Bennnnn
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It is arguably more of a Christmas movie than a Halloween movie. But I see it as both
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The Denmarkian Wonder
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Yeah, it works in either month. It's just more of a Xmas movie to me.
Bull Shannon
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I'm not here to start any fights (except about Die Hard), but I always felt Nightmare was a bit more of a Halloween movie; it's written from a Halloween perspective and is about fundamentally misunderstanding Christmas (and how that's totally fine). I don't begrudge anyone who prefers watching it around this time of year; I won't unplug any tv's.
Melt Face Molly Drop
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My opinion is that both holidays cancel eachother out. So then it just becomes a Day of the Dead movie.
The Denmarkian Wonder
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Them’s fightin’ words.
Ginormousthumbs
Go on, geezer.
This is the way.
Besides, there are people involved with the movie that are on record saying it's a Halloween movie.
TenderLovingKiller®
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The studio must’ve agreed with you since it was originally released in October.
mdmost
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It's a Thanksgiving movie!
LeSamourai
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And Thanksgiving is actually a Black Friday movie!
Bennnnn
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I watched Thanksgiving and The Iron Claw today. And I enjoyed both, on different levels.
Thanksgiving is a ridiculous, gross, over the top slasher done right. I enjoyed it way more than I thought I would. Even though I had a guess of who the killer was right from the start and I was right. I had watched It’s A Wonderful Knife a few days before and that was such a bad version of a slasher that I guess I was just happy to see one that wasn’t terrible.
The Iron Claw is pretty great. I was invested from the jump, and I think it keeps it going the whole time - even when it gets incredibly bleak. The acting from basically everyone is fantastic, and the artistry of the direction really worked for me. I am by no means a fan of wrestling, but this story is so interesting that that doesn’t matter. And those wrestling sequences are great. I don’t know that it will work for everybody as a whole, but I find very little to complain about here. It’s emotional, engaging stuff.
Thanksgiving is a ridiculous, gross, over the top slasher done right. I enjoyed it way more than I thought I would. Even though I had a guess of who the killer was right from the start and I was right. I had watched It’s A Wonderful Knife a few days before and that was such a bad version of a slasher that I guess I was just happy to see one that wasn’t terrible.
The Iron Claw is pretty great. I was invested from the jump, and I think it keeps it going the whole time - even when it gets incredibly bleak. The acting from basically everyone is fantastic, and the artistry of the direction really worked for me. I am by no means a fan of wrestling, but this story is so interesting that that doesn’t matter. And those wrestling sequences are great. I don’t know that it will work for everybody as a whole, but I find very little to complain about here. It’s emotional, engaging stuff.
mdmost
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Being from Dallas and growing up in the heyday of the Von Erichs, I want to see The Iron Claw but I'm not sure I'm emotionally ready for it. My brother and I were huge fans and would religiously watch WCCW on channel 39 every week. One of the best surprises that our father did for us was take us to a match at the Sportatorium. It wasn't anything great like the Von Erichs but it was still fun to go see the place we had been watching on TV for multiple years. I'm not sure I'm emotionally ready to relive the trauma that poor family had to endure.
The Denmarkian Wonder
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Started out watching it in 4K but the disc froze and skipped twice within the first 15 min. so i had to switch to blu-ray. And now i gotta go shopping for a 4K disc on evilBay.
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Toy Story 3
Monsters, Inc.
Wall-E
Up
Ratatouille
Coco
The Incredibles
Toy Story 2
Inside Out
Finding Nemo
Toy Story
Soul
Toy Story 4
A Bug's Life
Incredibles 2
Luca
Turning Red
Onward
Finding Dory
Brave
The Good Dinosaur
Monsters University
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