Christmas Holiday Movie Guide

Everyday I'm getting more and more excited for Christmas. To be honest with you, it's not even for the presents, the time with family and friends or the time off work, it's for the movies. Here are a list of films that I'm looking forward to seeing these Christmas holidays:

The One You Have to See: The Wolf of Wall Street 
Coming out: December 25th. 
I'm basing the fact that you have to see it on four things:
1. Leonardo diCaprio.
2. Martin Scorsese directed it. 
3. The first trailer.
4. The second trailer.

The One for a Laugh: Anchorman 2: The Legend Continues
Coming out: December 19th. 
I actually haven't seen the first Anchorman, but I really want to just so I can see this in the cinemas! I've heard lots of good things about the first one and I am a Paul Rudd devotee so I will make sure I see both the first one and the second one during the Christmas period.

The One with the Amazing Cast: American Hustle.
Coming out: December 12th.
Christian Bale, Jennifer Lawrence, Bradley Cooper, Amy Adams and Jeremy Renner. I think that's all I have to say. I actually don't really know what it's about, but for the reasons stated above, I'm definitely going to see this on December 12th and find out. 

The One for "The Whole Family": Frozen
Coming out: December 26th.
I really want to see this because it looks so cute! I've really been loving the stuff Disney has been coming out with lately (Tangled, Brave etc) so I think I'll have to see this too. I wish it was coming out here in Australia earlier than Boxing Day so it could get me more excited for Christmas but sadly I'll have to wait. 

The Must-See Sequel: The Hobbit: Desolation of Smaug
Coming out: December 26th.
This is the one I have been waiting a very long time for. As much as I loved the first instalment, all I could think about was how good it was going to be to hear Benedict Cumberbatch as Smaug in the next one. And it's finally here! "I am King Under the Mountain!" and "Well, thief, where are you? Come now, don't be shy. Step into the light" is everything we have heard so far from Benedict Cumberbatch as Smaug but its got me even more excited for it (which I didn't think was possible). I don't want to tell you how many times I have clicked 'replay' just to listen to him say those two lines again . . .   

Is there anything else I should have added? Let me know in the comments what you're going to be seeing over this Christmas holiday!

But It's A Classic, Right?

He's so handsome. Just like his reward posters. 

Source: Daily Classic Disney

The other day I was messaging Sara about what movie we should watch on our upcoming "Pop Tarts and Movie Night". We had both excitedly agreed that it should be a Disney classic. She asked me what I had in my Disney DVD collection and I replied "Robin Hood" because I really felt like watching it again. Basically she said no, which was fine, but I sent back something like: "whatever, cool foxes aren't for everyone" because I was trying to be funny, but I was really just being lame. She didn't reply for ages which I just assumed was because she thought my joke was horrible (which it was), however the next day she sent me a message saying "Foxes? Isn't Robin Hood a man?" I literally could not stop laughing, she must have been so confused by my "cool foxes" message.

Source: Daily Classic Disney

Then I got to thinking. Why didn't Sara understand the my (terrible) joke? Had she not seen Disney's version of Robin Hood? So the next day at work I asked her and she said that she had never even heard of Disney's version before I had sent her that message. I was shocked. Robin Hood was one of my favourites. I paid forty dollars for it when it was released from the vault a few years ago. That's how much I loved it. I won't even pay $38 for Cinderella now, and I'm earning more than I was back then. So then I was worried, if Sara hadn't heard of it, who else was missing out on the amazing-ness of Robin Hood? I asked a few more of my colleagues. Out of the four others that I asked, all around my age, only one knew what I was talking about. So now here I am: spreading the word.

Source: Daily Classic Disney

Disney's Robin Hood is definitely a classic. I believe this is for one main reason: it's hilarious. I honestly think this is one of the funniest classic Disney movies there is. It's definitely up there, along with Aladdin, for sure. Can you think of any others? Let me know in the comments if you can! I would also mention Toy Story but I'm almost 100% sure that's a Pixar film and not Disney, although I'm totally confused by the whole Disney-Pixar Studios thing now. Todays post isn't really a review of Robin Hood, more just a note to let you know it exists and that you should watch it. If you haven't seen it, you're missing a little piece of your childhood.

Watching it has made me want to re-watch all my old favourites and add to my collection of Disney movies. Right now I'm trying to find a copy of Peter Pan on ebay, and I'm thinking about renting The Sword in the Stone this weekend. What are you favourite Disney classics?