A lot of ‘best of’ and ‘top ten’ lists going around…so here’s another one! These are some holiday favorites you should rent if you haven’t enjoyed and others you might want to skip:
1. The Ref
Kevin Spacey and Denis Leary make the holidays hilarious. A true classic feast with one-liners galore.
2. Christmas Vacation
Fast forward about an hour in – when Uncle Eddie shows up.
3. Lethal Weapon
Yes, it’s a holiday classic that begins with ‘Jingle Bell Rock’ and has Mel Gibson with a gun in his mouth. Just what I wished for!
4. Edward Scissorhands
5. Bad Santa
Truly one of the best ever! If this piece of shit can find his spirit beneath the profanity and sex and booze, then there is hope for all. People miss the fact that Billy Bob’s Santa HAS to be as vulgar as possible for his transformation to have meaning and depth. So good it’s believable.
6. A Midnight Clear
German and American soldiers call a truce for Christmas. This is heavy lifting…from the first frame. Great film though.
Overrated Holiday Films
These are some I’d recommend avoiding, no order to the madness…
1. Elf
Beyond the first half hour, this film just gets dumb and boring and the ending is pure Velveeta.
2. Scrooged
I still watch it for the moments that Murray shines but it’s all over the place, annoying at times.
3. Polar Express
The ‘dead’ eyes ruin it.
4. Love Actually
This film makes me angry because the first hour is very good but the second, with the idiot boy running through the airport is just…it’s just awful, the whole thing descends into cheese…like bread into fondue. Love actually? No, crap actually.
5. Miracle on 34th Street
Old guy, little girl, yeah, he’s Santa…blah, blah boring. Both the old and newer version make my balls ache..
6. The Santa Clause
Another film you can catch the first half but click away when he goes to jail and they ‘deploy’ the ‘Elf SWAT Team’ or whatever.
Of course, when all else fails, there is ‘A Christmas Story’ on TBS or TNT running on a loop.
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Underrated and Overrated Holiday Movies
A lot of ‘best of’ and ‘top ten’ lists going around…so here’s another one! These are some holiday favorites you should rent if you haven’t enjoyed and others you might want to skip:
1. The Ref
Kevin Spacey and Denis Leary make the holidays hilarious. A true classic feast with one-liners galore.
2. Christmas Vacation
Fast forward about an hour in – when Uncle Eddie shows up.
3. Lethal Weapon
Yes, it’s a holiday classic that begins with ‘Jingle Bell Rock’ and has Mel Gibson with a gun in his mouth. Just what I wished for!
4. Edward Scissorhands
5. Bad Santa
Truly one of the best ever! If this piece of shit can find his spirit beneath the profanity and sex and booze, then there is hope for all. People miss the fact that Billy Bob’s Santa HAS to be as vulgar as possible for his transformation to have meaning and depth. So good it’s believable.
6. A Midnight Clear
German and American soldiers call a truce for Christmas. This is heavy lifting…from the first frame. Great film though.
Overrated Holiday Films
These are some I’d recommend avoiding, no order to the madness…
1. Elf
Beyond the first half hour, this film just gets dumb and boring and the ending is pure Velveeta.
2. Scrooged
I still watch it for the moments that Murray shines but it’s all over the place, annoying at times.
3. Polar Express
The ‘dead’ eyes ruin it.
4. Love Actually
This film makes me angry because the first hour is very good but the second, with the idiot boy running through the airport is just…it’s just awful, the whole thing descends into cheese…like bread into fondue. Love actually? No, crap actually.
5. Miracle on 34th Street
Old guy, little girl, yeah, he’s Santa…blah, blah boring. Both the old and newer version make my balls ache..
6. The Santa Clause
Another film you can catch the first half but click away when he goes to jail and they ‘deploy’ the ‘Elf SWAT Team’ or whatever.
Of course, when all else fails, there is ‘A Christmas Story’ on TBS or TNT running on a loop.
Happy Holidays, enjoy the ‘electric sex’…
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