Doof! Canon - December Nomination Vote (Patreon)

We asked our council to submit their favorite Christmas/Holiday movies for consideration this month and man did they deliver! Take a look Patrons and let us know what Christmas movie you want us to watch and discuss!

A Christmas Story (1983)

In the 1940s, a young boy named Ralphie attempts to convince his parents, his teacher and Santa that a Red Ryder BB gun really is the perfect Christmas gift.

Written by Leigh Brown and Bob Clark and directed by Bob Clark

Notes from the nominator:

Another Christmas classic to which we know all the words! Can you resist watching it every time it comes on? The Bumpus's dogs, Chinese turkey, Scut Farkus, a "major award," soap poisoning, the Ovaltine scam, etc. etc. Great scenes and done to perfection by the all-star cast: Peter Billingsley, Melinda Dillon as his long-suffering mom, and Darren McGavin as his word-challenged father.

The City of Lost Children (1995)

A scientist in a surrealist society kidnaps children to steal their dreams, hoping that they slow his aging process.

Written by Gilles Adrien, Jean-Pierre Jeunet and Marc Caro. Directed by Marc Caro and Jean-Pierre Jeunet

Notes from the nominator:

It's stunning, dark, fantastical, funny, horrifying--all the things we should want from a movie that includes the most terrifying Santa Clauses ever featured in cinema. I haven't heard you covering any Jean-Pierre Jeunet yet, and we should start with this one. Bonus features: Ron Perlman and a score by Angelo Badalamenti.

It's a Wonderful Life (1946)

An angel is sent from Heaven to help a desperately frustrated businessman by showing him what life would have been like if he had never existed.

Written by Frances Goodrich, Albert Hackett, and Frank Capra. Directed by Frank Capra

Notes from the nominator:

Not only is this my favorite Christmas movie, it's a great movie overall. And one that I think would be a good balance to the Council, which so far has been almost all modern movies.  It's also a very simple but important story about the impact a single life can have on everyone around them, even someone who sees themselves as a failure. The final words that "no man is a failure who has friends" is just as true now.

Home Alone (1990)

An eight-year-old troublemaker must protect his house from a pair of burglars when he is accidentally left home alone by his family during Christmas vacation.

Written by John Hughes and directed by Chris Columbus.

Kiss Kiss Bang Bang (2005)

After being mistaken for an actor, a New York thief is sent to Hollywood to train under a private eye for a potential movie role, but the duo are thrown together with a struggling actress into a murder mystery.

Written and directed by Shane Black