"Home Alone...I saw it in theaters when I was a kid". 10 year old James could never have imagined sitting there in the theaters that he would one day do a collab with the kid from the movie.
"A Christmas Carol" is pretty much the reverse of "It's a Wonderful life". Think about it, one story a man is shown how his life made things better for those around him, while another shows how his life made things worse for those around him. Both men learn different lessons that make them embrace life and those closest to them.
This was done because both men in these movies had vastly different kinds of attitudes. In It's A Wonderful Life, a man thinks that he has no worth and needs to be shown that he does. In Scrooge, a man thinks that nobody else has any worth, and he is shown that they do. So different ways of getting them to come to terms with the value of people and Christmas itself was relayed to them
Ernest Saves Christmas was one of my favorites. He gets Santa's bag and can pull presents out. It's been so long since I've actually seen it but I loved it as a kid.
James, thank you for this review. I especially enjoyed the segment about the Alastair Sim verison of "A Christmas Carol". My Mother passed away in April of 2016, and she was a woman who celebrated Christmas 365 days a year. This was her very favorite Christmas movie, she would watch it all year long. So much so that she wore out the VHS tape and my wife and I went store to store to find her a copy on DVD. Since her passing I have not watched it myself, but, I think I may finally be able to do so now. I can still hear that bellicose intro in my head at the opening credits during "Hark, The Herald Angels Sing". Again, thank you James.
Mickey’s Christmas Carol in my opinion is the best version of the story there is. Love it. The narrator of A Christmas Story is actually the guy that wrote the story and it’s based loosely around his life.
"It's good... but not that good." my response... yes it is James! great scenes and lots of funny lines. Also, Ernest Saves Christmas is a precursor to the Santa Clause with Tim Allen.
James, you absolutely nailed it with this list. Gremlins is the one movie, other than Christmas Vacation, that I watch every year. While I do love Christmas Carol, I do think Miracle on 34th is probably my favorite "golden era" Christmas movie. Merry Christmas, nerd.
I can't believe this! You picked my all-time favorites in every category! haha. I was thinking, there's no way he'll say Alastair's Sim's Christmas Carol, and lo and behold. I'm 100% will you on all these. Great video!
As far as alternate Christmas movies go that aren't Die Hard or Gremlins I really liked Krampus. It managed to both be a very effective horror movie while having a very Christmas-y message.
Christmas Vacation is such a great Xmas movie. It gives such a rounded up experience of the season, with everything from picking the tree, setting up the lights, gift shopping and of course celebrating with family and friends. Also props for mentioning Mickey's Christmas Carol. Used to watch it every Christmas as a kid.
PastoKage little known fact. at the end of the film where they're loading the gorillas onto the ship, there's a cameo of Gary Clarr. the guy who played steel in Day of the Dead!
Yes finally someone agrees lol. Everyone always mentions die hard for best Christmas action movie and nobody mentions lethal weapon. Die hard 2 is also a good Christmas movie
Anyone ever see "The Ref", with Denis Leary, Kevin Spacey, and Judy Davis? I watch it with my family every year during Christmastime. For anyone who hasn't seen it, I definitely recommend it. An underrated and hilarious Christmas comedy. Another one of those Christmas-Gone-Horribly-Wrong types of movies.
Home Alone, a modern classic? It's almost thirty years old! I mean, I grew up with it and all, but it's hardly "modern" anymore. If anything, it's another classic.
But that makes sense. For example almost everyone who is old enough will list games that are old for his favorites for example. I don't think there is a guy above 30 who will list a game that is new. And even if he does, he will still say that the old games are best. Same with people that are interested in movies. This is how it goes.
Have you ever seen the George C. Scott version of The Christmas Carol? If not, you should definitely give it a look when the holidays come around, his performance of Scrooge is impeccable and so believable with his transition to the happy changed man at the end. The music is amazing, the visuals are perfect and the acting is great from everyone in it. My favorite Christmas Carol by far and every Christmas I make sure to give this one a watch.
Other honorable mentions - White Christmas has definitely grown on me. We had this movie playing in my home just about every other day this December ( and made a point to watch it once a season perhaps starting 5 years ago). Just a nice story with some wonderful music and dancing from the greatest generation of American people. Another few featurettes I liked seeing this year were Sesame Street Christmas Special, and the Muppets Christmas Special. These were some stuff from my childhood which I hadn’t thought about until watching it with my daughter this year. Elf also is certainly up there as a modern classic, maybe new modern classic. It’s got another 6 years before it’s a 20 year old movie. The actors playing the characters are all stars, and they pull off their characters well. It’s just a great and clean Christmas movie.
Home Alone is a perfect movie and it gives you that comfy Christmas feeling. There is no other movie that can get you in the Christmas mood as much as Home Alone.
5:10 Totally on point with that. I always imagined A Christmas Story as Ralph, as an old man, telling his grandkids about his favorite Christmas as a kid.
James - you nailed it! Dec. 25th,12:01 AM, Alister Sim's, 'Scrooge'. For over sixty years, my favorite Christmas movie, bar none. 'A Christmas Story' comes in second place, but there are dozens of others which hold place as well. BTW - there is a practical reason why the Turner networks show, 'A Christmas Story' for 24 hours. It gives a lot of the staff Christmas Eve and Day a 'Day Off' to spend with family.
So glad you mentioned the 1951 a christmas carol. It's really the best one I've seen. I like lots of film from the begging of cinema to now, but I realize a lot of "older" films can drag their feet a little when compared to what the modern audience is used to, but this one has a really upbeat pace to it for the era. Totally agree with your list. Gremlins is also my families favorite Christmas movie too.
I watched the Chevy Chase movie today since it came on, love the couple of movies they made back then. Loved the Home Alone movies as a kid so those was probably my fav ones growing up.
Great list, but id like to add Mr. Hankeys Christmas Classics from the third season of South Park. Its silly and not for everyone, but it perfectly replicates the feeling of taping a holiday special off tv onto vhs as a kid.
How is Elf a great cinematic masterpiece? I can accept people thinking it's pretty good, but we're talking about greatest movies of all time territory.
James James James, you are great! I have been telling my girlfriend for years that she's GOT to see Gremlins on xmas, or xmas eve- as it's one of the BEST xmas movies of all time. Well this year, prior to seeing this- we watched Gremlins on Monday evening. Her face was priceless when we saw you grab the cover of Gremlins calling it the best alternative style xmas movie of all time. Couldn't agree more my good man, thanks for posting!
Wonderuful selection, James! Scrooge (1951) with Alester Sims is my personal favorite! I also enjoyed James Stewart in It's a Wonder Life (1946)! I watched both those movies over the holidays, and they BOTH made me cry! They REALLY know how to pull at the old Heart Strings! Merry Christmas and a Happy New Year!
I had never heard of this one until my kid got it on DVD in a collection we purchased for Rudolph. Turned out to be the best of the Rankin Bass classics as far as I’m concerned.
James - I have not seen Scrooge 1951 until I watched this video which inspired me to watch it in full. It was excellent and made my holiday Thanks to you! I agree with all of your picks as they are my favorites too - I think we are similar in age and grew up in the same time period.
For me, the end-all, be-all holiday movie is most definitely the Alastair Sim classic... But, 'Christmas Vacation' and 'Lethal Weapon' are right up there, as two I constantly revisit.
I was hoping to hear your thoughts on some more recent Christmas movies, like Elf and Polar Express. As much as I love the classics, those 2 have quickly made it into my "favorites" list.
Thanks for making this video James. Been too busy to get into the spirit of things and this helped remind me yeah it is Christmas cheer up. Hope you have a merry Christmas and looking forward to a great 2018 of your content.
A Christmas Carol/Scrooge (1951) was a great recommendation. I'd only ever seen the 80's version with George C. Scott, but I just watched this one and it was great! Alastair Sim's performance was brilliant, particularly at the end when Scrooge had his change of heart. He played the crotchety old man role so well to that point, which made the ending such a delight to watch. A new old classic for me!
I think the top 2 are Jingle All The Way and A Christmas Story. Jingle All The Way represents the more stressful things of Christmas that other movies don't touch on like going through the struggle of getting that perfect gift for a family member. A Christmas Story is like reliving your childhood and wanting that special gift but wasn't sure if you were going to get it or not.
Yeah but in Jingle All the Way, the mom and son over react, they are pissed off because he was late to the kids karate class, but he was at work, and the mom doesn't do shit to say "He's making money for your gifts." And then, the kid is pissed off because his dad can't make it to the parade, but he never did before so why expect it now, its not like he's trying to get away from, he left for a reason. Jingle All The Way is probably the worst Christmas movie ever.
Excellent video James. And nice call on Scrooge (1951) being your all time favourite. It comes on most years if not every year at Christmas here in the UK, assumedly not the case in the US.
"Home Alone...I saw it in theaters when I was a kid". 10 year old James could never have imagined sitting there in the theaters that he would one day do a collab with the kid from the movie.
"A Christmas Carol" is pretty much the reverse of "It's a Wonderful life".
Think about it,
one story a man is shown how his life made things better for those around him,
while another shows how his life made things worse for those around him.
Both men learn different lessons that make them embrace life and those closest to them.
This was done because both men in these movies had vastly different kinds of attitudes. In It's A Wonderful Life, a man thinks that he has no worth and needs to be shown that he does. In Scrooge, a man thinks that nobody else has any worth, and he is shown that they do. So different ways of getting them to come to terms with the value of people and Christmas itself was relayed to them
Dang that is so true
Nope. Same movie. Man has wrong idea about the nature of joy and living and gets shown the errors of his ways by supernatural being(s). Merry Xmas.
I love the 2009 version of a Christmas Carol
Fave Xmas film: AVGN Bible Games Trilogy
BABY MOSES. BABY MOSES.
An alternative christmas movie I like is Batman Returns
Tyler Howell Facts
Iron Man 3 is another alternative Christmas (superhero) movie
Sheeshkebabz just watched it too
It ain't alternate as far as I'm concerned it's a fantastic Christmas film
Lol he made a whole video about that now
*WHY WEREN'T YOU AT ELF PRACTICE!!!!*
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If Earnest didnt save Christmas in 88 then all newer Christmas movies wouldent even exist.
K 2 long live jim varney!
Real talk
😂
AVGN Bible Games 1 & 2. It’s become a tradition for me to watch those.
Damn, Christmas just hours away and I _still_ haven't watched these this year?
I plan to watch all AVGN Christmas episodes tonight.
Have a good Christmas James and Mike.
What about me? Geez... Keep the change you filthy animal...
Merry Christmas Elethar
Thanks Sky! You too!
Happy holidays to all you ladies and gents to:)
Alexis Christou ditto! Merry Christmas!
Ernest Saves Christmas was one of my favorites.
He gets Santa's bag and can pull presents out. It's been so long since I've actually seen it but I loved it as a kid.
I rewatched it the other day on Disney+, and it still holds up. 😊
James, thank you for this review. I especially enjoyed the segment about the Alastair Sim verison of "A Christmas Carol". My Mother passed away in April of 2016, and she was a woman who celebrated Christmas 365 days a year. This was her very favorite Christmas movie, she would watch it all year long. So much so that she wore out the VHS tape and my wife and I went store to store to find her a copy on DVD. Since her passing I have not watched it myself, but, I think I may finally be able to do so now. I can still hear that bellicose intro in my head at the opening credits during "Hark, The Herald Angels Sing". Again, thank you James.
Merry Christmas to you as well Cinemassacre team.
Now I have a machine gun. Ho. Ho. Ho.
teach me canadian abcs
He just said that it's NOT a Christmas movie
Eh buddeh, what’s going on guy ?
Do you know your Canadian ABCs?
ZED
I would say National Lampoon's Christmas Vacation, CLARK W GRISWOLD needs that XMAS bonus!
Retro Game Players she wrapped the cat
You win sir
"It's the gift that keeps on giving, Clark. All year long."
Right you are Edward
yep, will always play that every christmas eve
PUT THAT COOKIE DOWN! NOW!
Best Christmas film ever.
Yaasss soo good
He forgot to mention Jingle All the Way
But I LIKE THE COOKIE!!!
@@tomtame PUT. THE. COOKIE. DOWN!
I love watching my Muppets Christmas Carol VHS. Michael Caine was perfect.
Grimmness93 with or without When love is gone?
I love that movie too. It's my favorite Muppets movie.
Mickey’s Christmas Carol in my opinion is the best version of the story there is. Love it.
The narrator of A Christmas Story is actually the guy that wrote the story and it’s based loosely around his life.
"It's good... but not that good." my response... yes it is James! great scenes and lots of funny lines. Also, Ernest Saves Christmas is a precursor to the Santa Clause with Tim Allen.
James, you absolutely nailed it with this list. Gremlins is the one movie, other than Christmas Vacation, that I watch every year. While I do love Christmas Carol, I do think Miracle on 34th is probably my favorite "golden era" Christmas movie.
Merry Christmas, nerd.
I can't believe this! You picked my all-time favorites in every category! haha. I was thinking, there's no way he'll say Alastair's Sim's Christmas Carol, and lo and behold. I'm 100% will you on all these. Great video!
Bill Murray - Scrooged
Home Alone!
Easily the most rewatchable movie ever!
Gremlins & Home Alone
Yup those are the best
Gremlins is a great choice.
Home Alone was my childhood along with The Grinch (the feature film)
Never understood why people liked Gremlins. I always hated it. Home Alone is awesome. Best version of Carol of the Bells ever.
ITS TURBO TIME
Honestly, after years of a silly character like the nerd, you realise that James is just a really genuine great guy.
Your Christmas videos have become a family tradition.i always cant wait to see them.
Dutch is one of my favs, the one with ed O'Neill. Its hilarious and highly underrated
Milton Cooper
Classic movie. 'your water looked tasty'
wasent Dutch thanksgiving i don't remember?
@@riseofloganxlogan4230 could be, can't remember but either way, it's a great one.
Grew up on all those top picks, good choice james, have a merry Christmas and a happy new year
ITS TURBO TIME!!! come on Jingle all the Way is up there
Ian Faguson Hell yeah, man! It's my fave!
PUT THAT COOKIE DOWN
Damn, right you are. Forgot about that one- so stupid but SO funny lol
Really my favorite too.
This is a sick world we're living in with sick people!
As far as alternate Christmas movies go that aren't Die Hard or Gremlins I really liked Krampus. It managed to both be a very effective horror movie while having a very Christmas-y message.
Christmas Vacation is such a great Xmas movie. It gives such a rounded up experience of the season, with everything from picking the tree, setting up the lights, gift shopping and of course celebrating with family and friends.
Also props for mentioning Mickey's Christmas Carol. Used to watch it every Christmas as a kid.
TRADING PLACES!!!
Merry New Year!
PastoKage little known fact. at the end of the film where they're loading the gorillas onto the ship, there's a cameo of Gary Clarr. the guy who played steel in Day of the Dead!
Boris Karloff was a master at his craft!
Boris Karloffice
He wasn't Christian
Lethal Weapon is also a great Alternative Christmas Movie.
Yes finally someone agrees lol. Everyone always mentions die hard for best Christmas action movie and nobody mentions lethal weapon. Die hard 2 is also a good Christmas movie
Good fellas too
+Kalin Phillips Goodfellas had only one part that took place during Christmas because the events were chronicled as Henry Hill was telling them.
Jesse Swarbrick I agree on Die Hard 2
Jesse Swarbrick Die Hard is way better than lethal weapon
Anyone ever see "The Ref", with Denis Leary, Kevin Spacey, and Judy Davis? I watch it with my family every year during Christmastime. For anyone who hasn't seen it, I definitely recommend it. An underrated and hilarious Christmas comedy. Another one of those Christmas-Gone-Horribly-Wrong types of movies.
i still laugh out loud watching that. Denis Leary is a comedy genius.
Thanks , James. For remind me of such great movies. And thanks for make me laugh when i wanted to cry. Merry Christmas, my Eternal AVGN.
I always watch National Lampoon's Christmas Vacation on Christmas.
Where's the Tylenol?!
Home Alone, a modern classic? It's almost thirty years old! I mean, I grew up with it and all, but it's hardly "modern" anymore. If anything, it's another classic.
But I think movies after 1980 are considered Modern anyways.
Don't forget AVGN lives in a time capsule where VHS and C64 are still current and modern.
But that makes sense. For example almost everyone who is old enough will list games that are old for his favorites for example. I don't think there is a guy above 30 who will list a game that is new. And even if he does, he will still say that the old games are best. Same with people that are interested in movies. This is how it goes.
modern art consists of artistic works produced during the period extending roughly from the 1860s to the 1970s
there is a difference between modern and contemporary
The Simpsons Christmas episodes, especially the early seasons, are great as shorts. Even South Park.
Dee Zee Buy me Bonestorm or go to hell! My favorite.
Dee Zee the only one I disliked was the tree that Bart burned down.
I agree FULLY with the Alastair Sim "Christmas Carol". It's the BEST.
@@HWEWSWEW Alester Simms no comparison the definitive version
"How many times James said Christmas in this video" is amazing !
"A whole Rolodex of Christmas films" Hah!, I wonder how many people here don't know what a Rolodex is
Scrooged is my favorite Christmas movie.
Harry Asmith Same here, nothing like some Bill Murray sarcasm
Harry Asmith "if you touch me again I'm gonna rip your god damn wings off, ok" the best line in any movie
No Jingle All The Way? Great Picks tho!
Love that movie too.
Bo88y Beretta word, Jingle All the Way gets a bad wrap
Bo88y Beretta put the cookie down! NOW!
It's Turbotime!
Jingle AGLHHHH the way.
Let's be honest, Elf Bowling is the best Christmas movie of the century.
@@LooneyCartoonMan it was sarcasm :)
I love nightmare before Christmas
But it’s a halloween movie
KR/Legos No, a good amount of the movie revolves around Christmas. Just because it’s edgier doesn’t mean it’s not a Christmas and Halloween movie.
@@bethm5852 it's a Halloween movie
@@bethm5852 it's a in between film, hell you could even watch it on Thanksgiving
SCROOGED
Seconded
Yes!
Of the top of my head it's Gremlins 1 for me.
Same here!
That’s in my top 3 with Christmas Vacation and Die Hard.
I liked gremlins in general. I almost bought a copy at Walmart a couple times.
He’s right you totally feel like it’s the early 90s or late 80s and it’s Christmas
*Of* the top of your head?
Have you ever seen the George C. Scott version of The Christmas Carol? If not, you should definitely give it a look when the holidays come around, his performance of Scrooge is impeccable and so believable with his transition to the happy changed man at the end. The music is amazing, the visuals are perfect and the acting is great from everyone in it. My favorite Christmas Carol by far and every Christmas I make sure to give this one a watch.
Thank you for talking about Ernest! I feel like his films don’t get enough love now days and Saves Christmas has always been one of my favorites!
Other honorable mentions - White Christmas has definitely grown on me. We had this movie playing in my home just about every other day this December ( and made a point to watch it once a season perhaps starting 5 years ago). Just a nice story with some wonderful music and dancing from the greatest generation of American people.
Another few featurettes I liked seeing this year were Sesame Street Christmas Special, and the Muppets Christmas Special. These were some stuff from my childhood which I hadn’t thought about until watching it with my daughter this year.
Elf also is certainly up there as a modern classic, maybe new modern classic. It’s got another 6 years before it’s a 20 year old movie. The actors playing the characters are all stars, and they pull off their characters well. It’s just a great and clean Christmas movie.
Home Alone is a perfect movie and it gives you that comfy Christmas feeling. There is no other movie that can get you in the Christmas mood as much as Home Alone.
Love Scrooged
Arthur Christmas kicks ass as an actual Christmas movie (as opposed to Die Hard, Gremlins, and other ones that aren't really Christmas movies).
It's not very masculine to admit this, but the ending of Arthur Christmas gets to me every time I watch it. I can't even explain why, lol
@@The_Fat_Fury ) yes, it is masculine to admit it and to have feelings!
5:10 Totally on point with that. I always imagined A Christmas Story as Ralph, as an old man, telling his grandkids about his favorite Christmas as a kid.
So heart felt. Merry Christmas and Happy Holidays!
I saw Gremlins with my entire family one time on TV during Christmas and it was amazing
What About The StarWars Holiday Special lol
Ugh
Happy Holidays Cinemassacre!
James - you nailed it! Dec. 25th,12:01 AM, Alister Sim's, 'Scrooge'. For over sixty years, my favorite Christmas movie, bar none. 'A Christmas Story' comes in second place, but there are dozens of others which hold place as well.
BTW - there is a practical reason why the Turner networks show, 'A Christmas Story' for 24 hours. It gives a lot of the staff Christmas Eve and Day a 'Day Off' to spend with family.
2015 Krampus and Santa's Slay with Bill Goldberg have gotta be my favorite alternate Christmas movies.
Mine if either Home Alone, Christmas Vacation, or Elf.
Die Hard, Santa’s Slay, and Batman Returns are the best Christmas movies
Jingle bells, Batman smells, robin laid an egg.
BlueValco the batmobile lost a wheel and the joker got away. HAY.
So glad you mentioned the 1951 a christmas carol. It's really the best one I've seen. I like lots of film from the begging of cinema to now, but I realize a lot of "older" films can drag their feet a little when compared to what the modern audience is used to, but this one has a really upbeat pace to it for the era. Totally agree with your list. Gremlins is also my families favorite Christmas movie too.
I watched the Chevy Chase movie today since it came on, love the couple of movies they made back then. Loved the Home Alone movies as a kid so those was probably my fav ones growing up.
"It's impossible to avoid." And yet, somehow I have never seen it.
Great list, but id like to add Mr. Hankeys Christmas Classics from the third season of South Park. Its silly and not for everyone, but it perfectly replicates the feeling of taping a holiday special off tv onto vhs as a kid.
jersydvl woodland Critter Christmas is a classic South Park one too.
Or when Jesus saves Santa from Iraq.
I love the Christmas Classics episode. Such a heart-warming collection of songs.
I love (and own) The Ref with Denis Leary. Pretty damn underrated Christmas movie. ❤
James Rolfe, you old dog! You nailed it with all selections. Grinch, Home Alone, Gremlins, and A Christmas Carol. Well done, sir.
Hey James, just wanted to say thanks for all the content this year, you really spoiled us and ofcourse: Merry Christmas!
Silent night deadly night is my favorite christmas horror movie
It's very over-the-top though. One of the few horror movies that could have benefited from being toned down slightly.
So much rape, though. It's a pretty fucked up movie but it is awesome.
PUNISH...
GARBAGE DAY
The Muppets Christmas Carol. Best for me always. Just so damn good.
Muppets is Definitely the best
Its culture too!
"Light the lamp, not the rat! Light the lamp, not the rat!"
I’ll go to see it now
Maybe because I'm a bit younger, but I think Elf deserves a mention at least.
One of the requirements is the movie has to be good..
It’s my favorite Christmas movie of all time
It's a really great movie. i think he missed a bunch of newer stuff.. okay. though I mostly agree with him.
Love that one.
How is Elf a great cinematic masterpiece? I can accept people thinking it's pretty good, but we're talking about greatest movies of all time territory.
James James James, you are great!
I have been telling my girlfriend for years that she's GOT to see Gremlins on xmas, or xmas eve- as it's one of the BEST xmas movies of all time. Well this year, prior to seeing this- we watched Gremlins on Monday evening. Her face was priceless when we saw you grab the cover of Gremlins calling it the best alternative style xmas movie of all time.
Couldn't agree more my good man, thanks for posting!
Wonderuful selection, James! Scrooge (1951) with Alester Sims is my personal favorite! I also enjoyed James Stewart in It's a Wonder Life (1946)! I watched both those movies over the holidays, and they BOTH made me cry! They REALLY know how to pull at the old Heart Strings! Merry Christmas and a Happy New Year!
Santa Claus is Comin' to Town anyone? ...anyone? I can't be the only one that thinks it's a classic and still a good watch.
*NeuroticMei* YES I love that movie!! It’s so adorable!
Also I love your profile name! A-Mei-zing!
I'm 38 and never saw if before last year, but it's great! Easily as good as Rudolph, and probably better.
I had never heard of this one until my kid got it on DVD in a collection we purchased for Rudolph. Turned out to be the best of the Rankin Bass classics as far as I’m concerned.
*chfgn* I’ve never understood why Rudolph is so popular. For anyone that’s been bullied it’s an extremely depressing movie.
Puuuuuut one foot in front of the otherrr!!!
Die Hard is my christmas ritual
It's a wonderful Life by a long shot! :)
Schmidteren I only saw it a few days ago and was blown away by it. A great movie.
U Can Review *fantastic movie! :)
You can argue all you want, but we all know the best Christmas movie is Jingle All The Way. PUT THAT COOKIE DOWN...NOW!
ITS TUAHBO TAIM !
All I wanted was the Turbo Man doll!
I love Jingle all the way movie one of my favorite one ever
James - I have not seen Scrooge 1951 until I watched this video which inspired me to watch it in full. It was excellent and made my holiday Thanks to you! I agree with all of your picks as they are my favorites too - I think we are similar in age and grew up in the same time period.
We have tradition of when putting up the tree we have Trading places and Christmas Vacation on, absolutely love em.
For me, the end-all, be-all holiday movie is most definitely the Alastair Sim classic... But, 'Christmas Vacation' and 'Lethal Weapon' are right up there, as two I constantly revisit.
Yeah, I can't believe he forgot to mention Lethal Weapon. I wouldn't be surprised if it was airing on TV this very second.
Matthew Hudson The show is actually really good, too. :)
I think 'The Grinch' with Jim Carry is up there to :D
Unless I missed it, you forgot a mention for Irving Berlin's "White Christmas".
I was hoping to hear your thoughts on some more recent Christmas movies, like Elf and Polar Express. As much as I love the classics, those 2 have quickly made it into my "favorites" list.
Gremlins :p
Merry Christmas James, and to the whole Cinemassacre team.
"Kan du vissla johanna?" is my favorite. A Swedish Christmas movie.
Räknas den?
For me and my family is ELF great xmas movie and James I wish a Merry Christmas for you and your family.
Thanks for making this video James. Been too busy to get into the spirit of things and this helped remind me yeah it is Christmas cheer up. Hope you have a merry Christmas and looking forward to a great 2018 of your content.
That Indiana jones laserdisc.badass!!
I love these movie reviews. There's always a movie I haven't heard about that I have to check out every time I see these episodes! Keep em coming! :)
A Christmas Carol/Scrooge (1951) was a great recommendation. I'd only ever seen the 80's version with George C. Scott, but I just watched this one and it was great! Alastair Sim's performance was brilliant, particularly at the end when Scrooge had his change of heart. He played the crotchety old man role so well to that point, which made the ending such a delight to watch. A new old classic for me!
AVGN is the best Christmas movie....
yopic. I thought it was an anime
die hard 2 is christmas too and most of it is during a snowstorm
Yes
My top 5:
1. Christmas Story
2. Christmas Vacation
3. Scrooged
4. The Ref
5. How the Grinch Stole Christmas (animation)
jrod112278 I love that you mentioned the ref
An underrated film no doubt.
Wow! I haven't watched Earnest Saves Christmas in such a long time! I have to pick it up, amazing movie collection James!
Thanks for making this the best Christmas movie ever been saying this for years thanks and merry Christmas to you
How about Batman Returns?
No.
Good one
Batman Returns is my favorite Christmas video game
Batman returns tho
Batman Returns is amazing.
Not a Christmas film
@@lukerose384 Set in Christmas season...good film regardless
@@retroraider5313 just like Iron Man 3
Batman and Robin though 👀
I think the top 2 are Jingle All The Way and A Christmas Story. Jingle All The Way represents the more stressful things of Christmas that other movies don't touch on like going through the struggle of getting that perfect gift for a family member. A Christmas Story is like reliving your childhood and wanting that special gift but wasn't sure if you were going to get it or not.
Yeah but in Jingle All the Way, the mom and son over react, they are pissed off because he was late to the kids karate class, but he was at work, and the mom doesn't do shit to say "He's making money for your gifts." And then, the kid is pissed off because his dad can't make it to the parade, but he never did before so why expect it now, its not like he's trying to get away from, he left for a reason. Jingle All The Way is probably the worst Christmas movie ever.
Jingle All The Way sucks
Jingle all the way makes it look like the presents are all the matter in Christmas
chowny1000 I don't know how your seeing that. He goes through hell trying to get his son that Turbo Man toy.
that is my point, the film makes it look like Christmas is ruined without the toy
Excellent video James. And nice call on Scrooge (1951) being your all time favourite. It comes on most years if not every year at Christmas here in the UK, assumedly not the case in the US.
Appreciating what you have and spending time with family.