Fucking hate that film.Home alone
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Fucking hate that film.Home alone
I am one of the few, and the only one in my family, that utterly hates Home Alone. Slapstick is an art, and it has to be done well. This was more Itchy & Scratchy.Battle #4
Home Alone
vs.
The Santa Clause
Battle #6
It's a Wonderful Life
vs.
Scrooge/A Christmas Carol (1951)
As a Dad and a Capricorn I approve of this pun!It's a Wonderful Life
What can I say? I enjoy “Capra-corn”
It's a Wonderful Life Has been a family tradition since I was a kid.Your winner in Battle #5, by split (8-5) decision and a few split skulls, Home Alone! Home Alone moves on to face the winner of Battle #7 while Santa returns to the workshop to cry in his cookies and milk. To our next contest:
Battle #6
It's a Wonderful Life
vs.
Scrooge/A Christmas Carol (1951)
In the corner to my right a Frank Capra classic, the perennial choice for classic holiday movies, the people's champion, It's a Wondeful Life. In the corner to my left, a movie so nice, they named it twice (one for the UK and one of the US) a classic telling of a classic tale (that's like some Deadpool meta-classic shit), Srooge, aka A Christmas Carol. I'm not sure if an angel will get it's wings or a spirit will visit when that bell rings, but let's get ready for a soft paced, thoughtful movie.
Not my favorite version of the story, but the 1951 version of A Christmas Carol has the wonderful Alistair Sim. But I don't care if it had stared Pauly Shore.Battle #6
It's a Wonderful Life
vs.
Scrooge/A Christmas Carol (1951)
Not my favorite version of the story, but the 1951 version of A Christmas Carol has the wonderful Alistair Sim. But I don't care if it had stared Pauly Shore.
It's a Wonderful Life is a horrible movie with a horrible message: you can only find purpose by completely sublimating all of your hopes, dreams, desires, and ambition, then sacrificing all of it for other people's happiness. (And if you don't accept that is your purpose, there is something wrong with you). It is a toxic message. Beyond all of the rest of this fetid pile of diseased moose intestines is this poisonous message, especially harmful to someone who is a people pleaser. But even with this, George is given a fantastic job, the respect of the community, a beautiful wife who worships the ground he walks on, and a loving family. But he is so full of repressed anger and resentment, he wants to kill himself for the insurance, which probably won't pay for a suicide, you dumb asshole.
@Bry1313 said it the most poetically: George Bailey is a bitch.
The only reason this became a "Christmas Tradition" was they fucked up and didn't extend the copyright, so it went into public domain and every fucking cheapass TV station started playing it non-stop.
So l vote for A Christmas Carol. Technically.
That said, there is one good scene in the film-- the one that has Donna Reed hiding behind a bush and Jimmy Stewart at his charming best-- that is fantastic right up until Capra decides to punch George in the nuts again at the end of it by killing his father off. Donna Reed is a gem. Capra is a sadistic asshole.
Sorry, sorry, sorry...Don’t hold back, Dreamy… how do you really feel about it?
*giggling away as I sneak out before he throws something at me*
You are fine! I just wanted to make my joke.Sorry, sorry, sorry...
I am absolutely positive you did.But I did edit it down...
Absolutely the 1951 version of A Christmas Carol … it is a highly underrated version.Your winner in Battle #5, by split (8-5) decision and a few split skulls, Home Alone! Home Alone moves on to face the winner of Battle #7 while Santa returns to the workshop to cry in his cookies and milk. To our next contest:
Battle #6
It's a Wonderful Life
vs.
Scrooge/A Christmas Carol (1951)
In the corner to my right a Frank Capra classic, the perennial choice for classic holiday movies, the people's champion, It's a Wondeful Life. In the corner to my left, a movie so nice, they named it twice (one for the UK and one of the US) a classic telling of a classic tale (that's like some Deadpool meta-classic shit), Srooge, aka A Christmas Carol. I'm not sure if an angel will get it's wings or a spirit will visit when that bell rings, but let's get ready for a soft paced, thoughtful movie.
…and actually I never thought about it that way before, it certainly has lots of validity to it. Even if it came from the grinch…Sorry, sorry, sorry...
You couldn’t have said it better than if I’d said it myself. I hate George Bailey’s whiny ass with the power of 1,000 suns. I’m sorry you are only only the President of a bank, with the love of a city, an amazing wife, kids who adore you and the best house in town even if it needs a little refurbishing. I’m not here for his pity party, give me Ebeneezer’s redemption every day of the week. Christmas Carol needs to win the day, even if my favorite was the Albert Finney version.Not my favorite version of the story, but the 1951 version of A Christmas Carol has the wonderful Alistair Sim. But I don't care if it had stared Pauly Shore.
It's a Wonderful Life is a horrible movie with a horrible message: you can only find purpose by completely sublimating all of your hopes, dreams, desires, and ambition, then sacrificing all of it for other people's happiness. (And if you don't accept that is your purpose, there is something wrong with you). It is a toxic message. Beyond all of the rest of this fetid pile of diseased moose intestines is this poisonous message, especially harmful to someone who is a people pleaser. But even with this, George is given a fantastic job, the respect of the community, a beautiful wife who worships the ground he walks on, and a loving family. But he is so full of repressed anger and resentment, he wants to kill himself for the insurance, which probably won't pay for a suicide, you dumb asshole.
@Bry1313 said it the most poetically: George Bailey is a bitch.
The only reason this became a "Christmas Tradition" was they fucked up and didn't extend the copyright, so it went into public domain and every fucking cheapass TV station started playing it non-stop.
So l vote for A Christmas Carol. Technically.
That said, there is one good scene in the film-- the one that has Donna Reed hiding behind a bush and Jimmy Stewart at his charming best-- that is fantastic right up until Capra decides to punch George in the nuts again at the end of it by killing his father off. Donna Reed is a gem. Capra is a sadistic asshole.
I would have loved that movie too. Instead, with got a martyrdom fetish film.*hides from the scary man*
I love the message of not living your life for others, but being your own person. Have a career you love and enjoy, and appreciate your family.
It's a Wonderful Life
You have a problem with fetishes?I would have loved that movie too. Instead, with got a martyrdom fetish film.
Well, not mine...You have a problem with fetishes?