Better than the original

Brian Earl Spilner said:

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NoahAg said:

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Brian Earl Spilner said:

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Even the original is overrated.

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Everyone is entitled to an opinion.

But yours is wrong. You are bad and you should feel bad.

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Sorry not sorry.

There's a hundred better Christmas movies than this I'd rather watch. This one doesn't touch the greatness of Christmas Vacation, Home Alone, and many others.

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Let's hear them!

I hated the original, so it is realistic for me.

bigfooticus said:

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Hopefully it's better than the original sequel from 10 years ago, that was atrocious

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There were 4 other sequels before this one and I think only one of them was actually in theaters. I've only seen My Summer Story and it was pretty meh in comparison.

The Collective said:

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I hated the original, so it is realistic for me.

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The original is a masterpiece. So if you hated the original I'm now worried this one sucks!

Goodnight Irene said:

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Brian Earl Spilner said:

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NoahAg said:

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Brian Earl Spilner said:

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Even the original is overrated.

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Everyone is entitled to an opinion.

But yours is wrong. You are bad and you should feel bad.

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Sorry not sorry.

There's a hundred better Christmas movies than this I'd rather watch. This one doesn't touch the greatness of Christmas Vacation, Home Alone, and many others.

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Let's hear them!

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Christmas Vacation
Home Alone 1, 2
Love Actually
The Holiday
Just Friends
Christmas with the Kranks
Ernest Saves Christmas

A Christmas Story is one of those movies I've never gotten around to watching.

Brian Earl Spilner said:

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Fun fact, if you've been to Oga's Cantina at Galaxy's Edge in WDW, you've been in this house.

When I first heard of this, I didn't have high hopes for it at all.

I was not going to watch it as early as it debuted, as it should be a Christmas movie. I don't start watching Christmas movies until it looks like Christmas (trees up, lights up, etc); living in SE Texas, it's rarely going to feel like Christmas weather-wise.

So the wife and I watched last night. When it ended, my wife blurted out, "that was great!" (and she really doesn't care for the original, perhaps because I allow it to loop on TNT all Christmas day). They told a good story with enough nostalgia and callbacks to the original. I did think I saw one of the phones in the house with push buttons, which to my recollection didn't become a thing until the late 70s (movie was set in the early 70s). There were some legit onion-cutting moments in the movie which had me thinking fondly on memories with my grandparents and parents (all passed on now).

That movie was so much better than it had any right to be.

wbt5845 said:

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A Christmas Story is one of those movies I've never gotten around to watching.

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Turn on a TV starting around 7PM Christmas Eve to TNT (or is it TBS) and you can rectify this.

Cinco Ranch Aggie said:

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wbt5845 said:

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A Christmas Story is one of those movies I've never gotten around to watching.

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Turn on a TV starting around 7PM Christmas Eve to TNT (or is it TBS) and you can rectify this.

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It's on TBS and TNT. Started showing on TNT a few years ago.

Wife and I watched last night, enjoyed it. Especially the Easter eggs during post credits

Just watched it. Thought it was pretty good. Paid respect to the original, but was its own story. Liked how it paralleled him writing stories about his childhood with the author in real life.

Struggling to get through it. Not a fan so far.

The original film is a classic. This sequel, not so much. I enjoyed it for what it was - a nice and sweet piece of holiday fluff.

I really enjoyed this film as a person born in 72. Great call backs to the original and a good depiction of the struggles of Middle age.

Watched it with the fam last night. I thought it had some really hilarious parts. Overall, B+. Pretty well done actually.

My family watched it last night and we all liked it. It won't be an every year watch, but it was much better than I was expecting.

Madmarttigan said:

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This is probably one of those gen x/millennial divides.

Hate it when it's on during Christmas season

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I am a millennial and grew up with it because my dad would leave it one a tv all day. My mom despises it, I enjoy it

Saxsoon said:

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Madmarttigan said:

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This is probably one of those gen x/millennial divides.

Hate it when it's on during Christmas season

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I am a millennial and grew up with it because my dad would leave it one a tv all day. My mom despises it, I enjoy it

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I think people that saw it when they were kids love it. If you saw it as an adult or teen, it's meh.

It won't play for me right now. Other movies are playing so not sure what is up with the stream

TXAG 05 said:

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Just watched it. Thought it was pretty good. Paid respect to the original, but was its own story. Liked how it paralleled him writing stories about his childhood with the author in real life.

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the sequel was very surprisingly good. worth watching for a christmas movie, which there are few i like.

the original truly is a childhood classic, really sums up christmas for so many people, especially in the pre-internet/amazon age.

We watched it last night and I came away loving it. Perfect sequel to the original. So many callbacks that we perfect. Pretty predictable once you got into the plot, but was really pleased and glad we watched it.

spadilly said:

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We watched it last night and I came away loving it. Perfect sequel to the original. So many callbacks that we perfect. Pretty predictable once you got into the plot, but was really pleased and glad we watched it.

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Yeah I loved it too. Was skeptical going in but it won me over. Had an element of being too goody goody in this era, but they balanced it pretty well. It's less sappy than most Hallmark Christmas movies anyway. the callbacks were done really well especially his friends and former nemesis.

Watched it; had its moments, wasn't as bad as I was expecting. Family enjoyed it.

Will likely never watch it again. Will continue with Christmas Story on loop in the background Christmas morning.

We watched the original and then the new one back to back on Christmas day. We very nearly turned it off halfway through, but I'll be damned if it didn't find it's stride. Ended up really enjoying it.

Same experience here. Had low expectations going in, and was pleasantly surprised. It definitely finished better than it started.