By: Don Caldwell
Where have all the Christmas / Holiday movies gone?
Excerpts from the LA Times italicized:
The release of new Christmas movies long has been as much a tradition of the season as the annual late-night TV showing of "It's a Wonderful Life" and shoppers stampeding stores on Black Friday.
But this year, there's hardly a holiday movie in sight.
Instead of playing off time-tested and universal plot lines such as a return home for the holidays or trotting out Christmas icons such as Santa Claus, Tinseltown is forgoing the usual, uh, tinsel. The lone Christmas movie, "The Nutcracker in 3D," has received tepid reviews and is appearing in only a token number of theaters.
In past seasons, there have been as many as half a dozen holiday movies jostling one another in theaters in the closing weeks of the year.
The scarcity of Christmas movies reflects a change in traditional Hollywood thinking. Family films are as popular as ever, industry executives note — indeed, the year's biggest-grossing picture is the kid-friendly "Toy Story 3" — but the film world thinks Yuletide themes are getting a bit long in the whiskers.
It was also noted that not one holiday themed movie (made in the United States) will come out next year.
Why is Hollywood so uninterested in firming stories that appeal to Christians? Why do they make so few “Christmas” movies today?
Do Hollywood studios shy away from such “Christian” films for the sake of political correctness?
Can part of the blame be put on the American audience? Has our tastes changed from such movies into something different? Are there enough Christians (interested in seeing holiday movies) out there to justify making these movies considering how expensive making movies can be?
Has the similar themes and plotlines that follow Christmas movies just gotten old, overused, and boring?
How many more Christmas / Holiday movies will come out in the future?
(ORIGINAL LINK) Hollywood scraps its Christmas spirit - LA Times.com
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ReplyDeleteWatching Elf actually with my dad and mom while taking a little break from cleaning :0
ReplyDeleteI love Christmas movies, but their quality has lagged in recent years, Elf being an exception. The ones with more Christian themes, like it's a Wonderful Life, or Bells of St. Mary's for example, haven't been made for a while :( Nativity story being the exception
I agree with Luciana. I love Christmas movies, but many of the recent ones ("Elf" excepted) are a bit of a letdown.
ReplyDeleteI would be thrilled if theatres showed movies like "It's a Wonderful Life" or other Christmas classics (maybe at a cheaper "classics" rate?)
Just my $0.02.
Merry Christmas all!
Merry belated Christmas :o)
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