Well, I have been busy, not all happy stuff either, so even though I'm a holiday nut, I'm basically having to miss most of holiday celebrating for this year. It's tragic for me. With my dad sick last year, that wasn't much better. But now he's gone and my mom is sick, and I have a ton of work I'm trying to catch up on while caring for her, so bottom line is that I haven't sat and watched much of anything this year.
Let me see how much I can remember watching since I last posted:
Well, I just watched one on Hallmark Channel called
"Christmas Magic". Normally, I wouldn't recommend made for cable Christmas movies. This one isn't too bad. Sure, it's not that original. Sort of a mix of The Bishop's Wife and that Reese Witherspoon movie where she's haunting a guy, but he gets to be with her in the end because she was just in a coma rather than dead... it's like those two movies combined, and it's got the usual, corny, nonsensical moments you find in cable Christmas movies. Still, it's got a very warm, Christmassy atmosphere that you sometimes find in the better of those types of movies, and the story is not as bad as the typical cable Christmas movies. Most importantly though, it stars the goddess Lindy Booth, whom I have adored ever since, well, since she was a blonde, ha. She looks amazing in this movie, and she plays it totally adorably after her introduction, in which she is in need of some Christmas spirit. It's actually a pretty sweet Christmas movie for something from cable, but the main appeal is definitely Lindy, who thankfully is on screen most of the time. If they ever sell this one, I'll definitely pick it up. I've never seen her in such a major role (fellow Disney fans may remember her as the blonde on "The Famous Jett Jackson).
I also recently watched both the original Miracle on 34th Street (why they were showing the colorized version, I have no idea) and, for the first time that I can remember, The Lemon Drop Kid. I really need to get a copy of Lemon Drop Kid. Good stuff (of course, I already have Miracle).
I also watched Santa Claus. That's the K. Gordon Murray film from Mexico. Man, tripp, FUN movie, even without the MST3K riffing, which I thought could have been better. I have both the regular and MST3K versions. Unfortunately, I didn't bring the MST3K one to my mom's house with me. I'm sure it's on YouTube or something though.
Let's see... Oh, I watched A Sesame Street Christmas Carol (I think that's the title). I blind bought that one, and it was a big disappointment. Oscar the Grouch is the star, so you'd think it'd be awesome, but first, the CGI ghosts of CHristmas past, present, and future were off-putting. I'm not used to CGI on Sesame Street. Second, this was just a clip show! The first clip is from the original special "Christmas Eve on Sesame Street". I have that one on DVD, and let me tell ya, you gotta get it! That was one of the first DVDs I put on this year, along with Shop Around the Corner and Christmas Vacation.
Okay, well, I may have watched some other stuff, but that's all I can remember for now.
Oh, I also watched several versions of Scrooge thanks to an all Scrooge channel that was on Veetle.com for a while. Perhaps it returns off and on. I got my fill of it for now, ha, but there are a couple of other holiday channels on there too. It's great! My mom has mostly kept the TV on Hallmark Channel this year.
Oh, and I saw that new Christmas Special about "The Elf on the Shelf", and that was the most horribly blatant commercial for that book that I've ever seen! It was just sooo insulting to the viewer!
Oh, and I saw Shrek the Halls too! Almost forgot. It's good.
One of the best versions of The Christmas Carol.
