Who is it even for? Boomers? There’s something so weirdly depressing and drab about this movie I can’t figure out why it’s so beloved. Every time I’ve watched it it puts me in a horrible mood.
Most overrated Christmas movie
Who is it even for? Boomers? There’s something so weirdly depressing and drab about this movie I can’t figure out why it’s so beloved. Every time I’ve watched it it puts me in a horrible mood.
Another zoomer filtered
White and born in 1993. Defend it then if you love it so much because from my perspective it’s depressing, unfunny, boring, and gay.
I'm sorry you grew up without a father.
I have a great dad which is perhaps why the movie is in part so depressing to me. Four-eyes’ parents were douchebags.
They were both great parents.
I don’t agree
You sound like a pink nightmare
>I don’t agree
Because you're a homosexual
No because I actually had a good childhood with loving parents. The family in the film was just moronic sorry you relate to this movie so much because you too come from a moronic family full of bumbling morons who watch a Christmas story and guffaw because they’re just like you. Jesus.
That's enough internet for today, pal. Take a lap.
Ravings of a lunatic zoomer. Not even any reasons why. Frick off homosexual.
Reasons? You need reasons why the family was moronic? It’s like if we were in a mall and saw a kid with Down syndrome and I was like “oh wow check out that moron” and you were like “uhum excuse me I’m gonna need some reasons why you think he’s moronic. If you can’t identify moronation when you see it I’ve got bad news for you.
So you have nothing and are just a homosexual.
It’s been spelt out you just can’t read because you have a learning disability which is why you think a Christmas Story is funny.
You have major moronation to hate on such a nice family christmas film. You are a moron and a power bottom with aids.
Your major autism and gaping butthole is causing you a lot of heartache from this fun family movie. You are a homosexual zoomer Black person. Sorry you can't even identify why this is bad to you.
It’s a movie that appeals to inherently selfish self absorbed individuals. Because to them Christmas is all about what present you receive. It’s relatable to them because they’re the same type of spoilt bratty little shit as Ralphie. Kind of a sad admission really. Especially if you’re an adult.
You are all weird and take these movies way too seriously. I can only imagine how insufferable it is to watch movies with people like this.
>it’s an excellent movie
>*gets btfo*
>uhhh y-you’re just taking it too seriously everyone knows it’s bad
Cry
That was my first post in this thread...I can't even tell who's arguing with who, just that you guys care way too much about these movies that aren't meant to be taken seriously.
Conversely criticism of this movie is being taken too seriously. Don’t bring that energy if you can’t emotionally handle it being matched.
It's crazy that you don't realize how goofy you sound. You're the definition of a fedora tipping moron.
>It's crazy that you don't realize how goofy you sound. You're the definition of a fedora tipping moron.
T.
I genuinely don't even know what that's supposed to imply...You're literally autistic.
Ohhh now I get it. you're this kid.
He grew up to be a straight-edged patrol cop because of the ass kicking he got.
They gave him exactly what he wanted, they just trolled a bit
They weren't though. The Mom was strict with washing his mouth out with soap, but her reluctance to get him the BB gun was out of genuine concern, and the Old Man was considerate enough to see how Ralphie hated wearing the bunny suit.
>get kid exactly what he wants for christmas despite thinking it's too dangerous for him
>what horrible c**ts
You're parents must have been real pieces of shit if you thought the parents in the movie were douchebags.
So you're admitting you're just a seething cuck who prefers nog culture. Got it
The fact that there’s no in between for you it’s just “loves Christmas story” or “loves nog culture” really demonstrates how fricking stupid you are
You're right, that guy is insensitive to your israeli faith. Happy Chanukkah!
I think israelites would love spamming this movie as it’s devoid of any Christmas spirit or good messaging. Very commercialized.
The narrator acknowledges said commercialism at the beginning though. The whole movie is him being critical of himself about falling for marketing tricks.
this.
>Drink ovaltine!
It can't be any more obvious.
He romanticizes the commercialism. It’s not remotely self aware
Imagine getting filtered this hard by the literal message of the movie. Jesus christ x8atty
>Another zoomer filtered
My mom, Generation X, thought it was lame.
My great grandmother hated it, my great grandfather loved it. My grandfather hates it, my grandmother loves it. It's been like this forever. You either get it or you don't.
Its because you are brown.
Nah I'm brown and I adore this movie along with my whole family. Best scenes is Ralphie's overactive imagination and his lil brother looking like a tick
>Most overrated Christmas movie
I've never even heard of this movie
You made this same thread and got btfo like two weeks ago
That wasn’t me but it’s good to know I’m not the only one who thinks that.
It’s a wonderful life shits all over this so no it’s not even close to the best Christmas movie of all time.
>It’s a wonderful life shits all over this
nah. Its a wonderful life is nice. but A christmas story is all about Christmas. Christmas is just a footnote of It's a wonderful life.
Christmas story romanticizes the worst aspects of Christmas. Forced nostalgia
>Christmas story romanticizes the worst aspects of Christmas. Forced nostalgia
I could say it shows these aspects as silly and comedic. The main thing is it's kino.
There was nothing remotely humorous in this movie. I’m sure you think Peanuts comic strips are a riot too. Do you own a Garfield calendar by chance?
Nah the leg lamp scene is comedy gold.
>ITS FRA-GILE-EH
groundbreaking.
Was he supposed to be making a dad joke, or was he actually stupid?
>he doesn’t like the Peanuts
Nah the other guy was right there’s no way you’re white.
If you think the peanuts is funny you legitimately have shit taste tho
t. Insufferable homosexual
You can also dislike a Christmas Story because it’s a bad poorly made movie. You could’ve kept scrolling but you’re camped in here seething and whining so..makes sense this movie spoke to you
>It’s a wonderful life shits all over this so no it’s not even close to the best Christmas movie of all time.
What's your point? Do you just watch IAWL and nothing else?
YES
>OH FUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUDGE
>but I didn't say fudge
Its the best Christmas movie though.
>t. only got tinker toys for Christmas
Technically, it was for the Silent Generation and by extension the Greatest Generation. Those who fought in wars to defend the world for the sake of those ingrates who would trash this film.
Don't knock Tinker Toys. That was the Lego of its day.
Indeed. Fa ra ra ra ra...
It’s alright. Not something I go out of the way to watch. Muppet Christmas Carol and Christmas Vacation are the big ones for me. Also the Christmas Carol with Aleister Sim.
I remember having a blast with my tinker toys
Silent Generation and G.I. Generation had the best Christmas films. Pretty weird this got most of the attention
It bombed initially the rights got picked up for pennies on the dollar (because it’s a bad movie) and it was spammed on networks around Christmas time which is how it became popular amongst silent gen and boomers. Literally a forced meme of a film.
That's the same thing that happened with Its a Wonderful Life...bombed outta cinemas, Only television made that popular years later...and cable tv/vhs made Christmas Story immortal.
It can't be a forced meme when the technology of the times allowed a wider audience to enjoy the movie.
You would have to be there to understand.
>allowed a wider audience to enjoy the movie.
Playing it on repeat 24/7 is absolutely a forced meme
Was not on repeat until it took off. Was on HBO in circulation. Wasn't on repeat until 00s
You zoomers think everything started when you were born
When going through 4 decades of Hell on Earth at that time, the sentimental goodness of something like White Christmas and It’s a Wonderful Life worked for being totally honest in finding good in a difficult world.
>Those who fought in wars to defend the world for the sake of those ingrates who would trash this film.
Oh frick off. Sandlot was set in a similar time period even had the same narration and Sandlot kicks the everloving shit out of this film. Seriously, when you compare the two which are very much in the same sub-genre it becomes obvious that a Christmas Story is just a bad film.
The Sandlot was meant for the younger end of Baby Boomers both in tone and chronology. This was meant for their parents.
Doesn’t matter it’s in essence the same kind of film but one is great and a beloved classic and the other is a poorly made forced meme.
A Christmas Story takes place in 1940 and The Sandlot is the 60s.
Doesn’t matter theyre both coming of age period pieces narrated by the name character as he reflects on a certain time during his childhood. One is well done and the other is ass.
>When the Old Man comes through in the end
kino
Nobody cares about it outside america
>Nobody cares about anything outside of america
I see the obsession continues.
>Who is it even for?
the narrator Jean Shepherd wrote about his childhood and it was funny enough for them to make a movie about it. the audience can find one thing to relate to or many things to relate to. or they can be like you and have no connection to the movie. not everything needs to be made for a certain group of people.
Nonwhite, born in '96 and this film feels weirdly nostalgic for me despite having no knowledge of this time or culture. It resonates with people because it accurately captures what it feels like to be a child at this time of year. And being a child in general. Ralphes dream sequences are pretty much 1:1 experiences I've personally had and I've never seen that depicted in film until this movie.
I'm not a boomer not a zoomer. I unironically like this movie. I'm gonna watch it tomorrow I might even make a thread
OP confirmed for filtered, frageelay b***h.
It's for me, a kino enjoyer.
I liked it the first couple of times over many years I saw it but really am confused by the people obsessed with it. My guess is that it's because the program director at TBS was lazy and started showing it 24 hours straight on Christmas so everything could be automated with a skeleton crew and NPCs mistook this as a signal that the movie was to be deified.
Also they started selling merch and now you see leg lamps all over the place.
Which is funny since the point of the lamp is that it's unique and quirky, something that can't be true if mass produced.
I used to feel that way but now I think its hilarious. Its along the vein of what ideals you aim for and how it actually plays out irl
It's funny and comfy. Simple as
It’s obnoxious and grating. The scoring is horrible and the characters are screaming and crying every other scene.
>Children are screaming or crying every other scene
Yeah that doesn't make sense
The adults are screaming and crying every other scene too. It’s just grating and annoying and I can’t imagine the type of helmet wearing drooler who willingly laughs their fat lardy ass off to that every Christmas
Do you think she used up all the glue on purpose?
Yes it was definitely an inside job.
i think we've reached the end of its popularity. it comes off as creepy these days. the types of people in it are just not common in media anymore
Maybe if they showed some mobile game footage on the lower half o the screen you'd feel less "creepy" watching it zoomie.
Kek. I'm stealing this.
you're stealing a horrible joke that bombed and makes you look cringe and old?
Kids get the camera. Look at the fatherless vap addict who has an opinion.
Sandlot is great, except for the scene where the kid sexually assaults the lifeguard.
Um you mean the best part of the movie?
>movie continues to divide and enrage people every single year
I've always loved this movie. It always squarely divided every set of parents in my family between people who thought it was funny and people who outright hated it. FA RA RA RA RA RA, RA RA RA RA
>FA RA RA RA RA RA. RA RA RA RA
You have to love how FOBs and Mainland Chinese think that scene is funny as hell while it's the ABCs that seethe over it.
"It's smiling at me!"
*CHOP*
You have forgotten what it's like to be a child and have the world outside your house when you walk outside to be a simple and mysterious place when you leave your room and walk outside.
Not true. Love the Sandlot and find that extremely relatable, but that’s actually a good movie. Maybe the difference is I had actual friends growing up?
You find Sandlot relatable and they find Christmas Story relatable. Where is the problem?
One is objectively good and the other isn’t. Saying a Christmas Story is a great film is on par with saying Crash deserved an Oscar.
> objectively good
Anon, come now.
I've hated that movie since I was a kid, I never understood why it was so popular. I also find it unfunny and kind of dreary, and forced memes like stupid leg lamp merchandise at fricking WalMart makes it seem like people are just jumping on the bandwagon because its a Christmas Classic™ and they're supposed to love it.
You're such a free thinker!
Oh wow you definitely own the merch don’t you?
Whatever you need to believe, you special little guy 🙂
Why does this movie inspire so much seething? Is it so insane to suggest that some people like it while others don't? And don't give me that TBS 24/7 argument because that just makes the person making that argument an NPC.
Because it isn’t good. To me it’s in the same category as the goonies which is also a bad overrated film.
You can like two different movies where one is better than the other, even if you disagree on which one is which.
> t. Kid who thinks John Wick it the greatest film of all time
TBS 24/7 didn't start until the 00s. They think everyone started liking the movie then. It was watched on vhs over and over again every year on the 80s. Everyone had it recorded off HBO. There wasn't a house alive that didn't have it on some shitty VHS set on EP with two other movie titles handwritten on the side
A Christmas Story doesn’t have to be in your top 10 movies of all time or anything. You don’t even have to like it all that much but if you hate it there’s something wrong with you. Like if you’re not a dog person that’s okay but seeing a puppy and immediately registering hate is an indicator your wiring is screwed up.
Yeah I’ve never really liked this one that much even as a kid. Something about the humor just feels bland and falls flat for me. Meanwhile I love National Lampoons Christmas Vacation, another white boomer movie
A youtube soiboi told me it was manufactured nostalgia that bombed in theaters and only became a classic because it was cheap as shit and played nonstop.
Says the soiboi who wears a pink bunny onsie under his leg lamp and he forces laughter at this healing pile of shit movie in between sips of his craft beer that rests on that recessive nub where his chin was supposed to be. Do you have glasses too? Bet money you fricking do you little dork.
Sounds like you want to drag this little pink bunny homosexual to your room and "stuff his stocking"~
>w-well I bet you’re a homosexual just like us too so…
Wow what a world class argument/admission. I expect nothing less from a fan of this specific movie. What goes wrong for your line of logic to be “you don’t like this movie so I bet you’d wanna have gay sex with me”
God you're so right. I just need a big hung domineering straight man to pound my soft pink bunnygay ass until I fix my opinion of Christmas Story~ Hahhh
>God you're so right. I just need a big hung domineering straight man to pound my soft pink bunnygay ass
Most straight Christmas Story lover.
*Slurp slllllurrrrp slurp*
Thank you for your wiener Daddy
This queer over here still talking to the anon he fantasized wearing a bunny outfit. Fricking homosexual.
When the television network(s) started this meme the entire joke was acknowledging it was a very below-average movie. They literally said it in the promotional material leading up to it. I don't know why this has been forgotten. Everyone knew it was bad. That was the joke.
Hearsay. Prove it.
itt zoomers btfo
Is the btfo in the room with us right now? All I see are a bunch of prematurely balding coping ass millennials defending their merch purchases.
we used to watch this all the time in grade school along with sandlot
couldn't watch this shit for two decades because of how much they played it
now it just makes me nostalgic
that kid grew up to outsource your job to india and lobby for more immigrants
Well he is a israelite so no duh.
I like the movie. It is like a Norman Rockwell painting come to life but gone all wrong. It is distinctly middle America and anti-Hollywood in content, style tone, etc. The heart of the movie to me is that everything goes wrong that Christmas season but somehow Ralphie comes away remembering it fondly in part because he is an adult recounting it and realizing how silly all of his concerns were.
What we really needed was 60 million brown people to get that Christmas magic back.
Wait, so if I like this movie I make some autist lose his shit and sperg out? I didn't know enjoying this movie could be so based.
That's not even a new sentiment. Nu-critics will seethe at its popularity, failing to realize that the movie became what it was emulating. Regardless of how artificial it may have been at its inception, it is now a classic that everyone knows. It isn't a marketing gimmick, we've all seen it and probably watched it with family too. I bet most people could point to the memory of watching it with their family and confirm it was a nice memory, no fighting or anything just everyone watching and cracking jokes at the kitchsy Christmas classic.
This movie is beloved by plebbitors
Not really, Reddit is definitely nu-critic more than sentementalist. Hating Christmas Story is the first basic b***h contrarian intellectual opinion about the movie that they can latch onto. They just hate it because their parents like it. And evidently you just hate it because you think Reddit likes it.
Go look you little homosexual. They love it just like you because you’re both basic.
And what does that make you? Special? Special because you don't like it? I like it, it reminds me of my childhood cause it was the Christmas movie we owned aside from It's a Wonderful Life which is more kino but less nostalgic for me. You're a homosexual who is getting coal for Christmas.
>only plebbitors hate this movie
>*gets btfo*
>WHAT DO YOU THINK YOURE SPECIAL OR SOMETHING
I think I have better taste than you.
Enjoy the coal; we'll enjoy the movie!
I’ll enjoy Christmas with family. That’s a feel you’ll never know but hey at least you have this movie
My grandparents loved this film, this is how I enjoy it with them. Get fricked, coal boy.
My family puts it on in the background. We get to do both. We sometimes stop and watch scenes, snort, and go back to talking. It's great.
I'm going to watch this great movie later. I'll return here later. We can talk about it!
I won’t be here because I’m taking my kids to the annual gingerbread town Christmas fair.
The thread will be here waiting for you. Don't panic.
Why is that? No plans today? 🙁 makes sense this movie appeals to lonely people.
Do those fake kids you dream about know you sperg out about a Christmas movie on an anonymous image board dedicated to talking about anime girls?
My kids like jingle all the way and gremlins. That’s because I’m not a single plebbitor retreating to the past that isn’t even your own past like you do.
Gremlins is from 1984. A Christmas Story is from 1983. Your kids, which don't exist, surely are not nearly 40 years old. You played yourself on every level.
This is fun.
>WHY YES, GREMLINS IS IN FACT MY FAVORITE CHRISTMAS MOVIE, HOW COULD YOU TELL?
All movies are eventually set in the past you weirdo.
No. They're usually set atleast two years into the future, because they know that's how long it will take to finish filming. I remember watching an episode of Louie that took place atleast one or two years AFTER the year I was watching. I think in real life it was 2014, but this bawdy female who is Louie's love interest was doing the current year meme by saying "It's 2016."
And when it's 2037 what then?
>Every photo is from when you were younger.
No I'm not going all the way there, but you can go back if you're so familiar.
You're basic, everything about you is basic. You're a worthless contrarian that nobody will ever give a shit about.
Your seethe is palpable. Post receding hairlines with timestamp
You've been endlessly seethe posting this entire thread. You think people care about you're opinions, they don't.
>you’ve been seething too
I’m having fun I think you’re legitimately upset.
>loved this film
Are they dead now?
Your family sounds obese I bet they live in a split level too. How quaint
See, there's the sperging out. You're a delight. A Christmas Story is officially based because of you.
You are parked here seething about a stranger not liking it. That’s more pathetic every single time.
Now you're just cope posting.
>n-no u
I accept your concession. Show yourself out, fatso.
No matter what I say, you're autism will force you to reply. Lmao
>NA NA NA NA BOO BOO
T.
> he still replied
> proving that other Anon right
You're sperging out about people liking a harmless Christmas classic.
We like the movie and are poking you because it makes you sperg out and make shit up about yourself and us.
>harmless Christmas classic
Forced meme
Nobody watches gremlins for the nostalgia you fat homosexual. Gremlins is actually just a good film but with a piece of shit like Christmas story your only defense is “muh nostalgia” as if you relate to a silent gen upbringing.
What's harmful about A Christmas Story? How is it a forced meme?
There's loads of 80s nostalgia that includes Gremlins merch.
Bruh..you're rage posting over a Christmas movie...get it together.
ACS was popular long before Reddit or Cinemaphile existed.
Say, did you know that Redditors breathe air, take shots, and have GFs? You're not like one of them are you?
>maybe this gambit will work
homie you're seething. The movie has been massively divisive since it came out, every year. But only on Cinemaphile do we get to see literal cornered feral animal bullshit like this. Please stay here until bump limit lol
Seems to be the case. I just like that I can come here and cause spergouts every December.
my mom doesn't like it and she is a boomer.
I saw a live performance version of this at a local theater and it was 10x better. The dad was actually funny.
I think it’s the delivery because everyone in the movie was super dull performance wise
I found it pretty depressing too. I think you have to be a boomer or older to get it.
When I was a kid every single Christmas I would see this movie on tv where the plot is that some robber robs a store and kills someone people and then steals a car, only to find out that the kids of the people he killed are in the car. So he drives around with the kids.
This movie was on TV every single Christmas and it ruined Christmas for me.
If any Christmas movie is overrated it's that one. I fricking hated it. I still have no idea what stupid movie it was and why this was played every Christmas. For me it's THE Christmas movie. When I got a little older I stopped seeing it and instead saw reruns of Home Alone.
>haha arent abusive parents and a dysfunctional childhood a riot?
frick this POS
How are his parents abusive? How is his childhood dysfunctional?
Doesn’t this kid spend the entire movie getting in trouble for absolutely nothing? I thought that was the movie.
>weirdly depressing and drab
I think that's the hook. It's the ony honest Christmas film there is.
>it’s supposed to be depressing and drab
Aka it appeals to miserable people
>Who is it even for?
White people.
>most overrated
Fundamentally flawed thread.
I disagree, anon. The thread's an outlet for OP to larp as a dad and take out his repressed homosexual urges on a movie and other anons. It's extremely successful to that end.
Imaging simping this hard for a mediocre movie and thinking you’re somehow better than OP.
Imagine sperging this hard over a classic Christmas movie and pretending to have kids and a happy childhood to gain the high ground on an anonymous anime imageboard.
BTW, nice spelling error OP.
>Imagine sperging this hard
You don’t have to you’ve been sperging even harder.
>BTW, nice spelling error OP.
Reddit moment
Nah. We have a new playtoy. This thread is a net positive. I'm going to test it tonight.
insane levels of autism itt
okay moron. go back to watching skibidi toilet or twitch prostitutes then
Millennials sound more boomerish each passing day
bruh frfr ong zero cap
>Most overrated Christmas movie
That would either be Elf or It's a Wonderful Life.
Easily Elf for me. Never was a Will Ferrel fan so maybe I'm biased.
>There’s something so weirdly depressing and drab about this movie
It takes place at the tail end of the great depression, you fricking moron