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Best Christmas Movie Ever! Seriously!!!!!

posted 20 years ago by elasticpotatoes
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I only saw this for the first time about two years ago pretty much by mistake, (I was waiting for something else to come on and begun idly channel flicking) and may I say that this is one of the finest, funniest most original Christmas films I have seen in years and it has now become one of my festive must-watch movies (along with It's A Wonderful Life, Gremlins and The Snowman). Congrats to Matt Groening, Drew Barrymore, Joe Pantoliano, Dan Casstelaneta, Billy West, Katy Segal, Michael Stipe et al for bringing us this seriously bright, funny and charming Christmas movie. Olive's opening song is just sooo damn catchy. I find myself humming it well into New Year.
I can't believe that there are no other comments on this film. Please, if anyone reads this, just E-mail or something to let me know that this film actually exists and wasn't just the hallucinatory product of some bad eggnog.

PS. BRING BACK MY BELOVED FUTURAMA!!

"Funnily enough, my mother didn't see the irony in calling me a son of a bitch."

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[–] xGirlAnachronism 19 years ago

I have only 4 words for you:

Christmas? Bah! Bug and hum.

<3

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[–] aurelie-vanneuville 19 years ago

that are 5 words

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[–] Bluezipz13 18 years ago

Yay!!!! I love this movie too - and Drew Barrymore has the perfect voice for Olive, it makes me want to hug her.

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[–] jpennell-4 18 years ago

Heck Yeah!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! Terrific. Oh just to tell you that if you get Cartoon Network Furutama is on nights on their Adult Swim block. Just go to http://www.cartoonnetwork.com and navigate to Adult Swim. It may be a little hard to find because they want to keep it seperate from the kids area.

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[–] nigelttf 17 years ago

I don't know about the best ever, but it is one of my absolute favorites. Really only "Christmas Story" is the only other thing the can be both irreverently cool, yet heartwarming at the same time. That's a hard damn thing to do.

To be absolutely fine for the kiddies, yet not be BOOOOOOORRRRRRIIIINNNNNGGGG.

It manages to do it. One fine job for the writers, the voice talent, and the animators.

[–] kingkeeg 17 years ago

it's a great, warming christmas flick everyone can enjoy

[–] Se7en11291 16 years ago

"Best Christmas Movie Ever! Seroiusly!!!!!!"

I'm sorry, but are you honestly comparing this to "A Christmas Story" and saying that this is better? I believe in personal opinion, but no holiday movie, or at least no holiday movie from the past 30 years or so, can beat "A Christmas Story". The old classics (It's A Wonderful Life) are their own category.

[–] Primate84 16 years ago

It is one of my favorites. It's one of the few occasions I can think of in which a movie/TV special based on a book is better than the book that inspired it. It had a nice storyline, the Postman was a good villain (Both because his concept was original yet believable since I could certainly understand a postman being annoyed with all the extra mail he has to deliver on Christmas, and also just because of Dan Castellaneta's typically brilliant voice work), the characters were all cool and likable, and the animation was certainly interesting. My mom's an elementary school teacher, and I recall one year around Christmas time, she showed it to her class, and she told me they all applauded at the end of it.

[–] alchymi 16 years ago

I lol'd hard @ the flea

[–] bitch-22 15 years ago

I wouldn't say it's better than A Christmas Story, but that and Olive are 2 of the best things on TV at xmas.

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[–] Chuck_Versus_The_IMDb 15 years ago

I can't stand A Christmas Story...every year from Christmas Eve through Christmas Day I never watch tbs because it's just an incredibly stupid movie.

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[–] rizdek 15 years ago

It's one of my favorites and among the best cartoon Christmas specials.

my god its full of stars

[–] deadpool2k 15 years ago

It came on tonight and totally sux! Sorry didn't like it at all.

[–] sillyspaghetti 15 years ago

Saw it on Christmas Day. Sooooo cute!!!

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[–] thewood 15 years ago

supercool and totally loveable - my young daughters favourite christmas movie ... when shes not around i occasionally throw it on ... on vhs of course !

[–] TheLittleSongbird 14 years ago

One of my earliest Christmas memories and I commpletely forgot about it until today after six or seven years or so, and for me it is a little treasure.

"Life after death is as improbable as sex after marriage"- Madeleine Kahn(CLUE, 1985)

[–] clogan8307 13 years ago

It's certainly a classic among the modern Christmas animation movies. Most of the Christmas animation must-see shows for me are all the old ones from the 60s and 70s. Among the other relatively new Christmas shows I like are:

The Polar Express
Grandma Got Run Over By A Reindeer

There was also one with Casper the Ghost in it that I liked but forgot the name of.

[–] konakari 13 years ago

Yes! Olive is probably my favorite. I love its style, and the voice acting is all so good/cute and if I ever get a dog I'm definitely naming her Olive <3

I noticed that you've been saying 'amigo' a lot lately. That's very Spanish of you.

[–] RRPounder 13 years ago

Casper? I don't know how something like that has lasted through all the political correctness over the years. A cartoon about the ghost of a dead child? A Christmas special to boot? That just even sounds wrong.

[–] thewood 11 years ago

olive ... it just
never gets old !!
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[–] BandicootBurn 7 years ago

If I had to pick my favourite christmas movie this would be it! Glad I caught this on Channel 4 in 2000.