You Better Watch Out
Adeliene Cromwell
My take on Christmas movies changes every year. My taste in Christmas music however, has stayed the same for twenty-one years…. I love it and will listen to it no matter what time of year it is. That being said, I have to be in the right mood for a Christmas movie. Plus, it has to offer something that I can’t get anywhere else. I have my favorites which I could watch every year: Love Actually, The Santa Clause (only the original, I don’t care much for the sequels), It’s a Wonderful Life,and surprisingly, National Lampoon’s Christmas Vacation.
Last year I was not in the mood for a Christmas movie. I don’t even think I watched a single one of my favorites, which is breaking a long-standing family tradition, one which has been in place since National Lampoon came out. Alas, I just didn’t watch any. This year I plan on making up for it. Plans for a movie marathon are already underway! Hours of Christmas movies, where each guest brings their favorite movie.
I did start this year’s festivities early. Lifetime (a television channel in the United States) began showing a movie called The Twelve Men of Christmas. While I normally don’t give in to such cheesy sounding movies, this one has the infamous Kristin Chenoweth (Broadway star in many musicals including Wicked, star of several movies, played Olive Snook in Pushing Daisies, and more recently known for her appearance on GLEE). I can’t express my love for her, as she always puts me into a good mood when I watch her.
So alongside Cassie Lobiesk, I began to watch Twelve Men of Christmas. It was surprisingly not too terrible. An unfortunate side effect was that you have to actually wait an hour and twenty minutes before any of the guys actually take off their shirts. But when you do, it’s actually worth it.
For an educated mind (which both Cassie and I have…for the most part) it is easy to spot the similarities with Pride and Prejudice. I wouldn’t call this a modern, Christmas twist of Jane Austen’s most famous novel, but it definitely parallels the novel. There is the guy (Jason) who makes EJ (Kristen Chenoweth) believe that the guy (Will) she really likes isn’t a good guy. Which of course keeps our heroine away from her one true love longer.
I don’t know if I would recommend the movie to anyone, unless you are just a fan of Kristen Chenoweth. It was cute and all, but it’s not anything worth seeing. You get to see a bunch of cute guys (and not so cute ones) without their shirts on. It was a cliché girlie movie, but definitely helped put me in a better mood.
The moral of the movie is quite simple: we all need to move out to the country. Specifically Montana.
Catch it on television if there is nothing else on, but not really worth renting.
