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The original post: /r/movies by /u/wingspantt on 2024-12-25 02:28:20.

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So it's Christmas and I'm watching Home Alone for the 200th time. And it occurred to me this is one of the only movies I can remember where a main character visits a church service, on purpose, and has a genuinely wholesome and positive experience. And it is all portrayed with seriousness.

Kevin chooses to go to a Christmas mass. The decor and art of the church is portrayed with reverence. There is beautiful Christmas mass music playing. Then Kevin meets a neighbor and has a genuine and deep conversation where they reflect on life and family.

It feels like most movies with a church scene is either an ironic confession scene, or some brutal murder happens in church, or some kind of comedy scene. Or someone crying as they lose their faith, or a funeral. Even Christmas themed movies almost never have actually religious scenes.

Is it just me or is this rare other than Home Alone?

The original post: /r/movies by /u/HighlyEvolvedSloth on 2024-12-25 02:19:33.

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To get everyone in the mood for Christmas: in the days before Christmas, an insurance man comes to a small town to investigate a suicide that maybe isn't. Only giving away what's in the movie summary, the local townspeople are extremely uncooperative.

I didn't recognize any of the actors, but everyone does a great job acting. Additionally, the plot isn't some same old tired plot. I enjoyed it very much!

The original post: /r/movies by /u/AntawnSL on 2024-12-25 01:48:36.

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It was a slow start, and a bit of a wilder ride than expected, but it held my attention for the whole 108min runtime (with ads on prime) as a mostly silent film. A major accomplishment in the year of our lord 2024. A couple laugh out loud moments. A couple big ideas that deserve a little more consideration. 100% would recommend this weird, goofy movie.

The original post: /r/movies by /u/Early-Piano2647 on 2024-12-25 01:39:21.

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In the sequel, it’s clearly stated that “last year” Kevin was left Home Alone. But in this one he’s 9, which is two years older than when he was in the original, AND the movie came out two years later. So… was that just a general slip up? Like “last year-ish” they left him behind, but it was two years ago? Confusing…

The original post: /r/movies by /u/FrankW1967 on 2024-12-25 01:07:34.

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Hello, good people of Reddit.

I suppose there is an easy answer to my question. But I am curious. I am a movie buff. I watched a Liam Neeson flick (Blacklight) made in Australia, and I watched a Russell Crow title (Sleeping Dogs) also made in Australia. I understand the rationale for producing Hollywood releases down under.

I am wondering about the cars. You don't need to repaint the roads. But you need a fleet of vehicles set up for right hand drive (steering wheel on the left). How does this work -- are there just companies with dozens of cars for the US market, and what do they do with them the rest of the time? Or do they bring these all for the occasion and send them back? I welcome any insight.

The original post: /r/movies by /u/Early-Piano2647 on 2024-12-25 00:56:42.

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Case in point, first time I’ve ever thought about it. All of the blame is on Kate for forgetting Kevin, as she put him up in the attic. But as she’s hopping into bed that night she would have mentioned to Peter that Kevin was upstairs. Then for the rest of the movie it’s all about how awful a parent Kate is. Last time I checked, it takes two to parent!

The original post: /r/movies by /u/specter-146 on 2024-12-25 00:49:20.

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I don't seem to understand how Jim doesn't profit at the end of the movie. In chronological order:

• Owes Mr. Lee 240k

• Owes Baraka 50k + 10k interest = 60k (300k total owed)

• Pays Mr. Lee back 40k (260k total owed)

• Gets 260k from mother and loses it all (260k total owed, still)

The movie doesn't imply that he owes his mother. Pretty sure he just took the money and that she didn't expect the money to be returned.

• Gets loan from Frank (has 260k, owes 520k now)

• Gets staked by Mr. Lee for 150k (has 410k, owes 670k)

• Pays Lamar 150k (has 260k, owes 670k)

• Doubles money through Dexter's bet in Vegas (has 520k, owes 670k)

• Offers Dexter 50k but he turns it down (has 520k, owes 670k)

• Pays Baraka (has 460k, owes 670k)

• Doubles money at roulette table (has 920k, owes 670k)

• Pays Mr. Lee and Frank back (has 250k, owes 0)

So where does the 250k go? Clearly, he is broke at the end of the film.

The original post: /r/movies by /u/Future-Set3130 on 2024-12-25 00:43:43.

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Can anyone find a source that actually verifies the cast that’s been announced for The Odyssey (2026)?

Universal only confirmed the movie and the release date but I haven’t seen an actual source for the

Internet is saying the movie’s starring Tom Holland, Zendaya, Anne Hathaway, Matt Damon, Lupita Nyong’o and Robert Pattinson.

The original post: /r/movies by /u/HearthFiend on 2024-12-25 00:24:29.

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Found this randomly on a Netflix movie night with parents but honestly i found this movie really undeserved of its low ratings.

The plot is well woven together with little hints throughout and they’re all nicely paid off as the movie unfolds. Its both intriguing to find out more about the main character and how everything connects to him and his brother down to the little boat toy he made for his son. I think its very valuable to find writings that doesn’t just dangling plot threads to no where these days.

The acting is so so but serviceable enough it doesn’t really bring the movie down for me. Its a real little gem.

The original post: /r/movies by /u/RedditUser4699 on 2024-12-25 00:06:11.

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I am not a film expert in the slightest.

My fellow doctor is from Japan. We talked about great films and after discussing Kurosawa's famous work "Seven Samurai" in Summer/Fall 2024 he pressed me to watch films by Yasujiro Uzo.

My first watch during this holiday was, "Tokyo Story (1953)" and I found this film to be wonderful, happy, and sad. I highly recommend "Tokyo Story" by Yasujiro Uzo.

https://youtu.be/R65wTHVUCGk

The original post: /r/movies by /u/Major_Resist4335 on 2024-12-24 23:59:23.

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I'm a huge fan of the platform, but The Platform 2 was such a letdown. I've seen a ton of people talk about all the nonsense in the movie, but barely anyone's pointed out the ridiculous stuff Zamiatin said about complex numbers. is he lying about being a math professor? Like, what was the point of that? Why say something so random and false? They could've had him say something way more believable or meaningful.

The original post: /r/movies by /u/unitedstatessenat0r on 2024-12-24 23:51:01.

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i’m currently watching it for the first time and have about 1 hour left. paused it real quick to take a moment to say it fckin rocks.

getting deep into film so I watched Stalker yesterday. I loved it despite its slow pacing but Seven Samurai clears so far. gonna finish using the restroom then finish the movie, great life moment.

The original post: /r/movies by /u/Open-Platform9637 on 2024-12-24 23:16:43.

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Imagine everyday and every night it continuesly snows in this city, causing a natural disaster, apocalypse and catastrophe. The entire infrastructure would collapse, buildings would rumble under all the weight of the snow. Power failure, Electricity and water shortages. The government trying to find solutions. I thought of this idea because we want to go to Bosnia for the holiday, where it’s been snowing for the past 3 days, so it’s going to be hard driving there. There’s also been a power out today. Hopefully tap water will stay and power will probably come back tomorrow. That made me think what if it just dosent stop snowing, how would civilisation survive. I would love see my imagined scenario visualized to watch a movie, if there isn’t one there definelty should be one.

The original post: /r/movies by /u/Evil_Spike on 2024-12-24 22:37:19.

The original post: /r/movies by /u/Brave_Apricot2225 on 2024-12-24 22:36:53.

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When Hollywood makes a biographical movie about a singer do you prefer they use a real actor like they did for buddy holly, Labamba, Bob Dillon or do you prefer they use a singer or American idol star ? I personally think the movie is much better when they get a real actor and have them lip sync to the music.

The original post: /r/movies by /u/PonderingMonkey on 2024-12-24 22:35:22.

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“Home Alone” hits year after year. That church scene when he’s getting ready to face the burglars is so emotionally loaded. He’s been on a journey from being a co-dependent cynic to learning and practicing self-sustaining habits and discovering himself while questioning his own fears.

He’s finally at a time and place to face the biggest threat: real criminals meaning to cause him harm, What does he do? In an attempt to look for answers he goes to the only place his brain knew there was some kind of divine power: the church, making it a literal and metaphorical “Hail Mary”. Eve when he doesn’t get the answers he’s looking he gets to face another of his childhood fears, the old man. By tearing down the scary image of the old man and discovering a human soul in pain within him, he’s able to inwardly take this mistaken assumption he’s had and realize he’s been afraid for no reason. It’s like the scene where he stops being afraid of the furnace in the basement, but at an existential level. This church scene is a transitional moment where he discovers his inner strength and now the fear is gone and replaced with the need to protect his home, his family.

Merry Christmas!

The original post: /r/movies by /u/TGruffudd on 2024-12-24 22:32:32.

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Watching Elf, the snowball fight scene where the bully runs away and Elf hits him with the long shot. I’ve also seen this in the League of Extraordinary Gentlemen when Sean Connery’s character hits a similar shot at the beginning of the film. Where was this done for the first time or what is this in reference to?

The original post: /r/movies by /u/Taters_65 on 2024-12-24 22:08:11.

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Good Evening Everyone,

So I am trying to come up with an assignment for my freshmen science students where they will analyze different movie scenes that include a very clear "Claim, Evidence, Reasoning" style argument (not necessarily in that order), but I am struggling to come up with many examples.

Right now the main example I have is the witch scene in Holy Grail.

• Claim: This woman is a witch.
• Evidence: The woman weighs the same as a duck.
• Reasoning: Witches burn, meaning they are made of wood. Both wood and ducks float, meaning they have the same weight.

Does anyone have any other example scenes that fit this style of argument?

The original post: /r/movies by /u/BrucSelina1982 on 2024-12-24 22:00:08.

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Scrooged

Home Alone 1 and 2

Gremlins

Trading Places

Rocky IV

National Lampoon's Christmas Vacation

A Christmas Story

A Christmas Carol (1984)

Muppets Christmas Carol

Black Christmas 1974

Ernest Saves Christmas

Bad Santa

The Nightmare Before Christmas

Scrooge 1951

Lethal Weapon

Miracle on 34th Street 1947

Batman Returns

Die Hard 1 and 2

Invasion USA

Better Off Dead

Just Friends

Santa Claus the movie

The Santa Clause

One Magic Christmas

On HIs Majesty's Secret Service

First Blood

Harold and Kumar Christmas

Long Kiss Good Night

Cobra

Brazil

City of Lost Children

Jingle All the Way

Violent Night

Deadly Games aka Dial Code Santa

Santa's Slay

Terrifier 3

Night of the Comet

Ghostbusters 2

Sword in the Stone

The original post: /r/movies by /u/youarentinteresting on 2024-12-24 21:59:31.

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1- Forrest Gump

2- The Godfather

3- Psycho

4- Gone with the Wind

5- Titanic

6- La Vita É Bella

7- Matrix

8- Pulp Fiction

9- The Princess Bride

10- Lo Imposible

11- Stand By Me

12- Lord of the Flies

13- The Goonies

14- Pride & Prejudice

15- Pride & Prejudice + zombies

16- Edward Scissorhands

17- Paradise Now

18- Jojo Rabbit

19- Fight Club

20- My Girl

21- Call Me By Your Name

22- Romeo & Juliet 1996

23- Mamma Mia

24- Dune

25- Dune 2

26- Gifted

27- I am Sam

28- Joker

29- World War Z

30- Wonder

31- Dunkirk

32- Superbad

33- Mean Girls

34- Pretty Woman

35- Life of Pi

36- Girl, Interrupted

37- The Wolf of Wall Street

38- Inside Out

39- Coco

40- Walle

41- Orphan

42- King Richard

43- Tangled

44- The Croods (I)

45- Frozen (I)

46- The Devil’s Advocate

47- The Truman Show

48- It (I)

49- It (II)

50- Pirates of the Caribbean (I)

51- Pirates of the Caribbean (II)

52- Pirates of the Caribbean (III) Gremlins

53- Gremlins

54- The Parent Trap

55- Matilda

56- Into The Woods

57- Charlie and the Chocolate Factory (2005)

58- Gremlins (II)

59- The Addams Family

60- Enola Holmes

61- Enola Holmes (II)

62- Welcome to Zombieland

63- Mom and Dad

64- The Blue Lagoon

65- Maleficient (2014)

66- Annabelle (III)

67- Veronica

68- Capture the Castle

69- Australia

70- The Beast

71- Crybaby

72- Clueless

73- The Finest Hours

74- Frozen (II)

75- Maleficient (2021)

76- Damsel

77- El gran cambio de Tini

78- After (I)

79- After (II)

80- After (II)

81- A Través de mi ventana

82- The Croods (II)

The original post: /r/movies by /u/Pussy_On_TheChainwax on 2024-12-24 21:53:32.

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Title is the question, but that movie was such an epic experience it unearthed a slight obsession for WW1.

I'm aware of some of the gratuitous story-telling scenes like how first gen tanks were more likely stuck in mud rather than completely demolishing trenches, but I feel like it captured the barbaric warfare and abysmal conditions in the perfect light.

Is there another WW1 epic like it that exists elsewhere? Besides subs, Language doesn't matter, I usually don't appreciate dubs anyways

The original post: /r/movies by /u/alek_sm on 2024-12-24 21:37:08.

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Just watched Carry On and (recently) Trap. Got me thinking about how fucking cheap thrillers look these days, what’s up with that?

Is it something to do with digital shooting? Like why does the Matrix look 1000% more futuristic than anything released since?

Carry on also reminds me a lot of Flight Plan which makes me lament for the days when blockbuster films were actually good?

The original post: /r/movies by /u/CujoSR on 2024-12-24 21:32:35.

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Watching Gremlins as part of my Christmas tradition (as you do), I found myself pondering an interesting question. If the creatures retain their personalities when they transform from Mogwai into Gremlins, what would that mean for Gizmo? Would he end up becoming a total menace like the others, turning into an absolute terror? Or, given his sweet and loyal nature, could he defy expectations and actually transform into an asset—perhaps a clever, resourceful, and even heroic Gremlin?

The original post: /r/movies by /u/mrinc2006 on 2024-12-24 21:29:05.

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Have some family & friends coming over for a holiday movie marathon!

I have a couple for the kids like: Home Alone and Jingle all the Way

I also have Die Hard in the queue for tomorrow but need some all-time favs!

That said, what are your top 3 all-time holiday movies?

The goal is to make this movie marathon one everyone will remember because of the nostalgia, action and the belly laughs the movies selected brings to the table.

Please, Please, Please help me create the most epic holiday movie playlist ever🙏

The original post: /r/movies by /u/Youngs-Nationwide on 2024-12-24 21:26:53.

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per the film's wiki:

Critic Jeff Walls wrote:Old Yeller, like The Wizard of Oz and Star Wars, has come to be more than just a movie; it has become a part of our culture. If you were to walk around asking random people, you would be hard-pressed to find someone who did not know the story of Old Yeller, someone who didn't enjoy it or someone who didn't cry. The movie's ending has become as famous as any other in film history.

It will be hard to get Gen Z and Gen Alpha to watch a 1957 movie. Especially since it is primarily designed to be watched by a young audience. I think the movie has a cultural message that is valuable to kids. I am wondering if there have been any attempts to make a modern film that shares the core theme. Perhaps change a few story pieces around. I wonder if it could be done with a female protagonist.