Day 06- Favourite Christmas film
Thursday, 6 December 2012 22:13![[personal profile]](https://www.dreamwidth.org/img/silk/identity/user.png){kind=small}
strange_complexFirst choice: Nightmare Before Christmas, especially for the song 'Kidnap the Sandy Claws'.
But if that doesn't count because it is really a Halloween film, then my second choice would be Edward Scissorhands, for being one of the best 'outsider' films ever made and having Vincent Price in it to boot.
And if that doesn't count because only the framing narrative and a small part of the main story is set at Christmas, then I think I would have to go for Elf. I wouldn't call it high art, but it does strike a very competent balance between silly fun and its own outsider story with a touching narrative of simple love and trust triumphing over cynicism. Tip the balance just one degree in either direction and it would immediately become unbearable, but as it stands it is a good watch.
All that said, next Wednesday evening I am going to see White Christmas at the Cottage Road Cinema with the lovely![[livejournal.com profile]](https://www.dreamwidth.org/img/external/lj-userinfo.gif)
ms_siobhan, so maybe I'll come away from that with a new favourite Christmas film?
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But if that doesn't count because it is really a Halloween film, then my second choice would be Edward Scissorhands, for being one of the best 'outsider' films ever made and having Vincent Price in it to boot.
And if that doesn't count because only the framing narrative and a small part of the main story is set at Christmas, then I think I would have to go for Elf. I wouldn't call it high art, but it does strike a very competent balance between silly fun and its own outsider story with a touching narrative of simple love and trust triumphing over cynicism. Tip the balance just one degree in either direction and it would immediately become unbearable, but as it stands it is a good watch.
All that said, next Wednesday evening I am going to see White Christmas at the Cottage Road Cinema with the lovely
ms_siobhan, so maybe I'll come away from that with a new favourite Christmas film?Click here if you would like view this entry in light text on a dark background.
