Last Ounce of Courage - The Cinema Snob

[@ZergrushEddie]

The great James Rolfe said it best: "Merry Christmas, Happy Hanukkah, happy everyone; just Happy Holidays. And if you have a problem with Happy Holidays, then Happy Shut the Fuck Up."

[@Rakshasa1986]

"why can't people just let me shove my personal beliefs down their throats?" - This movie

[@megatron6713]

COUGH COUGH FREE WILL COUGH COUGH!!!!!!...........sorry.....ahem don't know where that came from........😁

[@MinscFromBaldursGate92]

''But muh freedom!''

[@avanishdutta2658]

@@megatron6713 If it is given, it can be taken.

[@MontyPythonFanatic2]

Funny this movie uses the Pilgrims as part of its "argument," when not only did the Pilgrims NOT celebrate Christmas, THEY CONSIDERED THE HOLIDAY IMMORAL.

[@aza4444]

i know this is an old comment, but it reminds me of how David A White calls himself a puritan... literally no idea about their own history

[@spookyrosev6467]

DontMindMeNow Not mention yes they did go to America to escape religious persecution....but here’s the ironic part. Said persecution was that the Puritans (not just Christians as a whole) specifically got tired of the Church of England forcing them to be a part of state sponsored religion! That’s right...THE ENTIRE DAMN COUNTRY (or at least that part of it) was founded on the separation between church and state and anyone that says “America is a Christian nation” is causing them to roll in their graves.

[@taylorholmstrom248]

I like the way Snrub thinks. In all seriousness, Brad summed it up best: "THIS MOVIE IS MADE BY LYING SACKS OF SHIT!"

[@Jw-un8oh]

Dude KZbin changed your comment Becuase you mentioned Varg Fucking crazy

[@sarai5196]

Aye the witch-finder in the province of Massachusetts. Would have words against this demoniac papist holiday. And remember No Music!!! It will lead to sin. And also pray to God for you are a wretched soul.

[@BloodylocksBathory]

"You shouldn't get offended so easily," says the people who freak out about an imaginary war on their beloved holiday.

[@omegamark9178]

BloodylocksBathory which was stolen from another religion like most things christian

[@Shamandigi62091]

You shouldn’t get offended so easily now let’s trivialize the deaths of soldiers and show people a snuff film merry god damn Christmas and happy fucking holidays

[@MinscFromBaldursGate92]

Hello kettle i'm pottle.

[@nathanschmitz2302]

@@Shamandigi62091 I mean who doesn't like a good old fashioned snuff film?

[@MinscFromBaldursGate92]

@nathanschmitz2302 Lionel Starkweather certainly does.

[@Morgil27]

When I was a kid, anytime I heard someone say "Happy Holidays", I assumed it was just a collective term for both Christmas and New Year's.

[@MinscFromBaldursGate92]

Me too.

[@imrustyokay]

Same

[@Malkmusianful]

Ditto. - Ditto

[@warhawk9566]

i assumed it was a collective term for all holidays from halloween to new years

[@chayden153]

Same

[@SuperDevolution]

"They're replacing it with winter break." It was called winter break when I was a kid twenty years ago. This is not a new development.

[@TheBonkleFox]

and it was winter break when i was in elementary school. unless this is the matrix something's off.

[@Backinblackbunny009]

Same. And not all Christians celebrate Christmas. I was raised a Jehovah's witnesses and I was grateful my school called it winter break as we didn't celebrate any holiday. The teachers did it because the lady my school was named after WAS A JEWISH HOLOCAUST SURVIVOR! So yeah, I'm sure it was caused she hated Christmas.

[@chayden153]

It was called Winter Break when I was in school!(I graduated back in 2017)

[@supermegaman88]

Eh I always heard one or the other, but I don’t think anyone really cared about the title

[@alextrio3995]

It was called winter break when I was a kid too, but that was like 30 years ago. So yeah.

[@HarrisBoe]

Some people are like " remember when Brad reviewed exploitation movies instead of spending 30 minutes to preach his political views?" Clearly you don't remember that Brad has been reviewing these kinds of movies for YEARS. The Pagan Invasion, Rock: Its Your Decision, Bibleman, the list goes on. This isn't some new thing, it's just another kind of exploitation film.

[@wombatkidd]

i watch his deception of a generation review every couple months. it's hilarious.

[@lukebaggins5004]

brad's primary goal is to review shitty movies nobody has heard of.

[@horaciosi]

Except that those weren't Cinema Snob videos. Those are DVD-R Hell episodes

[@SeanStrife]

Yeah... Christsploitation is a real genre... and it's getting a little too much attention from the mainstream if you ask me.

[@wombatkidd]

horaciosi So you don't have a problem with him calling this stuff stupid out of character, but his fictional character saying it is just going too far? That's not at all idiotic.

[@alexliddell3171]

Fun fact, one time I stayed in Dubai over Christmas, that's a majority muslim city where it is arguable that Christians are in the minority and do face a certain amount of marginalisation (I never experienced it or saw it, but I'm told it does happen). Guess what happened over Christmas in practically every store and public space? On nearly every tv and radio channel? All over the apartments where I stayed? Round the clock Christmas celebrations, advertising, decorations etc. Granted it wasn't as overblown as how Christmas is celebrated in the west, but even in an area where by rights nobody should give a shit about Christmas and by pureflix logic they should have genuine opposition to Christmas being celebrated, even there Christmas commercialism was everywhere and there was zero public opposition to it being there. People of all faiths joined in the celebrations because Christmas is a global tradition and an excuse to get together and have fun and buy stuff for eachother, just like everywhere else in the world. I think about that a lot whenever I see rants about "the war on Christmas".

[@anikmonette2140]

@Red Coin And it's not like they can't afford it...

[@jinx6777]

Christmas is in a lot of ways a secular celebration at this point in a lot of wealthier countries.

[@SpukiTheLoveKitten75]

On top of that, Jesus is a revered figure in Islam so a Muslim celebrating Christmas isn't as weird as it sounds.

[@chaosbringer82]

Love how he says "I'm just one grandpa" as though he's not, y'know, THE MAYOR

[@HylianFox3]

Just another example of how awful this movie is. Him being the mayor was totally an afterthought.

[@mindlessgonzo]

Nobody celebrating Christmas? Then explain the THOUSANDS of cartoons, movies, specials, sales, greeting cards, photo filters, and businesses dedicated to Christmas?

[@SongbirdAlom]

Ssshh, it's illegal to say the C-word since The War on You-Know-What, remember?

[@sirprize275]

Little Bear funny how you never hear about a war on Yule, a religious holiday that was actually covered up by governing forces

[@LupineShadowOmega]

mindlessgonzo, even in non-christian leaning countries. Like Japan whom freaking loves the holiday, but tends to be shinto, buddhist, etc.

[@anikmonette2140]

And the fact that the Christmas period seems to stretch further and further each year?

[@jacindaellison3363]

Charlie Brown Christmas still plays on ABC, and they still haven't censored Linus quoting Luke 2 or him telling Charlie Brown "That's what Christmas is all about, Charlie Brown"

[@garrettcarter2959]

"People don't celebrate Christmas anymo..." Suddenly, a KZbin Ad specifically promoting Christmas interrupts him.

[@redrum41987]

You said this 4 years ago, yet still rings true, now in 2020. All during the Covid 19 pandemic.

[@MikeLAslade]

@@redrum41987 yup hahaha

[@MinscFromBaldursGate92]

Perfect timing.

[@SAPProd]

@@redrum41987 except for those of us in Georgia, where’s it’s all GOP ads shitting on Jon Ossoff and Raphael Warnock.

[@chayden153]

I got an ad for Planned Parenthood

[@therealmanos]

The same people that insist that there's a "War On Christmas" are the same assholes that tried to replace Halloween with "Harvest Festivals" back in the 90's.

[@disneydork100]

therealmanos that was a thing?

[@halfdemonprince]

disneydork100 www.spokesman.com/stories/1997/oct/14/school-board-defends-death-of-halloween-parties/?amp-content=amp

[@XFlare17]

40 XDDD I'd watch that movie. Call it, Halloween's last hayride

[@MinscFromBaldursGate92]

Real life Wickerman.

[@paulcharles2457]

Oh my god I remember that shit

[@HrothgarXII]

There needs to be an extra scene at the end of all the Jews going "So does this mean we can put up a giant menorah at city hall?" and him going "Pfffft, no."

[@markwilliams2620]

Festivus pole! Less than $200 in materials. Makes the fiscal conservative in me warm and fuzzy.

[@Earthstar_Review]

I would actually watch the movie if they were this self aware.

[@Goldarlives]

I want a Satanist version where they put up a Baphomet statue

[@MinscFromBaldursGate92]

Merry Festag and praise Sigmar.

[@paulhaywood1615]

Don't they own city hall anyway?.

[@Woodenfan]

Honestly, I kinda liked the beginning of this movie. Having a father have a moral dilemma about losing his son and having his faith challenged would be a really good idea for a movie. He could eventually come to terms and accept his son's passing in a faith-based way, and it could be a really solid spiritual/moral message. Sadly, we got this.

[@MissSallyB1]

you know shit's serious when Brad has to go outside *twice*.

[@megatron6713]

I love seeing him get so passionate and confident in his points.....its so....... badass, and hot 🔥.......he's SO FUCKING CUTE 😍!!!!!.......

[@charlesm7215]

👀

[@HylianFox3]

It's been a while since I last saw this Snob episode, so when that crotchety Revere guy started going off about how Christmas decorations are illegal, I thought "I could go outside RIGHT NOW and show how every lightpole along main street has a Christmas tree attached to it" Lo and behold, Brad goes outside and does exactly that. Then it all came flooding back to me.

[@29AndreG]

The fact that they show the son die in the video for this propaganda piece is tasteless and offensive to actual soldiers who died in war.

[@GasmaskAvenger]

It would totally be like celebrating the life of a news reporter by showing him getting beheaded by jihadists. Them fundies whackos make Jörg Buttgereit look reasonably sane in comparison.

[@jac_238]

29AndreG imagine all those scared kids in the audience

[@nomobobby]

Especially the non-Christians ones, like the Jews, Muslims, Atheists, etc..

[@avalynpoe4441]

Aye. God bless the actual soldiers who the government doesn't care about.

[@austinpersing3132]

Can I just say that all of these christploitation films are absolute garbage.

[@tacoman422]

Geez, if they thought they were being persecuted for "celebrating Christmas", how are they going to take it when someone presses charges over them showing footage of a man dying in a public school auditorium full of children and their parents?

[@matthewmccoyd2578]

"For a long time people have been trying to pass laws that ban Christmas altogether" *WHATS THAT I CANT HEAR YOU OVER MARIAH CARRY*

[@taylorholmstrom248]

"I wanted the world to stop and understand the pain I was in." That basically sums up Bob's whole character. His whining about the "War on Christmas" and his turning the school play into military propaganda are both the end result of that one line. He's like a whiny five-year old who cries "PAY ATTENTION TO ME!" when his parents look away from him for a split second.

[@TheBonkleFox]

nice doctah wahwee pic.

[@Malkmusianful]

i remember when i used my son's wartime death as a means to whine about how they don't say christmas as a catch-all for the december-time holidays jesus christ, even big boss would CQC bob revere a new one

[@vfaulkon]

Y'know, I do sympathize with what he's going through, but I think it's telling that this story, while focusing on him, seems to neglect the fact that the rest of his family lost someone too, and maybe they're also trying to deal with it somehow. Maybe this good Christian character could, y'know, help the rest of his family cope with the loss at the same time he is instead of whining over Christmas on his lonesome. Then again, I'm probably preaching to the choir here, since any reasonable person, Christian or otherwise, is probably thinking the same thing already, while the rest are too busy trying to save Christmas from the non-existent threats surrounding it.

[@crimsondynamo615]

That can also be applied to the party that the directors of this movie follow

[@sta3po]

@@vfaulkon Yeah, because the widowed single mother moved away to spite you, not for another reason like say needing to have a place to live and employment. They needed you most you selfish prick.

[@patrickstivers7387]

"400 years ago our forefathers left the religious oppression of another land to build this one." No, they left countries that kept telling them "You folks are a little extreme for our tastes. Stop burning people as witches just because they looked at you funny." to build a country where they could keep right on doing that.

[@imrustyokay]

This hurts because it's too fuckin true and explains too fuckin much

[@Dreigonix]

+Patrick Stivers Conservatives: Fighting for the right to take away other people’s rights since the dawn of civilization.

[@Malkmusianful]

the Anglican church was complicit in the witch hunts too. the Puritans weren't the only one. it was part religious squabble and part "hey, there's a lot of tobacco here, i sure hope the natives don't mind if we sell a bunch of it in England" colonialism.

[@the25thprime]

....could we convince them to leave again?

[@KennyTew2]

the25thprime as long as you don’t convince them to come back here to England we don’t mind.

[@louisduarte8763]

2:28 Look at this proud patriot, riding with the flag of the country he loves while breaking its motorcycle helmet laws.

[@CinemaBiohazard]

In his defense, a head injury will not affect him cognitively. Like, at all. It's like just smooth Nerf in there.

[@MadameTamma]

Remember last year when people were getting up in arms because Starbucks coffee cups were plane red and didn't say "Merry Christmas"? Considering that the owner of Starbucks is Jewish, what if this year the cups all said "Happy Hanukkah on them. Could you imagine everyone's reactions? "WHAT IS THIS SHIT?! THIS COMPLETELY DISREGARDS THE MILLIONS OF PEOPLE FROM EVERY OTHER FAITH. WHY DOES YOUR HOLIDAY GET TO BE THE DEFINITIVE- Ohhh now I get the happy holidays thing."

[@noraarcadia635]

MadameTamma People who do that aren't that self-aware.

[@bluecoin3771]

A Festivus for the rest of us.

[@autobotstarscream765]

Remember, Christ didn't celebrate His own birthday on the freaking 25th of December, but He did celebrate Hanukkah in the Gospels! 😇

[@DjVortex-w]

Law says: "Schools cannot make students pray (because that would be a breach of the 1st amendment.)" What American conservative Christians hear: "Students are forbidden from praying within the school's premises, even at recess." Law says: "Schools cannot force students to read the Bible (because that would be a breach of the 1st amendment)." What American conservative Christians hear: "Students are forbidden from bringing Bibles to school." Perhaps American conservative Christians would benefit from some reading comprehension courses.

[@QueerKitsune]

My hyper-conservetive aunt goes on rants about how Christianity isn't allowed in schools. My mom, an actual public school teacher required to know what is and isn't allowed in schools, has never been able to set her straight.

[@Dreigonix]

Because facts don’t matter to wingnuts.

[@Malkmusianful]

we had moments of silence - and i saw some students pray during that time and in 11th grade AP world lit, we actually read the Book of Job because it (read: the King James Bible) was important to the development of Modern English when i didn't get sued by the ACLU (who members of my youth group told me were really bad because they're oppressing the Christians like they did in Rome), that's when I realized that American conservative evangelical Christianity was maybe a bit too reliant on the whole persecution complex thing. I didn't lose my faith because my faith is my faith, but my faith being my faith doesn't mean I have to make people think exactly like me or that people with no faith are like really bad or like Thehammer Hammerschmidt because, at that same time, I ran into some of the best teachers in the world who weren't too enthused with religion and, hell, openly stated their atheism in the classroom when asked. I didn't convert them, they didn't convert me - but they did make me a bit more critical about what I was putting into my head. what i'm trying to say is that bob revere can shove his entire motorcycle up his ass

[@dame3323]

Dreigonix What about free speech? The left wants the government to shut down reviews on captain marvel lol

[@dame3323]

Dreigonix on a side note this movie is fucking terrible

[@TheBrianJ]

I am completely offended that this movie ruined a perfectly good Winter Space Odyssey play.

[@MegaManXPoweredUp]

I'm not. Wouldn't it basically be "Life Day" from the Star Wars Holiday Special?

[@iamkroot6098]

@@MegaManXPoweredUp the start wars holiday special is better than this movie

[@NukaLemonade]

@@MegaManXPoweredUp As a wookie, I beseech filmmakers everywhere to create a high-budget Life Day movie with all the traditions like geriatric interspecies VR porn and Jefferson Starship.

[@MegaManXPoweredUp]

@@NukaLemonade You've changed my mind. I'm sorry for disrespecting wookie culture.

[@maximusdork3336]

Winter Space Odyssey could be a funny, self referential play about aliens that come to understand christmas but get it all wrong, and there could be a ton of references to many christmas stories.

[@TheGameQube]

Fun fact: I was an extra in this movie (I'm the fat kid on the left at 8:19). Yeah, I'm not exactly proud of being in it, but I guess it technically means I made a cameo in a Cinema Snob episode, so I guess that's something. On a side note, I'm a bit surprised that Brad didn't mention "Chuck Norris approved" being printed on the DVD case. I'm sure there's an easy joke in there somewhere.

[@firefly4f4]

"School districts across the country are taking Christmas break off the calendar and replacing it with winter break." Oh, the HORROR! They changed the name to reflect that not everyone celebrates Christmas during that period! Guess we can't celebrate our own holiday anymore... wait...

[@Malkmusianful]

oh, no, celebrating the maccabees for being kickass fighters and keeping a temple's lights on for eight crazy nights is, like, forgetting that jesus exists and replacing him with that joke holiday from seinfeld i want to challenge bob revere to the feats of strength, he's had it easy long enough

[@TetsuDeinonychus]

@@Malkmusianful Ah, a Festivus for the rest of us.

[@MinscFromBaldursGate92]

@Malkmusianful The card says Moops.

[@FiredraPhoenixhawk]

"400 years ago, our forefathers left the religious oppression of another land to build this one..." Yes, they left oppression........from other Christians and they didn't get along either when they came here.

[@ignacionadeo1306]

So I've seen people whining about the Cinema Snob being some liberal talk show. Honestly, I just want him shitstomping more people who are doing Christianity no favors.

[@CinemaBiohazard]

Did anybody else laugh at Jesus Son getting killed? It's so sudden that I can't take it seriously. I really doubt the mentality of someone actually buying this obvious bullshit. Is there a dare going around Christian circles to see just how far they can go before the propaganda becomes apparent and insulting?

[@ignacionadeo1306]

Considering they cross the 'apparent and insulting' line immediately, no, I don't think they do it intentionally. They're just not interested in making a good movie.

[@culwin]

The "alt-right" crowd has infected almost every internet forum at this point and they are very loud and annoying.

[@therrydicule]

You don't need to be liberal to call bullshit on such bullshit.

[@VineFynn]

I don't understand why. It's not liberal to point out that something is a lie or propaganda.

[@ShinobiSora]

Christmas doesn't even have to be a religious thing. People celebrate it in Japan and they have an incredibly low percentage of Christians. They do a lot of the same stuff, just without the religious parts. A ton of people that aren't Christian celebrate Christmas for numerous reasons. A Christmas space odyssey sounds kinda awesome. Or they could just do something like The Gift of the Magi or A Christmas Carol or even just make a new story?

[@QueerKitsune]

I'm not Christian, but I still celebrate. My mom had a Muslim coworker who celebrates Christmas.

[@anikmonette2140]

I don't really care about Christmas but every non believer I know celebrate the shit out of it. And to be fair my atheism has nothing to do with me not wanting to decorate or being festive, I just don't like it anymore.

[@SALshaNoma]

I celebrate a non religious Christmas.

[@majorblitz3846]

Christmas is like that one Global event update on your video game. It depend on your decision whether you'll take it in serious manner or as simple celebration event.

[@Rayzersword]

"Hey there Mr Shintoist, Merry Fucking Christmas. God is gonna kick your ass you infidelic pagan scum." -Mr Garrison, and this movie.

[@nomduclavier]

The puritans weren't even escaping persecution; England was becoming /less/ discriminatory re: religion. Thus began the proud American tradition of thinking you're oppressed when you can't dominate everything.

[@TheAirBear2000]

And they OUTLAWED Christmas!

[@kylehastings6401]

Also they persecuted people who didn't conform to there beliefs. That's how I think the state Rhode Island got started. I believe it was founded by people who were persecuted and exiled by the puritans. I also think they drove the quakers into New York and Pennsylvania, and any who came back were hanged. And there were also the witch trials.

[@servoaugusta513]

What exactly are you disagreeing with? The puritans did ban Christmas and did play victim for the fact they couldn't play dictators of everything for the fact England couldn't handle their stringent crap. Seriously, what exactly is your issue?

[@servoaugusta513]

What b.s is are you referring to?

[@Asliferollson]

Titus Snyder man your a big Tit

[@Beevenhouse]

Brad deserves so many more subscribers. 'Merry Christmas, take care of each other and yourselves, and don't be a fucking idiot.' Now I want THAT on a Christmas sweater.

[@heinrichagrippa5681]

Holy shit. That explosion scene just took the movie from the regular tasteless pandering I'd expect from this kind of film to some whole new dimension of tasteless lunacy. I mean seriously, were the writers thinking something like: "We really want to emphasize the weight of Bob's son's heartfelt message with the fact that he never came home. The audience is probably too stupid to make that connection though." "Well then, how about have Bob somberly tell the audience that it was the last message his son recorded before he died?" "Nah. Too subtle. Hey! I've got an idea. How about we show the soldiers' sudden, horrifically violent deaths on camera as they get blown up by a fucking mortar." "Um... is this still taking place at the end of a school nativity play?" "Yes." "And... you don't see anything wrong with this? Like traumatizing an entire auditorium of families who were only there to see a school play? And making Bob look like an unhinged lunatic for showcasing his own son's violent death to the entire audience?" "Nah man, it's to like, emphasize the realness. We can tell the audiance American soldiers die for our freedom, but they won't get it unless we literally show them dying." "What does this have to do with Christmas again?" "It's, you know... they're sacrificing themselves... like what Jesus did." "And the actual audience watching the movie, you don't think they'll be shocked and appalled by this grotesque, tasteless addition to the film? That they'll find it offensively crass and exploitative, especially if they actually had family members in the military who died in combat?" "Hmm.... nah."

[@redjed100]

Bob actively kept the video from Christian. The video being shown at the play is on Christian’s head. And in any reasonable world, it would result in everyone connected to his “operation” being expelled.

[@CinemaBiohazard]

We should also note that 'defending America's freedom' was two wars created out of a response to the 9/11 attacks that didn't hold the person we were looking for at the time. So defending America's freedom is a tad rich.

[@multitudeofidols]

They want to put the "Christ" in "Christmas", yet their kids evidently have virtually little knowledge of the Bible. I think that says far more than the filmmakers had intended. And they had to take a cross down from a mission church? Reminds me of a Christian movie I happened upon once where a church had to take down a nativity scene because of those pesky secularists. A _fucking church_. Do they sincerely think that's a thing? Do they really not understand how state-church separation actually works?

[@AntiFaGoat]

Ikr? Why don't you spend time with your kids and, you know, read the Bible?! I may not follow my family's religion anymore, but did a lot so I could understand the Biblical story. Every Sunday leading up to Christmas we would light a candle on a tabletop wreath and read specific passages about Jesus' birth (advent). Then we had Midnight Mass at church where we, again, read specific passages about Jesus. And then we had the Rankin-Bass specials that actually took place in the Biblical story to watch all month at home and with lots of religious Christmas songs. If your kids ain't getting enough Jesus, that's YOUR fault, not the city's.

[@dxfede]

Man, this has to be the biggest "war on the straw" movie I have ever encountered. Also , did schoolchildren just saw a soldier getting blown off?

[@Sarkkoth]

And the parents clapped lol

[@Malkmusianful]

yup they did

[@FrenkTheJoy]

Jesus Christ, who in the hell would react with *slow clap* to a video of a bunch of people getting blown up? Let alone the whole auditorium? I'm sure there were young kids in that audience. Nobody screamed? Nobody yelled "What the fuck?!" Where was the rumble of rage and annoyance, not only that some kid hijacked a school play to make himself feel better, but that he showed a bunch of people getting killed?? What universe are all these filmmakers living in??

[@msfondue]

"I'm just one kid," said the one kid. "I'm just one grandpa," said the TOWN MAYOR.

[@williammorahan4907]

What’s that from?

[@coolnerdlll6053]

​@@williammorahan4907 They're quoting the movie and pointing out how stupid the line is. It's not a reference.

[@bul13ts]

There is a mall just a couple minutes away from where I live. In that mall, at the very center, is a gigantic fucking Christmas tree that threatens to break through the roof. It is covered in enormous ornaments the size of basketballs and bows that were taken straight off the head of Minnie Mouse. In front of this tree is a red velvet armchair where Santa sits so kids can take pictures with him. In my city's downtown area, outside the courthouse, you will still find the ten commandments standing tall and proud on two large stone tablets outside the front door. Every single radio station is overrun by Christmas carols to the point that I never want to hear the song "I Saw Mommy Kissing Santa Clause" again. Sears has been a forest of Christmas trees since the middle of October. Fred Meyers is a mess of red and green. The Hallmark Channel and Lifetime are both pumping out new Christmas romances like there's no tomorrow, and plays their old ones on repeat twenty four hours a day and seven days a week. The food network has no less than three shows dedicated to the season, and while they may say Holiday, it's about as Christmassy as you can get including direct references to the holiday by name during the actual show itself. The entire downtown area of my city is covered in Christmas lights. Superman is constantly compared to Jesus despite being the creation of two Jewish guys in the thirties. Starbucks not only changes all their cups to a red and green motif every December, but they went ahead and plastered snowmen and sleigh bells all over it again because people bitched about it loud enough. And unless you can name me one single holiday in the United States of America which is more heavily marketed, advertised, celebrated, or more shoved in your face than Christmas, THEN THERE IS NO WAR ON CHRISTMAS!

[@melissalayson7275]

Yeah. Even if religious part of Christmas dies in America. The secular part of Christmas will remain.

[@alexmammoth2916]

It hurts to watch the clips in the review. I'm sure Brad used every last ounce of courage to get through this movie. ... liquid courage...

[@KEVMAN7987]

I've always been confused about there being a war on Christmas when Christmas has absorbed Thanksgiving and is eyeing up Halloween next?

[@overlordpichu5577]

kinda makes me think that at some point in the future there will just be one big mega holiday completely foreign to anybody now, and that humankind will spend two thirds the year celebrating it and the other third getting ready for it

[@blixer8384]

I would like to congratulate Christmas for winning the war on Christmas

[@shadenox8164]

Hell you have Christians claiming Thanksgiving is a Christian holiday rather than a secular one commemorating a particular historical event.

[@SuperSwordman1]

Great, now I want to see a movie of a literal war between a world of Christmas and a world of Halloween. Like a Christmas Town vs Halloween Town

[@paulcharles2457]

@@SuperSwordman1 they had that movie the nightmare before Christmas

[@artbargra]

3:47 "Ma'am, I'm afraid we have terrible news. Your son is gay." SNOB: Actually, he's quite dead. With that family, I'm not actually sure being dead is worse than being gay...

[@MinscFromBaldursGate92]

Bob: I have no son!

[@KarnRulez]

Most of us Christians don't care when someone says "Happy Holidays" or there aren't Christmas decorations everywhere. It's honestly just the conservative ones that gripe about that. I'm a devout Christian, but I acknowledge that there are many holidays this time of year for many different faiths. It's easier to say Happy Holidays to someone because you don't know what they celebrate. Why is that such a hard concept?

[@Nitsua2828]

KarnRulez yeah and why is the movie trying to convince people there are people trying to outlaw Christmas.

[@Nitsua2828]

Black Ninja very true

[@SALshaNoma]

Get this, my father is an atheist and still gets upset because it's called Christmas and only Christmas. Me trying to explain there are other holidays in December too didn't matter. 🙄

[@stephaniebaker1542]

When I was a kid, I always thought that "Happy Holidays" was a term to lump in Thanksgiving, Christmas and New Years all into one, since they all occur within about 6 weeks of each other. I thought that the "Holiday Season" was that period of time that began on November 1st. Maybe they're pissed about Christmas being rolled into one massive holiday that celebrates overeating large Turkeys and getting shitfaced on New Years Eve, because lets face it....No one celebrates New year's day. Who knows? sometimes I think that it's not so much actual devout Christians inventing reasons to bitch, but right wing conservatives.

[@graemesmith6721]

But you're not a gigantic crybaby, unlike the people this movie was made for.

[@quibquatch3975]

Am I the only one who laughs hysterically when the son dies in the footage they show during the play? It is just so fucking insane and over the top I can't deal.

[@CinemaBiohazard]

Also, wouldn't a direct missile strike kinda make everything in that radius simply not exist anymore? We're seeing a person playing dead when in reality the camera, soldiers, and building would be ash and pieces of debris.

[@TheZombiehunter24]

Silent Night, deadly night is more believe and sense-able than this movie.

[@tophers3756]

This movie should be called "Last Ounce of Decency".

[@germanvisitor2]

*No Ounce of Decency

[@brightredphoennix]

6:04 Okay, timeout. I went to a Catholic university. While I was there, we had a building on campus an old church and had been renovated into classrooms. One of the first things the Catholic school did when they bought the church was take down the steeple. And they didn't do it because it offended someone; they did it because the building was NO LONGER A CHURCH.

[@CrazyRiverOtter]

I'd bet that cross wasn't taken down because people got offended but because it was the tackiest church crucifix I've ever seen in my life.

[@julieporter7805]

CrazyRiverOtter Already I was thinking of Joyce Meyer and her huge neon purple cross on top of the hill where her "Get to Heaven By Paying Me" ministry is located.

[@stephaniebaker1542]

It looked like something you would see near a downtown bus station in a large city.

[@dukespubber741]

Brad, I absolutely love you reviewing these Christian movies, but I have no idea how you power yourself through these. I can barely get through these truncated versions in your reviews.

[@Alfador42]

Damn. I know right? The things Brad does for us.

[@konstance13]

Duke Spubber So true. Similar to how I love his jokes in the War Room review, but there are parts I have skip because I get that angry at the movie.

[@rogergurman1570]

I think he gets either drunk or high. Perhaps both.

[@luisalonsoecheverria]

He's sat through Fun In Balloon Land aka A WHOLE LOTTA FUCKIN NOPE!!!! I'm sure these are no biggie!

[@dukespubber741]

luisalonsoecheverria Fun in Balloonland is just extremely inane. These Christian movies actually induce anger.

[@HanaBakemono]

"Not one station plays real Christmas music anymore." Dude, where I live, we have a radio station that plays Christmas music all year round. We even have stores that sell Christmas stuff 24/7. I think more people are overly hyped about Christmas than downright hating it. These movies are so cringe-worthy, it strains at my sanity and anxiety levels. Mainly because there are people who pay money to see this shit and eat up everything that is said and shown. Keep up the good work, Brad. Tear these movies a new one and show no mercy.

[@chayden153]

So I went to Bath and Body works the day *After* Halloween last year and they were already blasting Christmas music, they had their holiday collection of lotions and candles and body mist out, so him saying that there are no stations that play Christmas music anymore is bullshit

[@MatthewMcCoyd]

*To the tune of 'All I Want For Christmas Is You'* THE UNENLIGHTENED MASSES THEY CANNOT MAKE THE JUDGEMENT CALL

[@cheapbuddha6345]

I really don't understand the 'War on Christmas' people. How can they sit on there soap-box, receive millions of dollars of funding from somewhere, and unironically say that their religion is being persecuted in a nation with 70%+ people who identify with that religion?

[@gumshoejump]

Money, my boy. These movies are cynical af. There's people who legitimately believe they are being prosecuted and oppressed for celebrating Christmas, and the people who make these films cash in on their human need for validation. Re-enforcing their idea that they are being prosecuted and thus resulting in the market for Christmas War propaganda films to sustain itself. It's also why normal Christian films are the way they are too.

[@kristianfischer9814]

Because fanatics need enemies to validate themselves, and the people who genuinely believe that white Christians are marginalized and persecuted in the US are most certainly fanatics. Note: the vast, VAST majority of Christians don't buy for a single second that there's a "War on Christmas". They're busy having actual problems.

[@KarnRulez]

Most of us Christians do not care and know that there is no "War on Christmas". We know it's something Faux New started to get people riled up.

[@talynhastime9343]

Well, my similarly politically aligned friend, it's I think more about how the status quo is being questioned. The US has almost always had Christianity in some form or another. Christianity has been the predominant way of thinking and point of reference for generations and millions of people. For people to say "No, that isn't how it is. You need to stop believing like it's The Truth and the only Truth." well people get confused. What do you mean, it's not The Truth? Of course it is. It's always been The Truth to them, it's something they don't even question, like how a person doesn't question that salt is salty or the sun will rise. To be told that what you perceive to be reality is but an opinion and not the only way of life can get people defensive and mad. These are likely the same people that don't realize that Christmas is a pagan holiday or that massive spending isn't what Jesus would want. Honestly, I respect people that celebrate it as a secular holiday (a time to give gifts and spend time with family) or as a genuine reflection celebrating Jesus's birth much more than religious people that act like Christmas is the be-all, end-all determination of your worth as a human being (You DON'T BELIEVE IN THE HOLIDAY SPIRIT?!) or people who act like Christmas is all a sham. Oh it sort of is, but don't bring us down with your nihilism. It's the last thing we need in -20 degree weather.

[@thesun5275]

America had strong Christian roots, but note the term had. Now those roots have gone dry and people are moving away from all of that.

[@dannytheman1313]

Damn I think this is the first time I have ever seen Brad leave the couch to make a point.

[@TheRoflcer]

There was the "Beware, Children at Play' which I don't think has been uploaded to KZbin yet, and 19 minutes into 'To Catch a Yeti'

[@dannytheman1313]

***** I know he's left to do skits and things like that like him running and getting out of breath in the intro for Golden Girl. I mean I think this is the first time I have ever seen him leave to emphasize a point he was trying to make.

[@TheRoflcer]

***** I know what you said, and I think points were made with both I listed, even if both were used comedicially.

[@Victorblud]

So far I think "Old Fashioned" and possibly "To Catch A Yeti" are the only movies where Snob has been legit and outwardly pissed. I mean he plays mad all the time but in "Old Fashioned" in some parts you can see where he just wants to take the dvd and put it through a wood chipper. This movie...hits some nerves but I think it's more aggravated annoyance than actual anger.

[@toddlazarus5952]

No one should ever be allowed to celebrate Christmas in a different way than me!

[@ashyuka300]

The cutaway to what Springfield looks like right now...fucking priceless. 😂

[@MinscFromBaldursGate92]

''Take your perception complex and shove it strrraight up your ass!''

[@Thegr8MC]

9:09 They watch Fox News. Need I say more?

[@SamLemont]

You read on huffpo that fox news is bad, fur-shit?

[@Thegr8MC]

Diggin' the Southwest One, I don't need to (nor have I ever) read the Huffington Post. Anyone who has half a brain and can do even basic fact checking can clearly see that Fox News is very biased and misinformative. Two. Fur shit? Really? Well I have to at least give you credit for being the first to not call me furfag. But c'mon! If you're going to insult me for being a furry could you at least put in the effort to make your insults creative and memorable?

[@SamLemont]

The Great MC hurhur faux news is the only biased news source ever.

[@Thegr8MC]

Diggin' the Southwest Well DUH! I mean it's not like literally every news source ever is entirely bought and paid for and has their own agenda to push. No, it's ONLY Fox News that is guilty! I'm glad to come to this realization with another like minded American. (You are American, right?)

[@agentleman4610]

The Great MC And look at Bill O'Reilly now. Out of a job and getting sued right and left. Oh how times have changed.

[@Real1Gaming]

Damn, this was a fantastic Snob episode! One of his best I feel.

[@notjim688]

check out his dvdr hell

[@thebd798]

The video of the son being blown up took this film from ridiculous to repulsive. Brad, you're doing Glob's work. May Grod bless you. I need a drink.

[@avalynpoe4441]

Gorb bless you, Cinema Snob.

[@baneh1329]

I fucking laughed so hard

[@MinscFromBaldursGate92]

No God, GRODD!

[@iamkroot6098]

@@avalynpoe4441 I AM GORB (hollow Knight reference)

[@Malkmusianful]

when i first saw that scene on a torrented copy of the film (after hearing about how much of a mess it was from my childhood friend), i was flummoxed and angry. it's like i saw a christian film dip its toes into sweet movie territory without the fucking finesse - and with an unironic smile on its face because, as we all know, watching people fucking die in front of your eyes is grounds for getting into the christmas spirit also, what kinda fuckin' school puts on a christmas pageant on christmas eve

[@stephaniebaker1542]

most of these people whining about their imagined "war on Christmas", yes, have really never learned how to count their blessings. Let's break this down. They usually have good jobs with a stable income, have nice homes in safe and well maintained neighborhoods, have disposable income for toys like motorcycles and boats, have supportive family and friend social networks, good kids who stay out of trouble (usually), etc.... but if just ONE person or fast food coffee joint wishes them "happy holidays', or sells plain red coffee cups, they lose their damn minds, and are damn near suicidal.

[@CinemaBiohazard]

I think it's because their lives are so drama-free that they have to create drama in order to break the monotony. Most of these types live on giant tracts of land far away from each other and other human beings with their only window onto the actual world being nothing but the most base and vile propaganda. Honestly, their whole lifestyle is the definition of 'gilded cage' and they're doing all of this destructive shit because they're deeply bored and angry. They're addicts to anger and it's pathetic to see.

[@jayb9540]

i remember the Texas Israeli war of 1999....what a time to be alive

[@jokerz7936]

I had friends who fought in that war. They still get the chills if they see a Stetson or a Yamaka. Never Forget.

[@MattEldritchHorror]

Here in Canada, it was the Eugenics War of the 90s.

[@zillafire101]

jay b I left home for tax a boy... I returned... a man. A broken man. *stares off in the distance*.

[@nathanclark2424]

Spider_Fan14 ah yes. Not to mention the resource wars that followed soon after

[@Asliferollson]

Almost as glorious as the Swiss-Brazilian war of ‘04

[@edgeyberzerker]

So basically they showed the whole school a snuff film.... WHAT???

[@chayden153]

Im no expert, but I feel like the parents would sue for potentially traumatizing their kids

[@matthewmccoyd2578]

"Potentially"@@chayden153

[@Lukkilikka]

Our school plays in elementary school were written by the kids so they had plots like "santa claus is kidnapped by aliens" or "nerds hire a karate teacher to teach them martial arts and they beat up bullies" or "the principal wants to be re-elected like he's a politician and it's a weird political satire". (Or my Christmas play about two angels that come to earth and cause the apocalypse and everyone dies and talso Jesus was a vampire. It was rejected for not having enough roles for kids) Lot of them were bad , but they were at least different and kids got to try their hand at writing plays.

[@Tareltonlives]

Those are actually better than the Nativity in that it's not really, really played out

[@magnatcleo2043]

I'm surprised that idea was only rejected for not having enough roles.

[@Tareltonlives]

""santa claus is kidnapped by aliens" S-A-N-T-A C-L-A-U-S HOORAY FOR SANTY CLAUS! Seriously, Santa Claus conquers the Martians is a better film than this. More realistic, too

[@MattEldritchHorror]

holy shit, I wish I went to your school!

[@horaciosi]

Did the actors tried to sabotage the play for no reason other than to shove their beliefs into other people's throats?

[@TheWingless]

I was keeping an open mind that this wasn't a by-the-numbers extreme right-wing love-affair, but making the only principle Black character the villain? Mmmwah! GENIUS!

[@graemesmith6721]

Gee, it's almost like conservative white Middle America is scared of black people or something!

[@WilfredoWolganG]

That rant at the end was classic.

[@TaraGothGirl]

I actually remember a nearby theater not only playing this for 2 weeks, but the owner put a message about how "inspiring" it was on the theater's Facebook page. Yes, i do live in the deep South, why do you ask?

[@jacobmatthewcrawford2120]

Not surprising to find out that Chuck Norris praised and recommended this movie. Don't care how kick-ass he was twenty-to-thirty years ago, his approval will never be on the same level as Lloyd's! As far as where I live is concerned, I have never seen anyone get persecuted for celebrating Christmas, religious wise or just because people like the holiday season. I'm an atheist, my family doesn't adhere to any religion, and we all celebrate Christmas together. For us, its just a time to get together, have fun, watch movies, and get some free shit from each other... The points that the Snob made to put these lying, deceptive, and at times shameless filmmakers in their place was just awesome! And it was cool to see the Snob leave his review room to prove these fuckers wrong! Lastly... Is it just me, or does this movie look like it was filmed after someone rubbed cum on the camera lens? I can honestly say that the quality of Brad's first movie Freak Out (2003) looks better than this shit... Also, Fred Williamson still looks good! And does anyone else this that jailhouse Jesus looks like Willie Nelson?

[@graemesmith6721]

That's because nobody in America is persecuted for celebrating Christmas. The First Amendment is crystal clear on this point. "Congress shall make no law respecting an establishment of religion, or prohibiting the free exercise thereof." It's a non-issue, invented by conservative propagandists to foment outrage among ignorant yokels, and a smokescreen for what they're really angry about (abortion, gay marriage, evolution, and that white males can no longer grope women's asses and call black men "boys").

[@SpukiTheLoveKitten75]

I agree that Jailhouse Jesus looks like Willie Nelson. Shame there wasn't a Willie Nelson reference. At least we got an "Easy Rider" joke in there.

[@AOH2008]

This is what we get, when we become a culture of victims, and a culture of victims is what we get when consideration for others goes out the window. It's like we've been conditioned to believe that people don't care about us, unless we're victims.

[@AntiFaGoat]

David Miller As long as we're acknowledging that people on the left and right both play victims, I totally agree with you. :)

[@AOH2008]

Snowflake Productions Regardless of politics, naturally

[@williammorahan4907]

@@AOH2008 2 Sides - 1 Coin

[@ShinnAsukaYESTaylorSwiftNO]

Me too. The left and right should totally f off and I am saying this as a self-proclaimed anarcho-captialist myself.

[@ElffieElix]

I have a bunch of personal problems with this movie and literally all other Christian movies. My dad is a pastor and I literally grew up with all these movies. I actually bought it all until I was about 10. Then slowly I just started giving up over and over. What was worse is my dad was friends with literally all the hellfighters so I had to act like I liked this movie. For the sake of my dad's job, I had to pretend to like this movie. And my parents don't understand why I absolutely hate going to church now. A) most the people there are petty, rude, and take advantage of you. ESPECIALLY if your dad is a pastor B) everything is run by fear. Everything. I'm still Christian but I refuse to believe in fear tactics. I refuse to believe that today's church where people are so full of hate and closed-mindedness is what was wanted from the original christians. Tl:dr when I'd first seen this movie I'd hoped I'd never had to see it again. Glad someone else hates it too. It's part of the reason I dislike the church.

[@RocketMan2]

Elix you said literally three times. I think you may want to use practically or figuratively instead.

[@SALshaNoma]

I grew up in my step mother's church where her father was the pastor. It's Lutheran so not overly religious and I never really thought much about it growing up. I kept going because I was friends with the other kids growing up. But when I was in high school I asked my grandfather how could Jesus be born on the same day every year yet die on a different day and the only answer was because of the calendar. That's when I started questioning things and learned all about how these holidays were pagan and the church tried to steal them for themselves.

[@Scribblerjohnny]

Soon you'll be an atheist. I welcome your future self.

[@shelbymckinney8888]

@@Scribblerjohnny This isn't a time for you diss all Christians. I'm a Christian and I hate this movie. Not all Christians are the same and you are not better then anybody just because you are no one.

[@medes5597]

@@RocketMan2 it's been fine to use literally for emphasis when speaking in hyperbole and has been for roughly 200 years. You're the one whose wrong, not them.

[@applewatermelons]

“I’m just one kid.” “Well I’m just one grandpa.” I watch this video every year for Christmas and this part still has me in tears every time

[@lonewolfgamingplus379]

"So are you two gonna fuck or something ?"

[@MinscFromBaldursGate92]

That's sounds like a line from a cheesy action movie.

[@10191927]

This was made in 2012? Looks like a late 90's early 2000's movie.

[@SamLemont]

Marth low budget shitty religious film.

[@10191927]

Diggin' the Southwest Just like the Madea movies.

[@subtlebluntduality5997]

That movie felt like 'Last Ounce of Desperation to Play the Victim'!

[@Llirik_Kuynorov]

this is likely what a movie version of the IHOP "red white and blue pancake" guy's life is like.

[@chayden153]

Merica

[@williammorahan4907]

Denny’s And don’t compare something good to *THIS!!!*

[@angrytheclown801]

I don't know, a play about aliens stalking a baby on earth and calling him their king sounds like comedy gold.

[@christophermiller3031]

'not everyone takes a break on Christmas!' omg! respect! I've been watching you for a couple years and you've grown on me 10fold. I'm a server and tbh holidays are always the busy time of year! and restaurants don't close... maybe on Christmas. but I have worked Christmas at Starbucks more than once. lolz

[@ivanolivas9897]

"A sci-fi version of the Nativity" isint that the The Matrix?

[@weathermangohanssj4]

No that's the Sci-fi version of the crucifixion.

[@ivanolivas9897]

Dan Smith you're right. But Star Wars: the phantom menace is definitely a sci fi nativity

[@Theriot6592]

I think it's Superman.

[@flamemasterelan]

Superman's the closest example given so far, but he's more Moses than Jesus. Phantom Menace has nothing to do with the nativity. Lucas just used Jesus for Anakin's background. The nativitiy is literally the story of Jesus' birth, not what he did at age 10, 20, 30, etc.

[@MinscFromBaldursGate92]

Jim Starlin's Adam Warlock is basically Jesus Christ Superstar in space with psychedelic imagery.

[@SarahsKnight0]

14:52 - I am a man of the Christian faith, and even I have to laugh with Brad on what he says here. It's ridiculous how so many Christians - at least in America - act like they are being persecuted over trivial bullcrap these days.

[@HanaBakemono]

So the director of this school play might not be able to do anything for being locked up in a closet. But the crew can, the stage manager who has more control over everything can, the audience can walk out because they were promised an awesome space opera (this happened at my old high school where a musical was so bad, people walked out despite the stage being full of kids), the audience can SUE for seeing a clip of a man being blown up because holy shit why would that be shown at a school play, and the director can press charges after he's let out. And yet people lost their shit over what happened in Hamilton?

[@stephaniebaker1542]

Not to mention, that they didn't know for sure whether or not that scene would trigger some serious PTSD for someone in that audience. But, I'm sure they were of the "suck it up snowflake" mentality.

[@autobotstarscream765]

"We cannot allow the director to witness the war crime that the Christmas Kids are about to perpetrate upon the citizens of Mt. Columbus. His whimsical heart could not bear to see what they are about to show, or even to see other people being forced to watch it."

[@redrum41987]

Snobs sarcasms are always on point tho. Dude really was trying to become Ray Liotta in that moment.

[@Wyattoons]

To me, one of the most head-scratching lines is when he says he doesn’t remember anyone telling him freedom had to be fought for and defended. Like wha... you’re a VETERAN. You are literally one of the people who FOUGHT FOR AND DEFENDED FREEDOM.

[@Othaur]

Wait..they stick the potentially gay drama teacher in the closet...that is one heck of a metaphor.

[@Othaur]

H. M. again that is probably the only subtle metaphor in this entire movie. If you are gay, go back into the closet forever.

[@cadethumann8605]

Othaur What makes you think the drama teacher was gay? He didn't show any signs of being attracted to people of his gender. Just talking/sounding a certain way does not mean homosexuality.

[@Othaur]

Cade Thumann I didn't say he was gay, simply potentially gay. That being said, this film is not subtle, so they were most likely using him as a gay trope.

[@cadethumann8605]

Othaur So what made him potentially gay?

[@Othaur]

Cade Thumann He is a fairly effeminate theater teacher, that is eventually locked in a closet. If you are taking offense that I am calling a character gay, stop right now. I am gay, and this character is a trope of an ambigiously gay stock character.

[@kkme7]

I'm pretty sure the first pilgrims who were fleeing religious persecution were for the separation of church and state for that very reason.

[@GasmaskAvenger]

Right on, Hipster Buttercup.

[@Tareltonlives]

Separation of Church and State was imposed by smart colonials who saw how fucking insane the pilgrims were

[@mastermarkus5307]

+Tareltonlives I'm not an American, so I don't know the history, but I'll bet my ass that all the religious groups would've wanted THEIR rules to be the law of the land, before the (mostly deist) founding fathers gave them rules to follow.

[@Tareltonlives]

You nailed it, actually. That's why there's separation of Church And State so all these religious factions wouldn't murder each other

[@Vanalovan]

The Puritans actually felt that the Church of England (which is linked to the state through the monarch who leads both) had not moved far enough away from several key Catholic practices. They weren't interested in separating church and state, they were interested in reforming a church that was closely linked to the monarchy. Coincidentally, one of the practices that several Puritan groups decried was Christmas because of its links to the Catholic Church and pre-Christian traditions.

[@konstance13]

"You're just pissed because other people wanna celebrate stuff too." Brad, please make holiday sweaters with this printed on the front.

[@CordellMilli]

Literally watch this video this time of year every year now. It's tradition!

[@wingsandash]

As an American-Israeli, I can tell you that 1999 was no joke, damn it.

[@BuccaneerBruce]

I liked him so much better when Patrick Swayze was ripping his throat out.

[@gentlerat]

MST3K did a better job of combining that movie with Christmas.

[@stephaniebaker1542]

yes...RIP Patrick. He had to die, so washed up Roadhouse extras like this guy could continue their dying careers in Christian propoganda porn

[@MinscFromBaldursGate92]

Peter: ROADHOUSE!

[@Helvetica_Scenario]

"Someone make this wet blanket smile every once in a while". I love how these movies inadvertently let out what's wrong with these people. It's all about being miserable all the time about an issue that hurts no one, all so they can constantly play the victim.

[@VirtualBoy500]

Good God, this was pissing me off and I'm just watching a riff!

[@VirtualBoy500]

Hey, wait a minute... Oh my God, I remember now seeing ads for this when it came out!

[@jacobmatthewcrawford2120]

+VirtualBoy500 ----I vaguely remember Chuck Norris recommending this movie back when The Expendables 2 (2012) had just come out. I didn't even remember the title... That's what listing to Chuck Norris as a person will do to you.

[@MinscFromBaldursGate92]

Chuck Norris is overrated.

[@docdave15]

The movie is so bad I just skip to Brad's bits. Yeah, the edited clips of the movie piss me off.

[@blixer8384]

If were going to celebrate a famous Italian why not Leonardo Da Vinci; he's a famous artist, inventor and best of all was not imprisoned for his heinous crimes against the Natives of Hispaniola by the Queen of Spain.

[@wolfworks7339]

I've never understood Columbus day. He didn't discover America, he wasn't looking for it, and that wasn't even his real name.

[@blixer8384]

And we can even get the progressive vote on it because Leonardo Da Vinci may have been gay.

[@beancheesedip8337]

Was he actually imprisoned for it?

[@blixer8384]

Sean Locke He was charged with Sodomy at the age of 24 but the family of one of hem men had the charges dropped.

[@blixer8384]

Oh right he was charged with three other men.

[@ImperialCaleb]

It really is extremely telling that the white biker gang who got into a literal gunfight doesn't make this guy blink but his white grandson doing a minorly expressive handshake makes him worry about those evil black LA gangs influencing him negatively. It's that subconscious "but I'm not a racist" racism that these types of people sometimes have.

[@MinscFromBaldursGate92]

Also the death glare he gave to the truck driver doing hip hop.

[@dunes8817]

Why do they always have to look like something that would air on Lifetime/Hallmark Channel?

[@MarquisLeary34]

Because the politics they're trying to push are more important than making a competent movie.

[@29AndreG]

Most Lifetime and Hallmark channel Christmas TV movies are magic realism and romantic films. And sometimes comedy.

[@JulioCCruz]

Because these movies have the budget of a Twinkie.

[@LibraGamesUnlimited]

Don't I know it. I have a sister who watches every single one of them. :)

[@LibraGamesUnlimited]

***** Like Lifetime and Hallmark on a budget? I will say even Lifetime and Hallmark will, occasionally, get real actors. They might be of the "I thought they were dead" variety but they are actual actors.

[@jamesbiggs8397]

If they really wanted to make a 'saving-Christmas' movie, they should have had them saving Christmas from commercialism. Did they ever even talk about what Christmas is supposed to be about?

[@MarquisLeary34]

Because then they'd have to slag on capitalism and it's gas source, consumerism. You think they'll risk looking like SOCIALISTS?

[@nathaniellevesque2782]

Interestingly enough, the movie titled, "Kirk Cameron's Saving Christmas" preaches that commercialism and materialism is a good thing.

[@jamesbiggs8397]

Nathaniel Levesque It is, but it it also makes people petty. That being said, I agree with Mr. Jones that Kirk Cameron saves Christmas isn't good.

[@nathaniellevesque2782]

James Biggs No argument there. The only person who liked that movie was Kirk Cameron himself.

[@thepickles8833]

"This.. is Christmas.. in America."

[@andrewollmann304]

The Pickles No, it's not....where are the 40 old Hawaiian men pretending to be a youth choir, or the bull that says "bluuuugh," ...or the raccoon that somehow travelled to Bethlehem?

[@JulioCCruz]

"Miss Velma is scary, and her special is scary! I don't like Christmas anymore!"

[@gussiejives]

"And the bull goes... bluuuughhhh...."

[@Triceritrozer]

I love you

[@sporkmclork]

Brad has been snarky, critical, and preachy regarding other views for a VERY long time, even as the Snob (sometimes ESPECIALLY as the Snob). He just happened to be directing that snark at other people's views on film. Politics and religion are equally fair game, it's the internet after all.

[@ghty43]

Such a classic line, horrible line. "I'm just one kid..." "I'm just one grandpa...."

[@lonewolfgamingplus379]

I love the line where the radio is playing Grandma got run over by a Reindeer and he turns it off the radio and says "They don't play Christmas music anymore" I was off the rails dying laughing because how awful it is.

[@Geospasmic]

Science Fiction is a great description of this, it's right out of that Chick tract where Christianity is banned in the future. I'm expecting somebody to be tortured with microchips.

[@Clay3613]

Microchips are sharp yo!

[@mastermarkus5307]

The Harold Penisman one?

[@Geospasmic]

Master Markus LOL I had to look that up but yeah that's the one.

[@mastermarkus5307]

Geospasmic Yeah, that's a bit of a "The Bible Reloaded" inside joke, but that's how I always distinguish it.

[@Geospasmic]

Thank you for introducing me to that, I dig me some good Jack Chick mockery.

[@Mapmaker39]

"I want to watch a play about alien, but instead I watched a snuff film." Now, we need a David Cronenburg remake of this movie.

[@coreyweber2340]

Speaking as a veteran, could the moviemakers want to portray the military can you at least get the uniforms right? Plus he isn't wearing a hat in the bus scene. Jeez can you do at least that?

[@coreyweber2340]

C Wilson Where does it say that?

[@coreyweber2340]

C Wilson U.S. Code Title 10, Subtitle A, Part II, Chapter 45, S772: “While portraying a member of the Army, Navy, Air Force, or Marine Corps, an actor in a theatrical or motion-picture production may wear the uniform of that armed force if the portrayal does not tend to discredit that armed force.”

[@BritishCommentWriter]

So...wait a minute, you can portray your armed forces in a film provided you don't discredit them? So it's illegal to make a film that shows how much we kicked your arses when you tried to invade Canada?

[@103035icle]

BritishCommentWriter well. if the movie was made in canada it would be legal.

[@markwilliams2620]

It's the Skinny Jeans War on BDU's.

[@little_caro_lamb]

I really had to laugh at the protagonist's invoking Plymouth Rock. Like, hello! The Pilgrim Separatists (and the Puritans who later settled in Salem) detested Christmas for being too Pagan and too Catholic! One of their biggest issues with the Anglican Church was its push heighten Christmas festivities. They even outlawed Christmas celebrations until 1681! But aside from that and all the other things wrong with this piece of mindless fluff, I want to personally thank Brad. I've been watching this show for a year now. It has given me endless hours of entertainment and has gotten me through some rough patches. It means so much to me. Bless you for doing it! You are a comedic genius!

[@williammorahan4907]

It’s sad how people make excuses to hate and fear each other, even to this day.

[@33melonpaws77]

How long have these people not noticed that baby jesus isn't the only thing celebrated at christmas? -family bonding -presents -changing of the season -helping people -feasting -that warm fuzzy feeling that makes doug walker turn into a singing, dancing maniac It's like suddenly the wheels started turning in their heads and they realised christmas can be a lovely time with or without religion. Oh the horror..?

[@HarrisBoe]

The "Winter Space Odyssey" play reminds me of a sci-fi version of the Bible I thought up a while back. Adam and Eve are actually genetic experiments created by an advanced alien race, miracles are actually acts of alien technology, and so on. I called it the "Sci-Fible"

[@dunes8817]

That almost sounds like Jupiter Ascending.

[@ThatOneGuy0006]

Harris Boekenheide That's the plot twist in Assassin's creed 2.

[@FNGLHR]

Sure you didn't call it Assassin's Creed?

[@HarrisBoe]

1Kenny30 Assassin's Creed 2 is a lot different from what I'm thinking of, but they do share some major similarities.

[@jac_238]

Dunes8 except this sounds good

[@Moscato_Moscato]

Hey Brad are you going to review Ameriggedon? It got 5 stars from Alex Jones!!

[@agentleman4610]

Deebo Molina Oh god I saw a trailer for that. I swear I could feel my braincells commiting suicide.

[@Zice033]

I've seen copies of that movie at the Local Walmarts and the Local Best Buy. I just now watched the trailer. Brad, Please, do it. It looks like If RED DAWN was made by the same people who made those APOCALYPSE movies that Diamanda Hagan reviewed. And Yes, Let's Not Forget the Alex Jones Endorsement. On the Plus Side, the Disc should make a decent Drink Coaster.

[@andyhoov]

Of course Alex Jones have it 5 stars. He was in it!

[@GermanLeftist]

Oh my goodness, I didn't even knew that thing existed. Holly shit, what the hell? I think my IQ dropped at least 10 points for simply watching the trailer.!

[@andyhoov]

I saw it in theaters and I survived, though I did have to run out of the theater at the end to avoid laughing out loud in front of the audience who was way too into it.

[@JKurayami]

You should sell your title cards as movie posters. I guarantee people will buy them. Or like as dvd sleeve inserts.

[@Zanzoltan]

Best moment of the review... "I think something is missing around your sabotage..." "Guns!"

[@losttribe3001]

Bob: ✅ Christian ✅ Pharmacist ✅ Mayor ✅ Harley rider ✅ Red Blooded ‘Mercian 🇺🇸🇺🇸🇺🇸 ✅ Man with a three incher who is frustrated in the bedroom, has nothing better to do, and hopes this film helps him get some