Most Christmas movies leave me wanting to vomit, due to their rather nasty messages (whether intended or not).
You make an exception for The Ref, no?
You know, it's funny. We went to war never looking to come back, but it's the real world I couldn't survive.
Tracy ,'The Message'
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P.M. Marc - Nov 29, 2004 2:37:49 pm PST #6428 of 10001
So come, my friends, be not afraid/We are so lightly here/It is in love that we are made; In love we disappear
§ ita § - Nov 29, 2004 2:38:51 pm PST #6429 of 10001
Well not canonically, no, but this is transformative fiction.
Interesting stuff from that site:
Overall, Netflix controls only 8% to 9% of the DVD rental market. But the company accounts for one-third to one-half of all rentals of "indie" and low-budget movies. According to Sarandos, the Netflix executive, specialized films often outperform mainstream studio movies rented via the service.
For example, 1 in 4 Netflix subscribers have rented "The House of Sand and Fog," the critically acclaimed drama that made little at the box office. The New Zealand film "Whale Rider," whose young star Keisha Castle-Hughes earned an Oscar nomination but whose ticket sales totaled about $20 million, has been rented on Netflix more than either "Charlie's Angels: Full Throttle" or "The Hulk."
Which I'm sure means they'll go under before 2005 is out.
Sean K - Nov 29, 2004 2:40:14 pm PST #6430 of 10001
You can't leave me to my own devices; my devices are Nap and Eat. -Zenkitty
You make an exception for The Ref, no?
Oh HELLS yeah.
Actually, it's rather funny. When a Christmas movie sets out to present some sort of traditional image of Christmas or people, it comes across to me as vile and repulsive in the extreme.
When a movie sets out to tell a bitter, cynical Christmas story, it will almost always be adored by me.
Anne W. - Nov 29, 2004 2:42:10 pm PST #6431 of 10001
The lost sheep grow teeth, forsake their lambs, and lie with the lions.
The Ref is my favorite Christmas movie. No exceptions.
Jessica - Nov 29, 2004 2:43:31 pm PST #6432 of 10001
And then Ortus came and said "It's Ortin' time" and they all Orted off into the sunset
Well, "traditional" sappy Christmas story message nearly always become creepy and off-putting if you think about what they're really saying. Whereas movies that start out intending to be sick and wrong tend not to disappoint.
Stephanie - Nov 29, 2004 2:44:42 pm PST #6433 of 10001
Trust my rage
Case in point: Bad Santa
Matt the Bruins fan - Nov 29, 2004 2:45:17 pm PST #6434 of 10001
"I remember when they eventually introduced that drug kingpin who murdered people and smuggled drugs inside snakes and I was like 'Finally. A normal person.'” —RahvinDragand
I think A Christmas Story is probably my favorite, though Bad Santa was certainly entertaining the other year.
Someone needs to make a film version of David Sedaris' The Santaland Diaries.
beekaytee - Nov 29, 2004 3:13:51 pm PST #6435 of 10001
Compassionately intolerant
The Ref is my favorite Christmas movie. No exceptions.
This is me.
Still, I watch White Christmas every year and tear up in the same places. Every. Damn. Time.
When you're worried and you can't sleep. Count your blessings instead of sheep...
Polter-Cow - Nov 29, 2004 3:17:20 pm PST #6436 of 10001
What else besides ramen can you scoop? YOU CAN SCOOP THIS WORLD FROM DARKNESS!
Case in point: Bad Santa
I disagree.
I have yet to see The Ref or A Christmas Story.
A good Christmas movie is Die Hard 2.
Stephanie - Nov 29, 2004 3:44:25 pm PST #6437 of 10001
Trust my rage
P-C, you didn't like Bad Santa?