Well, if Day 2 of the Best Holiday Movie EVER Tournament taught
us anything, it’s that you value jiggly prosthetic bellies over sarcasm, family
comedy over dark comedy, and Tim Allen over Bill Murray. At least at Christmastime,
you want feel-good schmaltz over laughs.
How The Santa Clause’s
decidedly emphatic upset of Scrooged effects the rest of the tournament remains to be seen, but without a doubt all
six films in the “Classics” genre have had their stock go up, while heavy
favorites like National Lampoon’s
Christmas Vacation, A Christmas Story, and Bad Santa suddenly seem more vulnerable
than originally thought.
Day 3 takes us to that “Classics” bracket for a pair of
movies that probably wouldn’t be in the bracket except for reputation. This is
an 18-12 North Carolina or Duke team getting in just because they are who they
are.
With Miracle On 34th
Street, you have the template for every “why can’t these damn people just believe
in Santa?!?” story ever. Plus some priceless marketing for Macy’s. With Holiday Inn you get a namesake for a
future hotel chain, and the younger, weaker little sister to White Christmas despite the fact that
the song “White Christmas” actually comes from the movie Holiday Inn.
Follow all that? And in Holiday
Inn, Bing Crosby doesn’t even tap dance with Danny f$%&in’ Kaye because
he’s too busy trying to keep Fred Astaire from creeping on his lady friend(s).
Day 3 voting takes place right here.
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