Scrooged
I know what many of you are thinking right now. But Remy, he has a change of heart! How can you say that Scrooged is a movie for people who hate holidays when it is just a retelling of A Christmas Carol, which is the most beloved Christmas story of all time? Well, my reasoning is simple, really.
For 90% of this movie, Bill Murray hates Christmas, and hates it with a zest and snarkiness that only Bill “fucking” Murray can bring to the screen. I mean, just look at the above photo. Have you ever seen “fuck you Christmas” more astutely summed up? From the look on his face, to the literal “brushing off” of the holiday, that screen capture pretty much says it all (and says it perfectly).
Now to properly address his change of heart at the end of the movie and how that should keep this movie off the list, how about we look at it like this? This character is extremely bipolar. He’s a manic depressive who was having a depressive episode on Christmas eve, had an insane dream (OR DID HE?!) and woke up more manic. You look at it like that, and it stays pretty tragic (and still pretty awesome) because we all secretly know he (and ALL versions of Scrooge) went back to being total assbags the day after Christmas.
Like most people do.
