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Christmas Movies!

#4 - Elf

What a wonderful movie. They say that Hollywood only has so many stories, and yes, Elf soundly fits the "Character goes on a journey." Yet it strikes me as one of the most original Christmas movies to be released in the past 2 decades. Most of the new Christmas movies that come out seem to be the same old romantic comedy crap. To find something original, we have to look to the children's movies. And even then we get Jim Carrey is How the Grinch Stole Christmas and the like. It's shameless.

But when Elf came out, I knew it was different. It's one of Will Ferrell's best performances in my mind... sure it's ridiculous and over the top, but it's so different! An orphan grows up in the North Pole, raised as an elf and goes to New York City to meet his biological father, who's on the naughty list. Ferrell's occasionally obnoxious energy really works in this movie.

It hasn't been around as long as It's A Wonderful Life. It doesn't have the nostalgic humor of A Christmas Story. But it's a Christmas movie that has a spirit and humor that I hope we will be seeing in December for years to come.