In general- I'm a fan of Christmas Movies. There are some that are particularly bad... and yet I still watch them every year and enjoy them... this is going to be more of me going over the worst parts of Christmas movies... and things that just kind of bother me.
THE BAD
1) Santa in Rudolph The Red Nosed Reindeer
I know people are complaining about Rudolph a lot this year... and I don't necessarily agree with everything that they're saying... but at the same time the Santa in Rudolph has some problems. He mocks a baby reindeer for having a red nose... that's not cool. So while I'm not super offended by Rudolph or up in arms about it or anything... yeah the Santa in Rudolph is not the best. #notmysanta am I right???
2) The Grinch's Heart is Down a Size and A Half???
So in the Jim Carey Grinch movie there's a scene early on in the movie where the Grinch checks the Heart Chart and says "Down another size and a half." This means that the Grinch's heart doesn't really grow 3 sizes... it just grows another size and a half. That means the Grinch is probably not that bad of a guy- he's just a little grumpy and he gets a little grumpier around Christmas times. Which I guess is relatable... but I don't know. That seems less dramatic than the original version.
3) The Polar Express and Disney's A Christmas Carol
Okay... I love Christmas movies and I kind of try to avoid these 2 at all costs. And every time I watch one of them I think "well this isn't terrible..." But they aren't the most fun movies... they aren't animated that nicely... the characters are very bland and not enough to make a story... it just doesn't work for me when you have these incredible, classic tales and when you make it a cartoon its just... meh. I don't know. It's weird.
THE GOOD
1) The Christmas Chronicles- Okay so this is definitely one of the best Christmas movies I've seen in years. One thing I love about Santas in Christmas movies is that when you can watch it at any age and actually believe in Santa... and this did that for me. It was a really sweet story and it just kind of hit all the right notes and messages for me. Plus it wasn't the same Santa that we're used to seeing, or the same story we're used to... it's just a nice newer version of a great Christmas Story. I love it.
2) The Santa Clause Series- Honestly- these have been a favorite of mine this year. I think it's because I always tend to watch Free Form and they haven't been airing my 2 favorite Christmas Movies, Elf and Christmas Vacation... so I've gone to watching The Santa Clause 3 over and over again because it is always on... and I never really watched it before but what a cute movie! I love how close Scott and his family are... I love Jack Frost... and I like that it kind of criticizes some of the commercialism of the holidays. It's just something I appreciate this year and I love it.
3) The end of Elf- Elf is one of my favorite christmas movies... and I have to say I always feel the Christmas Magic when I watch the ending in particular. This is something I feel like even my parents who don't love the movie can enjoy the ending of and enjoy too.
4) The Netflix Series Christmas Specials- So this year Netflix put out 2 special episodes of TV Shows that ended before Christmas. They had Aggretsuko's We Wish You A Metal Christmas and Chilling Adventures of Sabrina's A Midwinter's Tale. Both of these were amazing... I watched Aggretsuko with my boyfriend because that was the first thing we talked about when we started talking... and I watched Sabrina with my mom- who hasn't seen the show before and although she was a little lost with some of the plot points- I think she enjoyed it and it was chilling. I hope they keep doing this because it's a nice way to hold fans over for the next season... plus on Netflix they don't always air around Christmas so you don't always get Christmas episodes... so this is a fun way to still give us Christmas episodes!
And that is everything! I hope you guys like this! merry Blogmas... even though I only did 15 days instead of 25... I have some posts planned for January already- so hopefully I can stick to blogging daily in the New Year!
Bye!
-Shannon
THE BAD
1) Santa in Rudolph The Red Nosed Reindeer
I know people are complaining about Rudolph a lot this year... and I don't necessarily agree with everything that they're saying... but at the same time the Santa in Rudolph has some problems. He mocks a baby reindeer for having a red nose... that's not cool. So while I'm not super offended by Rudolph or up in arms about it or anything... yeah the Santa in Rudolph is not the best. #notmysanta am I right???
2) The Grinch's Heart is Down a Size and A Half???
So in the Jim Carey Grinch movie there's a scene early on in the movie where the Grinch checks the Heart Chart and says "Down another size and a half." This means that the Grinch's heart doesn't really grow 3 sizes... it just grows another size and a half. That means the Grinch is probably not that bad of a guy- he's just a little grumpy and he gets a little grumpier around Christmas times. Which I guess is relatable... but I don't know. That seems less dramatic than the original version.
3) The Polar Express and Disney's A Christmas Carol
Okay... I love Christmas movies and I kind of try to avoid these 2 at all costs. And every time I watch one of them I think "well this isn't terrible..." But they aren't the most fun movies... they aren't animated that nicely... the characters are very bland and not enough to make a story... it just doesn't work for me when you have these incredible, classic tales and when you make it a cartoon its just... meh. I don't know. It's weird.
THE GOOD
1) The Christmas Chronicles- Okay so this is definitely one of the best Christmas movies I've seen in years. One thing I love about Santas in Christmas movies is that when you can watch it at any age and actually believe in Santa... and this did that for me. It was a really sweet story and it just kind of hit all the right notes and messages for me. Plus it wasn't the same Santa that we're used to seeing, or the same story we're used to... it's just a nice newer version of a great Christmas Story. I love it.
2) The Santa Clause Series- Honestly- these have been a favorite of mine this year. I think it's because I always tend to watch Free Form and they haven't been airing my 2 favorite Christmas Movies, Elf and Christmas Vacation... so I've gone to watching The Santa Clause 3 over and over again because it is always on... and I never really watched it before but what a cute movie! I love how close Scott and his family are... I love Jack Frost... and I like that it kind of criticizes some of the commercialism of the holidays. It's just something I appreciate this year and I love it.
3) The end of Elf- Elf is one of my favorite christmas movies... and I have to say I always feel the Christmas Magic when I watch the ending in particular. This is something I feel like even my parents who don't love the movie can enjoy the ending of and enjoy too.
4) The Netflix Series Christmas Specials- So this year Netflix put out 2 special episodes of TV Shows that ended before Christmas. They had Aggretsuko's We Wish You A Metal Christmas and Chilling Adventures of Sabrina's A Midwinter's Tale. Both of these were amazing... I watched Aggretsuko with my boyfriend because that was the first thing we talked about when we started talking... and I watched Sabrina with my mom- who hasn't seen the show before and although she was a little lost with some of the plot points- I think she enjoyed it and it was chilling. I hope they keep doing this because it's a nice way to hold fans over for the next season... plus on Netflix they don't always air around Christmas so you don't always get Christmas episodes... so this is a fun way to still give us Christmas episodes!
And that is everything! I hope you guys like this! merry Blogmas... even though I only did 15 days instead of 25... I have some posts planned for January already- so hopefully I can stick to blogging daily in the New Year!
Bye!
-Shannon
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