I’m glad these holiday movies don’t have sequels | 12 Days of #108Mas

Sometimes, every once in a while, you get a good sequel to a flick. Or even one that’s so utterly ridiculous that it’s loved like Texas Chainsaw Massacre 2. But more often that not, you get Christmas Vacation 2.

Yeah, that’s real. It ain’t some shit that you think you remember but it didn’t actually happen, like Sinbad in Shazam. No, this is really real. And it’s bad.

But it got me to thinking, what holiday movies exist that didn’t get the sequel treatment.

Elf

This is the first that comes to mind, because there have been rumors of a sequel that was in the works. It remains unclear why that never happened. Will Ferrell was apparently offered $29 million to be in it, but has offered a few different reasons for not being in it from it being pathetic for him to squeeze into the elf suit to the script bringing nothing new to the character. But James Caan told a slightly different story in which Will agreed to be in it, but only if Favreau did not direct it.

Full story: https://screenrant.com/elf-2-canceled-sequel-updates-news-quotes/

Honestly, I’m happy they never made this. I really like this movie and it feels like anything they’d introduce as a crisis would lessen the impact of the original story. It’s better left as it is. I will admit I’d like an update on this guy:

For completeness, yeah, I know they did a musical and some animated thing. I don’t consider those sequels.

Scrooged

This is a movie I come back to every holiday season. The cast is great and Bill Murray may be the best at playing an asshole of all time. I also like the fake tv shows within the movie, especially The Night the Reindeer Died. If this movie came out now, I’d expect it to have a new version every year. A different person being the Scrooge character each time. And that would probably suck. Don’t tell me you’re gonna find a Bob Cratchit as good as Bobcat Goldthwait’s Eliot Loudermilk.

Trading Places

You can debate all you want if this is a holiday movie or not, but I watch it every year at this time. It’s a classic and hilarious. But I don’t need an update on this. I can imagine that Billy Ray and Louis are still looking and feeling good. I know that Clarence Beeks was fucked to death by a gorilla. And I know that Prince Akeem got the Duke brothers back on their feet. I’m good with all that.

And I certainly do not need some dumb reboot where Timothee Chalamet and Kevin Hart have their lives swapped.

Let me know some of yours!

-Chorizy-E