It works on so many different levels. Comedy, drama, morality play…indeed, to some extent, I could argue that Winthorpe and Valentine are the first Deplorables, and Duke & Duke are the current Democrat party.
In comparison, that other Christmas movie Die Hard is a ‘go-easy-on-crime’ lefty hootenanny. Hans Gruber dies…big deal. Duke and Duke are ruined and live on, bankrupt, while the Good Guys live happily ever after. Now THAT is Justice!
And, of course…Christmas.
Hey ! It’s not Christmas till Hans falls from Nakitomi Plaza!
Yes. End of discussion.
Jamie Lee’s bare breasts is a Xmas gift.
But I don’t think it’s better than Die Hard.
Fatman
The world is going to martial law, and we are discussing what is the best Christmas movie....
I like both movies but Trading Places is more entertaining.
Just in case you watch this with kids,
be warned that in the uncensored version, Jamie Lee Curtis
displays her Christmas “ornaments” in Trading Places.
was before my time. would like to watch it now.
Set at Christmas, it has all of the elements of a Purim plot, even though it was released in June.
The Hebrew title is משנה מקום משנה מזל
Change place change fortune (mazal)
Besides, the New Year new beginning theme really connects with the beginning of the Torah, because it literally begins with a big bet.
I don’t have a clip handy, but 353 is the number on the machine in the “turn those machines back on!” scene, being the dramatic New Year’s conclusion but not quite the end yet.
It’s like how the Hebrew years are commonly 354 or 355 days.
Turn those machines back on, turn those machines back on.
The good guys also shoe great wisdom and get out of that filthy NYC sewer.
McLane is still stuck in L.A.
Die Hard
Christmas Vacation
Die Hard II
Funny Farm
Trading Places
All Christmas movies.
Yippee Ki‐Yay!
It qualifies.
It is nowhere near better than Die Hard.
Is Santa Clause 2 a Christmas movie?
Asking for a friend.
Ridiculous! Nothing is better than Die Hard.
Yes, with the same redemption, as in that Jimmy Stewart movie, with the angel. Winthorpe, nose up Hah-vahd grad, stiffing his butler, and other employees. Valentine, well, doing as he can do, to get around, and knows the greybar hotel rules, unlike Winthorpe.
Winthorpe ‘s WASP girlfriend ditches him at the sign of trouble, and how it all reflects on her, and his Hah-vahd buddies.
Jamie’s “ hooker with a heart of gold”, sees more, makes a business prop, which leads to her “getting out”, and to a former longer relationship, which he is grateful for.
Valentine, who has a head on him, but the Philly ghetto is a hard shell to molt. The Dukes, in their means, gave him leverage, before the Dukes could put him back in his old life.
So, shallow Penelope lost, the greedy (( already making money on top of Olde Money, but they wanted it all), Dukes went bust, the butler was freed from the Dukes,and living comfortably. That contract P.I. received his reward. The guy on that luggage cart arguing about his turn made it to Congress.
So, yes, it is a Christmas movie. So, popcorn bucket and drink at hand, enjoy the little guy schtupping Wall Street, and a quick prayer, since the commodities market was in the basement of “those towers that just happened to fall down”.
If ANY movie is not centered around God becoming incarnate as the baby in the manger, that movie is NOT a Christmas movie.
It might be a movie featuring happenings on Dec. 25, but Jesus is the focus and meaning of Christmas.