movies/tv Any holiday movies you don't enjoy?

[Kyoshi Frost Wolf 42,202]

It is the holiday season and holiday movies are being played or promoted everywhere. Happens every year and for good reason, there are some great holiday flicks. One of my personal favorites, Polar Express, is a film I like to watch every year around the holidays. With each movie we are able to enjoy, comes perhaps movies we can't get into for whatever reason.

For you, what are some holiday movies that are near impossible to get into and truly enjoy?

For me, this is easy: A Christmas Story. A classic for many people and it takes place (but not filmed) in my state, that's cool. It isn't a bad movie by any means, but wow. It just...has so much friggin hype around it that I can't enjoy it really. A whole 24 hour marathon of the film is overkill to the max and it makes me tired of hearing about it. I also think the film is quite mean spirited but I suppose it pays off in the end. I just wish it wasn't so treated like a film above all else.

[Will Guide 21,372]

4 minutes ago, Kyoshi said:

For me, this is easy: A Christmas Story. A classic for many people and it takes place (but not filmed) in my state, that's cool. It isn't a bad movie by any means, but wow. It just...has so much friggin hype around it that I can't enjoy it really. A whole 24 hour marathon of the film is overkill to the max and it makes me tired of hearing about it. I also think the film is quite mean spirited but I suppose it pays off in the end. I just wish it wasn't so treated like a film above all else.

You might want to watch this video from 1:52 to 3:07. It talks about the overexposure of a Christmas Story

 

[ShadOBabe 19,028]

That Grandma Got Run Over By A Reindeer animated film. Just kill me now, I hate the song enough as it is...

[King of Canterlot 9,608]

Adam Sandler's "Eight Crazy Nights", it's stupid and he treats everyone like trash. Terrible holiday movie. 

[Narcissus 356]

I saw Krampus, which started out fun and cool but the whole second half got extremely lame. Just ruined the whole ride. I'm not a fan of Home Alone either, really overrated. Frosty Returns and some of the similar knock-offs of good holiday movies belong in the trash can too.

[Celli 4,349]

1 hour ago, Kyoshi said:

For me, this is easy: A Christmas Story. A classic for many people and it takes place (but not filmed) in my state, that's cool. It isn't a bad movie by any means, but wow. It just...has so much friggin hype around it that I can't enjoy it really. A whole 24 hour marathon of the film is overkill to the max and it makes me tired of hearing about it. I also think the film is quite mean spirited but I suppose it pays off in the end. I just wish it wasn't so treated like a film above all else.

Same here, but only because of overexposure. It's a fine film but it doesn't need a 24 hour marathon.

[Megas 28,137]

Christmas Story is kind of lame, and I second Grandma Got Ran Over By A Reindeer, that song isn’t even that good

 

Also fuck The Simpsons’s Miracle on Evergreen Terrence hard

[KatonRyu 1,036]

Just about every single one which isn't an ultra-violent spoof movie like Santa's Slay or Gremlins.

[Dreambiscuit 11,336]

I'm not a huge fan of the Home Alone movies, which I guess are considered Christmas movies. I don't really like the Santa Clause movies either. The middle one has its moments, but overall they fall really short. Polar Express is pretty low on the list as well (sorry Kyoshi) but I have a lot of eclectic tastes that most others would laugh at. 

[Octavia_Melody2 187]

A Christmas Story of course because of my dad and grandpa's obsession with that movie and also the dumb live action version of the Grinch because some people love it and think it was better than the animated version. The Jim Carrey/Ron Howard version has some of the cringeworthiest humor ever and it's just plain irritating. Also, the original Grinch voiceover was Boris Karloff. You don't top Boris Karloff. He was a legend compared to Jim Carrey's overacting nonsense.

[CinemaBrony 1,276]

Love Actually. I do think it had a few nice moments here and there, but the movie as a whole failed to win me over.

[Here No Longer 5,286]

To be honest, all but a few I could count on my fingers. They're literally all the same story. Though I especially don't like "It's a Wonderful Life." I've found that one downright boring to watch, even for half an hour. Let alone it's entire runtime... That's just torture to be honest.

 

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On 12/2/2017 at 7:12 PM, King of Canterlot said:

Adam Sandler's "Eight Crazy Nights", it's stupid and he treats everyone like trash. Terrible holiday movie. 

I was just about to comment that one! Its such a disgusting movie. 

[The Kaeya Simp 13,996]

The Grinch to name one

[Buttonmash1973 1,026]

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[PiratePony 8,491]

The Jim Carrey Grinch. Ugh...misses so much of the point.

Might as well add to the post on April, considering it still feels like winter.

[EpicEnergy 23,247]

Yeah basically all of them as I don't watch movies much anymore. I just have difficulty in enjoying things nowadays.

[Sonic Shimmer 4,138]

Home Alone 4.

Someday, many decades from now, as I lie on my death bed crippled and withered from age, watching this movie will still be the greatest regret of my life.