I have done so much talking about Christmas TV shows I decided I
should do at least one article on Christmas movies. Some Christmas
movies are loved by me instantly, like Scrooged or The Santa Clause.
Others, for whatever reason, take a little more time to win me over.
Today I want to discuss five movies which are Christmas classics, and I
hated them when they first came on the scene. Today I appreciate them a
lot more, but for some reason my initial reaction was not so positive.
Home Alone
Yeah I really have no excuse for this one. But when this became the
biggest comedy hit of all time in 1990, we were outraged! And a
Christmas classic? How?? It was stupid, we said! Ummm, did I actually
watch the movie when I saw it in theaters? I don’t know, but whatever
the case years later I re watched and realized that this is a really
good Christmas movie. I have done a 180 and this is one of my favorite
Christmas movies I have to watch every year. I guess we focused more on
the slapstick and ignored the rest of the film, which was very nicely
directed by Chris Columbus not to mention written by John Hughes.
Polar Express
It may not be accurate to say I hated this one, more that I just
didn’t have any interest in it. OK this is embarrassing again, but I
didn’t realize it was a Christmas movie. I know, duh! It’s about the
North Pole! But I never read the book and I think I was thrown but the
trailers which didn’t really show anything so I didn’t care about it and
it just flew under my radar, until my father told me to see it! Yes I
love it today.
One Magic Christmas
This may be cheating since this is hardly a Christmas classic. It’s
pretty depressing and boring. But I admit, I don’t hate it as much as
when I first saw it. It really does have a good story and Mary
Steenbergen is a decent actress. Yeah it’s slow and a little to somber,
but when given a chance it really isn’t all bad. It’s about a woman
depressed at Christmas until an angel makes her realize that she has
more than she thinks. Worth checking out.
White Christmas
I hated this movie for years. When a movie has music in it, all I ask
is that the songs have something to do with the plot, advance the
story, or help develop the characters. In this film this does not
happen.. The songs aren’t bad and are of course Irving Berlin hits but
for the most part have little to do with the actual story, instead
diverting from it or even stopping it cold! However, thanks to my ex I
did watch this several times over the years and I appreciate it more for
all its corny and goofiness. Bing Crosby, Danny Kaye, and Rosemary
Clooney are fantastic and the songs are good whether they are related to
the story or not. It’s a decent classic that I watch every year even
though I’m divorced now.
A Christmas Story
Yeah you may have seen this one coming. Now I wont go so far as to
say that this is a favorite or must watch for me at Christmas. I will
admit that my hatred for this movie has waned. As a kid, this movie just
rubbed me the wrong way. Especially the creepy Santa Claus scene. But
as a I got older and was exposed to it again and again, I realized that
there are some genuinely well done moments in this movie. So while it
will never by my favorite, I get why it is so many others
By the way, it can go the other way. There was a certain movie I
loved when I saw it, but looking back…yeah it really isn’t very good.
Which?
Yeah when you really look at it, this movie is kind of awful. But it’s still a movie I watch every year as a guiltypleasure.
Christmas is one time that I love watching movies, I just can’t get
enough. Share with me in the comments any Christmas movies you’ve
changed your mind about over the years.
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