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How the Grinch Stole Christmas - (2000 movie) poster

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(on Wikipedia)
https://www.imdb.com/title/tt0170016/

A rejected child, who had grown up into a Christmas-hating sociopath, works to sabotage it as vengeance against the town that fears him.

Pretty not bad.



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The Nightmare Before Christmas - (1993 movie) poster

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(on Wikipedia)
https://www.imdb.com/title/tt0107688/
https://movies.disney.com/the-nightmare-before-christmas

Halloween town converts to Christianity and tries to take over the world.

A simple, short, bubblegum movie. It’s quaint and adorable.



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X-COM꞉ UFO Defense image

Entertainment > Games >

(XCOM > on Wikipedia)
https://store.steampowered.com/app/7760/XCOM_UFO_Defense/
was on microprose.com
was on mythosgames.com

Aliens drop by Earth and evil Humans shoot them down and mug them.

Nothing about the interface makes enough sense, and there are no hints as to how things work. It could have been made much better, even back in the day. I’m not going to forgive how bad it is, especially since there was zero effort by Steam to actually fix basic things like aspect ratio.

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The Fallout - (2021 movie) poster

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(on Wikipedia)
https://www.imdb.com/title/tt11847410/

In a world without dads, children have no dads and act like they have no dads, causing everyone to be dismayed and blame guns.

This is an extremely feminine movie from many angles. It misses a few excellent opportunities to explore masculinity, such as the coping mechanisms the males with speaking roles vaguely display. Overall this appeals to everyone or you’re sexist.



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The Truman Show - (1988 movie) poster

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(on Wikipedia)
https://www.imdb.com/title/tt0120382/

For the first time, a child is adopted by a corporation, who uses him to create the reality TV show of reality TV shows.

A fantastic movie that resolves like a hot shower after a good day’s work building a deck; refreshing and wholesome.

See also:



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War of the Worlds - (2005 movie) poster

Entertainment > Movies >

(on Wikipedia)
https://www.imdb.com/title/tt0407304/
was dreamworks.com/wotw/

A bad dad and some shitty kids run away when aliens come down and up and stomp around.

While it’s a great ride, it’s ultimately unsatisfying and can’t be recommended.



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