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Top three Christmas movies to watch this season

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Top three Christmas movies to watch this season

We all love the holidays well, maybe not a scrooge but the majority of us love Christmas movies, right? If you’re anything like me and my family then you spend hours trying to find the perfect Christmas movie. I’m here to help and provide the top three Christmas movies you should watch this holiday season. There’s a big chance you will find a movie you’re guaranteed to love. As a disclaimer, this is my opinion and not based on popularity just because sometimes the classics aren’t as fun and magical. So here are the top 3 best and most magical movies.

 

Elf

I had to because this movie is iconic in my book and gets you in the holiday season. This 2003 movie is rated PG and the box office made 223.3$ million. The writer is David Berenbaum and he did a fantastic job. If for some reason you’re living under a rock, the movie is about this boy who was put up for adoption and got adopted by an elf. He lived in Santa’s village all his life and never fit in. one day he found out he was adopted so he traveled across the earth to find his biological father in New York. He adventures in New York finds love and has new experiences all as well dressed as an elf. He has to find that things in New York don’t work the same in Santa’s workshop. Does he find his dad? What risks will he have to take? Who is the love interest? I probably couldn’t explain in words how amazing this Christmas movie is. It has the perfect mix of comedy, magic, and wholesomeness. In my opinion, this is the best Christmas movie ever. You can find this movie on Hulu, prime, sling, and Apple TV.

 

Noelle

This movie is just oh so magical. Made in 2019 the Disney original movie made its first spark. Noelle is a comedy, family, fantasy wholesomeness type movie. It’s about these two siblings who are the children of Santa. The oldest son is Nick Kringle and he’s planning on being Santa Claus. his sister runs everything even when nick is Santa but she makes pop-up Christmas cards for all the children. Santa Claus is under way too much stress with getting all the presents ready and landing on chimneys and being the new Santa Claus after his dad died. So his sister Noelle advises him to take a day trip somewhere to relax. The next morning Santa left with no one to help at the north pole. at this point now he’s been gone for a week. They’re going to need a new Santa but no one is good enough. How are they going to get him back? What happens next? Is Christmas canceled?

 

Home Alone

 The Christmas classic. We’ve probably all have heard or have seen this wonderful movie. This classic Christmas movie is for sure going to get you in a jolly mood. It’s sort of a wholesome family comedy movie. If for some strange reason you have not heard of this movie it’s about this family who goes on a family trip but forgets their son. Their family tries to get a hold of him but they can’t sense it’s the holidays. Some robbers are robbing their neighborhood. What does he do to stop the robbers? Does his family come back for him? Is this just a normal kid?.

Those are my top three favorite Christmas movies and I hope you found one to enjoy this Christmas season. There are very many Christmas movies that it’s hard to choose nowadays and when you want a specific type of movie these might be for you. Do you want to watch any of these movies?

2020 and 2021 were great years for Star Wars

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2020 and 2021 were great years for Star Wars

2020 is said to be one of the worst years ever. Several incidents made people think 2020 was the worst year ever, and the worst one, a pandemic hit, and people were quarantined. However, with all that time to spend at home in that quarantine, came a lot of content for Star Wars fans. The years 2020 and 2021 have seen several releases for the Star Wars universe. There were many releases of novels, comics, movies, TV shows, and even some documentaries. Aside from content people could watch, the video game, Knights of the Old Republic, was recently released on Nintendo switch. In these past 2 years, a lot of Star Wars content has been released, but there is still a lot of scheduled content to come in what is left of this year, as well as 2022 and 2023.

 

Book Releases

Let’s start with the books that were published over these past 2 years. In 2020, There were a couple of novels were released. The first book to be released was Queen’s Peril, a young-adult novel. Queen’s Peril was released on June 2, 2020, and is a prequel to Queen’s Shadow, released in 2019. Queen’s Peril was written by E.K. Johnston and has a page count of 288. The events of this book take place when Padme at the age of 14 is elected to be the queen of her planet, Naboo. The story is mainly centered around her and her handmaidens.

The second book to be released in 2020 was Star Wars: Thrawn Ascendancy: Chaos Rising. Chaos Rising was released on September 1 of last year and is the first book of the Thrawn Ascendancy series. Chaos Rising was written by Timothy Zahn and has 336 pages. The book takes place during the Clone Wars and is about Thrawn’s mission as a commander in the Chiss Ascendancy to track down dangerous assailants.

This year, there were a few more canon Star Wars novels released. In 2021, Star Wars: Thrawn Ascendancy: Greater Good was released. Greater Good was published on April 27, 2021, and is the second book in the Thrawn Ascendancy trilogy. The author of Greater Good is Timothy Zahn, and the book contains 432 pages. Greater Good takes place after Chaos Rising and is about Thrawn and the rest of the Chiss Ascendancy dealing with the aftermath of the events that took place in Chaos Rising.

Star Wars Visions: Ronin was the second novel that was released in 2021. Ronin was released on October 12, 2021, shortly after the show it was based on Star Wars: Visions was released on September 22, 2021. First-time author Emma Mieko Candon wrote Ronin, with the book containing 352 total pages. The book takes place between the third and fourth Star Wars movies, specifically after the first Star Wars: Visions episode, The Duel. The story of Ronin is centered around the aftermath of The Duel, while the main characters struggle to find their place in the universe.

The third Star Wars novel of the year was published as Star Wars: Thrawn Ascendancy: Lesser Evil. Lesser Evil was just recently published on November 16, 2021. As with the rest of the Ascendancy trilogy, Lesser Evil was written by Timothy Zahn and has a total of 576 pages. Lesser Evil is the third and final book in the Thrawn Ascendancy series and is about Thrawn trying to prevent the 9 leading families of the Chiss Ascendancy from turning on each other and risking everything to do so.

 

Series Releases

There were also quite a few shows released over the last couple of years. The first Star Wars show that came out in 2020 was Star Wars: Resistance, an animated children’s show. Season 2 episodes 14-19 aired at the beginning of 2020 throughout January 5-26. Resistance has a rating of 5/10 on IMDb. This shows that Resistance is less popular among Star Wars fans as the show is mainly aimed at young children and doesn’t add much to the Star Wars universe.

The second show to air in 2020 was Star Wars: The Clone Wars, an animated PG show. The Clone Wars show originally started in 2008, however, in 2020, the show’s final season aired. The 7th season started airing on February 21, 2020, and the final episode of the season and show aired on May 4, 2020. Season 7 of The Clone Wars has a total of 12 episodes, making it the shortest season in the series. The Clone Wars is very popular among Star Wars fans having an 8.3/10 rating on IMDb. The Clone Wars takes place in between the second and third Star Wars movies during the clone war, and some of season 7 overlaps with the events of the third Star Wars movie, Revenge of the Sith.

The third and possibly most popular Star Wars show to air in 2020 was Star Wars: The Mandalorian, a live-action TV-14 series. The first season first aired in 2019, and the second season dropped on Disney+ in 2020. The first episode aired on October 30, 2020, and the season finale aired on December 18 of the same year. The Mandalorian is more popular than most Star Wars shows and is known more widely as it is live-action and therefore seen as more mature. The Mandalorian has an 8.8/10 rating on IMDb, just a little higher than The Clone Wars. The show takes place after the sixth Star Wars movie and after the fall of the empire.

In 2021, we saw fewer shows for Star Wars. The first Star Wars series that streamed in 2021 was Star Wars: The Bad Batch, an animated show for ages 8 and up. The first episode of The Bad Batch titled Aftermath aired on Disney+ on May 4, 2021, a day on which several Star Wars content has been released, seeing as May 4 is known as Star Wars day. The show went until August 14, 2021, when the season finale was released. The Bad Batch has an 8/10 rating on IMDb and is popular among the Star Wars fandom. The Bad Batch Takes place after Star Wars: The Clone Wars, and during order 66, an order that was issued to the entire clone army to execute all the Jedi.

The other Star Wars series that was released this year was Star Wars: Visions, the very first Star Wars anime. All of the Visions was released at once on September 22 earlier this year. Visions are slightly less popular than other Star Wars shows. This is likely because it is a collection of non-canon, stand-alone shorts. Vision’s rating on IMDb is 7.1/10, and the show has many different shorts that take place during different times in Star Wars history.

 

To Be Released

Although 2020 and 2021 were some of the worst years for the world in a very long time, the 2 years were some of the best years Star Wars has had in a while. There were several books, movies, and series released amid everything that gave people entertainment while they were at home. Even though these past couple of years have been great, the next to come will see some more amazing content. The Book of Boba Fett is set to release on December 29, 2021, on Disney+. The final book of the Queen trilogy that was previously mentioned, titled Queen’s Hope is releasing sometime next year. There are also several shows and following seasons of other shows that will be released in 2022 and 2023. These include The Mandalorian season 3, Andor, Acolyte, Rogue Squadron, Bad Batch season 2, Ahsoka, and the long-awaited Kenobi show. There is also some less well-known content that will come out, such as, the animated movie A Droid Story and the book Padawan that will drop on July 26, 2022. 2020 and 2021 were chaotic years, but at least while we were at home trying to stay safe, Star Wars provided escape and distraction through their amazing content.

Another Home Alone? What are people’s thoughts and takes

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Yes, you read right, another Home alone movie. They have milked it to the last drop but even this is pushing it. After the original release in 1990, they have made 4 others. In my opinion, they should have stopped at one and left the Christmas classic alone as it should have been. The family favorite will be coming back again after the last release in 2012. It was released on November 12, 2021.

 

The Drive Against It

After Disney announced the trailer on October 12, there has been an extremely negative response. Most say they should not reboot yet another movie and just stick to the 90s classic. On YouTube, most of the videos that showcase the trailer have a greater amount of dislikes than likes. I completely agree with them! One movie was a classic, an amazing concept that everyone loved. Two movies were pushing it but easy to ignore. But then they didn’t stop coming. More and more came out and honestly I haven’t watched them and I would not like to. After ‘Home Alone 2: Lost in New York’ everyone was done. The OG made $476.7 million and it went downhill from there.

The fans aren’t the only ones that have actively spoken against it. The original director Chris Columbus gave his opinions to Insider in 2020 “No, nobody got in touch with me about it, and it’s a waste of time as far as I’m concerned. What’s the point? I’m a firm believer that you don’t remake films that have had the longevity of Home Alone,” he said. “You’re not going to create lightning in a bottle again. It’s just not going to happen. So why do it? It’s like doing a paint-by-numbers version of a Disney animated film — a live-action version of that. What’s the point? It’s been done. Do your own thing. Even if you fail miserably, at least you have come up with something original,” Columbus continued.

Though Macaulay Culkin hasn’t shared his opinion he has disclosed that he will not be in the new reboot. He won’t even be making a cameo.

 

Repetition

Surprise surprise, it’s about the same thing as before. A young child left alone for Christmas, a big chaotic family, burglars going for the house, and a witty mischievous child. A press release from Disney shows how the movie is the same.

Max Mercer is a mischievous and resourceful young boy who has been left behind while his family is in Japan for the holidays. So, when a married couple attempting to retrieve a priceless heirloom set their sights on the Mercer family’s home, it is up to Max to protect it from the trespassers…and he will do whatever it takes to keep them out. Hilarious hijinks of epic proportions ensued, but despite the absolute chaos, Max comes to realize that there is no place like home sweet home.

As you can see, it is the same. Max (Archie Yates) does the same thing as Macaulay Culkin except for having new tricks and traps.

 

My Opinion

     So I watched it, and as expected it was bad. I didn’t like the concept at all, and I disliked how the movie ended. The acting wasn’t good at all, and the storyline was strange and not at all realistic. Yes, the whole concept is unrealistic but it was very very out there. While I disliked it as a whole, some parts such as the trap with the treadmill, and the references to the original movie did make it better. That was about all I liked about it though. Overall it was just a failed attempt to redo the classic. It was overdone and too confident. Even if there had been no original and ‘Home Sweet Home Alone’ was a new concept, I must say I still wouldn’t have liked it. Maybe it’s all an inside joke about ruffling the feathers of the fans by continuing to make more of the same movie. I hope so because this movie was a joke. 

Top 7 Christmas movies

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Top 7 Christmas movies

These are the top 7 best classic Christmas movies that you have to watch during Christmas, the polar express, the Grinch, Elf, The Santa Clause, Home Alone, a Christmas Story, and the Nutcracker And I am going to tell you why you have to watch these and what they are about.

 

The Polar Express

The polar express is an hour and forty-minute movie based on the 1985 children’s book the polar express. The story is about a young boy on Christmas eve who sees a train outside his window so he goes on a journey to visit Santa clause. That is just a brief description of that movie you will just have to watch it.

 

The Grinch

The Grinch is an hour and forty-five-minute movie made in 2000 and it is about a grumpy green man who hates Christmas because of his past. But then he wants to ruin it for the who’s so he stills Christmas by stilling their presents and everything Christmas they have but one special little girl thinks he is not bad. And thinks he can be a good person. At the end of it, his heart grows and he becomes happy once again. 

 

Elf

Elf is a 2003 family comedy. It’s an hour and 37-minute movie about a human named Buddy who grew up with elves and is one of Santa’s workers. He thinks he is an elf but then he overhears someone talking about him and how he is a human so he finds out who his dad is and he goes to find him. His dad does not want him and thinks he is just a crazy person but in the end, he and his dad are best buddies and he makes everyone believe in Santa once again.

 

The Santa Clause

Santa Claus the movie is a 1985 movie that is an hour and forty-seven-minute movie that is about a guy who is spending Christmas with his son who does not like him then they hear a thud and they go outside and Santa fell off the roof and died so he put on his suit and the reindeer take him back to the north pole. They try to explain that he is Santa now. He is really confused and then months go past and he starts to turn into Santa and his son is so excited. And everyone thinks he is crazy but then they realize that he is Santa Claus. There are 3 movies and they are amazing.

 

Home Alone

Home Alone is another family comedy that was made in 1990. It’s an hour and forty-three-minute long movie about a little boy who acts out on Christmas eve, so his parents make him sleep in the attic.his family leaves for the airport and forgets him. He always wishes his family would go away and when he wakes up in the morning they are gone and he is so happy his dream came true. But then two men try to rob the house. Then his family comes home and he is happy that he has a family.

 

A Christmas Story

A Christmas Story is a 1983 family comedy that is an hour and thirty-seven minutes long movie about a boy who wants a Red Ryder air rifle for Christmas. His mom says that he is going to shoot his eye out. but eventually gets the rifle. 

 

The Nutcracker

The Nutcracker is a 2018 fantasy family movie that is an hour and forty minutes. It starts with a girl who loves being crafty and her mom passed away a while ago. She goes to her grandfather’s party and you have to follow your string to your present so she does and hers just keeps going but then she ends up in a different world and she got a key as her pregnant she doesn’t know what it is for but she goes to the kingdom and finds out her mom was the queen and she has t save the four realms from the sugar queen because she is trying to take over the kingdom.

Why Do People Like Watching Marvel

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Why do people like watching marvel 

 Why people like watching marvel is because they start adding more and more heroes in the movies or making up superheroes but the thing is they just probably already had a superhero sense from the beginning that Stan Lee made a superhero while he was in the war. First, he started with someone that also wanted to go to war but he couldn’t cause he had medical problems his name was Steve rogers but as a superhero, his name was CAPTAIN AMERICA most people or everyone knows him so yeah that’s the first hero Stan Lee started with but after he sold the comics, someone, I forgot about his boss or something like that well that’s not the point is he liked it and told Stan Lee to make another superhero so Stan Lee thought and thought and came up with a teenage superhero Spider-Man after Spider-Man was made a lot of kids loved Spider-Man that they even pretended to be him and sometimes it is fun and maybe I don’t know but like even adults like Spider-Man and you know why it’s because when Stan Lee made him those adults were the kids back then, and it’s fun having parents that play with you superhero’s this is why marvel is awesome.

Why The Marvel Movies or series are Better Than DC’s

I believe DC movies are good but they don’t make movies as fast as marvel and marvel they make movies faster than DC is I could say Good IN my opinion and DC back then had more movies then marvel I think so cause I would watch more movies of DC Back then when we were all little kids we probably watch more DC than marvel but now that marvel has experience of making movies that made ideas for the future so that they can make it like they think of ideas write it down and then they just make it I think cause right now they are making a lot of movies so fast and it is incredible how fast they do it or they do everything and I know that they have a lot of people that are like the minds and what I mean by that is that they are the ones that think, that think of ideas for the next series or the next movie of marvel and also have people that control the lights and all of that stuff that makes it look real and actors you should know the people that make and also help for the movies anyways the point is that they think smarter than DC before starting to make movies all of the kinds of marvel stuff, and after making the movies they started to gain more and more people that can help them in the stuff that they needed to work on and well the thing is that is what I think how they had better movies than DC because they thought of ideas and after having a lot of ideas for the future they made those ideas right here, right now the future and they were smart to do that to make those best, better, awesome ideas that they did. This is what marvel did and they successfully did what they challenged themselves to do.

The Film Industry Changed by Covid is Now Back on Track

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Many movies that were affected by covid-19 are now back on track and getting released into theaters again. The entertainment industry is getting back on track! During COVID-19, most if not all movies were put on hold or when permitted, were extremely cautious while filming. Movies that were released during COVID-19 were all released online and not in theaters. Because of this, movie theater chains that used to be booming with business were empty and bare.

While others suffered greatly, online streaming services flourished with all the people quarantined and stuck at home. Though this trend of streaming service viewers was previously going up anyway, covid-19 sped up the process. Revenue climbed to $61.8 billion with an increase of 31%. While that was flourishing, physical entertainment like DVDs, blue-ray, and rentals dramatically declined. In 2020 digital entertainment only totaled only $7 billion, less than half of the $14.9 billion in 2016.

Streaming services gained many watchers and in 2020 totaled 308.6 million subscribers, a year-over-year increase of 32%. Because of the online subscribers, revenue grew 35% totaling $24.7 billion. TV programs that broadcasted dropped because of production delays. It dropped from the record high of 532 programs to 493. Production dates of release were moved to 2021-2022 and the slow down of shows being released had caused Netflix to drop in production of original content by 12%. While those declined programs like unscripted shows, children’s shows, and day-time dramas, have not experienced that large of a decline. The number of releases has stayed steady over the last five or so years.

Screen time, in general, went up from 13% in 2019 to 17% in 2020. 14% was accounted for by time spent on mobile video. Movies, like TV, declined dramatically with release dates going into 2021 and beyond. There were only 338 theatrically released movies, a 66% decline from 987 in 2019. Also in 2020 the estimated number of movies to start prediction declined 45%.
Because physical movie viewing was canceled, movie theaters and studios scrambled to find a way to increase revenue by getting video entertainment into homes instead of theaters. They released the movies online with or instead of theater releases. The box office dropped in ticket sales dramatically. From January to March, the box office was $1.8 billion. This accounted for 80% of the year due to the very notable drop that happened in March.

Godzilla vs. Kong was the beginning of getting back on track. It grossed over $69.5 million in the first two weeks and then $350 million globally. Finally, movies and TV shows began to get back on track but with extra caution. While COVID is still fluctuating, we start to get a steady stream of movies once again. Cast, directors, and others that work in the film have had to use caution in their workplace, including wearing masks, frequent COVID-19 testing, and keeping everything as clean as possible.

COVID-19 has changed so much in the film industry. Not only has it changed the industry, but it has also changed the people that work in it and the people that don’t. It’s easy to say that the experiences and challenges that it has gone, through will change it forever. This also showed that even though there are many challenges, people were able to persevere. It was a slow process but now we are getting back on track, and people can enjoy the movie theater experience again. It’s been wild but now it is finally coming to an end and a new beginning.

The Romantic Tension Between Grug and Phil In The Croods: A New Age

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This image shows the intsnse relashionship between Grug Crood and Phil Betterman

On November 25th, 2020, a movie was released that shook me to my core: The Croods: A New Age. This movie is an absolute trainwreck, with constant shifts in conflict, too many subplots to keep track of, and a confusing moral (if there even is one). The movie was chaotic enough to give me a migraine, but I found myself captivated by a singular aspect of the film: the intense tension between Grug and Phil.

Ha-Ha, Hetero’s

Eep, the daughter of Grug, was smitten by Guy, the man who convinced her to escape her cave and bring her family with her. The first film centered around the family and Guy traveling across the world to find “Tomorrow”. 

They are the obligatory heterosexual teenage couple that every movie seems to need – the sequel, however, deviates from this slightly with the addition of the Betterman’s, an advanced family that hesitantly takes the Croods in. They only allowed them to stay because they knew Super Hot Man (AKA Guy) when he was a child and they want him to have a relationship with their daughter, Don (AKA Super Hot Girl).

Banana Bros

Grug and Phil have a different type of tension at the beginning of the movie than the ending. When we first meet the Betterman’s, the adults are extremely condescending towards the Croods – calling them Cavepeople, staring at them in disgust, and dumbing themselves down to try to communicate with them. They apologize for this, then continue to behave in the same way.

Grug and Phil’s relationship begins a little bit after we’re introduced to the Betterman’s when Grug tries to eat a banana, of which the Betterman’s have many. This angers our lord Grug, and a bitter rival festers between the two fathers.

Phil and his insignificant wife try to convince Grug and his insignificant wife to leave their home. Phil takes Grug to his “man cave”, which is practically a sauna, to try to get Grug hot enough to agree to leave. This has unforeseen repercussions, though, and their rivalry grows stronger.

Grug and Ugga (his stupid wife) eat all of the bananas in retaliation to this. Phil throws a tantrum and has a breakdown. After this, Grug, Guy, and Phil proceed to get kidnapped by the Punch Monkeys.

The three of them are taken to the lair, and Grug and Phil fall in love. They twirl each other around, get all up in their faces, and even forget that everyone they know is literally about to get eaten by the Monkey God himself.

Sad Boi Hours

Sadly, they don’t end up getting together on screen – that would be too risky. Earth’s first gay couple is just too extravagant of a plot for DreamWorks, a studio completely created because of how salty Jeffrey Katzenberg was that he lost his job at Disney. What could we expect?

Besides all of that nonsense, the facts are undeniably there – Grug and Phil (better known as the Banana Bros) are in love, and should leave their stupid wives for each other. That’s that, and it’s an undeniable fact. 

I can only hope that we see the Banana Bros have a true love story, perhaps in another movie or a spinoff. Enough with Eep and Guy, we want Banana Bros.