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Anastasia (1997)
Love this movie, even though it may not be a "Christmas" movie. It seems like a great day-after-Thanksgiving movie, when you want something wintry, but not quite Christmastime.
Me: 92%
Rotten Tomatoes: 86%
The Family Stone (2005)
This movie reminds me of my family so much, which is probably why I like it. There doesn't seem to be much special about it, but I still tend to like it.
Me: 82%
Rotten Tomatoes: 52%
The Family Holiday (2007)
This movie was one of those corntastic Christmas movies. Has Uncle Joey from Full House, and a couple of fairly adorable children. I wasn't a huge fan, however, and Rotten Tomatoes didn't even have a rating...
Me: 61%
Rotten Tomatoes: -
White Christmas (1954)
This one is a classic, and I love the music in it. I'm a fan of these older musical films. So it all depends on the mood that you're in, but if you're looking for an old-time music number, this one will work.
Me: 94%
Rotten Tomatoes: 76%
Good Luck Charlie (2012)
Another corny one, though the paintball scene was pretty entertaining. That's what I'd like to do for Christmas some year.
Me: 61%
Rotten Tomatoes: -
Lucky Christmas (2011)
Win the lottery, find a perfect guy...Yeah, sounds like an okay Christmas. Super corny, but what do you expect from these Hallmark and Disney Channel movies?
Me: 63%
Rotten Tomatoes: -
A Christmas Story (1983)Another classic, though I've never been much of a fan of this one. I used to watch it in school, but this is the first time I've watched it since then. Still not a huge fan...but it's not horrible.
Me: 74%
Rotten Tomatoes: 89%
A Charlie Brown Christmas (1965)
More classics! This is one of those movies that I always used to get yelled at for never having seen it. It's a cute one!
Me: 91%
Rotten Tomatoes: 92%
Prancer (1989)
When you look at the quality of this movie, it might not be much. For some reason, though, I've always really liked this one. It's a new spin on a Christmas tale and I think it's a cool idea. How many of us would be willing to take in Santa's reindeer??
Me: 78%
Rotten Tomatoes: 69%
Prancer Returns (2001)
A sequel, and a very stereotypical sequel. I don't think this movie was necessary, and there were better ways to go about it, but it wasn't a horrendous follow-up.
Me: 64%
Rotten Tomatoes: -
It's a Wonderful Life (1946)
I know this is another one of the classic, loved Christmas films, but I could not really get into it. I'm not sure why, because I tend to like the older movies.
Me: 81%
Rotten Tomatoes: 93%
Jingle All the Way (1996)
I liked this one more than I think I was supposed to. I enjoyed watching Schwarzenegger play at karate and pretend to be a super hero. I don't really understand half of what he says, but it's entertaining to me. I also thought the kid was cute, and the movie was cute, even though it went a little crazy with the commercialism preaching.
Me: 64%
Rotten Tomatoes: 17%
Elf (2003)
I love this movie, as do many others. I'm not usually a Ferrell fan, but Zooey Deschanel wins me over, and it's a very funny and lovable film.
Me: 90%
Rotten Tomatoes: 84%
Holiday Inn (1942)
This movie is fantastic. It gave us White Christmas and another chance to watch Crosby and Astaire work together. Those two make a fantastic team. A wonderful musical holiday film.
Me: 100%
Rotten Tomatoes: 100%
Rudolph, the Red-Nosed Reindeer (1964)
Another one I'd never seen before, at least not in the recent past. Fairly cute movie, though.
Me: 89%
Rotten Tomatoes: 92%
National Lampoon's Christmas Vacation (1989)
I could not get into this movie. It is not my kind of comedy. I can see how others could find it entertaining, but it is really not my kind of thing.
Me: 51%
Rotten Tomatoes: 63%
The Santa Clause (1994)
I think I liked these movies more than I should have, too. I'm a bigger Tim Allen fan than I knew I was. I like his sarcastic humor. It goes along with my own, I think.
Me: 91%
Rotten Tomatoes: 80%
The Santa Clause 2 (2002)
I even liked the sequels! I thought they did a great job of continuing the story with a realistic new twist. It gave us more information and background around the big guy, and kept the same characters (I love character consistency).
Me: 86%
Rotten Tomatoes: 55%
The Santa Clause 3 (2006)
Yep, liked this one, too! :-)
Me: 81%
Rotten Tomatoes: 15%
The Polar Express (2004)
I thought this movie was cute, but it took me a while to get past the idea of Tom Hanks being every main character. The imagery was gorgeous, at least!
Me: 78%
Rotten Tomatoes: 56%
The Search for Santa Paws (2010)
Super corny...The stuffed dog where Paws comes from is very creepy...And it reminded me too much of Annie. You run a risk when you pick out random movies from your local library, but sometimes you can find the gems...And sometimes you find these...
Me: 58%
Rotten Tomatoes: -
Christmas in Canaan (2009)
Billy Ray Cyrus...I feel like not much more needs to be said...
Me: 54%
Rotten Tomatoes: -
Christmas Lodge (2011)
This was a typical Thomas Kinkade film. The scenery was very pretty, the story was very corny. I got a little more into this random library movie than I did the other two. Not a bad one.
Me: 71%
Rotten Tomatoes: -
Feel free to rate your favorites or least favorites or tell my opinions are horrible! I welcome the comments! :-)
*So Christmas is over and I'll get back to my random actor films. I'm thinking about doing a sort of 6 Degrees of Kevin Bacon type thing. I'll pick an actor and watch a movie of theirs, then pick a different actor from that movie and do a movie of theirs. That way I'm not watching 14 Will Smith movies in a row, because I get a little burnt out, and I'm guessing you do, too. We'll give that a try...*
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