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Three Way FINAL!!!
current standings: 2 -- It's a Wonderful Life (1946) 2 -- Dr. Seuss' How the Grinch Stole Christmas! (1966) 0 -- A Nightmare Before Christmas (1993) Keep the votes coming! Feel free to make a case for, or against, any film!
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Wow! Tough choice here between the Grinch and Jack.
It's A Wonderful Life is not one of my favorites, despite my love for Jimmy Stewart. My problem with IAWL is that it descends into such sadness and misery at one point, that emotionally it takes me to a place I don't want to be , especially around Christmas. It's effective of course, very. It's a well told story, certainly, and it does have a beautiful resolution, but it's the getting there that has caused me to pretty much remove this movie from my Holiday watch list. Now, as for our remaining contenders... Nightmare Before Christmas is a grand bit of awesomeness, and I am one of the lucky old people who saw this on the big screen when it debuted. What more can be said for the brilliant design and flawless score? It's a masterpiece, for sure. The thing is, I have to agree with Roi when she remarked about her fuzziness in whether this is a Halloween movie or a Christmas movie. Yeah, of course, it can be both, but something about the vauguery keeps me from singling it out as my favorite. Which brings me to my pick for number one (amongst these three, of course. My personal favorite is Black Christmas 74), How The Grinch Stole Christmas. Karloff's vocal performance is enough to elevate this to classic status, and thanks to his dulcet tones, The Grinch has been one of my favorite animated characters for ages. Well, that voice along with the Grinch's well founded cynicism regarding the Holiday. I've always enjoyed the level of hatred he manages to summon for the poor Whos, almost as much as I enjoy his eventual Ebeneezer Scrooge-like epiphany. What's not to love about a Holiday hating anti-Claus? Then there is the music. True, Danny Elfman's work on Nightmare is brilliant and filled with hummable numbers from top to bottom, but nothing, and I do mean nothing, can top Youre A Mean One, Mr. Grinch. What a fun tune! Great orchestration and sung by Tony The Tiger (can't recall the actors name), I practically bellow the words out of sheer joy when the song comes up in the show. Add to that some really timeless animation and the fact that I have loved this one since I was about 3 years old and you have my pick for the The HDC Holiday numero uno. Fun stuff, Sculpt, Thanks for putting this together! Last edited by Repo'd; 01-13-2017 at 07:58 AM. Reason: Massive typo's and all kinds of problems typing on my bastard of a phone.
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Black Christmas won the first round against Muppet Christmas. It then came up one short against newcomer Grinch. Maybe will let the voting for this final go till the end of the weekend here. Everyone is welcome to vote! Three Way FINAL!!! current standings: 2 -- It's a Wonderful Life (1946) 3 -- Dr. Seuss' How the Grinch Stole Christmas! (1966) 0 -- A Nightmare Before Christmas (1993) Keep the votes coming! Feel free to make a case for, or against, any film!
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And the winner of the 2016 HDC Best December Holiday Film is...
Dr. Seuss' How the Grinch Stole Christmas! (1966) Thanks to everyone who participated! Especially those who brought in some suggestions new to me! It was a pleasure!
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A fitting result for horror fans! Thanks for hosting another fun tournament, Sculpt!
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