake entirely to myself (Old Lunch), Friday, 20 December 2019 16:42 (four years ago) link
lol
― Legacy of Banality (Pillbox), Friday, 20 December 2019 16:43 (four years ago) link
This was not the Todd Haynes movie I voted for.
― temporarily embarrassed thousandaire (Eric H.), Friday, 20 December 2019 16:44 (four years ago) link
that's probably my fave batman moviePenguin robots!
― Fuck the NRA (ulysses), Friday, 20 December 2019 16:55 (four years ago) link
xpost Oh right, totally forgot that Superstar was made using Elf on the Shelf dolls!
― i was so hungry that i ate a hole cake entirely to myself (Old Lunch), Friday, 20 December 2019 16:56 (four years ago) link
https://cansesclasseled.files.wordpress.com/2019/12/25.the_ice_storm.jpg
25. THE ICE STORMAng Lee, USA, 1997(205.5 points, 4 votes)
― temporarily embarrassed thousandaire (Eric H.), Friday, 20 December 2019 17:03 (four years ago) link
I legit get a little misty at the end of batman returns when the penguins give The Penguin a little penguin funeral
― warn me about a lurking rake (One Eye Open), Friday, 20 December 2019 17:10 (four years ago) link
https://cansesclasseled.files.wordpress.com/2019/12/24.hudsucker.jpg
25. THE HUDSUCKER PROXYJoel Coen, USA, 1994(215 points, 4 votes)
― temporarily embarrassed thousandaire (Eric H.), Friday, 20 December 2019 17:17 (four years ago) link
Ice Harvest > Ice Storm
― a Mets fan who gave up on everything in the mid '80s (Dr Morbius), Friday, 20 December 2019 17:31 (four years ago) link
I feel gratified by the critical reevaluation that The Huduscker Proxy has received in recent years, but I didn’t even consider it for this poll.
Only thing to show up so far today that I voted for is Christmas Vacation. I can think of few comedies—and certainly none since 1989–with so many classic supporting performances (to a fault, at times, I admit; does Diane Ladd even have any lines?).
― Maria Edgelord (cryptosicko), Friday, 20 December 2019 17:41 (four years ago) link
She has a martini.
Or is that the biddy from ELR?
― TikTok to the (Alfred, Lord Sotosyn), Friday, 20 December 2019 17:46 (four years ago) link
The latter iirc
― temporarily embarrassed thousandaire (Eric H.), Friday, 20 December 2019 17:54 (four years ago) link
https://cansesclasseled.files.wordpress.com/2019/12/23.muppet_cc.jpg
23. THE MUPPET CHRISTMAS CAROLBrian Henson, USA, 1992(230 points, 4 votes)
― temporarily embarrassed thousandaire (Eric H.), Friday, 20 December 2019 17:58 (four years ago) link
Sorry, that should be...
― temporarily embarrassed thousandaire (Eric H.), Friday, 20 December 2019 17:59 (four years ago) link
couldn't not give this lil guy a vote, surprised it's not higher
― Simon H., Friday, 20 December 2019 18:02 (four years ago) link
made my top 10
― warn me about a lurking rake (One Eye Open), Friday, 20 December 2019 18:03 (four years ago) link
mine too.
― Legacy of Banality (Pillbox), Friday, 20 December 2019 18:05 (four years ago) link
I should see this sometime. I am a HUGE fan of the Henson era but my engagement with the Muppets material since then has been spotty and not particularly rewarding. But I've heard enough people say good things about this that I probably need to give it a fair shake.
― i was so hungry that i ate a hole cake entirely to myself (Old Lunch), Friday, 20 December 2019 18:07 (four years ago) link
(At least a couple of the Henson-era xmas entertainments (Emmet Otter and Christmas Eve on Sesame Street) aren't just at the top of my holiday viewing lists but are also among my all-time favorite cultural objects. So those are some big shoes.)
― i was so hungry that i ate a hole cake entirely to myself (Old Lunch), Friday, 20 December 2019 18:09 (four years ago) link
Christmas Carol is probably the only post-henson muppet thing that I really rate
― warn me about a lurking rake (One Eye Open), Friday, 20 December 2019 18:14 (four years ago) link