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Whiskeyjack
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Day 19: A holiday/winter movie from the 1980's
This was one of my mother's favorites. We used to watch it together every year until she passed. It's got love, magic, family, redemption, men in tight trousers... all of the things.
This was one of my mother's favorites. We used to watch it together every year until she passed. It's got love, magic, family, redemption, men in tight trousers... all of the things.
lavendersilk
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You don't say...
I need to watch this.
curious_slut
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Day 19: A holiday/winter movie from the 1980's
Well, he's back with his wife in the sequel so I think redemption works! Die Hard is a Christmas movie
Also, my love for Alan Rickman even when he's playing evil
Well, he's back with his wife in the sequel so I think redemption works! Die Hard is a Christmas movie
Also, my love for Alan Rickman even when he's playing evil
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Day 19: A holiday/winter movie from the 1980's
Goddammit Mel, why you gotta be such a shitbird?
Anyway I love Shane Black. And the Christmas tree lot scene is literally around the corner from where I grew up. I walked by it all the time on my way to 7-11. Including the days the shoot was going on and I was pissed because they made us wait to walk by (I did not see Mel or know what the movie was at the time). But it was all worth it for that magical moment when I saw it on screen and realized what had been happening. L.A. is a weird place.
Goddammit Mel, why you gotta be such a shitbird?
Anyway I love Shane Black. And the Christmas tree lot scene is literally around the corner from where I grew up. I walked by it all the time on my way to 7-11. Including the days the shoot was going on and I was pissed because they made us wait to walk by (I did not see Mel or know what the movie was at the time). But it was all worth it for that magical moment when I saw it on screen and realized what had been happening. L.A. is a weird place.
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Day 19: A holiday/winter movie from the 1980's
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Day 20: A holiday/winter movie from the 1990's
I'll totally forget when wake up, but it's gone midnight here...
I'm cling a full house here
Faith - Bob always believed Scrooge would do the right thing, despite all evidence to the contrary
Magic -
wooooooo
Joy -
Because there's only one more sleep till Christmas
Hope - the Cratchitts always see a better future, and refuse to give up on hope, the only thing they have left
Redemption - c'mon... Really?
Love - Merry Christmas, everyone!
And Muppets... (6 points now) 1992
I'll totally forget when wake up, but it's gone midnight here...
I'm cling a full house here
Faith - Bob always believed Scrooge would do the right thing, despite all evidence to the contrary
Magic -
woooooooJoy -
Because there's only one more sleep till Christmas Hope - the Cratchitts always see a better future, and refuse to give up on hope, the only thing they have left
Redemption - c'mon... Really?
Love - Merry Christmas, everyone!
And Muppets... (6 points now) 1992
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Day 19: A holiday/winter movie from the 1980's
This is a very 80s Christmas movie. Taking a beat from The Prince and the Pauper, Trading Places has two ultrawealthy brothers make a bet on nature vs nurture, framing their incredibly Ivy League employee Winthorpe (Dan Aykroyd) for multiple crimes before locking his accounts, his home (owned by the business), firing him from his job as a commodities broker, and breaking his engagement off to the brothers' great niece, sending him spiraling out of control. Then they raise up savvy street hustler Valentine (Eddie Murphy) to take his job and everything else (except the great niece) and find he can run their company as well as if not better than anyone they employ. Valentine finds out about the bet (and that they were going to fire him again), and he joins up with Winthorpe and his only supporter, hooker with a heart of gold Ophelia (Jamie Lee Curtis, cast against the wishes of the studio who only saw her as a "scream queen,") and they try to turn the tables.
It is a throwback to the screwball comedies of the 40s, but with an 80s twist. And it works very, very well. Aykeroyd was born for this type of part. Curtis shows an outstanding gift for comedy. And Murphy is at the start of his career, when he was brash and funny (well before his eventual spiral into fat suits and fart jokes). Don Ameche and Ralph Bellamy are perfect as the rich Duke brothers. And director John Landis uses the Christmas holiday to add a lot of poignancy to the whole affair. The score is based on The Marriage of Figaro, which is also about a poor man turning the table on rich men out to get him and ruin his marriage. There is an underlying theme that given an even playing field, a black man can do anything a white man can do. That part all works very well.
But it is also very much 80s. There is a some racial stereotyping and language. Jamie Lee has a gratuitous topless scene (her first). A bad guy gets raped by a gorilla. But the most 80s thing is that greed is good. The good guys get revenge on the bad guys through manipulating the commodities system (which is done accurately in the film, but even I'm not going to try to explain it), and get wealthy enough to leave everything else behind and just be rich. But if you can get past that, it is one of the better comedies of the modern film era.
Trading Places (1983)
As for theme, this one is "hope." Valentine, even at his lowest, never loses his. Winthorpe loses his, up to the point that he is going to commit suicide, but the support of Ophelia helps him regain it. It is a hopeful move. With boobs. That boob reveal is spectacular. (+1 for "hope," for a total of 5)
This is a very 80s Christmas movie. Taking a beat from The Prince and the Pauper, Trading Places has two ultrawealthy brothers make a bet on nature vs nurture, framing their incredibly Ivy League employee Winthorpe (Dan Aykroyd) for multiple crimes before locking his accounts, his home (owned by the business), firing him from his job as a commodities broker, and breaking his engagement off to the brothers' great niece, sending him spiraling out of control. Then they raise up savvy street hustler Valentine (Eddie Murphy) to take his job and everything else (except the great niece) and find he can run their company as well as if not better than anyone they employ. Valentine finds out about the bet (and that they were going to fire him again), and he joins up with Winthorpe and his only supporter, hooker with a heart of gold Ophelia (Jamie Lee Curtis, cast against the wishes of the studio who only saw her as a "scream queen,") and they try to turn the tables.
It is a throwback to the screwball comedies of the 40s, but with an 80s twist. And it works very, very well. Aykeroyd was born for this type of part. Curtis shows an outstanding gift for comedy. And Murphy is at the start of his career, when he was brash and funny (well before his eventual spiral into fat suits and fart jokes). Don Ameche and Ralph Bellamy are perfect as the rich Duke brothers. And director John Landis uses the Christmas holiday to add a lot of poignancy to the whole affair. The score is based on The Marriage of Figaro, which is also about a poor man turning the table on rich men out to get him and ruin his marriage. There is an underlying theme that given an even playing field, a black man can do anything a white man can do. That part all works very well.
But it is also very much 80s. There is a some racial stereotyping and language. Jamie Lee has a gratuitous topless scene (her first). A bad guy gets raped by a gorilla. But the most 80s thing is that greed is good. The good guys get revenge on the bad guys through manipulating the commodities system (which is done accurately in the film, but even I'm not going to try to explain it), and get wealthy enough to leave everything else behind and just be rich. But if you can get past that, it is one of the better comedies of the modern film era.
Trading Places (1983)
As for theme, this one is "hope." Valentine, even at his lowest, never loses his. Winthorpe loses his, up to the point that he is going to commit suicide, but the support of Ophelia helps him regain it. It is a hopeful move. With boobs. That boob reveal is spectacular. (+1 for "hope," for a total of 5)
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Day 19: A holiday/winter movie from the 1980's
Not a holiday movie but the story takes place during Christmas week... I also saw it as teenager, by coincidence, during Christmas week one year on video (back in the day), so the film has a holiday nostalgia feel to it for me. I also really like the film.
Not a holiday movie but the story takes place during Christmas week... I also saw it as teenager, by coincidence, during Christmas week one year on video (back in the day), so the film has a holiday nostalgia feel to it for me. I also really like the film.
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Day 20: A holiday/winter movie from the 1990's
I was in middle school and we'd just moved to a new state and I hadn't made many friends yet. One kid who I didn't really know very well, but who was in a lot of my classes said that a group was going to see this movie and asked if I wanted to come. Of course! So we all went, we all pissed ourselves laughing (figuratively), then went back to his place for pizza and played Sega all night. The guy who invited me to the movies? Today we're godparents to each other's children. Sometimes the movie is more about the experience of being with others. And it's a pretty funny film.
I was in middle school and we'd just moved to a new state and I hadn't made many friends yet. One kid who I didn't really know very well, but who was in a lot of my classes said that a group was going to see this movie and asked if I wanted to come. Of course! So we all went, we all pissed ourselves laughing (figuratively), then went back to his place for pizza and played Sega all night. The guy who invited me to the movies? Today we're godparents to each other's children. Sometimes the movie is more about the experience of being with others. And it's a pretty funny film.
lavendersilk
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Day 20: A winter movie from the 1990's
I love this film. This scene was great. I believe this was Vincent Price's last film. Small but crucial role. The scene with him making Edward human hands is so heartbreaking and sets the whole theme of the movie perfectly. It's got everything:
HOPE
JOY
FAITH
MAGIC
REDEMPTION
LOVE
But this scene has pure joy.
Edward Scissorhands (1990)
1 point for joy
Total so far: 6
I love this film. This scene was great. I believe this was Vincent Price's last film. Small but crucial role. The scene with him making Edward human hands is so heartbreaking and sets the whole theme of the movie perfectly. It's got everything:
HOPE
JOY
FAITH
MAGIC
REDEMPTION
LOVE
But this scene has pure joy.
Edward Scissorhands (1990)
1 point for joy
Total so far: 6
SalaciousMonkey22
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Day 20: A winter movie from the 1990's
One crazy night movies is one of my favorite sub genres.
So is intertwining story lines
I love this movie so much. I’m gonna say ecstasy counts as joy
One crazy night movies is one of my favorite sub genres.
So is intertwining story lines
I love this movie so much. I’m gonna say ecstasy counts as joy
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I hate this movie and love this story with every fiber of my being.
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Funny you should mention that....
I feel the same way...
I have a "friend" that watches this movie all year long, he loves it. This year... He asked me "so we can watch them both on the same day, like we did last year"
I couldn't help but chuckle because I knew we'd have to plan it just right or we wouldn't be able to because of my December vacation....
He didn't care....
And he loves it all the same .... I'm sure we'll watch it again in January.... If not before
curious_slut
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Day 20: A holiday/winter movie from the 1990's
Home Alone 2: Lost In New York is pretty close to perfect imo but for one unfortunate cameo, especially in hindsight
When Kevin's mom comes back for him again, the joy is still palpable. Even if the McCallisters are terrible parents.
This hotel scene always makes me laugh.
Total: 6 points.
Home Alone 2: Lost In New York is pretty close to perfect imo but for one unfortunate cameo, especially in hindsight
When Kevin's mom comes back for him again, the joy is still palpable. Even if the McCallisters are terrible parents.
This hotel scene always makes me laugh.
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Day 20
Miracle on 34th Street
I adore this remake. The verdict never fails to make me ugly sob. One year I actually only saw the movie from the verdict and still cried without the build up
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Day 20: A holiday/winter movie from the 1990's
It is a dark Christmas story, arguably Tim Burton's darkest. It is his love letter to German Expressionism, not only in the brooding dark pallets and chiaroscuro lighting to bring out the strong dance between light and dark, but also the central theme of duality in all of the main characters. And a major portion of this duality is contrasting the brutal story with the Christmas images. This isn't a move that takes place at Christmas, it was designed to be a Christmas movie.
And love is the central theme, dark, twisted love. All three main characters are damaged by childhoods. Bruce and Oswald's are more overt, but if you look at Selina's apartment before she becomes Catwoman, it is decorated for an eight-year-old girl, with way too much pink and many, many stuffed animals. Her mother is still nagging her about her life choices, and it still has an impact. And when she dies her first death, she grows up, taking control of her life and sexuality. But what is so strong about the portrayal is Catwoman is a woman who still remembers what she was, and cannot forgive herself for wanting the one person who understands her because it would jeopardize her vengeance. So you have three damaged children, grown now and trying to find love in any horrible way they can.
Burton balances all of this with some wonderful Christmas set pieces, including a perfect Christmas party where Bruce and Selina, the only two in the room without physical masks, finally removing their psychological masks during a dance. It is a brilliant scene, and a brilliant Christmas movie.
Batman Returns (1992)
(+1 for "love," 6 total)
It is a dark Christmas story, arguably Tim Burton's darkest. It is his love letter to German Expressionism, not only in the brooding dark pallets and chiaroscuro lighting to bring out the strong dance between light and dark, but also the central theme of duality in all of the main characters. And a major portion of this duality is contrasting the brutal story with the Christmas images. This isn't a move that takes place at Christmas, it was designed to be a Christmas movie.
And love is the central theme, dark, twisted love. All three main characters are damaged by childhoods. Bruce and Oswald's are more overt, but if you look at Selina's apartment before she becomes Catwoman, it is decorated for an eight-year-old girl, with way too much pink and many, many stuffed animals. Her mother is still nagging her about her life choices, and it still has an impact. And when she dies her first death, she grows up, taking control of her life and sexuality. But what is so strong about the portrayal is Catwoman is a woman who still remembers what she was, and cannot forgive herself for wanting the one person who understands her because it would jeopardize her vengeance. So you have three damaged children, grown now and trying to find love in any horrible way they can.
Burton balances all of this with some wonderful Christmas set pieces, including a perfect Christmas party where Bruce and Selina, the only two in the room without physical masks, finally removing their psychological masks during a dance. It is a brilliant scene, and a brilliant Christmas movie.
Batman Returns (1992)
(+1 for "love," 6 total)
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lavendersilk
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I was hoping someone would post this one! Yay!
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That's why you keep me around, Purple.
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Oh good call!
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Day 20: A holiday movie from the 90's
It has some decent laughs.
It has some decent laughs.