Christmas movies tournament: The Polar Express region

[mr. tegu]

This is the region with the 4th #1 seed, The Polar Express. Vote for the winner of each matchup.

The tournament will be four divisions with 8 movies each. Classic snake style bracket with top seed being paired with the lowest 2 seed and so on.

I don't have a bracket or anything but it will be like this:

Home Alone region Grinch region
Polar Express region Gremlins region

Here is the final movie list in order:

1 seeds
Home Alone
How the Grinch Stole Christmas (Jim Carrey)
Gremlins
The Polar Express

2 seeds
The Santa Claus (1994 Tim Allen)
Elf
Trading Places
Miracle on 34th Street (1947)

3 seeds
Die Hard
It’s a Wonderful Life
Nightmare Before Christmas
Christmas Vacation

4 seeds
Lethal Weapon
Four Christmases
Uncle Buck
Scrooged

5 seeds
Christmas with the Kranks
Jingle All the Way
Fred Clause
Love Actually

6 seeds
Bad Santa
The Family Stone
Office Christmas Party
Santa Clause the Movie (1985)

7 seeds
A Christmas Story
A Christmas Carol (1951)
The Muppets Christmas Carol
Better Off Dead

8 seeds
I’ll Be Home for Christmas
Spirited
Holiday Affair
Krampus

[RealSNR]

No Gremlins?

[ThaVirus]

The Santa Clause is my heavy hitter from this heat.

I also watched this one on TV recently for the first time in a couple decades and it was as good as I remember. Tim Allen plays such a great douche lol there’s no way he isn’t one in real life

[RunKC]

I had never seen the Polar Express until last night. No idea why people like it. I hated it

[Dartgod]

Uncle Buck and Better Off Dead are Christmas movies?

[mr. tegu]

Uncle Buck and Better Off Dead are Christmas movies?


I’ve never seen them so I just did brief search on plot and they mentioned Christmas in them so I left them in.

[DrunkBassGuitar]

These threads are good ideas for movies to watch on Christmas

[WhawhaWhat]

Love Actually vs Bad Santa is a manhood test. Also I meant to vote for Better Off Dead but mis-clicked with my finger on the phone.

[DrunkBassGuitar]

I watch bad Santa every Christmas Eve it's a tradition

[DrunkBassGuitar]

Shit happens when you party naked

[dmahurin]

Christmas vacation is the winner, poll be damned.

[BWillie]

Bad Santa as a #6 seed?

[Graystoke]

Christmas Vacation in a landslide

[Dartgod]

I’ve never seen them so I just did brief search on plot and they mentioned Christmas in them so I left them in.

Weird. There is absolutely nothing related to Christmas in that movie. It doesn't even take place at Christmas time.

[LongSufferingToady]

Where's "Die Hard"?

It's definitely my favorite Christmas movie!

[bdj23]

I watch bad Santa every Christmas Eve it's a tradition

Same

The scene where he is driving Thurman home and being pestered with stupid kid questions is comedy gold.

[UteChief]

I appreciate that both Lethal Weapon and Better Off Dead made the list.

[displacedinMN]

I had never seen the Polar Express until last night. No idea why people like it. I hated it

Ditto. It sucks. Yes, I know I am not the target audience, but making that 4 minute book into a 1.5 hour movie???? no way.