OT: Your favorite Christmas movies

[storrsroars]

Surprised "Bad Santa" was not mentioned more often. That's my clear number one. The exact right balance between dark humor/meanness/venality and spiritual redemption.

But my wife hates that movie, so maybe I'm the crazy one.

It's not my favorite but deserves mention. I know that I'm crazy as many including my wife have offered that opinion of me.

I've enjoyed Bad Santa pretty much every year, but much more as a straight up raunchy comedy than a "Christmas" movie as my particular criteria for that is a film that puts me in a Christmasy mood - something Bad Santa distinctly does not do. I actually feel more naug.hty than nice each time I watch the thing, lol. I'm happy that Brett Kelly ended up a normal guy as I think many child actors could've been traumatized for life by the Thurman Merman role.

Anyway, here's a pretty great article on a lot of backstory stuff regarding making Bad Santa. Including the fact that the first actor the Coen brothers wanted to play Santa was James Gandolfini. And that Thornton was legitimately wasted for several of his drunken scenes. Now that's Method Acting.

(wth, "naugh.ty" is a verboten word here?)

 

[The Yakk]

I've enjoyed Bad Santa pretty much every year, but much more as a straight up raunchy comedy than a "Christmas" movie as my particular criteria for that is a film that puts me in a Christmasy mood - something Bad Santa distinctly does not do. I actually feel more naug.hty than nice each time I watch the thing, lol. I'm happy that Brett Kelly ended up a normal guy as I think many child actors could've been traumatized for life by the Thurman Merman role.

Anyway, here's a pretty great article on a lot of backstory stuff regarding making Bad Santa. Including the fact that the first actor the Coen brothers wanted to play Santa was James Gandolfini. And that Thornton was legitimately wasted for several of his drunken scenes. Now that's Method Acting.

(wth, "naugh.ty" is a verboten word here?)

Nice article, thanks

 

[dbmill]

My four favorite Christmas movies, in no particular order:

Miracle on 34th Street - 1947
Christmas Story
It's a Wonderful Life
A Christmas Carol - Alistair Sim 1951 version.