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To say there is no worse Christmas film than Last Christmas? SPOILER WARNING

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mincepiesallround · 15/12/2021 12:35

I stuck this on for a bit of background while wrapping presents and oh my goodness, it’s SO BAD. Obviously I don’t want to ruin it for the rest of you but SPOILER ALERT it’s about a woman who becomes a better person because she falls in love with the ghost of her heart transplant donor.

Can anyone top or rather bottom it?!

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JudgeJ · 15/12/2021 14:22

@Funkyslippers

I didn't think Last Christmas was as bad as the reviews suggested. It wasn't great though.

I know this is controversial bit I cannot stand Love Actually apart from the 5 mins that Rowan Atkinson is I'm it

I like Love Actually, (Firth in a lake for heaven's sake!) but find the Atkinson bit a good time to go for a pee.
WheelieBinPrincess · 15/12/2021 14:23

I couldn’t stop watching Emilia Clarke’s eyebrows. They took on a role all of their own.

Ivalueloyaltyaboveallelse · 15/12/2021 14:30

Father Christmas is back 2021 was bloody awful. I had to switch it off and I’d watch any old rubbish contently but that was dire!

TheKeatingFive · 15/12/2021 14:31

I don’t remember her being that bad in game of thrones.

There are moments of weakness in GoT, she's patchy. But the rest of the cast, the script, and the affinity she clearly felt for her character jollied her along. I agree she's much worse in this.

Ivalueloyaltyaboveallelse · 15/12/2021 14:32

Agree with others Love Hard was good and so is Holidate.

RainbowBabyForChristmasPlease · 15/12/2021 14:33

@Nidan2Sandan surviving Christmas?

Bellafrenum · 15/12/2021 14:33

YABU I really liked it!!

For me the worst one is Love Actually. Depressing load of balls.

Excited101 · 15/12/2021 14:35

Oh I liked it!! I mean, it could (and should) have been better but I did like it.

Father Christmas is back, however is probably up there with the Ab Fab movie as one of the worst things I’ve ever seen in my life.

Bigboysmademedoit · 15/12/2021 14:37

TopTabby

I usually like Emma Thompson but her part in Last Christmas was utterly cringe worthy. I think she was involved in the writing & directing too so no excuses.
I had to re-watch Love Actually (another love/hate film!) to remind myself that she can be really good.

Top Tabby, If you enjoyed Emma Thompson in Love Actually then watch the Christmas episode of Upstart Crow she stars in. A brilliant parody of her iconic scene by Lisa Tarbuck! Sounds strange but you’ll see …

RepentMotherfucker · 15/12/2021 14:38

I was about an hour in before I realised it was a Wham! tribute film.

And once I realised that it was obvious that someone had tortured a script into submission to the lyric, 'Last Christmas I gave you my heart '

Chasingaftermidnight · 15/12/2021 14:39

The Holiday is the worst.

Chikapu · 15/12/2021 14:41

It's pretty bad but Michelle Yeoh is wonderful as always, she's my massive girl crush.
Love Hard is awful, there's zero chemistry between the leads and no reason whatsoever that they would fall in love. Nothing happens between them to warrant it.

EerieSilence · 15/12/2021 14:47

I totally love this discussion, so many divisive opinions.
I'm going to give you the best Christmas movie ever, though:

DIE HARD RULEZ!!!!!!!

Anyone who says that Die Hard isn't a Christmas movie should be made to walk barefoot on broken glass.

Whambamthankyoumaam21 · 15/12/2021 14:48

I loved it, especially all the George Michael songs. Hides head in shame Blush

Treaclepie19 · 15/12/2021 14:49

I was quite enjoying it and then the ghost thing happened and... well 🤦‍♀️

Treaclepie19 · 15/12/2021 14:50

@Chasingaftermidnight

The Holiday is the worst.
Nooo 😔

I dont get all the fuss over love actually though.

shumway · 15/12/2021 14:51

I enjoyed it.

FluffyBooBoo · 15/12/2021 14:51

I would say there are worse Christmas films - but there are no worse big budget cinema release Christmas films.

It's bad.

RepentMotherfucker · 15/12/2021 14:55

@Chasingaftermidnight

The Holiday is the worst.
Is that the one set in a fantasy universe where Jack Black can pull Kate Winslet?
ABitOfAShitShow · 15/12/2021 14:57

The worst film I've seen in years.

Dagnabit · 15/12/2021 14:58

Well I like it, so there! Smile

Iamblossom · 15/12/2021 15:02

Yes the new one on Sky is worse - the boy who invented christmas, utter tosh

LivMumsnet · 15/12/2021 15:12

Ahem, we've just added a spoiler to the title of this thread in case anyone hasn't seen the film yet...

kavalkada · 15/12/2021 15:13

I liked Last Chistmas, but I like Emilia Clarke in enerything, so...

But to clarify few things about Croatians and that film.
I am from Croatia and when I saw that film in the cinema, all theatre laughed so hard.
I had bit of a trouble with their timeline, but this is how I understood it.

Croatia gained independence in 1992, but Yugoslavia lasted 11 years after that, just Serbia and Montenegro.
The family in the movie probably lived in Vojvodina, a part of former Yugoslavia, that has large croatian minority, before moving to UK.
So, they got that facts all right.

But one thing they so so did wrong was that outside christmas decoration on their house.
Croatians DO NOT decorate their houses on the outside. There was one man in the whole country who did that and he became so famous that he made a business of that.

They will mabye put a little light in the window or in thw balcony, but 90 per cent of people are not going to bother even with that.

I love reading middle class vs working class christmas in UK, because according to those lists, we in Croatia all or middle class.

WheelieBinPrincess · 15/12/2021 15:15

Who is bleating about spoilers?!

Thé film came out two years ago. If you wanted to watch it totally unspoiled you’ve had enough time! Or don’t click on a thread discussing it if you feel that strongly about it then whinge the plot has been discussed. Honestly 🙄

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