10 Most Annoying Christmas Movies Of All Time
All I want for Christmas is for the people involved with these movies to be buried alive.
It's the holiday season once again, which means it's time to either let yourself be engulfed with peppermint sticks and Bing Crosby songs, or attempt to outrun the cinematic avalanche of egg nog and yule logs at all costs.
But even the Grinch-iest of human beings have to admit that there's nothing quite like sitting down with loved ones to watch a good Christmas movie. The spirit of the season may not move you, but there's no way your black soul can resist the charms of George Bailey, Charlie Brown, or Clark Griswold. At worst, you can find some holiday respite with Gizmo and John McClane.
Not all Christmas movies -- or movies set during Christmas, as is the case with the Gremlins and Die Hard examples -- will give holly jolly folks the warm fuzzies, though.
Because, as it turns out, snowflakes and gingerbread houses aren't a cure-all for obnoxious characters and Hollywood's more annoying tropes. Some movies are destined to earn the ire of moviegoers, no matter how much tinsel is strewn all over them. And others will leave viewers enraged at the very sound of sleigh bells, just because of their tangential relationship to the onscreen abominations they had to sit through.
10. Jingle All The Way 2
Larry the Cable Guy stars in a sequel made by WWE Studios to 1996 film that featured Arnold Schwarzenegger and Sinbad in a battle to score a Turbo Man action figure for their respective children. Yes, both of these things happened. The original Jingle All the Way wasn't bad for a festive popcorn movie, but its sequel raised the bar on unlikeable characters to a whole new level.
It's still essentially a rivalry between two dads masquerading as an anti-consumerism morality tale, but this time it's not just about finding a wildly popular toy that's sold out at most stores.
This time it's a dad and stepdad coming up with different ways to keep the other from buying the well-stocked toy their daughter really wants -- even going so far as to completely buy one store out of the toy -- thus apparently winning this fatherly pissing contest in the process.
It's slapstick hijinks through and through, but there's something very uncomfortable in the way these two goofy alpha males physically fight each other for their daughter's affection. Their scenes together -- which are obviously meant to be the highlights of the film -- are awkward, lame, and not nearly as goofy as one would expect.