Lesson: The Only 4 Christmas Movies Ever Made/ExerciseL1
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I´m { guessing _8 } that you´ve seen a lot of Christmas movies in your { life _4 }. But did you know that there are only four types of Christmas { movies _6 } that have ever been made? That´s right: Four. And they´ve been made over and over again. So I´ve got Matt Gallager here to walk us through them. And the first one is the "Christmas Redemption Story", which is really just Charles Dickens' Christmas Carol retold. M.G.: That´s your hmm guy who { hates _5 } the season, having a big life-changing event. It could be hmm Christmas vacation, hmm Santa Claus, hmm Bad Santa comes to mind a lot, lot, lot of that plot. Secondly, is the holly jolly-blood bath. M.G.:That is "Your Christmas is in trouble" one. Which is great{ because _8 } the villain doesn’t get, uh, doesn’t get redeemed so much as he gets thrown off a roof by Bruce Willis usually, uh, or some piece of slapstick violence. It´s like a Home Alone, uh, Gremlins comes to mind, uh, which I completely { forgot _6 } was a Christmas movie until I went back and watched it. Ok and the third type of Christmas movie that you´re gonna see is what we´ll call "All in the { family _6 }". And this is where you´ve got this big dysfunctional family and they hate each other, it´s { crazy _5 }, but… M.G.: Christmas is the time to kind of gloss over that. That seems to be the basis for a lot of these. My favorite Christmas movie, uh, is "Trapped in { Paradise _8 }", with Nick Cage and Dana Carvey. And it´s a { horrible _8 } family! It´s like three guys who are all just { getting _7 } out of jail who decide that their family is the reason for the { season _6 }. The final Christmas movie you´ll see over and over again is "The Christmas cash-in". M.G.: Find a story that might not even work any other time in the { year _4 }, but if you slap a santa hat on it, all of the sudden it´s an excuse to put out what is honestly an inferior { product _7 } and pass it off as a Christmas movie and everybody loves it. The classic one is the, is, “The Star { Wars _4 } Christmas Special”, that´s so bad it´s become { infamous _8 }. And that´s it: The only four Christmas movies ever { made _4 }! So we´d like to know what your favorite Christmas movie is and if it fits in the list. Or if you think there´s another type of Christmas movie out there, let us know. And Happy Holidays. |