Holiday Pics

Sure, we all know the quintessential, holiday classics that are aired far too frequently during this season. Yes, they are wonderful films, but no film deserves 24-hour coverage (perhaps especially "The Christmas Story"). On the other hand, there are burgeoning new favorites that are occasionally overlooked and undervalued by preferring nostalgia.

But why can't we settle in with the most comfy blanket in the house and a cup of our favorite tea, coffee, or hot chocolate of amazing (assuming we have successfully handed in our last term paper and successfully satiated the Finals gods)? Tis the season for time off and gaining a reprieve before the new year. And here are just a few movies with which I intend to indulge myself in lieu of thinking about self, Other, and other philosophical demands.


Love Actually

1. Colin Firth and his corresponding plot
2. Hugh Grant adds another stellar performance (I hear some of you objecting to skeaziness in his personal affairs, but he is a wonderful actor)
3. Oh, Alan Rickman...
4. There is no primary plot-line, yet they all complement each other
   

Bridget Jones' Diary

1. All three of the main actors are fabulous.
2. Colin Firth's character. Enough said.
3. Bridget gives girls hope for being awkward, capable of saying and doing the completely wrong thing, yet finding their Mr. Darcy.
4. Spending New Year's with vodka and Chaka Khan




The Grinch

1. BAH WHO DOH RAY, MA HOO RAH DAY...
2. Max as a reindeer
3. Leiderhosen -- "Ooo. Aaahh. Mmmm... That's it, I'm not going."
4. 4:00, wallow in self pity; 4:30, stare into the abyss; 5:00, solve world hunger, tell no one; 5:30, jazzercize; 6:30, dinner with me - I can't cancel that again; 7:00, wrestle with my self-loathing...

When Harry Met Sally

1. Restaurant scene
2. Enough said.












Elf

1. Jack-in-the-box
2. SAAAANNNTTAAA! I know him! I KNOW him!
3. You sit on a thrown of lies.
4. Singing in a store