Comments | severe_delays: The film with no name

severe_delays

The film with no name

Dec 28, 2010 00:34

As some horse racing was cancelled today an extra Christmas film was put on TV. I happened on it by chance as I was flicking channels and watched a bit to see if it was any good. I'm a bit of a sucker for a cheery Christmas film and while I don't normally do film reviews here I'm going to make an exception. This one was the most dreadful Christmas ( Read more... )

joy, art, oddness, not-trains, fail

Comments 5

One Magic Christmas kylegordon December 28 2010, 01:36:20 UTC

So says Google, and it does sound unimaginably grim! I have to say, those 'misery followed by goodwill and happiness' films are utterly wank and loathsome. Glad it's not just me that hates them with a passion!

nelsolidarida December 28 2010, 08:43:19 UTC

Sounds like it could be really amazing if it was played as a satire of other crappy Christmas films.

spodlife December 28 2010, 09:46:56 UTC

One Magic Christmas (1985).

nelsolidarida December 28 2010, 10:55:20 UTC

Haha didn't click that it was Disney! Ginny Grainger sounds like bad Harry Potter femmeslash...

severe_delays December 28 2010, 13:28:35 UTC

That's the one. Disney have surpassed themselves. :-D

The strange thing was that after all the misery there wasn't even particularly much cheer. They gave a bike to a poor kid, the horrible manager figured he couldn't sack Ginny and...that's about it really. All that trauma and violence so that a woman would believe in whatever she was supposed to believe in.