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Year: 1989
Director: Jeremiah S. Chechik
Plot: Chevy Chase, star of National Lampoon's Vacation and its sequel, is back as the paterfamilias of the Griswold family (including Beverly D'Angelo as his missus) to skewer the Yuletide season. Chevy mugs, trips, falls, mashes his fingers and stubs his toes as he prepares to invite numerous dysfunctional relatives to his household to celebrate Christmas. Amidst the more outrageous sight gags (including the electrocution of a cat as the Christmas tree is lit) the film betrays a sentimental streak, with old wounds healing and long-estranged relatives reuniting in the Griswold living room. National Lampoon's Christmas Vacation was still capable of attracting an audience five years after its release: It was one of the top-rated seasonal TV specials of 1994, outrating even the first network telecast of It's a Wonderful Life. ~ Hal Erickson, All Movie Guide
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]]>Tue, 18 Aug 2009 18:10:31 GMTNational Lampoon's Christmas Vacation1989Jeremiah S. Chechik<a href="/players/P____12488/default.aspx" style='text-decoration:underline'>Chevy Chase</a>, star of <a href=/films/24188/default.aspx style='text-decoration:underline'>National Lampoon's Vacation</a> and its sequel, is back as the <I>paterfamilias</I> of the Griswold family (including <a href="/players/P____16443/default.aspx" style='text-decoration:underline'>Beverly D'Angelo</a> as his missus) to skewer the Yuletide season. Chevy mugs, trips, falls, mashes his fingers and stubs his toes as he prepares to invite numerous dysfunctional relatives to his household to celebrate Christmas. Amidst the more outrageous sight gags (including the electrocution of a cat as the Christmas tree is lit) the film betrays a sentimental streak, with old wounds healing and long-estranged relatives reuniting in the Griswold living room. National Lampoon's Christmas Vacation was still capable of attracting an audience five years after its release: It was one of the top-rated seasonal TV specials of 1994, outrating even the first network telecast of <a href=/films/17554/default.aspx style='text-decoration:underline'>It's a Wonderful Life</a>. ~ Hal Erickson, All Movie Guide48Tag Target (>10)54583http://www.spout.com/ProductImages/u49079eyh3i.jpghttp://www.spout.com/films/National_Lampoon_s_Christmas_Vacation/81121/default.aspxFilm http://www.spout.com/groups/Movie_Polls/Which_of_these_movies_written_but_not_directed_by/657/43611/1/ShowPost.aspx Post By: Risselada
Post To: Movie Polls
Post Date: 8/18/2009 2:10:31 PM
Body: Please reference this thread for the rules of this group. Part two of the John Hughes poll. Hughes sure liked his Christmas movies. He also wrote the screen play for the remake of Miracle on 34th Street which I didn't include here. Again thanks to laurabot for the suggestion of a John Hughes poll. Please vote only once in each poll. Movies referenced in this poll:Christmas VacationDutchThe Great OutdoorsHome AloneHome Alone 2: Lost in New YorkMr. MomPretty in PinkReach the RockSome Kind of WonderfulVacation
]]>Tue, 18 Aug 2009 18:10:31 GMTRisseladaMovie Polls8/18/2009 2:10:31 PMPlease reference this thread for the rules of this group. Part two of the John Hughes poll. Hughes sure liked his Christmas movies. He also wrote the screen play for the remake of Miracle on 34th Street which I didn't include here. Again thanks to laurabot for the suggestion of a John Hughes poll. Please vote only once in each poll. Movies referenced in this poll:Christmas VacationDutchThe Great OutdoorsHome AloneHome Alone 2: Lost in New YorkMr. MomPretty in PinkReach the RockSome Kind of WonderfulVacation http://www.spout.com/groups/Coming_Soon/Re_1_30_TAKEN_shaken_and_stirred_by_new_movie/216/39936/1/ShowPost.aspx Post By: Risselada
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Post Date: 1/26/2009 7:09:57 PM
Body: [quote user="spout"] 2. The Bourne Trilogy -- A couple weeks ago, I was asking a friend if he thought Underworld 3 would be the best of the series, and he said, "When was the last time any part three was the best?" I suggest to you: The Bourne Ultimatum. [/quote] I'm not sure, but I think overall people liked Lord of the Rings: The Return of the King the best, but that may just have been because it was finally over! I think that Red is the final and most celebrated of Krzysztof Kieslowski's three colors series. It's mostly a thematic series, but there is some slight narrative overlap I believe. Christmas Vacation was my favorite of the Vacation movies (even though I've only seen parts of European Vacation) There that's what I got.
]]>Tue, 27 Jan 2009 00:09:57 GMTRisseladaComing Soon1/26/2009 7:09:57 PM[quote user="spout"] 2. The Bourne Trilogy -- A couple weeks ago, I was asking a friend if he thought Underworld 3 would be the best of the series, and he said, "When was the last time any part three was the best?" I suggest to you: The Bourne Ultimatum. [/quote] I'm not sure, but I think overall people liked Lord of the Rings: The Return of the King the best, but that may just have been because it was finally over! I think that Red is the final and most celebrated of Krzysztof Kieslowski's three colors series. It's mostly a thematic series, but there is some slight narrative overlap I believe. Christmas Vacation was my favorite of the Vacation movies (even though I've only seen parts of European Vacation) There that's what I got. http://www.spout.com/groups/Weekly_Theme/Re_Weekly_Theme_for_December_15_Ho_Ho_Ho/625/38428/1/ShowPost.aspx Post By: mercurial
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Post Date: 12/15/2008 10:34:59 PM
Body: A Christmas Story Without a second thought, my favorite Christmas movie. I owe this movie SO MUCH for bringing my semi-dysfunctional family together every holiday season. Just about the time when everyone has had enough food and alcohol and the conversation begins to lull, I turn this movie on and all that hate and resentment for each other just melts away and another Christmas disaster is avoided. Thank you A Christmas Story! National Lampoon's Christmas Vacation Another film that seems to help subside all those eggnog induced rages with my family members. Home Alone Grew up with this movie and have loved it each and every time I've watched it. For some reason, it never gets old for me. Too bad that mischievous boy grew up to be a whole lot of crazy. Scrooged This is the only Scrooge inspired film that I like. Bill Murray is spot on throughout. A Nightmare Before Christmas Probably no explanation needed for this one. The Family Stone Didn't get too much attention during and after its release, but a great fractured family film.
]]>Tue, 16 Dec 2008 03:34:59 GMTmercurialWeekly Theme12/15/2008 10:34:59 PMA Christmas Story Without a second thought, my favorite Christmas movie. I owe this movie SO MUCH for bringing my semi-dysfunctional family together every holiday season. Just about the time when everyone has had enough food and alcohol and the conversation begins to lull, I turn this movie on and all that hate and resentment for each other just melts away and another Christmas disaster is avoided. Thank you A Christmas Story! National Lampoon's Christmas Vacation Another film that seems to help subside all those eggnog induced rages with my family members. Home Alone Grew up with this movie and have loved it each and every time I've watched it. For some reason, it never gets old for me. Too bad that mischievous boy grew up to be a whole lot of crazy. Scrooged This is the only Scrooge inspired film that I like. Bill Murray is spot on throughout. A Nightmare Before Christmas Probably no explanation needed for this one. The Family Stone Didn't get too much attention during and after its release, but a great fractured family film. http://www.spout.com/blogs/christhilk/archive/2008/12/12/38330.aspx Post By: ChrisThilk
Post To: ChrisThilk Blog
Post Date: 12/12/2008 7:00:46 PM
Body: Watching National Lampoon’s Christmas Vacation is an annual tradition and this was the kick-off movie for our Christmas film viewing of the year. Always kills me.        Originally posted on:Chris Thilk
]]>Sat, 13 Dec 2008 00:00:46 GMTChrisThilkChrisThilk Blog12/12/2008 7:00:46 PMWatching National Lampoon’s Christmas Vacation is an annual tradition and this was the kick-off movie for our Christmas film viewing of the year. Always kills me.        Originally posted on:Chris Thilk http://www.spout.com/blogs/spoutblog/archive/2008/11/12/37255.aspx Post By: SpoutBlog
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Post Date: 11/12/2008 3:00:44 PM
Body: I saw Christmas decorations in a storefront Sunday, so I guess it’s already time to break out the holiday movies. And it’s evidently time for distributors to release holiday fare to theaters, even if Desplechin’s A Christmas Tale (Un conte de Noël), which hits theaters this Friday, isn’t exactly the latest crowd-pleasing installment of the Santa Clause franchise. In fact, with such ingredients as estrangement, mental illness, alcoholism and cancer, it doesn’t seem like a very happy holidays kind of film. Even if it is actually a comedy. But then how many holiday movies are completely void of depressing themes and scenes? I’m sure to have grown up thinking more about the homeless, suicide and family dysfunction from films set at Christmas and Thanksgiving than I did thinking about the happiness that comes with these holidays. One of the most tearjerking moments for me as a kid was certainly seeing Mickey Mouse crying over his dead son in Mickey’s Christmas Carol. It’s no wonder so many people get sad this time of year. Movies are influential, and for every bit of slapstick we see this season, there’s potentially room for thoughts of abandoned children to go along with it. Worse for our tearducts are the films that aren’t necessarily thought of as “holiday movies,” which are typically more honest about how much of a bummer holidays can truly be. So get out your hanky and check out our list of ten most depressing holidays in movies: Movie: Planes, Trains and Automobiles Depressing holiday: Thanksgiving It’s likely that John Hughes is a real drag on holidays. His scripts feature kids forgotten at Christmastime (Home Alone and its sequels), poor teens who get cartons of cigarettes as presents (The Breakfast Club) and yuletide kidnappings (Christmas Vacation). Thanksgiving seems to be the most melancholy for him, though, as is clear from the bittersweet road trip movies Dutch and Planes, Trains and Automobiles, the latter of which is up there with the saddest “comedies” ever made. Sure, it ultimately has a happy ending, but those last few minutes leave you bawling as you watch the montage and subsequent scene revealing John Candy’s true living situation. Film: The Apartment Depressing Holiday: Christmas It’s sad enough to be a lonely bachelor on Christmas Eve. It’s even sadder to be loaning out your home as a lover’s hideaway on such a night. Saddest of all, though, has to be returning to said apartment to find a half-dead woman in your bed who has attempted suicide with your sleeping pills (bonus points for her being your crush). The Apartment also has one of the more depressing New Year’s Eves on film, even if it does kind of figure into a “happy” ending. Film: Lethal Weapon Depressing Holiday: Christmas Sgt. Martin Riggs (Mel Gibson) is also a lonely man on Christmas Eve dealing with suicide, but here it’s the contemplation of his own. While watching Bugs Bunny’s Christmas Carol on TV and thinking about his dead wife, he loads up his gun and wrestles with his demons. It’s one of the most heart-wrenching scenes to ever be included in an action movie. Film: The War at Home Depressing Holiday: Thanksgiving Like Martin Riggs, Jeremy Collier (Emilio Estevez) is a Vietnam vet, and also like Riggs, he has trouble putting his gun away during the holidays. Unlike Riggs, though, Jeremy’s weapon is directed at his father (Martin Sheen) rather than himself, and that leads to a less-depressing but no less disheartening situation. Film: A Midnight Clear Depressing Holiday: Christmas One of the most bittersweet war films ever made, A Midnight Clear is set during Christmas, 1944, in the middle of WWII and involves an intended holiday truce between American and German troops. Unfortunately, things go wrong. Not only does the film remind us currently that so many soldiers are away from home and potentially fighting on Christmas, it also displays some depressing truths about humanity and war that are saddening regardless of the season. Film: The Ice Storm Depressing Holiday: Thanksgiving This movie (which could also qualify for yesterday’s list of best dysfunctional families) reminds us of how sad Thanksgiving can be on an historical level thanks to the sardonic pre-dinne grace said by Wendy (Christina Ricci) regarding both America’s tradition of killing and robbing the Indians and its gluttonous disregard for the starving people around the world (didn’t we all go through that holiday protest phase?). Oh, and it features one of the most unsettling death-by-electrocution scenes ever. Film: Gremlins Depressing Holiday: Christmas The present holiday of this horror comedy classic is pretty sad considering all the death and destruction being caused by little green monsters, but the real depressing Christmas is the one from the past that Kate (Phoebe Cates) tells about. You know, the one where her father broke his neck and died on Christmas Eve while playing Santa Claus. And by recalling the details so slowly and in depth (she could have just simply said that her dad died on Christmas), she makes it even more somber a story than is welcome at such an already fearsome occasion. Film: Critters 2: The Main Course Depressing Holiday: Easter Obviously taking a cue from Gremlins, this sequel similarly involves little creatures terrorizing a small town during a holiday. And while not quite as gloomy for a young viewer as the earlier, better film, Critters 2 does feature a relatively upsetting scene in which “the Easter Bunny” is attacked by Crites and then crashes through a church window, ultimately bleeding from the mouth, dead. Film: Groundhog Day Depressing Holiday: Groundhog Day Not that anyone really celebrates this “holiday” (neither school nor post office is closed), but whatever. Though treated as black comedy, there is something quite depressing about all those suicide attempts made by Phil Connors (Bill Murray). It’s enough to cast a shadow (yuk yuk) on all the happiness that otherwise would come from Groundhog Day if it actually involved celebratory activities. Film: Roger & Me Depressing Holiday: Christmas Documentaries have the ability to make for the most depressing holidays, because they feature real life events — like a family being evicted from their home on Christmas day. This one is especially grim this year, as it’s possible that with the economy and mortgage crisis what they are that some families across America will be experiencing such a fate this December 25. Originally posted on:SpoutBlog
]]>Wed, 12 Nov 2008 20:00:44 GMTSpoutBlogSpoutBlog on spout.com11/12/2008 3:00:44 PMI saw Christmas decorations in a storefront Sunday, so I guess it’s already time to break out the holiday movies. And it’s evidently time for distributors to release holiday fare to theaters, even if Desplechin’s A Christmas Tale (Un conte de Noël), which hits theaters this Friday, isn’t exactly the latest crowd-pleasing installment of the Santa Clause franchise. In fact, with such ingredients as estrangement, mental illness, alcoholism and cancer, it doesn’t seem like a very happy holidays kind of film. Even if it is actually a comedy. But then how many holiday movies are completely void of depressing themes and scenes? I’m sure to have grown up thinking more about the homeless, suicide and family dysfunction from films set at Christmas and Thanksgiving than I did thinking about the happiness that comes with these holidays. One of the most tearjerking moments for me as a kid was certainly seeing Mickey Mouse crying over his dead son in Mickey’s Christmas Carol. It’s no wonder so many people get sad this time of year. Movies are influential, and for every bit of slapstick we see this season, there’s potentially room for thoughts of abandoned children to go along with it. Worse for our tearducts are the films that aren’t necessarily thought of as “holiday movies,” which are typically more honest about how much of a bummer holidays can truly be. So get out your hanky and check out our list of ten most depressing holidays in movies: Movie: Planes, Trains and Automobiles Depressing holiday: Thanksgiving It’s likely that John Hughes is a real drag on holidays. His scripts feature kids forgotten at Christmastime (Home Alone and its sequels), poor teens who get cartons of cigarettes as presents (The Breakfast Club) and yuletide kidnappings (Christmas Vacation). Thanksgiving seems to be the most melancholy for him, though, as is clear from the bittersweet road trip movies Dutch and Planes, Trains and Automobiles, the latter of which is up there with the saddest “comedies” ever made. Sure, it ultimately has a happy ending, but those last few minutes leave you bawling as you watch the montage and subsequent scene revealing John Candy’s true living situation. Film: The Apartment Depressing Holiday: Christmas It’s sad enough to be a lonely bachelor on Christmas Eve. It’s even sadder to be loaning out your home as a lover’s hideaway on such a night. Saddest of all, though, has to be returning to said apartment to find a half-dead woman in your bed who has attempted suicide with your sleeping pills (bonus points for her being your crush). The Apartment also has one of the more depressing New Year’s Eves on film, even if it does kind of figure into a “happy” ending. Film: Lethal Weapon Depressing Holiday: Christmas Sgt. Martin Riggs (Mel Gibson) is also a lonely man on Christmas Eve dealing with suicide, but here it’s the contemplation of his own. While watching Bugs Bunny’s Christmas Carol on TV and thinking about his dead wife, he loads up his gun and wrestles with his demons. It’s one of the most heart-wrenching scenes to ever be included in an action movie. Film: The War at Home Depressing Holiday: Thanksgiving Like Martin Riggs, Jeremy Collier (Emilio Estevez) is a Vietnam vet, and also like Riggs, he has trouble putting his gun away during the holidays. Unlike Riggs, though, Jeremy’s weapon is directed at his father (Martin Sheen) rather than himself, and that leads to a less-depressing but no less disheartening situation. Film: A Midnight Clear Depressing Holiday: Christmas One of the most bittersweet war films ever made, A Midnight Clear is set during Christmas, 1944, in the middle of WWII and involves an intended holiday truce between American and German troops. Unfortunately, things go wrong. Not only does the film remind us currently that so many soldiers are away from home and potentially fighting on Christmas, it also displays some depressing truths about humanity and war that are saddening regardless of the season. Film: The Ice Storm Depressing Holiday: Thanksgiving This movie (which could also qualify for yesterday’s list of best dysfunctional families) reminds us of how sad Thanksgiving can be on an historical level thanks to the sardonic pre-dinne grace said by Wendy (Christina Ricci) regarding both America’s tradition of killing and robbing the Indians and its gluttonous disregard for the starving people around the world (didn’t we all go through that holiday protest phase?). Oh, and it features one of the most unsettling death-by-electrocution scenes ever. Film: Gremlins Depressing Holiday: Christmas The present holiday of this horror comedy classic is pretty sad considering all the death and destruction being caused by little green monsters, but the real depressing Christmas is the one from the past that Kate (Phoebe Cates) tells about. You know, the one where her father broke his neck and died on Christmas Eve while playing Santa Claus. And by recalling the details so slowly and in depth (she could have just simply said that her dad died on Christmas), she makes it even more somber a story than is welcome at such an already fearsome occasion. Film: Critters 2: The Main Course Depressing Holiday: Easter Obviously taking a cue from Gremlins, this sequel similarly involves little creatures terrorizing a small town during a holiday. And while not quite as gloomy for a young viewer as the earlier, better film, Critters 2 does feature a relatively upsetting scene in which “the Easter Bunny” is attacked by Crites and then crashes through a church window, ultimately bleeding from the mouth, dead. Film: Groundhog Day Depressing Holiday: Groundhog Day Not that anyone really celebrates this “holiday” (neither school nor post office is closed), but whatever. Though treated as black comedy, there is something quite depressing about all those suicide attempts made by Phil Connors (Bill Murray). It’s enough to cast a shadow (yuk yuk) on all the happiness that otherwise would come from Groundhog Day if it actually involved celebratory activities. Film: Roger & Me Depressing Holiday: Christmas Documentaries have the ability to make for the most depressing holidays, because they feature real life events — like a family being evicted from their home on Christmas day. This one is especially grim this year, as it’s possible that with the economy and mortgage crisis what they are that some families across America will be experiencing such a fate this December 25. Originally posted on:SpoutBlog http://www.spout.com/groups/Top_5/Re_Depressing_holidays_dysfunctional_families_fo/190/37176/1/ShowPost.aspx Post By: mercurial
Post To: Top 5
Post Date: 11/10/2008 10:42:08 PM
Body: Most Depressing Holidays in Movies: 1.) Pieces of April - Thanksgiving 2.) A Christmas Story - Christmas 3.) Bio-Dome - Earth Day 4.) 200 Cigarettes - New Year's Day 5.) The Nightmare Before Christmas - Christmas 6.) National Lampoon's Christmas Vacation - Christmas More when I think of them . . .
]]>Tue, 11 Nov 2008 03:42:08 GMTmercurialTop 511/10/2008 10:42:08 PMMost Depressing Holidays in Movies: 1.) Pieces of April - Thanksgiving 2.) A Christmas Story - Christmas 3.) Bio-Dome - Earth Day 4.) 200 Cigarettes - New Year's Day 5.) The Nightmare Before Christmas - Christmas 6.) National Lampoon's Christmas Vacation - Christmas More when I think of them . . . http://www.spout.com/groups/Top_5/Re_Depressing_holidays_dysfunctional_families_fo/190/37173/1/ShowPost.aspx Post By: mercurial
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Post Date: 11/10/2008 10:13:51 PM
Body: 10 Best Dysfunctional Families in Movies (in no particular order): 1.) Gosford Park 2.) Beetlejuice 3.) Happiness 4.) Little Miss Sunshine 5.) National Lampoon's Christmas Vacation 6.) Mommie Dearest 7.) Parenthood 8.) Slums of Beverly Hills 9.) The Virgin Suicides 10.) Welcome to the Dollhouse
]]>Tue, 11 Nov 2008 03:13:51 GMTmercurialTop 511/10/2008 10:13:51 PM10 Best Dysfunctional Families in Movies (in no particular order): 1.) Gosford Park 2.) Beetlejuice 3.) Happiness 4.) Little Miss Sunshine 5.) National Lampoon's Christmas Vacation 6.) Mommie Dearest 7.) Parenthood 8.) Slums of Beverly Hills 9.) The Virgin Suicides 10.) Welcome to the Dollhouse http://www.spout.com/groups/Grew_up_in_the_80_s/Re_Top_5_Favorites_of_the_80_s/38/35676/1/ShowPost.aspx Post By: seely
Post To: Grew up in the 80's
Post Date: 9/29/2008 11:08:52 AM
Body: I agree with your statement about the 80's lacking that cynical attitude we see in nearly every current film. The last great Christmas film, in my opinion would have been Prancer, as it still seemed to hold onto that notion of 'Christmas Miracles' that we see time and time again in films from the 1930's all the way up to the endnote of the era in 1989. I think we first see the new cynicism appear in Christmas Vacation (1989) and Home Alone (1990) which came out the same year as Prancer. Really, these are the first two Christmas films I can think of that really shatter that Regan-era optimism with a somewhat dismal portrayal of suburban family life and a negative portrayal of the holidays. Granted, in the end, both films reconcile and everything winds up happy, but it lacks that 'perfect ending' we used to see in films like 'Miracle on 34th St.' and 'It's a Wonderful Life'--its more like 'things aren't perfect, but its better than when the movie started'... almost and accepting of the less than perfect reality, which albeit more accurate and true-to-life is a little less fuzzy and heartwarming than the picture-perfect endings of years before. Seperate Christmas film thread, anyone? [quote user="filmgal81"] An 80s films that should receive honorable mention is The Night They Saved Christmas Why would I want to add this? Well, it captures Christmas in a way that just isn't posible anymore. There was a sincerity to it, a gentleness about it that i have not seen in most recent films. if it does exist in recent films, there is usually a certain amount of adult pandoring in it. Sometimes I think we were the last generation to experience the world a certain way, and even when films try to bring back that quality, they can not seem to do it without infusing it with an adult- laced sarcasm and disbelief. This film was a Christmas romance strictly for the children-in same vein as that famous Christmas letter written to a little girl on the verge of disbelief- no facetiousness included. [/quote]
]]>Mon, 29 Sep 2008 15:08:52 GMTseelyGrew up in the 80's9/29/2008 11:08:52 AMI agree with your statement about the 80's lacking that cynical attitude we see in nearly every current film. The last great Christmas film, in my opinion would have been Prancer, as it still seemed to hold onto that notion of 'Christmas Miracles' that we see time and time again in films from the 1930's all the way up to the endnote of the era in 1989. I think we first see the new cynicism appear in Christmas Vacation (1989) and Home Alone (1990) which came out the same year as Prancer. Really, these are the first two Christmas films I can think of that really shatter that Regan-era optimism with a somewhat dismal portrayal of suburban family life and a negative portrayal of the holidays. Granted, in the end, both films reconcile and everything winds up happy, but it lacks that 'perfect ending' we used to see in films like 'Miracle on 34th St.' and 'It's a Wonderful Life'--its more like 'things aren't perfect, but its better than when the movie started'... almost and accepting of the less than perfect reality, which albeit more accurate and true-to-life is a little less fuzzy and heartwarming than the picture-perfect endings of years before. Seperate Christmas film thread, anyone? [quote user="filmgal81"] An 80s films that should receive honorable mention is The Night They Saved Christmas Why would I want to add this? Well, it captures Christmas in a way that just isn't posible anymore. There was a sincerity to it, a gentleness about it that i have not seen in most recent films. if it does exist in recent films, there is usually a certain amount of adult pandoring in it. Sometimes I think we were the last generation to experience the world a certain way, and even when films try to bring back that quality, they can not seem to do it without infusing it with an adult- laced sarcasm and disbelief. This film was a Christmas romance strictly for the children-in same vein as that famous Christmas letter written to a little girl on the verge of disbelief- no facetiousness included. [/quote] http://www.spout.com/blogs/jaymo/archive/2008/9/4/34725.aspx Post By: JayMo
Post To: JayMo Blog
Post Date: 9/4/2008 7:51:45 AM
Body: You should watch this movie at least once every Christmas season. It's totally worth the $5.00 you'll spend on it.
]]>Thu, 04 Sep 2008 11:51:45 GMTJayMoJayMo Blog9/4/2008 7:51:45 AMYou should watch this movie at least once every Christmas season. It's totally worth the $5.00 you'll spend on it. http://www.spout.com/groups/Movie_Games/Re_Sci_Fi_Movies_A_Z/598/32682/1/ShowPost.aspx Post By: laylor
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Post Date: 7/17/2008 2:13:37 PM
Body: Christmas Vacation [quote user="Dr_Gor"] Blazing Saddles... do I have to do the whole alphabet myself?[/quote]
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