The All-Encompassing 2024 Holiday Thread

[blueharvest]

 

[Drizzle]

Me at Target trying to get as many of the original run Wicked dolls with the porn site error so I can sell them on eBay:

 

[Snow Queen]

Me at Target trying to get as many of the original run Wicked dolls with the porn site error so I can sell them on eBay:

Drizzle has been banned from all Target locations for charging a single mother, yelling "GIVE ME YOUR FACE"

 

[Drizzle]

Drizzle has been banned from all Target locations for charging a single mother, yelling "GIVE ME YOUR FACE"

She started it.

 

[Kane52630]

Speaking of who started it.

 

[Drizzle]

Speaking of who started it.

I will online high five you for this like Jake Lloyd high fiving the other kid for no reason at all other than seeing the Cat in the Hat.

 

[DarkKnight88]

I will online high five you for this like Jake Lloyd high fiving the other kid for no reason at all other than seeing the Cat in the Hat.

Speaking of weird high fives from a Jack Lloyd movie.

 

[Drizzle]

Speaking of weird high fives from a Jack Lloyd movie.

That one at least makes sense since one of them is wearing a mask with minimal visibility.

 

[DarkKnight88]

That one at least makes sense since one of them is wearing a mask with minimal visibility.

True. And I can imagine George Lucas shooting it.

 

[Deck Rickard]

Underrated Christmas movie (and under appreciated prequel that kind of established the format for all the prequels we got decades later, all the way down to the post-credits scene): Young Sherlock Holmes!

This film is easily one of my all time favorite Holmes movies and it ends on Christmas, so it counts. Masterfully directed by Barry Levinson and skillfully written by Chris Columbus, this awesome movie reimagines Holmes’s and Watson’s first meeting in an uptight boarding school as they attempt to unravel a mystery of why some of London’s elite appear to be committing suicide. We also learn where Holmes got his famous attire and pipe, why he became a lifelong bachelor, and how exposing the culprits behind these crimes portended many trials to come. Nicholas Rowe and Alan Cox might be my second favorite Holmes and Watson of all time (Cumberbatch and Freeman top my list), and the rest of the cast is great too, particularly Anthony Higgins and Sophie Ward. This is also one of the only films I’ve seen that I felt got a particular classic character right. Definitely check it out if you haven’t seen it.

 

[Drizzle]

Moved on to Home Alone 2, aka the reason why "Cool Jerk" by the Capitols absolutely counts as a Christmas song.



Pour one out for whoever runs the YouTube account for The Capitols because I'm sure that one too many "GET OUT OF HERE YOU NOSY LITTLE PERVERT OR I'M GONNA SLAP YOU SILLY!"s prompted them to turn off comments for that video entirely.

Damn shame, which is something that Uncle Frank clearly doesn't have for showering with the door open in a house full of people. Family or not that's still creepy, Frankie.

 

[Ninjablade]

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
9. The Knight Before Christmas
10. Operation Christmas Drop

11. Haul Out the Holly

I love the "small town is unhealthily obsessed with a holiday" trope. It's so silly, yet so charming. This movie was very cute, and I'm looking forward to watching the sequel

12. Christmas Inheritance

I fell asleep during this one. It was kinda boring.

 

[DarthSkywalker]

@Ninjablade sounds like we got to do Haul Out the Holly.

 

[DarthSkywalker]

On the 8th and 9th of Christmas...

38 A Nutcracker Christmas (2016) dir. Michael Lembeck

Mini Candy Cane Review: Acker is doing her darndest, but her love interest did not grow as an actor between Center Stage and this. Properly fun dancing though.

**1/2

39. 12 Gifts of Christmas (2015) dir. Peter Sullivan (NEW)

Mini Candy Cane Review: Why can none of these men act? Oh well, at least Katrina Law looked like Katrina Law.

*

40. Jingle All the Way (2016) dir. Brian Levant

Mini Candy Cane Review: A top 10 buddy cop flick from the 90s.

****

41. The Apartment (1960) dir. Billy Wilder

Mini Candy Cane Review: Jack Lemmon is the kind of perfect casting that never happens.

****1/2

 

[Ninjablade]

@Ninjablade sounds like we got to do Haul Out the Holly.

I think you'd enjoy it. Your kind of silly charm.

 

[DarthSkywalker]

On the 10th day of Christmas...

42. Tangerine (2015) dir. Sean Baker

Mini Candy Cane Review: Shot on an iPhone, looks better then 99% of Hollywood blockbusters since it's release.

****1/4

43. Elf (2003) dir. Jon Favreau

Mini Candy Cane Review: Elf isn't a movie I love as much as I appreciate. It's super good, but not necessarily my speed. Except for Zooey. She'll always be my speed.

****

44. The Holdovers (2023) dir. Alexander Payne

Mini Candy Cane Review: White straight man nonsense. The worst nonsense.

****1/2

45. Eileen (2023) dir. William Oldroyd

Mini Candy Cane Review: White lesbian nonsense. The best nonsense.

****1/2

 

[Kane52630]

The Holdovers (2023) dir. Alexander Payne

Eileen (2023) dir. William Oldroyd

Last year had some future Christmas classics.

 

[DarthSkywalker]

Last year had some future Christmas classics.

Yep. Firmly in the rotation going forward.

 

[Drizzle]

Had a compelling urge to watch How The Grinch Stole Christmas again. I don't understand how anyone can say this is a bad movie. It's at least ambitious in how much it commits to the Dr. Seuss look and Jim Carrey practically carries the whole damn thing on his back with that legendary performance. His version of "You're A Mean One, Mr. Grinch" is like the incel version of "Defying Gravity" since he sings it after his crush got engaged and the town made fun of him.

 

[DarthSkywalker]

Had a compelling urge to watch How The Grinch Stole Christmas again. I don't understand how anyone can say this is a bad movie. It's at least ambitious in how much it commits to the Dr. Seuss look and Jim Carrey practically carries the whole damn thing on his back with that legendary performance. His version of "You're A Mean One, Mr. Grinch" is like the incel version of "Defying Gravity" since he sings it after his crush got engaged and the town made fun of him.

One of my favorites. It's bad rep among some folk makes no sense to me.

 

[Kane52630]

So I've decided that for this season I'm going to finally check out all 5 of the Silent Night Deadly Night movies. (I might even check out the 2012 reboot)

I just bought all of them on bluray (and 4K).

My only knowledge of those movies is "Garbage Day!" from 2 so it'll be interesting where all these movies go by the time it gets to the 5th movie.

 

[Ninjablade]

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
9. The Knight Before Christmas
10. Operation Christmas Drop
11. Haul Out the Holly
12. Christmas Inheritance

13. A California Christmas

Embarrassed to admit I was actually really engaged with this movie. It's charming. Very much missing traditional Christmas flair, as I did forget it was a Christmas movie multiple times since it's hardly relevant, but I was into the romance. The leads were both charming and I'm a sucker for the "stuck up guy pretends to be something he's not and falls for the down to earth girl" thing. What can I say?

14. Holiday Engagement

Gotta say. The "fake dating" trope doesn't do it for me.

 

[Snow Queen]

So I've decided that for this season I'm going to finally check out all 5 of the Silent Night Deadly Night movies. (I might even check out the 2012 reboot)

I just bought all of them on bluray (and 4K).

My only knowledge of those movies is "Garbage Day!" from 2 so it'll be interesting where all these movies go by the time it gets to the 5th movie.

You have never watched them? You?

Honestly, most shocking thing I'm going to hear this holiday season.

 

[DarthSkywalker]

On the 11th day of Christmas...

46. Love Hard (2021) dir. Hernán Jiménez

Mini Candy Cane Review: It's a messy movie, sometimes by design, sometimes not. But it makes me smile.

***1/2

47. True Grit (2010) dir. Joel Coen & Ethan Coen

Mini Candy Cane Review: It came out during Christmas season and it has snow. It counts!

****1/4

 

[Kane52630]

You have never watched them? You?

Honestly, most shocking thing I'm going to hear this holiday season.