What's the most overrated Christmas movie and why is it...
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I'm sure that this will rile some people up, but I really wouldn't miss Elf all that much if it didn't exist
I can't make myself watch that movie. Just the promos of it when networks advertise it make me want to to put a fork in my eye.
Polar Express. Movie is 17ing depressing.
Yeah, and I've laughed my tail off at Talladega Nights and Step Brothers on more than one occasion, so it's not like I hate Will Ferrell. I've just never though that there was anything great about Elf. There are a lot of people that think it's an all time great, though
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I have no clue what that movie is. I've never had it offered as an option or a requirement. Let me thank my wife.
This is the right answer. It's the most boring piece of trash ever.
I typically enjoy most of Will Ferrell's movies, at least everything up through Step Brothers, but this one just annoys me for some reason.
My first thought when I read the question was “I don’t know, I guess any of them except Elf”.
That’s the one movie we watch every year. It’s my wife’s favorite and my kids still get excited to watch it- for now.
We bought all the cartoon classics...Peanuts, Frosty, Rudolph, and the Grinch. Then we also have Christmas Vacation, Garfield, and Prep and Landing.
I actually like the first 75% of the movie. It’s cute and Will Farrell is pretty endearing. The ending, however, is ridiculous and stupid. Santa Claus crashes in Central Park and the only three people who see him happen to be Buddy the elf, his dad and brother? I know it’s a movie about a human elf, but the suspension of disbelief required to accept the ending is just too much.
Gremlins. No way those things can ride a skateboard and run a chainsaw. Did they even get the oil mixture right?
Man. I can’t believe a movie about Santa and a real live Elf could have such a non believable ending. ***** just kidding of course. Merry Christmas to all. (Coincidently we have it on now)
It’s not the conversations with claymation characters or the fact that he walks from the North Pole through the gumdrop forests to get to New York, it’s the logistical anomaly of only 3 people seeing Santa in Central Park. Got it.
It’s Star Wars Holiday Special for me. J/K it is properly rated.
My underrated unappreciated list is:
Lethal Weapon
The Ref
Trading Places
My underrated unappreciated list is:
Lethal Weapon
The Ref
Trading Places
It's a wonderful life.
The revised ending that SNL did for it with Dana Carvey was much more appreciated.
The revised ending that SNL did for it with Dana Carvey was much more appreciated.
Thread hijack
Saw this last night and forgot how great it is
save the “I don’t watch SNL anymore” bs we know
This is great though
Saw this last night and forgot how great it is
save the “I don’t watch SNL anymore” bs we know
This is great though
Did you take the first part as a true story?
I think it has to be Elf. Will Farrell is not as funny as a lot of people think he is. Super annoying movie that makes me want to drink bleach every time I see it.
I guess I’m in the minority. I think Elf is great
Christmas Vacation for me. It’s just not my style of humor.
There is one in every group
Even in the accepted world of Buddy the Elf existing and walking to NYC from the North Pole, the ending is stupid. I accept that Buddy walks from the North Pole, and has an elf adopted father, but Santa crashing in Central Park of all places and the only three people seeing him is Buddy and his family, I can’t accept. Also, if James Caan hadn’t started singing when he did, Santa would’ve crashed right into the group of people and killed probably 10 of them and gotten arrested on manslaughter charges.
Love Actually is so saccharine that even my wife, who likes rom coms, thought it was too much. Alan Rickman and Bill Nighy are the only ones who kind of save it. At least their parts are watchable.
It's the most relatable Christmas story ever. And every year I realize I'm closer to Eddie than I am to Clark.
Its a wonderful life is the best Christmas movie and one of the best movies ever made.
I’m more of a Holiday Inn, The Bishop’s Wife, Miracle on 34th Street (the original of course) type guy.
Dreadful. Would not recommend. 
It’s a good kids movie. I’d put it behind Home Alone. I’d put it ahead of Christmas Story but that’s probably because the constant showing of it ruined it. I’d put it ahead of the newest grinch. There aren’t a ton of Christmas movies that are ok for the kids to watch but reasonably entertaining for adults.
I’ve never been able to watch the polar express all the way through. The animation is annoying as hell to me for some reason.
Anyone who doesn't enjoy Elf is a miserable, unhappy grinch of a human being.
I don't understand people's love for this movie. When it was released in 1946, it was soundly panned for being too sappy, and was a box office flop. It was Capra's first movie since returning from the war, and put his career on shaky ground.
A 1977 made for TV remake, It Happened One Christmas, starring Marlo Thomas, was somehow even worse.
But a funny thing happened to the original. In 1974, Republic Pictures failed to file a renewal of the copyright on Its a Wonderful Life, and the movie entered the public domain.
For the youngsters on here, even though we only had 3 major networks 50 years ago, there was still a scarcity of content. The 3 networks did not broadcast 24 hours, so local stations had to find content to fill the times the network was off. We also had a handful of independent stations in big cities that needed things to air.
"It's a Wonderful Life" could be aired for free, making the ad revenue pure profit. We also didn't have VCR's, or any way to watch the movie besides catching it on TV.
As a result, it aired multiple times during the Holiday Season for about 20 years, and somehow forced its way into becoming a classic. People love it, but I think it's just because it was a constant presence in their childhood holidays. Stupid ol' Uncle Billy, letting Mr. Potter steal the money.
In the 1990s, Republic Pictures found a way to reclaim copyright in both the story and the soundtrack, so the movie must be licensed again.
Very unfortunate. Faith and life experiences resonate with this movie.
Wow! That is interesting. Did not know that. I’m one that doesn’t appreciate that movie. I’m also a banker, so that may have something to do with it.
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