Just Films & That Christmas Special: what’s your favourite Christmas film?
Just Films & That is a podcast that celebrates underrated and underseen films. In this episode, we’re feeling festive! So we’ve decided to talk about some of our favourite Christmas films, and then the ones that surprised us. You can listen to the full episode, and all episodes of Just Films & That, wherever you get your podcasts.
Transcript
00:00 So we're getting festive here on Just Films and that we're going to be talking about our
00:04 favourite Christmas film and then a Christmas film that was a little bit of a surprise.
00:08 So my favourite Christmas film is The Muppets Christmas Carol from 1992. This is obviously
00:14 dripping with nostalgia for me. This was one that we used to watch every Christmas as a
00:18 family and I still do watch it even if I'm on my Todd because I just love it that much.
00:23 I think it's a wonderful story and the juxtaposition between what Ebenezer Scrooge is going through
00:28 and having the joy and the colour of the Muppets I just think is really magical and really
00:32 Christmassy and really wonderful to watch. I think there's an excellent message in there
00:36 as well and I really love the character development of Ebenezer Scrooge and I think Michael Caine
00:40 was just phenomenal casting for this role.
00:43 Humbug!
00:44 There goes Mr Humbug, there goes Mr Grim
00:50 Josh what's your favourite Christmas film?
00:52 Yeah, to be honest mine's probably The Muppets Christmas Carol as well but you've
00:57 nicked that one so I've been trying to think. There's two I watch every year. One is The
01:00 Muppets Christmas Carol and the other is Home Alone. So the reason I'm saying that is because
01:05 it's the first Christmas film I remember actually leaving a lasting memory on me. I remember
01:10 watching sort of the last half an hour all the slapstick bit and laughing so much that
01:14 my sides hurt and then I remember asking my mum to rewind just that bit from when they
01:18 break into the house to you know get basically battered by Macaulay Culkin. I can't watch,
01:24 I don't know about what you're like but I can't watch Christmas stuff if it's not Christmassy.
01:27 So I remember looking forward to Christmas obviously for loads of reasons but one of
01:31 them being that I would be allowed to watch the Home Alone films again. What about an
01:34 underrated or underseen Christmas film then? What about one you think deserves more love?
01:39 So one that I want to talk about that I thought was a bit of a surprise was Falling for Christmas
01:42 from 2022. This stars Lindsay Lohan and is on Netflix. It's a romantic comedy and you've
01:49 got Lohan who plays a spoiled heiress and she gets amnesia in a skiing accident and
01:54 then gets taken into the care of a lodge owner. It is exactly what you think it's going to
01:59 be. My expectations for this going in were so low I thought it was going to be just too
02:03 cheesy, too over the top, just not much to it whatsoever and it was all those things
02:08 but it was a lot of fun as well. I just found that I had a smile on my face all the way
02:12 through. What about you Josh? It's difficult isn't it because for every one good Christmas
02:17 film there's ten bad Christmas films isn't there? The one I'm going to go for is, I'm
02:21 picking it because I think it's underseen, it's a bit of a family favourite in our house,
02:25 it's called Flint Street Nativity. Now I don't know many people who've even heard of this,
02:29 it's basically set in a primary school around the time of the mall doing the Christmas nativity
02:34 but all the kids are played by adults but I think it's well worth your time. I think
02:39 it's really funny, it's really sweet. If you've ever been to a nativity or been in a nativity
02:43 you'll know exactly what I mean when you watch it. It's really funny, it's well worth your
02:46 time but I think it's underseen because it's not, you know, I don't know many people who've
02:50 seen it and it's pretty hard to get hold of but I think it's worth a watch. So if you
02:54 can definitely give one of those films a watch over the festive season but whatever you're
02:58 up to and whatever you're watching, happy holidays and Merry Christmas. Merry Christmas.
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