YOU’LL FEEL GOOD WHETHER YOU LIKE IT OR NOT
So I promised in a newsletter that I was going to review these Netflix original holiday movies so you would know which ones were worth your time. It was a spontaneous decision, and now I’m stuck with it because a Rewinder always pays her debts. In order to stay sane, however, there will be some rules.
Rule 1
All holiday movies will be reviewed in a vacuum. They will be compared only to each other and given a letter grade. I can’t use the same rating scale for a movie about a time traveling Christmas knight and whatever gets Oscar nominations this year – it isn’t fair to either set of movies. So a closed set it is – holiday movies are judged as holiday movies only.
Rule 2
Wildly improbable premises will not be held against holiday movies. I know, I know – that seems wrong. But they are, by and large, Christmas movies. And as such usually contain at least a little bit of shallow and unconvincing magic – it’s a feature not a bug. See, this is why they can only be compared to each other. We’re just going to assume for the duration that we’ve all put our disbelief high, high on a shelf and it will stay until New Year’s Day.
Rule 3
Each movie will be judged on the following set of merits:
- Message
- Delivery of message
- Cast and performances. This will include attractiveness of cast because we all know that’s a big part of these things. I didn’t make that rule, but by God I’ll abide by it.
- Overall feel-goodness.
Rule 4
I will be honor bound to update this post each time I write a review, so that you all can have a single place to go when looking for holiday movie Netflix content. I promise, I will waste my time so that you don’t have to. It’s my holiday gift to you all. You’re welcome. So let’s get on with it.
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