The All-Encompassing 2024 Holiday Thread

[DarthSkywalker]

 

[DarthSkywalker]

The funniest thing I'm reading about this movie online is the amount of hardcore Christians being super offended by it.

So it was worth it.

 

[Kane52630]

Nutcrackers

Finally, a fart joke that is important to the plot.

Fun movie. I'm so glad to see David Gordon Green return to his George Washington/Prince Avalanche indie roots after being stuck in studio horror. On paper with this plot, this sounds pretty much like so many Harkmark Christmas movies but it's not. It's far more in the vein of Be Kind and Rewind and Captain Fantastic with Ben Stiller and Linda Cardellini. The kids they got playing the orphaned nephews who are real-life siblings are pretty good in this and I'm sure this is the first time they've acted in anything and I honestly wouldn't be surprised if someone makes a Hanson music biopic in the near future. It was also great seeing Toby Huss, Tim Heidecker, and Edi Patterson and it's funny enough the movie does have some Pete & Pete/King of the Hill vibes to it. While it's got some cliche Christmas movie moments, it's done well enough with an indie style of direction that makes it more bearable to watch. Overall, while it's not super great, I still dug it and I'm glad David Gordon Green is back doing indies again.
3/5

 

[DarthSkywalker]

24. Thanksgiving (2023) dir. Eli Roth

Mini Candy Cane Review: Pretty girls, decent puns, fun kills. Roth now has two watchable movies!

***

25. Addams Family Values (1993) dir. Victor Fleming

Mini Candy Cane Review: ViIf you eat enough Little Debbie, do you become Mr. Debbie?

****

26. Fantastic Mr. Fox (2009) dir. Wes Anderson

Mini Candy Cane Review: I still want my bandit hat.

*****

 

[DarthSkywalker]

Happy Christmas month!

 

[DarthSkywalker]

Black Friday and the night before Christmas month!

27. Black Friday (2021) dir. Casey Tebo

Mini Candy Cane Review: Devon Sawa's horror based career renaissance has been all kinds of fun.

***

28. Instant Family (2018) dir. Sean Anders

Mini Candy Cane Review: Mark Wahlberg found his niche as grumpy dad. Rose Byrne is the most underrated comedic actor of her time.

****

29. The Merry Gentlemen (2024) dir. Peter Sullivan (NEW)

Mini Candy Cane Review: I can't tell if they wanted us to think Britt Robertson was ancient because of sexism or because they know how super old Chad Michael Murray looks in this.

*1/2

30. The Nightmare Before Christmas (1993) dir. Henry Selick

Mini Candy Cane Review: Twas the night before Christmas month...

****1/2

 

[DarthSkywalker]

On the first day of Christmas...

31. Noelle (2019) dir. Marc Lawrence

Mini Candy Cane Review: Kendrick is trying, but there just ain't much there.

**1/4

 

[Drizzle]

I forgot to update this thread but last weekend I rewatched Eight Crazy Nights. It's not good but it's one of my guilty pleasure Sandler movies. That said, I will forever defend this song as an absolute banger that recently experienced resurgence as a TikTok meme:




I also watched Scrooged for the first time ever. The gold standard of any Christmas Carol adaptation for me is the Muppet version of course, but I was still entertained by this. Bill Murray in his peak era, good supporting turns from Alfre Woodard, Karen Allen and Buster Poindexter and Carol Kane as the Ghosts, and some awesome old school makeup effects. Especially on the "Jacob Marley" character.

 

[DarthSkywalker]

I forgot to update this thread but last weekend I rewatched Eight Crazy Nights. It's not good but it's one of my guilty pleasure Sandler movies. That said, I will forever defend this song as an absolute banger that recently experienced resurgence as a TikTok meme:




I also watched Scrooged for the first time ever. The gold standard of any Christmas Carol adaptation for me is the Muppet version of course, but I was still entertained by this. Bill Murray in his peak era, good supporting turns from Alfre Woodard, Karen Allen and Buster Poindexter and Carol Kane as the Ghosts, and some awesome old school makeup effects. Especially on the "Jacob Marley" character.

Karen makes Scrooged more then worth it.

 

[Ninjablade]

Trying to fully embrace the Christmas season this year, cheesy Hallmark movies and all.

NB's 25 Days of Christmas
1. The Princess Switch
2. The Princess Switch: Switched Again
3. The Princess Switch 3: Romancing the Star
4. Hot Frosty
5. Christmas Island
6. The Santa Clause

7. The Santa Clause 2

If someone told me I had until Christmas to find the love of my life or else the magic within in me would disappear forever, I'd be cooked. Thankfully there's not a whole lot of magic there, so I'm not losing much?

 

[DarthSkywalker]

On the 2nd, 3rd, 4th, 5th, 6th, and 7th day of Christmas...

32. Dear Santa (2011) dir. Jason Priestly

Mini Candy Cane Review: Worth it for Acker. And yes, that Jason Priestly.

**

33. A Royal Corgi Christmas (2022) dir. Clare Niederpruem

Mini Candy Cane Review: Early thirst watching has delivered in eactly one area.

*1/2

34. The Santa Summit (2023) dir. Jeff Beesley (NEW)

Mini Candy Cane Review: Maybe it was the power of three pretty women, including an adorable dork with glasses, but I kind of had a good time?

**3/4

35. Snow Buddies (2008) dir. Robert Vince (NEW)

Mini Candy Cane Review: Spooky Buddies set the expectations way too high.

*1/2

36. Better Watch Out (2017) dir. Chris Peckover

Mini Candy Cane Review: Peter Pan is such a perfect little ****.

****

37. Into the Spider-Verse (2018) dir. Peter Ramsey, Bob Persichetti, & Rodney Rothman

Mini Candy Cane Review: Best. Christmas album. Ever.

****1/2

 

[Drizzle]

I put on the first Home Alone in the background while getting some cleaning done today.

I know it's been meme'd to death, but what do we all think Kevin's dad did for work to be able to afford this house as well as bringing his extended family on a trip to Paris?

Personally I'm going with mob accountant.

 

[Ninjablade]

Picks of the weekend:

NB's 25 Days of Christmas
1. The Princess Switch
2. The Princess Switch: Switched Again
3. The Princess Switch 3: Romancing the Star
4. Hot Frosty
5. Christmas Island
6. The Santa Clause
7. The Santa Clause 2

8. Mickey's Twice Upon a Christmas

Such a lovely collection of shorts that are always a joy to watch this time of year. I also love Donald Duck so much.

9. The Knight Before Christmas

Vanessa Hudgens needs to just commit to making Christmas movies every year. They're the backbone of my Christmas watches. This one is just another fuzzy feel good one.

10. Operation Christmas Drop

I really can't say anything bad about goofy movies like these. They're ridiculous, but sincere which is charming. What more can you ask for from a Christmas movie? So, sure. Why not make a movie about a political aide trying to shutdown a military base. I give it points for still having the coziness of Christmas despite not having the traditional aesthetic locale.

 

[DarthSkywalker]

I put on the first Home Alone in the background while getting some cleaning done today.

I know it's been meme'd to death, but what do we all think Kevin's dad did for work to be able to afford this house as well as bringing his extended family on a trip to Paris?

Personally I'm going with mob accountant.

A US Congressman.

(You're welcome @Snow Queen )

 

[Drizzle]

A US Congressman.

(You're welcome @Snow Queen )

Makes sense to me. He absconds to France while abandoning his constituents to the Wet Bandits. Regular Ted Cruz we got here.

 

[Snow Queen]

A US Congressman.

(You're welcome @Snow Queen )

 

[CaptainWagner]

ugh. not even going to bother finding gifs for these two. Weirdly alike in having absolutely unhinged endings and making me wonder what the heck I was thinking watching them

1. Dear Santa (2024)
Squanders a fun premise on a bland, toothless script. Black's Satan gets up to almost no hijinks this whole movie. He makes a teacher **** himself once and that's really it. What was the point? But it's low-key worth it for the bewildered shock and horror of it turning into Pet Semetary in the last five minutes.

2. Black Christmas (2019)
A total disaster - bland characters, dialogue that reads like it was lifted from a Twitter thread, a wasted Cary Elwes, and some of the worst censorship I've ever seen in a horror movie. I don't even know for sure how half the victims died it cut away so much. And then you get to the climax and... not only does it totally undermine the movie's heavy-handed messaging, it's just a totally insane move for the remake of such a classic slasher. There's no way this was written to be a Black Christmas script, right?

 

[DarthSkywalker]

Me getting @Ninjablade dressed up for the season:

 

[Ninjablade]

Me getting @Ninjablade dressed up for the season:

 

[Kane52630]

 

[DarthSkywalker]

 

[Kane52630]

Me coming out of the Wicked movie:

 

[DarthSkywalker]

Me coming out of the Wicked movie:

 

[DarthSkywalker]

I love when I spot the RT scores for movies like Home Alone and Jingle All the Way. Critics don't understand quality Christmas movies ta all!

 

[3rdstone]

Santa Jaws (2019)

Yeah, it exists. I wont even go into the story which includes a magical pen which makes a shark suddently turning up in this small town with that damn lake. There's some actuallly fun moments, which means comments between the characters, but other than that, ehh..