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Where we at with Jingle All The Way?

Easily_Remembered

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It's become a Christmas classic at our house. I missed it in it's initial run, and didn't see it until probably 2012. But yeah - it's a lot of fun, and a time capsule for a period that doesn't exist anymore (scrambling for Christmas toys pre-internet).
 

analeggsalad

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it was worth it watching it 20 years late just to spot all those classic anrie .wavs

The movie is inexplicably soulless, like you can't believe he's the husband or father to his wife/Anakin, and it's hard to stop thinking about what happened to Phil Hartman especially since it was I think like a year or two after this movie. Also Anakin got all fucked up when he hit puberty too which makes that part strange. Cursed movie tbh, but a good slice of life of the 90s

 

Easily_Remembered

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it was worth it watching it 20 years late just to spot all those classic anrie .wavs

The movie is inexplicably soulless, like you can't believe he's the husband or father to his wife/Anakin, and it's hard to stop thinking about what happened to Phil Hartman especially since it was I think like a year or two after this movie. Also Anakin got all fucked up when he hit puberty too which makes that part strange. Cursed movie tbh, but a good slice of life of the 90s

Sinbad the only one to emerge unscathed from it.

You're right though - for it to be a movie "about" product, it inexplicably feels "like" product. It's like it was meant to be a dark comedy, but pulled its punches during production in order to be a family comedy.

I still enjoy it, don't get me wrong. I especially like the parade sequence, with the 2 guys on electric guitar playing TurboMan's theme while marching and not plugged in.
 

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$35 at Walmart

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Around 10 years ago, me and my dad started randomly loving this corny movie. We watch it every year now. We always howl at the part where Sinbads face turns into the kids and goes “Here’s to you dad!”

And ya know, I used to enjoy watching movies that took place pre-9/11 as a form of escapism. Sometimes I still do, but more and more it just bums me out now and makes me long for a better time that can no longer exist.
 

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Love it. I remember seeing this shit in the movie theater as a kid and loved it. Never thought it would become a Christmas classic like Christmas Story. Love when he gets the bootleg Turboman doll and it speaks spanish. Sinbad is actually pretty good in this and House Guest. Two classic movies.
 

RedGlareRecipient

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I liked it as a kid. Does it hold up now? Probably not. But goddamn it, it’s a beautiful time capsule of the mid to late 90s and I’ll always appreciate works that capture that.
 
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