SalaciousMonkey22
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I donβt love this movie but I do love Micheal Shannonβs dope dealerDay 1: A holiday move you watch every year
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I donβt love this movie but I do love Micheal Shannonβs dope dealerDay 1: A holiday move you watch every year
It isn't trying to be anything other than a ridiculous cartoon violence joke, from the title to the end credits. No one would mistake it for a message.Itβs interesting that you like this move and not Itβs a Wonderful Life. This movie is truly soulless. Harbourβs good in it though.
Did I ask though? I very specifically did not include you because your personally happy memory of seeing it with your daughter is not something I need or wish to debate. The fact that it is about stealing $300 million from people who still $300 million from the government says that it is a movie that at least at some point in its development was trying to say something and just ended up being bad at it, does not detract from your experience of the movie.It isn't trying to be anything other than a ridiculous cartoon violence joke, from the title to the end credits. No one would mistake it for a message.
The message of It's a Wonderful Life, on the other hand, permeates the whole film and is disgustingly toxic: you should sublimate all of your own dreams, plans, and desires for the happiness of others, and if you don't love doing that, there is something wrong with you. For example, George wants to be an architect. He wants to create, to build, to push boundaries of what people think in a way that improves lives. He has dreamed this since he was a child, and worked to that goal, to achieve that dream. He takes the right classes, works hard, and gets into college to achieve that. On the eve of going off to follow his bliss, he gives it all up to support the happiness of his brother, who, throwing away years of planning, took another job on a whim. But George doesn't see the worth of his own happiness, only the happiness of others. And this goes on and on and on.
I have had many "people pleasers" in my life and heart. I have watched them follow this same formula, not putting any weight on what they want or need, only sacrificing for others. It is agonizing to see people lose their identity this way. And that is what the film is promoting as "wonderful." It is damaging, it is toxic, and it is a whole lot more "soulless" than a violent parody film of "what if Die Hard had Santa instead?"
Since you asked.
I didnβt say I liked it, itβs just a movie with Santa Claus.Itβs interesting that you like this move and not Itβs a Wonderful Life. This movie is truly soulless. Harbourβs good in it though.
The originator of the βitβs not fairβ¦β¦.β MemeUmmm... this feature length movie exists...
Hahaha my badI didnβt say I liked it, itβs just a movie with Santa Claus.
And I was low on coffee and stepped into a conversation we weren't having.Did I ask though?
Okay, everyone, we don't want to anger the ... kitten-bear-bunny-demon thing...Just one movie per day please or...
Well... you took my choice.Day 3: A holiday film with snowmen
Hot Frosty was easily one of the worst things I have ever seen, but I guess it qualifies...
Oh man... c l a s s i c !I was genuinely shocked at how few snowman forward movies there are... though my favourite snowmen in any media were the ones in Calvin and Hobbes
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I love this film. Hoping David Harbour revisits this version of Santa. I think the back story could be cool.Day 2 - A movie with Santa Claus
Oh I'm glad this was picked for today after my preemptive strike yesterday.Day 3: A holiday film with snowmen
A 1982 British-made short film and symphonic poem, The Snowman is beautiful, wistful, and powerful, spinning a magical story with no need for dialogue. Based on the picture book of the same name, the original version opened with the book's author, Raymond Briggs, but the version I owned opened with David Bowie. Both are lovely and fit well with the story. This should be part of everyone's holiday season.
The Snowman, 1982
This is the closest the film has to dialog, a song by young Peter Auty.
That was where I went to...I was genuinely shocked at how few snowman forward movies there are... though my favourite snowmen in any media were the ones in Calvin and Hobbes
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