Christmas movies you don't like (theater, Netflix, watch, Will Ferrell)
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Another one I can think of is Christmas with the Kranks. Usually, Tim Allen can't miss, but the whole thing was just flat and boring. It was more like a Greek tragedy than a comedy.
It was the unrealistic Christmas spirit in the town. I could suspend my disbelief more to watch a movie about Santa Claus than Christmas With The Kranks.
I did like parts of Love Actually but some of the scenes with Liam Neeson and his son were a little over the top and Hallmarkish (airport)....
LOVE ACTUALLY is worth watching for the brilliant acting throughout the film --- with top mentions to Emma Thompson and Alan Rickman, both of whom are genius in the movie.
But the writing is pretty schmaltzy and eye-roll worthy throughout. And Andrew Lincoln's chracter is downright creepy, creepy perv. In fact, most of the "relationships" in the movie are pretty toxic.
The Home Alone movies
Elf
The Santa Clause
Nightmare Before Christmas
Jingle All The Way
Bad Santa
Any Christmas movie that is R rated (and most of them that are PG-13)
Any Christmas movie with a "Bah Humbug!" kind of theme or plot
Btw, I don't like the Home Alone movies or The Santa Clause because movies that feature, imo, bratty kids are a real turn-off for me.
In short, I like movies that leave me with a good feeling, and I also prefer nostalgic ones.
P.S. I also agree with the OP about The Grinch for the same reasons s/he said.
P.P.S. I forgot to add a TV movie, "The Man Who Saved Christmas" to the list above because it was based on the life of A.C. Gilbert (credited with the invention of Erector sets), but they took so many liberties with the truth in so many ways that it was a complete turn-off for me. Btw, I hate it when this is done with ANY movie, not just Christmas ones!
Regarding my comment about not liking R-rated Christmas movies (period), I am very embarrassed to admit that I was mistaken. I made that mistake because I was thinking of Christmas movies, and my mind immediately went to the feel-good and/or very popular Christmas movies, but I forgot about some movies I like that are action movies with a Christmas theme, like "Die Hard". So I checked my current shelves of DVDs -- I divide my DVDs so that we watch half of them in even years and half in odd years -- I was shocked to learn that the following movies I DO enjoy are either R or PG-13. They are:
"Die Hard" (R)
"Lethal Weapon" (R)
"Love Actually" (R)
"The Holiday" (PG-13)
"Last Holiday"(PG-13)
But that being said, most of our Christmas movies are G rated.
As far as the movies that take place around Christmas time, like The Wild Geese and Trancers, it is okay to joke about them as Christmas flicks, but really, they are not.
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Originally Posted by Veritas Vincit
There's people who don't like Home Alone? I've seen it all now.
If you are being facetious, I understand.
If you are being serious, then to me, one of the things wrong with the country......for all the reasons I listed with the movies mentioned in this thread.
Not really as much of a dislike but I was disappointed with the Christmas Story sequel. I thought it could have been a lot better.
Other than that there were some low budget ones I could do without, like "Deck the Halls" (2006). That movie was like a rip-off of one scene in Christmas Vacation.
I also thought in the later part of the 90's there weren't many good ones, especially the Tim Allen ones and "Jingle All the Way". Nothing like the classics like Home Alone (1 and 2), Christmas Vacation, the first Christmas Story, Elf, Polar Express, and a few others.
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