Post by cwsims on Dec 11, 2018 2:13:39 GMT
One shot and a title card, that’s it. That’s not really comparable to Die Hard, a movie where Christmas is part of the plot and keeps being referenced throughout (ie, “I have a machine gun, ho ho ho” as opposed to “I have a machine gun, l’heim!”).
I think if you asked the average person when Die Hard is set, they’d know it was Christmas time. Not so with Psycho.
On the other hand, my definition of “Christmas movie” is broader than Bat’s. If there’s a compelling reason for it to be set at Christmastime and it features in the plot, I’d count it–even if (in the case of, say, gory slasher flicks) I don’t like it.
these would fall into my category of non Christmas movies
Its a wonderful life
Gremlins
Lethal Weapon
Die Hard
^ Gremlins get a pass a little because it does feature a few Christmas elements
but every film that features a Christmas setting doesn't classify as a Christmas movie its like calling the original Alamo a western because of John Wayne or classifying every movie that features a shark scene as a shark movie ive seen some folks classify Open Water and Soul Surfer as Shark films if both of those are Shark films then you might as well call both "My Super Ex Girlfriend and Lethal Weapon 4" Shark films because both movies feature Shark scenes!"