I’m
currently catching up on the vlogmases (vlogging Christmases) of several YouTubers,
and just watched Zoella’s top ten favorite Christmas Movies. It’s funny, she mentioned that it isn’t
Christmas without the movies she loves to watch (for her), and later said she
has to have watched all the Christmas movies there are. (I’m not sure if that’s
possible, but if it is, she’ll probably be the first.) I actually have only watched less than a
handful of the films she suggested (Elf,
How the Grinch Stole Christmas with Jim Carrey, and Love Actually), and would only watch Love Actually again. I just
personally think Jim Carrey isn’t funny, and but I might give Elf another try… maybe. The other movies she suggested I will
certainly look into. Here’s a link to
Zoella’s video (https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2PQfwuBfJEY), and I hope you enjoy my own take
on this Christmas love’s list!
3.) Love Actually. I first watched this movie last year, because
it was so beloved by all these people I like to watch on YouTube. The reason I really decided to give it go
really was that I literally have heard of more than half of the cast! I mean, it’s got Colin Firth, Alan Rickman,
Emma Thompson, Hugh Grant (there you go, Jane Austen fans), Liam Neeson, Laura
Linney, Keira Knightley, Bill Nighy (for your Pirates of the Caribbean fans),
and Martin Freeman. I mean, most of
these actors seem to have been in multiple movies already together, so they’re
likely already all best friends in real life.
If you haven’t seen it, Love Actually is based around the Christmas
stories of multiple pairs, from disgruntled married couples, loving siblings, love
in the “work place”, to the best friend of the groom who actually loves (Get
the pun?) the bride. My favorite is the
stepfather and preteen stepson who in the aftershock of their loved one’s
death, learn they can be a true father and son, but not without a few
hurtles. Everyone is somehow related or
friends, which tie everything together, like a nice Christmas package:
especially at the end!
2.) A Christmas Carol, starring Patrick
Stewart. I mentioned above that I didn’t
appreciate the Jim Carrey and Will Farrell films too much. That’s because there’s a great Shakespearian
actor to contend with when it comes to classic Christmas films. This is one of the two Christmas films my mom
and I have to watch every Christmas Eve.
I have seen several versions of A Christmas Carol, see plays of it
nearly every year, and have read many book versions of it, including the
original, of course. Patrick Stewart is
the perfect Scrooge, and the rest of the cast is perfectly done as well. There are darker parts, sad parts, joyful
parts, and heartwarming parts. The music
and costume also add the ideal early Victorian sensation, and the acting is on
point.
1.) The Tailor of Gloucester. This is my other top Christmas film to watch
on Christmas Eve. The Tailor of Gloucester was one of the
famous children’s stories by the English writer Beatrix Potter, in the early
1900s (author of Peter Rabbit). Most of the books were adapted to film in the
1990s, and I watched them on VHS growing up.
My two favorites are The Tale of
the Two Bad Mice, and The Tailor of
Gloucester. The Tailor of Gloucester is the story of a desolately poor tailor
in the town of Gloucester, in the 1700s, who has been chosen by the mayor to
sew his wedding clothes. This job is a
godsend for the tailor, but he unfortunately falls ill a just a few days before
Christmas Day, when his work is to be completed. His cat, Simpkin, tries to help his master,
but is angered when the tailor frees the mice Simpkin has caught. It turns out the Tailor has been helping the
mice in small ways for a long time, and this last act before he falls ill
proves that giving, even in small ways, brings unexpected rewards, when the
mice return the favor. The film’s
animation is adapted from Beatrix Potter’s own well-known work, and there are
fun characters, which are mostly anthropomorphic animals. The film begins and ends with live-action
scenes showing 1900s Lake District England, in which Ms. Potter tells the story
for her young friend in a Christmas Card.
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