ENTERTAINMENT .. Christmas holidays are the ideal time to teach the little ones the films of our childhood, but also to discover with them new productions destined to become cult films.
Children, holidays, Christmas, a pandemic.
Whether in warm pajamas, or in one of those garish sweaters that have become fashionable,
these dates seem especially ripe for home theater to come to the rescue
.
That is why we have made a selection of films that, without losing the Christmas essence, can be enjoyed as a family without their plot or development boring young or old.
The Jangle's Magical Christmas
In the bustling town of Cobbleton, legendary toymaker Jeronicus Jangle (Oscar-winning
Forest Whitaker
) has his most prized creation stolen by his beloved apprentice, played by the emerging
Keegan-Michael Key
.
The betrayal makes her fall into a well of bitterness and pain from which she will emerge thanks to her granddaughter (
Madalen Mills
, in her acting debut) and an endearing forgotten invention.
Screenwriter and director
David E. Talbert
narrates
a
steampunk
Christmas story enhanced by the original songs of
John Legend
,
Philip Lawrence
and
Davy Nathan
, seeking to become a holiday classic by showing a fresh and joyous family adventure.
Gremlins
Before Grogu-Baby Yoda made half the world sigh thanks to his charisma and cuteness, there was Gizmo, a little mogwai who could not be exposed to sunlight, could not drink water or get wet and, above all, should never be fed after midnight.
But things don't go as expected at the home of Billy, its owner, and chaos breaks out in the middle of Christmas in the fictional community of Kingston Falls.
The film, which before its release had several problems with the age rating, was directed by
Joe Dante
and produced by
Steven Spielberg
, but it was the script by
Chris Columbus
who masterfully mixed family and Christmas cinema with black humor and more or less sweetened violence, themes that he would return to in the mega popular
Only at Home
and its sequel, this time in directorial duties.
Three decades later, Columbus has finished the script for a third part while emphasizing that he would never have imagined that a story based on the noise that mice made in his twenties-year-old apartment would give so much of itself.
Klaus
The directorial debut of Spanish
Sergio Pablos
in
Klaus's
film
was a resounding success.
The story of Jesper, a postman destined against his will to an island in the Polar Circle, and Klaus, a mysterious carpenter, swept the Annie, known colloquially as "the Oscars of animation" where he won seven awards, including best film animated, a category in which it defeated
Toy Story 4
or
Frozen 2
... and for which it was also nominated in "the real Oscars" of 2019. The feature film was also the first animated production of Netflix, where it has been seen by more than 30 million accounts.
"Honestly, I believe that
this is the true success
. I do not care if it is seen in the cinema or on TV. The ability to move is what is worth," says Pablos proudly.
Elf
Before we mentioned Baby Yoda, a character that would not exist without the good hand of
Jon Favreau
, the same one who forged the foundations of the Marvel Cinematic Universe with
Iron Man
.
But before all that, Favreau was looking to carve out a career as a director and took charge of
Elf
, a comedy destined to showcase
Will Ferrell
that 17 years after its premiere has become a Christmas classic.
The passage of time has softened its hooligan tone, making the story of an abandoned baby in an orphanage shine even brighter than one Christmas Eve crawls up to Santa's bag of gifts and ends up at the North Pole.
There he spends 30 years as an elf, until he considers his origin, which will include a trip to New York and the presence of
James Caan
and
Zooey Deschanel
.
Ghosts attack the boss
One of the best examples of a well-Castilianized movie title.
Starting from the
Scrooged
original, the iconic
Richard Donner
grab the
Christmas Story
of
Charles Dicken
and adapts to that dream world posed to the middle españolito the New York of the 80s and to reflect this
, nothing better than
Bill Murray
, who He puts himself in the shoes of Frank, an arrogant, clingy and cruel manager of a major television network.
He considers everyone inferior, despises Christmas and avoids his great love of youth, played by a wonderful
Karen Allen
.
But the visit of three ghostly characters will make you change your mind.
Special mention to how well he has put up with the film's pacing, special effects, and makeup, as well as the soundtrack by first-time
Danny Elfman
and the always intimidating presence of
Robert Mitchum
.
Batman returns
We could not finish without some example of an action movie in which Christmas is one more character in the plot, although its presence is most antagonistic to the future of the characters.
This is the case of
The Crystal Jungle 1 and 2
,
Lethal Weapon
,
Ghostbusters 2
or
Iron Man 3
.
But once you choose one, it is
Tim Burton's
gothic story that
takes the big time.
Batman is one more element in a fable about contempt and acceptance, with an incredible cast (
Michael Keaton
,
Michelle Pfeiffer
,
Danny DeVito
and
Christopher Walken
in a state of grace) and a dark tone that amazed the little ones and scared the producers from Warner, who saw how difficult it was to include characters like the sinister Penguin among the
Happy Meal
dolls
.
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