A Good Source of Holiday JEERS!

HO, HO...OH, NO!  MERE DAZE AFTER SANTA CLAUSE 3 LOOKED LIKE a CINCH to BE THE WORST HOLIDAY MOVIE of 2006, ALONG CAME ANOTHER BELABORED, UNFUNNY SELF-PROCLAIMED "FAMILY CHRISTMAS COMEDY." WE'LL TAKE AUNT MYRTLE'S BRICK-HARD FRUITCAKE OVER CRAP LIKE THESE MOVIES ANY DAY!!

Broderick: "Shouldn't this have been made as an ABC Afterschool Special for the Friday after Thanksgiving??"

DeVito: "I don't know...Would they let me fart in an Afterschool Special?!?!"

The previews don't look the least bit interesting.  Indeed holiday films lately have been along the "what's the point?" line of thinking (and sadly we don't seem to be out of the woods yet for this year). 

Don't worry, Head RAZZ will be able to put UNACCOMPANIED MINORS in the radar of possible Razzie contenders. Not to mention it features a few newcomers, and actors that have been known for being in TV shows such as Wilmer Valderrama (That 70's Show) and Tyler James Williams (Everybody Hates Chris), plus it has Brett Kelley, who is also known for being in the film that came out 3 years ago and was for mature adults, BAD SANTA. My big questions are: Why the hell is Hollywood coming up with ideas to destroy holiday movies, and why the hell are they trying to ruin the holidays as well?

Originally posted by saturnwatcher On the subject of bad holiday films, and they seem to be crawling out of the woodwork lately, we have the soon to open Unaccompanied Minors. This one looks line a direct remake of Home Alone reset in an airport with a group of kids. Hollywood appears to be on a crusade to slay not just holiday movies, but the holidays themselves!

I couldn't help but post this review by Richard Roeper

"You cannot believe how excruciatingly awful this movie is. It is bad in a way that will cause unfortunate viewers to huddle in the lobby afterward, hugging in small groups, consoling one another with the knowledge that it's over, it's over -- thank God, it's over. [...] Compared to the honest hard labor performed by tens of millions of Americans every day, a film critic's job is like a winning lottery ticket. But there IS work involved, and it can be painful -- and the next time someone tells me I have the best job in the world, I'm going to grab them by the ear, fourth-grade-teacher-in-1966-style, and drag them to see Deck the Halls."

So, why is Hollywood now choosing to do such lousy Christmas movies? Of course, what I hate about these Christmas movies is that they don't come out on DVD until the Christmas holidays return a full year later.

Matthew Broderick hasn't done a lot of good films lately. He was really good in Ferris Bueller's Day Off and Glory. I guess in the late '90's, he started to go downhill a bit...

Makes you wonder:  Ed Rooney's famous vow was "Fifteen years from now when he looks back over the ruin his life's become..."  So actually in regards to Broderick's career that turned out pretty accurate to when his slide really began (not that Jeffrey Jones has that much positive to say about his own career right now, mind you). 

Agreed.  It's hard to believe the the same DiC creative team that brought the world the show could support a script like that (but since this is also the same DiC team that thought the laughable Corporal Capeman would be an interesting addition to the show, it might not be that much of a stretch).  Two major reasons the series worked that they casually tossed out the window (not including the decision not to even try to go at the self-destructing assignments that were among the best parts of the show) was A) Gadget's well-defined personality, being firmly and egotistically to an extent convinced he's a great crimefighter even though he never has a clue what's going on around him and B) the fact little backstory was ever explained made it better to watch, for it signaled they trusted the viewers' intelligence enough to draw their own conclusions on several things.  Additionally, Frank Welker's Claw is a dangerous villain, perhaps one of the most dangerous in a mainstream cartoon.  Even if Standards and Practices would still limit his activities to mainly theft and prohibit guns, that still doesn't stop him from from attempting to take characters' lives with just about every other weapon in the book.  Whereas you can never believe Rupert Holmes can do anything really bad, and that kills them.