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I was looking for a good, wholesome Christmas movie to kick off the seasonal activities. The first thing I found was this:

Spoiler review for the new movie Conclave (2024): 

(This may sound like a parody, but it’s not) 

It’s about cardinals that are to elect a new pope. There is an evil cardinal who is conservative and against Islam. There is another cardinal who is good and humble. Then near the end, the good and humble cardinal gives a speech about how we should not be prejudiced against Muslims. Everyone claps and vote for him as pope. Ralph Fiennes character then finds out that the newly elected pope in fact has a uterus, and is an intersex genetic woman. He decides that the right thing to do is to let the intersex person be pope nonetheless.

https://x.com/jonatanpallesen/status/1865179629314548170?t=KspEUUMvYgdOBkB8nvRI2w&s=19

Well, at least I laughed while reading the synopsis. The festivities have been thus kicked off through a bout of laughter.

11 responses to “Christmas Movie”

  1. Dreidel Avatar
    Dreidel

    Of course, having a female pope has always been strictly forbidden by Catholic doctrine, because of Christ’s own actions in choosing only male disciples — but who cares as long as it’s a feel-good movie, right?

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    1. Victoria Avatar
      Victoria

      I always enjoy Charlie Brown’s Christmas & the original Grinch cartoon, Babes in Toyland, Home Alone (I’ve only seen the first so I can’t vouch for any other), and A Christmas Story. As a child I enjoyed Mickey Mouse’s retelling of A Christmas Carol but not sure how it holds up as an adult.

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  2. Dreidel Avatar
    Dreidel

    Of course, having a female pope has always been strictly forbidden by Catholic doctrine, because of Christ’s own actions in choosing only male disciples — but who cares as long as it’s a feel-good movie, right?

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    Dreidel

    Of course, having a female pope has always been strictly forbidden by Catholic doctrine, because of Christ’s own actions in choosing only male disciples — but who cares as long as it’s a feel-good movie, right?

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    Dreidel

    Of course, having a female pope has always been strictly forbidden by Catholic doctrine, because of Christ’s own actions in choosing only male disciples — but who cares as long as it’s a feel-good movie, right?

    Dreidel

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  5. Good Enough Professor Avatar
    Good Enough Professor

    Did you find a movie? Let me put in a plug for the Muppet Christmas Carol, which oddly enough hews closer to Dickens’ prose than any other movie version. Michael Caine COMMITS to his role as Scrooge, entirely undaunted by being surrounded by Muppets, and the music is great.

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  6. v07 Avatar
    v07

    Are they going to get married in the end?

    I mean Ralph Fiennes character and the pope?

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    1. Clarissa Avatar
      Clarissa

      And have babies!

      That would make it a real Christmas movie. Family friendly, wholesome!

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      1. cliff arroyo Avatar
        cliff arroyo

        “That would make it a real Christmas movie”

        Only if they show the conception in graphic detail while Dr Zhana Sexpervova explains why it’s liberating.

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  7. Yavanna Avatar
    Yavanna

    “It’s a Wonderful Life” is a classic; also, a couple of good cartoons are the original Charlie Brown Christmas (1965) and “The Grinch that Stole Christmas”

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  8. donbenham Avatar
    donbenham

    “The Bishop’s Wife” Cary Grant, Loretta Young. 1947

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