There are some movies widely considered Christmas classics that I have never watched before. Not for any particular reason mostly, they just haven't come up in my watchlist ever. Most of these are so ingrained in popculture that I sometimes feel like I DID watch them after all by virtue of knowing the major plot points and having seen snippets here and there.
Still, I do like to do little post series on this blog and I'll pick up the new tradition to to a Christmas-themed post series from last year, so that's what I'll do. I'll watch Christmas movies and give my opinion on them.
First up, The Nightmare before Christmas.
In contrast to the other movies on this list, I have always meant to watch The Nightmare before Christmas. But every year I missed my chance to watch it either on Halloween or on Christmas. This is the year I finally sat down to watch it and I can definitely see what the fuss is all about. It is at its core a simple story about taking over what you don't understand and it failing miserably. It is animated gorgeously and the character design is so very creative. No wonder the visuals are and remain staples of weird kid culture until today. The songs are cool, I've had 'this is Halloween' stuck in my head for the past few days even though it doesn't fit at all right now. By the way, this is a Christmas movie.
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