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2 minutes ago, Gooby said:

I'm gonna be honest.......

 

....ready???.......

 

I can't fucking stand Christmas Vacation.

Christmas Vacation is disjointed, has terrible setting production (driving through the mountains of suburban Chicago?), and has multiple scenes that are just complete implausible (the sledding scene can fuck right off).

It also has a ton of fantastic actor interactions, all-time lines, and bits that are funny any time, anywhere.

TLDR - the criticism is valid, it's still great for what it is.

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14 minutes ago, Gooby said:

I'm gonna be honest.......

 

....ready???.......

 

I can't fucking stand Christmas Vacation.

You crossed the rubicon with that one buddy. Cousin Eddie will be pulling up into your driveway for an extended stay. 

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11 minutes ago, Al_4_ISU said:

Christmas Vacation is disjointed, has terrible setting production (driving through the mountains of suburban Chicago?), and has multiple scenes that are just complete implausible (the sledding scene can fuck right off).

It also has a ton of fantastic actor interactions, all-time lines, and bits that are funny any time, anywhere.

TLDR - the criticism is valid, it's still great for what it is.

I watched it at a screening two years ago and for an hour afterwards Chevy Chase answered questions for us about the movie. I go every year to see it at the theater on the day it is shown. My niece and nephew back in Texas use a Christmas Vacation stocking with my name on it above their fireplace.

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Posted
6 hours ago, GreenspointTexas said:

Overquoting. Thinking its funny after saying the same played out shit for years. Same reason they almost killed Chappelle Show

You should stop hanging out with losers. 

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Posted
33 minutes ago, Al_4_ISU said:

Christmas Vacation is disjointed, has terrible setting production (driving through the mountains of suburban Chicago?), and has multiple scenes that are just complete implausible (the sledding scene can fuck right off).

It also has a ton of fantastic actor interactions, all-time lines, and bits that are funny any time, anywhere.

TLDR - the criticism is valid, it's still great for what it is.

Yep, completely agree. You can see all the funny lines in the gifs that get posted here.

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44 minutes ago, Al_4_ISU said:

Christmas Vacation is disjointed, has terrible setting production (driving through the mountains of suburban Chicago?), and has multiple scenes that are just complete implausible (the sledding scene can fuck right off).

It also has a ton of fantastic actor interactions, all-time lines, and bits that are funny any time, anywhere.

TLDR - the criticism is valid, it's still great for what it is.

Good take.  I can get past the journey into the wilderness to find the Christmas tree scene.  But the sledding scene felt a little too strained for a laugh.  Much funnier and more quotable than European Vacation, and like you said, still great.

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18 minutes ago, South Austin said:

Good take.  I can get past the journey into the wilderness to find the Christmas tree scene.  But the sledding scene felt a little too strained for a laugh.  Much funnier and more quotable than European Vacation, and like you said, still great.

The sledding scene is probably the only one that is just off to me. Then again it ends in the Wal-Mart parking lot. I used to work directly next to that Wal-Mart and shopped in it regularly in Frisco,CO. The only way a mountain scene would have made any sense there is for them to be coming off the side of Copper Mountain behind the Wal-Mart. Just one of those suspension of disbelief scenes in a movie full of them.

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They are having a showing of "Christmas Vacation" with a Q&A with Chevy Chase at Bass Concert Hall. I bet they could have included Randy Quaid for cheap. 

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Posted
3 hours ago, Pokoloco said:

Christmas with the Kranks. 

Yeah, we watch all the Christmas movies streaming every year and this one just knew sucks. The premise is dumb, the way they act is dumb, and it’s overshadowed by Tim Allen being in the 3 Santa clause movies we also watch. 

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Every year people bitch about A Christmas Story. I love that movie because my Grandpa always lit up watching it. He would say it was pretty spot on with how his childhood growing up in Western Pennsylvania during the 1940's was. I appreciate all the details in the movie for that reason. That said I watch it once a year and I'm good. It's not a movie I binge watch like Home Alone or Christmas Vacation.

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On 11/29/2025 at 9:39 PM, atomheartbevo said:

My kids will always watch Polar Express at Christmas, no idea why.

 

So I'll have to watch Spielberg's 1941 by myself again this year. Maybe next year.

Drunk Over It GIF by Grillax®

You're winning in that scenario, sir.  1941 cracks me up.

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8 hours ago, Deej said:

They are having a showing of "Christmas Vacation" with a Q&A with Chevy Chase at Bass Concert Hall. I bet they could have included Randy Quaid for cheap. 

It’s worth it to go. Chevy is getting up there (think he’s 82) and he’s slowing down quite a bit. His wife was on stage with him when he did the Q&A when I went two years ago. He did just fall on the stage in Buffalo so he still may have had some lingering issues from that.
 

I didn’t ask a question because the only thing I would've asked him is did you get being so ornery with people from your grandfather? Pretty sure he would’ve flipped me the bird and told me to get out if I brought up the most hated man in the history of the US Navy.

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11 hours ago, Okie State said:

Every year people bitch about A Christmas Story. I love that movie because my Grandpa always lit up watching it. He would say it was pretty spot on with how his childhood growing up in Western Pennsylvania during the 1940's was. I appreciate all the details in the movie for that reason. That said I watch it once a year and I'm good. It's not a movie I binge watch like Home Alone or Christmas Vacation.

A Christmas Story is great to have on in the background during Christmas get together. There's no obligation to sit down and watch, but it offers the opportunity to tune in during the iconic scenes like when his dad unboxes the lamp or the flagpole scene.

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5 hours ago, UpperWestside said:

It’s worth it to go. Chevy is getting up there (think he’s 82) and he’s slowing down quite a bit. His wife was on stage with him when he did the Q&A when I went two years ago. He did just fall on the stage in Buffalo so he still may have had some lingering issues from that.
 

I didn’t ask a question because the only thing I would've asked him is did you get being so ornery with people from your grandfather? Pretty sure he would’ve flipped me the bird and told me to get out if I brought up the most hated man in the history of the US Navy.

I got my tickets. Yes, its him and his wife.

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5 hours ago, UpperWestside said:

It’s worth it to go. Chevy is getting up there (think he’s 82) and he’s slowing down quite a bit. His wife was on stage with him when he did the Q&A when I went two years ago. He did just fall on the stage in Buffalo so he still may have had some lingering issues from that.
 

I didn’t ask a question because the only thing I would've asket being so ornery with people from your grandfather? Pretty sure he would’ve flipped me the birdd him is did you ge and told me to get out if I brought up the most hated man in the history of the US Navy.

Down the rabbit hole I went.  I knew CC came from money before being famous.  Miles Browning on the other hand was something else.  Enjoy the article with your coffee.  It isn't that long.

Out of the Jaws of Victory | Naval History Magazine - April 2016 Volume 30, Number 2

Posted
15 hours ago, Deej said:

They are having a showing of "Christmas Vacation" with a Q&A with Chevy Chase at Bass Concert Hall. I bet they could have included Randy Quaid for cheap. 

Didn't he flee the country?  Not sure he's allowed back in yet.

14 hours ago, Bama Llama said:

You cynical fucks probably find this one annoying:

 

I enjoyed that movie, though there were a few parts that seemed overly dramatisized.  

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We're nearly at the bottom of page 2 and not one of you sorry mother fuckers has mentioned, Bad Santa, Frosty the Snowman, Krampus, or Saint. 

Just like Surly dishing out a fucking wooden pickle of a thread. I guess they can't all be winners now can they? Happy Birthday!

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3 hours ago, BurntEyes said:

We're nearly at the bottom of page 2 and not one of you sorry mother fuckers has mentioned, Bad Santa, Frosty the Snowman, Krampus, or Saint. 

Just like Surly dishing out a fucking wooden pickle of a thread. I guess they can't all be winners now can they? Happy Birthday!

Bad Santa is a masterpiece. Dafuq you talkin bout willis?

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Fuq u
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4 hours ago, BurntEyes said:

We're nearly at the bottom of page 2 and not one of you sorry mother fuckers has mentioned, Bad Santa, Frosty the Snowman, Krampus, or Saint. 

Just like Surly dishing out a fucking wooden pickle of a thread. I guess they can't all be winners now can they? Happy Birthday!

How is Bad Santa annoying?

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3 hours ago, Da Fino said:

How is Bad Santa annoying?

4 hours ago, MissingInAction said:

Bad Santa is a masterpiece. Dafuq you talkin bout willis?

I've sorta got a thing for Santa Claus. More booze, more bullshit, more butt fucking. Sinterklaas is coming to town. 

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Not a movie, but a Christmas Special by Bing Crosby. What's more touching than the Nazi cast of Hogan's Heroes singing Silent Night?

 

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We're nearly at the bottom of page 2 and not one of you sorry mother fuckers has mentioned, Bad Santa, Frosty the Snowman, Krampus, or Saint. 
Just like Surly dishing out a fucking wooden pickle of a thread. I guess they can't all be winners now can they? Happy Birthday!

Krampus needs to be in the “Christmas movies that fuck” thread.
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47 minutes ago, wutang75 said:


Krampus needs to be in the “Christmas movies that fuck” thread.

Sigh. I was trying to mocking the all Christmas movies suck crowd. I have clearly failed in my efforts. 

Bad Santa is the Surliest of Xmas movies. 

Krampus and Sinterklaas are dark, gore filled and fun as hell. 

Frosty was written by folks on a lot of weed and/or LSD. Heat Miser is the Surliest of all Xmas "cartoon" characters.

Fight me!

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Sigh. I trying to mocking the all Christmas movies suck crowd. I have clearly failed in my efforts. 
Bad Santa is the Surliest of Xmas movies. 
Krampus and Sinterklaas are dark, gore filled and fun as hell. 
Frosty was written by folks on a lot of weed and/or LSD. Heat Miser is the Surliest of all Xmas "cartoon" characters.
Fight me!

Well you put Saint on my radar….
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I'm the prime age demographic for Home Alone but it never really grabbed me. Even as a kid I though the premise was really fucking stupid.

I like A Christmas Story but I overdid the TBS marathons before streaming and I just never care to pull it up these days.

My son watched Polar Express nonstop for over a year regardless of the season. The animation is creepy but I still enjoy the story.

Die Hard is a fine movie, but people going overboard with the "is it a Christmas move" arguments is really fucking annoying. Who the fuck cares? Watch it whenever the fuck you want.

Christmas Vacation is still great. This thread is literally the first time the "mountains in Chicago" thing even crossed my mind. I had to google the scene to even see what y'all were talking about. And the sled scene is just a cartoonish interlude, NL movies have plenty of them. 

Anyone criticizing Bad Santa can fuck right off. It's a perfect movie. Every scene, every word, it's perfect.

 

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Posted
12 minutes ago, David Dennison said:

Has anyone said, "All of them," yet?

You're an emotional fucking cripple. Your soul is dog shit. Every single fucking thing about you is ugly. 

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