I confess. I watch Polar Express every December on ABC Family. It doesn't just feel like a Christmas movie, it feels more like a Christmas experience; like you're actually on a train ride to the North Pole.
I had the opportunity to see it at the Cinerama in Seattle a few years ago. It wasn't in 3-D, but it was one of the last three true Cinerama screens in the world, and it was a true audiovisual experience.
Actually the moral is appreciate what you’ve got John has to learn to appreciate Holly for all the hard work she puts into keeping their family afloat as well as realise that no matter what she does she’s still the best thing to happen to a guy like him
We sang "Walking in the Air" in my choir when I was in high school. Last year my choir teacher died from a subdural hematoma at only 38, and we were shocked. A few of his students were asked to sing at his memorial at the school, and I was asked to sing "Walking in the Air". Now I can't see The Snowman without bursting into tears, and so I'm sitting here bawling at the countdown when I'm supposed to be happy. I'm glad you put it so high, Doug. It's a beautiful movie with an exquisite song that makes me think of angels...
PS: With "The Snowman", the boy who sings "Walking in the Air" was chosen by the directors, ALL of them unanimously, out of an English boy's choir. They all just kind of pointed, like, "third boy up, second from the left". He has such an incredible voice though, I can see why. Took me forever to learn to play it on piano too, it's very intricate.
SoulFire39 Sadly many people in the UK think Aled Jones was the original singer when he did a cover version for a Toys R Us commercial. The only reason outside of that people don’t know Peter Auty sang it was the makers accidentally forgot to credit Peter Auty in the credits until it was the 20th Anniversary.
The thing about 10: I have to really credit the scene with Grandma while everyone's having their party. Christmas is so often focused on kids, the kids point of view, the kids being the focus of the family, etc. But Garfield, by gum, had the most touching look at the holiday from the older generations who have learned WHY that family-centric attitude is so important, and as a kid I always found that the most drawing part of the special, aside from Garfield himself, of course, and I still do.
I think The Polar Express is my favorite Christmas movie of all time. I love the book and I think the movie did a nice job of extending the story to fit the run time while still keeping it in tact. Glad to see it on here.
Pikagirl541 I love Polar Express, one of my go to movies for Christmas (Elf, A Christmas Story, National Lampoon's Christmas vacation, A year without a santa claus) it always made me really happy watching it
Even I though I completely agree with him that the ending was too depressing, I can't but think a positive light to it. What if the director added a message into the ending which was no matter how much fun you had, all good things must come to an end. The boy had probably the greatest night he ever had, but sadly snowmen can't last forever.
@@kimifw58 A sequel has been made in the last four years or so about another kid moving to the same house in the present day, finding the snowman's clothing under a bed and making him again. He also makes a snowdog, who has odd sock ears. It's adorable.
The ending of The Snowman never bothered me that much as a kid. I knew snowmen melt in spring, but I still found it weird that the snowman could survive indoors for several minutes but melted the next morning.
If you liked Joyeux Noel, you'd like Silent Night. It's a similar premise, only fictional and in WWII. A grandfather in modern times tells his grandson the story of how, on Christmas eve, a contingent of US and German soldiers happen to converge on his and his mother's cottage as the Allied forces encroach on German positions, and are made by the mother to put aside their weapons and spend the night together.
The ending of The Snowman really is so sad. Idk, I've watched that short film many times, at different points in my life, and when I was little, I was just kind of like, "Huh, what a bummer... Oh, well." And then as a teenager, it starting to wreck me lol. It became hard to watch without tearing up, like the ending to Homeward Bound (except that Homeward Bound is more of an emotional rollercoaster -- but the chest-constricting "oh shit I'm going to cry, this is making me feel so many things about life and time and childhood and shit ahhh" feeling is similar).
3:18 Pat Carroll as Grandma in Garfield's Christmas Special will always remembered as awesomeness kick-ass animated Granny ever! We'll miss you Pat Carroll and best known as the voice Ursula from Disney's The Little Mermaid
Joyeux Noël is definitely my favorite movie from this list ! It shows me that humanity can be reunited around very strong values, stronger than the war.
Elf is my absolute favorite Christmas movie, there are just so many quotable lines from the movie for example: "Bye buddy, I hope you find your dad", "The best way to spread Christmas cheer is to sing loud for all to hear" "I like to whisper too" etc. I love that movie so much.
I think they only have 'Blackadder the Third' and 'Blackadder Goes Forth' on Netflix, don't they? You should try and find 'Blackadder II' somewhere. It's considered many people's favourite. You can skip 'The Black Adder', though. Even the cast and crew openly call it shit in documentaries and interviews.
Polar Express in 3D was scary 3D animated snowflakes? Aaw... 3D animated ticket clippings? Aaw... 3D animated train hurtling towards you, stopping when it's only inches away from your face? Aaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaahhhhhhh!
The problem I had with the Nativity Story, like a lot of people did, was Joseph wanting to stone Mary when in fact he was just going to divorce her. Is his reaction in the movie justified? Yes, but the Joseph of the bible would have not stoned Mary, even though the thought probably crossed his mind. Other than that, I totally agree with the critic about why the film wasn't received well. It's not a bad movie regardless if you're a believer, or not. That's just me though.
The Nativity is my favorite story. The BEST telling of THE Christmas story, period. For me, it would be at the top of the list, but it's good to see it here. The Snowman outstrips Frosty the Snowman by a gajillion miles. There's a real heart to it, opposed to the over the top sweetness of the rankin/ bass animated sugar over-dose. Between Frosty ... and Rudolph I want to make reindeer steaks and stick that singing snowman in a sauna. P.S. I recognize the laugh. And if I didn't know it was YODA, I'd swear GROVER was playing tricks on NC by hiding under the table.
I enjoyed the nostalgia critic's suffering at the end when he had to accept the fact that the star wars holiday special was real and he had to review it! True suffering! Thanks for video Doug Walker.
I remember Black Adder (the Christmas special and the series) was on Netflix at one point and I really hope they put it back on. I seriously couldn't stop watching it. Adkinson is the greatest actor ever.
Blackadder is Atkinson's best role imo, and also the best sitcom in history. I wish it got more attention outside of Britain it's criminally underrated. Compared with Blackadder American shows like Friends don't even seem to know the meaning of the word comedy.
What's amazing about Blackadder is that all the jokes are really obvious, you know exactly when they're going to land and what they'll be, but they're still REALLY funny anyway!
I'm very happy to see how many people love The Polar Express. I love it, too. I think the visuals are the biggest reason, but I also love how it shows the different feelings the 3 main characters have to Christmas. And, of course, it's easy to fully immerse yourself in it. I like Arthur Christmas a little more, but The Polar Express is definitely a favorite of mine
Elf was kind of meh. Will Ferrel is hilarious and I think this is the first time I ever saw Peter Dinklage. I never watched the Garfield christmas special but I saw the end of it. I loved Polar Express as a book and as a movie, I always thought the music was amazing and the northern lights were so amazing. That Black Adder thing sounds like the most aggressive Christmas special ever. I love Gremlins, I saw part of it and I thought the sequel was hilarious. I heard of that Christmas of WWI story and I thought that more people should learn from that story and that their superiors should have taken a page from their example. I think I read the Snowman as a book and I had no idea it was a cartoon. And if Die Hard counts as a Christmas movie, than Iron man 3 counts as one too.
Yeah, I hate Elf too. I've never got into it. I always watch Arthur Christmas or Scrooged, and always watch the Blackadder Christmas Special. It might be favourite episode of the whole show!
My epitaph comes from The Snowman: "We're walking in the air We're floating in the midnight sky And everyone who sees us greets us as we fly" Hopefully a long time before I need it to be written, but that is what I want when I go.
17:31 The moral of Die Hard is: Be brave but also strategic. Be tough but also tender. Be resourceful. Stay determined. And extract the stock on that MP5!
once, my family drove all the way out to charlotte to see The Polar Express on the big screen (and believe me, this was a huge screen, so big that there was a huge vacant space in front of it because nobody would sit that close to a giant screen) because it's our Christmas classic, a tradition, my brother still tries to persuade ma and da to get a Christmas train around the tree, but I remember when I saw it on that big screen, every flake of snow felt so real, even though i was so young i remember the snow so clearly. I think it's worth watching even on the small screen tv.
The snowman reminds me of an Eric Carlton book, or an Amelia Bedilia story, something I grew up reading in Kindergarten! Who else grew up watching Kipper? 👌
Joyeux Noël has become one of my favorite films in general just because of how well it portrays this story. A true story about how we're really not all that different if we put down our weapons/fists and actually get to know each other.
I'll say it: Garfield's Christmas special features a moment where Grandma delivers a monologue to Garfield where she just needed a cat in her lap while she recalled her late husband. It's never failed to get tears out of me.
You know, I actually would have been interested to see what Catherine Hardwicke did with the rest of the Twilight movies. While it's obviously... you know, Twilight... the first movie has a different vibe than the rest. And the first movie is the only one that's directed by a woman. Could have been interesting, in another world.
If the books had been in any way decent, maybe the movie could've been something. Alternatively, if the movie had completely ignored everything about the books and just been its own thing, it could've been something. Alternatively, if Catherine Hardwicke had just directed a completely different movie and Twilight hadn't existed, it could've been something.
The 5 Qualifications to be considered an ACTUAL Christmas movie (all must be met): 1. Santa shows up. (Santa costume counts) 2. Has at least three Christmas songs. (Christmas-based originals count) 3. A Christmas gift is opened. 4. There is a decorated Christmas Tree. 5. A change of heart must occur, for the better.
I remember the Snowman animated short as a kid and somehow it kinda reminds me something from out of a silent movie or from Walt Disney's Silly Symphonies!
6:55 Actually it's NOT from previous episodes, they're exclusive to the Christmas Carol special. Blackadder 2 and The Third are just there for the ancestors part.
I love ELF!!!!! IT'S MY FAV!!!! The weird thing is it came out the same day I was born November 7,2003. I remember watching Garfield with my cousin one night when I was younger. we even had a deep conversation while we watched it.
I confess. I watch Polar Express every December on ABC Family. It doesn't just feel like a Christmas movie, it feels more like a Christmas experience; like you're actually on a train ride to the North Pole.
Yeah, the atmosphere is amazing it actually feels like you are on the train
I couldn’t agree more honestly
Micah Contee it’s my favorite Christmas movie
I had the opportunity to see it at the Cinerama in Seattle a few years ago. It wasn't in 3-D, but it was one of the last three true Cinerama screens in the world, and it was a true audiovisual experience.
I watch it on dvd every year!
There's a moral to Die Hard: If terrorists invade you holiday party, make sure you have your shoes on.
Ronald Borland
Liam Burke Yes?
Wish terrorists invade a Christmas NRA meeting. Wouldn't mind seeing cowboy murdering antirichous thugs!!!
As of my like, we’re at 99. Let’s get someone to reach 💯, let’s get one more for triple digits!
Actually the moral is appreciate what you’ve got
John has to learn to appreciate Holly for all the hard work she puts into keeping their family afloat as well as realise that no matter what she does she’s still the best thing to happen to a guy like him
We sang "Walking in the Air" in my choir when I was in high school. Last year my choir teacher died from a subdural hematoma at only 38, and we were shocked. A few of his students were asked to sing at his memorial at the school, and I was asked to sing "Walking in the Air". Now I can't see The Snowman without bursting into tears, and so I'm sitting here bawling at the countdown when I'm supposed to be happy. I'm glad you put it so high, Doug. It's a beautiful movie with an exquisite song that makes me think of angels...
PS: With "The Snowman", the boy who sings "Walking in the Air" was chosen by the directors, ALL of them unanimously, out of an English boy's choir. They all just kind of pointed, like, "third boy up, second from the left". He has such an incredible voice though, I can see why. Took me forever to learn to play it on piano too, it's very intricate.
SoulFire39 Sadly many people in the UK think Aled Jones was the original singer when he did a cover version for a Toys R Us commercial.
The only reason outside of that people don’t know Peter Auty sang it was the makers accidentally forgot to credit Peter Auty in the credits until it was the 20th Anniversary.
@@thecinematicmind Big oops
I cant go a christmas without watching the polar express
I have no choice, because my copy is scratched to hell.
Neither can I!
Me too, that movie is pure nostalgia for me.
The movie is so underrated, a Christmas film doesn’t need to have a ton of action or plot to be a great film!
It’s one of my all time favorites
The Polar Express is my Grandma’s favorite
The thing about 10: I have to really credit the scene with Grandma while everyone's having their party. Christmas is so often focused on kids, the kids point of view, the kids being the focus of the family, etc. But Garfield, by gum, had the most touching look at the holiday from the older generations who have learned WHY that family-centric attitude is so important, and as a kid I always found that the most drawing part of the special, aside from Garfield himself, of course, and I still do.
I think The Polar Express is my favorite Christmas movie of all time. I love the book and I think the movie did a nice job of extending the story to fit the run time while still keeping it in tact. Glad to see it on here.
It could linger at times
Pikagirl541 I love Polar Express, one of my go to movies for Christmas (Elf, A Christmas Story, National Lampoon's Christmas vacation, A year without a santa claus) it always made me really happy watching it
Pikagirl541 it's my grandma's favorite too
It's theme song is probably as good as the ducktales theme song.
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Even I though I completely agree with him that the ending was too depressing, I can't but think a positive light to it. What if the director added a message into the ending which was no matter how much fun you had, all good things must come to an end. The boy had probably the greatest night he ever had, but sadly snowmen can't last forever.
Maybe it could skip ahead to next Christmas with the kid making another snowman?
@@kimifw58 A sequel has been made in the last four years or so about another kid moving to the same house in the present day, finding the snowman's clothing under a bed and making him again. He also makes a snowdog, who has odd sock ears. It's adorable.
Funny about #11,
Elf is the german word for 11 :)
Oh wow i learned something XD that is interesting, and merry christmas/Hanukah/Kwanzaa
+Solid Snake
how can you hate Die Hard?
+Muskelman19 I noticed that too :D
NEEEEEEEEERRRRRRRRRD!!!
Good catch though
I know I learn german
Fun fact: In "The Garfield Christmas Special," the Grandma is played by Pat Carroll, who voiced Ursula in "The Little Mermaid."
I knew that voice sounded familiar!
Now that you've mentioned it...
RIP Pat Carroll(1927-2022)
My mother bawled at the end of the Pinky & the Brain Christmas episode. I admit, I always found this incredibly funny and teased her relentlessly.
8:53
i was only 9 years old
i used to love christmas so much
+TheHTFAmv I had all the TV specials
I had all the best presents and decorations...
"but die hard doesn't involve around Christmas" there's a lot of Christmas specials that don't involve around Christmas
WHAT THEIR EXCUSE?
+fireskull72 Lol and they're suppose to be about christmas!
+fireskull72 Contagion took place during Christmas. Does that make it a Christmas movie? I guess so by that logic.
Team Xtreme I was going to try say something smart, but you do got point there, well play, good sir :)
It's not an xmas film. The fact that it takes place on Christmas is incidental.
Harry Potter also has a scene where it's Christmas.
Fun Fact: The Polar Express gets re-released in theaters every year since it 1st came out, mostly in IMAX 3D.
It's THAT popular.
How can people NOT consider gremlins a christmas movie? It has christmas written all over it, which else movie has evil demons caroling?
AMC includes both Gremlins & The Polar Express in their Christmas lineup.
The ending of The Snowman never bothered me that much as a kid. I knew snowmen melt in spring, but I still found it weird that the snowman could survive indoors for several minutes but melted the next morning.
He does have to sit in the massive freezer for a bit so it sorta adds up
Spoiled it, but true...😔
*cries that it's not top 12*
+pharaohyami5000 NOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOO!!!!!!!
+Livingstone I think it was May but yeah what he said. And I'm saying that as a christian.
+pharaohyami5000 FUCK YOU, ITS DIE HARD
Livingstone He did a top twelve for this the first time.
+pharaohyami5000 Mmmmm whachya saaaayayayay"
If you liked Joyeux Noel, you'd like Silent Night. It's a similar premise, only fictional and in WWII. A grandfather in modern times tells his grandson the story of how, on Christmas eve, a contingent of US and German soldiers happen to converge on his and his mother's cottage as the Allied forces encroach on German positions, and are made by the mother to put aside their weapons and spend the night together.
I saw that on Unsolved Mysteries.
My god that mother was badass for just doing that
@@carsfan1995Starring Sarah Conor herself Linda Hamilton being a badass mom for a different reason in Silent Night.
The ending of The Snowman really is so sad. Idk, I've watched that short film many times, at different points in my life, and when I was little, I was just kind of like, "Huh, what a bummer... Oh, well." And then as a teenager, it starting to wreck me lol. It became hard to watch without tearing up, like the ending to Homeward Bound (except that Homeward Bound is more of an emotional rollercoaster -- but the chest-constricting "oh shit I'm going to cry, this is making me feel so many things about life and time and childhood and shit ahhh" feeling is similar).
I still want to see a full length review from Nolstalgia Critic for the Polar Express
He reviewed the movie yesterday.
@@joshmontemayor1212 Thanks for the heads up :3
That puppet scene from polar express scared me so much as a kid.
Me too!
Me too!
Same
I thought it was funny lol
I love the Polar Express! Watch it every Christmas Eve...
3:18 Pat Carroll as Grandma in Garfield's Christmas Special will always remembered as awesomeness kick-ass animated Granny ever!
We'll miss you Pat Carroll and best known as the voice Ursula from Disney's The Little Mermaid
The Polar Express is one of my favorite Christmas movies. I loved it.
The Polar Express NEVER gets old.
I love Polar Express. It's so nostalgic for me and I fail to understand why it got such a low rating on rotten tomatoes.
Guess you're a "die-hard" fan of action movies right critic?
Die Hard 1&2 are the best Christmas Films EVER
@Fire Wing my family had me watch "Die Hard" since I was born.
Live free, die hard
I always watch gremlins when it's Christmas it's a tradition in my house I always watch it with my gizmo doll
4:01 Christmas isn't Christmas without the Polar Express
Jon Arbuckle is such a poor unfortunate soul
*stuffing your face as usual*
🎵It's sad, but true🎵
everytime i see a new video from you guys, i look in the description and see it was previously uploaded years ago..
New episodes on Wednesday
+DeadlyArc180 except for the new disneycember
+DeadlyArc180 The holiest of days...every Wednesday.
+Pokey The Scowling Cat The Disneycember 2015 videos are on the main page in a playlist. ;)
Joyeux Noël is definitely my favorite movie from this list ! It shows me that humanity can be reunited around very strong values, stronger than the war.
the blackadder christmas special is great.
Blackadder *is* great (I'm still amazed Critic knows about it) and the christmas carol episode is one of the best there are...
Yeesh. That Darth Vader line at the end is so... Foreboding
Elf is my absolute favorite Christmas movie, there are just so many quotable lines from the movie for example: "Bye buddy, I hope you find your dad", "The best way to spread Christmas cheer is to sing loud for all to hear" "I like to whisper too" etc. I love that movie so much.
Fun fact: The actress who played Mary in The Nativity Story actually got pregnant during filming.
the snow man stands out as my number 1 in my top ten cause of the music and i have seen this like 10 times and i still cry at the end
my dad showed me blackadder and I loved it
and it helped me in a history test so
cool
Blackadder might be the best to come from british comedy since Monty Python
It's fine, Not as good as Monty Python, But I prefer Mr bean even though it doesn't really fit in with all the others.
I like the Steven Tyler elf
HyperTT same
Eeyup
Same
I’m not Kidding,I’ve already reserved time on Christmas To Watch The Polar Express.
i always watch gremlins and die hard every year at christmas
harry patey I've watched Die Hard every Christmas ever since I was born (I think that's 1 of the reasons why my first word was 'stupid').
The way he pronounces Joyeux Noel hurts me inside.
It hurts me too.
ajzeg01 Same since I’m French/Canadian and for the first time I really know what it’s like to cringe
The black adder special made me watch the series when they had it on Netflix. It's the best thing next to Mr. Bean I've seen Adkinson in.
I think they only have 'Blackadder the Third' and 'Blackadder Goes Forth' on Netflix, don't they? You should try and find 'Blackadder II' somewhere. It's considered many people's favourite. You can skip 'The Black Adder', though. Even the cast and crew openly call it shit in documentaries and interviews.
10:01 Hey! It's Poe Dameron as Joseph!
Hey... Hey Critic.
Guess what?
Sparkle Sparkle Sparkle!!
fuck yea sparkle sparkle sparkle
FUCK YEAH SPARKLE SPARKLE SPARKLE!
Fuck you all! sparkle sparkle sparkle!
HECK YA SPARKLE SPARKLE SPARKLE
16:25 A snowman party? Don’t you mean a _snowball?_
Grandma from Garfield is a total badass, but her speech about her husband at Christmas always makes me cry...
“Elf” is my Mom’s FAVORITE Christmas movie! She could watch a 24-hour marathon of it!
I won't give too much away *shows the ending*
Polar Express in 3D was scary
3D animated snowflakes? Aaw...
3D animated ticket clippings? Aaw...
3D animated train hurtling towards you, stopping when it's only inches away from your face?
Aaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaahhhhhhh!
Lambert Brother he meant 3D with the glasses.
Even my Dad leaned back at that scene in the theater
"Let's just hope Will Ferrell doesn't do anymore Christmas movies." Spirited was fantastic. I'd love for NC to give his thoughts on it!
Merry early Christmas Nostalgia Critic!
The snowman always makes me cry 😂
The problem I had with the Nativity Story, like a lot of people did, was Joseph wanting to stone Mary when in fact he was just going to divorce her. Is his reaction in the movie justified? Yes, but the Joseph of the bible would have not stoned Mary, even though the thought probably crossed his mind. Other than that, I totally agree with the critic about why the film wasn't received well. It's not a bad movie regardless if you're a believer, or not. That's just me though.
compare to the passion this is shindlers fucking list
I thought divorce was taboo in those days
@@juliavonvanity959 Only if it was unjustified. It was allowed in cases of adultery which is what Joseph thought had happened.
Good idea. instead of making new videos, just re-upload old ones.
*Bravo 10/10*
+Mr Funreal Reading the about section is hard sometimes! I'm guessing a new Nostalgia Critic a week is far too little.
+Channel Awesome Not to mention the Disneycembers inbetween
+Mr Funreal Oh you're fun for real.
+Channel Awesome Awesome content, guys, been following you for years, never let douchenozzles like this get you down!
+Mr Funreal just remember
you always win, when you are good
Not much love for Muppet Family Christmas...
Holy cow that's Oscar Isaac as Joseph in the Nativity. He's such a sneaky actor.
I was jesus stepfather before blowing up shit in space.
I pretty much agree that Will Ferrell is the glue that holds "Elf" together.
The Nativity is my favorite story. The BEST telling of THE Christmas story, period. For me, it would be at the top of the list, but it's good to see it here.
The Snowman outstrips Frosty the Snowman by a gajillion miles. There's a real heart to it, opposed to the over the top sweetness of the rankin/ bass animated sugar over-dose. Between Frosty ... and Rudolph I want to make reindeer steaks and stick that singing snowman in a sauna.
P.S. I recognize the laugh. And if I didn't know it was YODA, I'd swear GROVER was playing tricks on NC by hiding under the table.
I enjoyed the nostalgia critic's suffering at the end when he had to accept the fact that the star wars holiday special was real and he had to review it! True suffering! Thanks for video Doug Walker.
I just love the sound he made when he realized what the directer went on to! 11:13
I remember Black Adder (the Christmas special and the series) was on Netflix at one point and I really hope they put it back on. I seriously couldn't stop watching it. Adkinson is the greatest actor ever.
Blackadder is Atkinson's best role imo, and also the best sitcom in history. I wish it got more attention outside of Britain it's criminally underrated. Compared with Blackadder American shows like Friends don't even seem to know the meaning of the word comedy.
What's amazing about Blackadder is that all the jokes are really obvious, you know exactly when they're going to land and what they'll be, but they're still REALLY funny anyway!
My favorite is still Christmas On Sesame Street. 🎄
Edit: also, no love for Scrooged? It's one of my brother and I's favorites.
I'm very happy to see how many people love The Polar Express. I love it, too. I think the visuals are the biggest reason, but I also love how it shows the different feelings the 3 main characters have to Christmas. And, of course, it's easy to fully immerse yourself in it. I like Arthur Christmas a little more, but The Polar Express is definitely a favorite of mine
For me, a new Christmas movie to watch every year is Krampus (2015)
Can we just appreciate the effort in that outro.
3:18
R.I.P. Pat Carroll, voice of Jon’s cool grandma & Ursula from The Little Mermaid. (1927-2022)
Nobody outside of Britain acknowledges “Nativity!” Damn it I love that film.
Elf was kind of meh. Will Ferrel is hilarious and I think this is the first time I ever saw Peter Dinklage. I never watched the Garfield christmas special but I saw the end of it. I loved Polar Express as a book and as a movie, I always thought the music was amazing and the northern lights were so amazing. That Black Adder thing sounds like the most aggressive Christmas special ever. I love Gremlins, I saw part of it and I thought the sequel was hilarious. I heard of that Christmas of WWI story and I thought that more people should learn from that story and that their superiors should have taken a page from their example. I think I read the Snowman as a book and I had no idea it was a cartoon. And if Die Hard counts as a Christmas movie, than Iron man 3 counts as one too.
0:56 I've been looking for that reaction for months!
I'M DEAD!!!!
I'VE DIED...HARD!!!!
get it?
I love the ELF MOVIE!!!!
Yeah, I hate Elf too. I've never got into it. I always watch Arthur Christmas or Scrooged, and always watch the Blackadder Christmas Special. It might be favourite episode of the whole show!
What are your thoughts on The Polar Express (2004)?
"FUCK YOU IT'S DIE HARD"- Nostalgia Critic December 15th, 2009.
One of my favorite lines of this channel
Die Hard is the best Christmas Movie of all Time! We are going to make this a family tradition for Christmas, we are watching Die Hard!
+Fiaura The Tank Girl I already have. :D
The Canadian in me who took French for 9 years is quietly sobbing at Critic's pronunciation of "Joyeux". >.
My epitaph comes from The Snowman:
"We're walking in the air
We're floating in the midnight sky
And everyone who sees us greets us as we fly"
Hopefully a long time before I need it to be written, but that is what I want when I go.
17:31 The moral of Die Hard is: Be brave but also strategic. Be tough but also tender. Be resourceful. Stay determined. And extract the stock on that MP5!
5:47 Don Bluth said the same thing in the "Shut Up And Talk" interview.
Dude, glad to see the Black Adder Christmas Special on here. By far one of the funniest things you can check out.
once, my family drove all the way out to charlotte to see The Polar Express on the big screen (and believe me, this was a huge screen, so big that there was a huge vacant space in front of it because nobody would sit that close to a giant screen) because it's our Christmas classic, a tradition, my brother still tries to persuade ma and da to get a Christmas train around the tree, but I remember when I saw it on that big screen, every flake of snow felt so real, even though i was so young i remember the snow so clearly. I think it's worth watching even on the small screen tv.
The snowman reminds me of an Eric Carlton book, or an Amelia Bedilia story, something I grew up reading in Kindergarten! Who else grew up watching Kipper? 👌
The puppet scene in the Polar Express scared the shit when I was a kid.
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IS THAT OSCAR FRIGGING ISACC?!
The Snowman was originally a metaphor for the brevity of life.
"It became a total sellout!"
"FUCK YOU! It's Die Hard!"
Joyeux Noël has become one of my favorite films in general just because of how well it portrays this story. A true story about how we're really not all that different if we put down our weapons/fists and actually get to know each other.
All in The Family is Seth McFarland's favorite show
I'll say it: Garfield's Christmas special features a moment where Grandma delivers a monologue to Garfield where she just needed a cat in her lap while she recalled her late husband. It's never failed to get tears out of me.
Black adder was a really funny show, thank you so much for adding it on here Doug!
That ending though. Oh how I delight in your misery.
You know, I actually would have been interested to see what Catherine Hardwicke did with the rest of the Twilight movies. While it's obviously... you know, Twilight... the first movie has a different vibe than the rest. And the first movie is the only one that's directed by a woman. Could have been interesting, in another world.
If the books had been in any way decent, maybe the movie could've been something. Alternatively, if the movie had completely ignored everything about the books and just been its own thing, it could've been something. Alternatively, if Catherine Hardwicke had just directed a completely different movie and Twilight hadn't existed, it could've been something.
The 5 Qualifications to be considered an ACTUAL Christmas movie (all must be met):
1. Santa shows up. (Santa costume counts)
2. Has at least three Christmas songs. (Christmas-based originals count)
3. A Christmas gift is opened.
4. There is a decorated Christmas Tree.
5. A change of heart must occur, for the better.
I find it funny that this video talking about nostalgic Christmas special know is a nostalgic Christmas special for me every year
That reveal at the end is awesome.
I watch polar express every year with my family. It’s like a Christmas tradition in my family. It’s also because I love steam engines.
The special delivery at the ending and your reaction was pure gold!
I remember the Snowman animated short as a kid and somehow it kinda reminds me something from out of a silent movie or from Walt Disney's Silly Symphonies!
6:55 Actually it's NOT from previous episodes, they're exclusive to the Christmas Carol special. Blackadder 2 and The Third are just there for the ancestors part.
I love ELF!!!!! IT'S MY FAV!!!! The weird thing is it came out the same day I was born November 7,2003. I remember watching Garfield with my cousin one night when I was younger. we even had a deep conversation while we watched it.