Christmas movies are almost inevitable at this time of year, and we can make lists and lists of the best, but they will always be subjective. Here’s my humble opinion of the big movies with a Christmas background that may not get as much attention during the holidays. Season Enjoy it and leave your list/review in the comments.
For the most part, Christmas movies are heartwarming, but sometimes the end of the year can be used for more subversive purposes and, aside from “Santa Claus Upset,” one of the best examples is the Ted Demme movie. ? The referee. ? The director’s second feature film (who died in 2002, aged just 38) stars Denis Leary as a fugitive thief who takes a couple (Kevin Spacey and Judy Davis) hostage on Christmas Eve. Unbeknownst to her, however, they were on their way to receiving marriage counseling and are among the most toxic marriages ever seen on screen. Written by Richard LaGravenese with his sister-in-law Marie Weiss, this movie is the antithesis of family reunion style movies, using the chosen setting to really let Spacey and Davis use their dark humor, Leary perfectly positioned as the older man. Very angry. you’re caught in the middle of the mess. And the script cleverly uses Christmas, with the family (in addition to JK Simmons as the military school commander blackmailed by the couple’s son) also changing in the process. It’s a clever and fun movie – it’s a welcome attempt to portray Christmas with your family as it really is, not the cozy ideal.
- Should you imagine that? Ghost attack? got the fastest green light ever: “Bill Murray acting in“ A Christmas Carol.
- “? Sold! The classic Charles Dickens and his grumpy main character was apparently made for the comedy legend.
- And on a big budget.
- A by-product of his biggest hit “Ghostbusters.
- ” seemed like a license to print money.
- However.
- The film was poorly received by critics.
- Despite having a fairly high commercial success.
- And that seems to be a response only to an extremely uneven film.
- Containing inspiring attacks and sometimes embarrassing moments.
- Updating the original story featuring a recent New York City.
- With Murray as the television producer escorted through the past.
- Present and future by a trio of ghosts.
- You feel.
- Everywhere.
- The tension between the lawless character of Murray and the idea of A Heartwarming Christmas Movie on a Big Budget.
- And at this point.
- The producers hadn’t had to.
- Haven’t you learned how to use Murray to touch hearts and laugh yet? Opposite to? Groundhog Day? A few years later.
- His performance is not so convincing.
- But the actor keeps things so well together that despite the flaws.
- You still have a great time.
Each generation leaves its own impression on the Charles Dickens story of Scrooge and the Ghosts, be it Michael Caine and Bill Murray, Reginald Owen, Albert Finney, the voice of Nicolas Cage, or a CGI monstrosity that vaguely resembles Jim Carrey. . But perhaps the most beloved is “Christmas Tales”, with a version of the character of the British actor Alistair Sim? with a central performance? near the final and winning darkness. Shot in almost black tones in black and white, it looks more like classic film noir than anything you can do with a muppet. The adaptation, from screenwriter Noel Langley, is clever, with much greater psychological realism and a little more detail in the backstory of the central figure who helps, not destroy, the story. Ghosts are, exceptionally, legitimately scary, and the themes found in the book, inequality and poverty, are given an emphasis that runs throughout the film, making it seem weird and substantial. And among a great cast (Michael Hordern uses all his Shakespearean skills to make Jacob Marley), this movie is transcendentally good, moving, but never completely unleashed, as we see Scrooge building himself into a real person. More than anyone, he thinks this is the version Dickens would approve of.