Non-Traditional Christmas Movies

Scots Taffer on 12/12/2008 at 01:25

SNAKE?? SNAKE!?!?!?

SNAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAKE!?!?!?!?

Snake on 12/12/2008 at 01:30

Meryl???

Tocky on 12/12/2008 at 03:47

I'm not going to answer because you called It's a Wonderful Life fluff. The guy has a great but not perfect childhood then gets thwarted at every turn except the most important all the while trying to be a good guy then an evil bastard rips him off so he breaks and he gets drunk and fights and crashes his car and saves a guy instead of killing himself and thinks he's going nuts and punches a cop and looses everything only to find people give as much a damn about him as he does about them. It's motherfucking perfect. At some point or other it says every important thing there is to say about life and money and human interaction. PLUS he gets to do Donna Reed.

It should be shown to every bank exec currently raiding the government coffers until they either grow a soul or are stomped like the scurvy spiders they have become. On second thought the only thing they would focus on would be that Potter came out a few thousand ahead.

That and the fact I can't think of any.

Scots Taffer on 12/12/2008 at 04:04

To give it the full and proper due, It's a Wonderful Life is an almost perfect movie.

Tocky on 12/12/2008 at 04:13

I guess asking you to go along with A Garfield Christmas would be pushing it huh?

Right. Carry on.

Fafhrd on 12/12/2008 at 04:28

Has everyone forgotten the Ben Affleck, Gary Sinise Christmas masterpiece: (http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0184858/) Reindeer Games?

jtr7 on 12/12/2008 at 04:50

(http://www.auburn.edu/~vestmon/christmas_movie.html)

An incomplete list, as it appears to only go up to 1996. Although most could be considered traditional in a sense, there are some titles that stand out, like "(http://us.imdb.com/title/tt0077281/plotsummary) U.F.O. Blue Christmas".

Thirith on 12/12/2008 at 08:46

Quote Posted by Tocky

I'm not going to answer because you called It's a Wonderful Life fluff.

I didn't even notice that. Full agreement from me, Tocky. There's a surprisingly strong, very dark undercurrent of despair and depression to It's a Wonderful Life, and it's what makes the film all the better.

Hesche on 12/12/2008 at 12:01

(http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0110955/) The Ref is a quite funny non-traditional Christmas movie. Reading the quotes on IMDB I think I´m gonna buy it and watch it again this Christmas.

Snake on 12/12/2008 at 20:47

Did anyone suggest Willy Wonka and the Chocolate Factory yet? The original of course....

(Or is it called Charlie and the Chocolate Factory? Can never remember.)