A
Christmas Story
1983
Director: Bob Clark
Starring: Jean Shepherd, Peter
Billingsley, Melinda Dillon, Darren McGavin
Alright,
ladies and gentlemen, the gauntlet has been thrown down. In a few weeks time, A Christmas Story is the
movie of the week at my blog club. I
have been avoiding writing about this film for years, ever since I started to
dabble in writing my own reviews six years ago.
Every Christmas I have tried to write about A Christmas Story in my
head, but have never been able to get anything onto the page. Last year I came pretty close – I wrote about
two paragraphs or so – but then couldn’t write anymore. No more fooling around though; this year I
*will* finish this review! Challenge
accepted!
Why
is it so hard for me to write about A Christmas Story?
Because
I love it so dang much.
And
not in a way that I love any other movie.
In its very own, very unique, incredibly particular way that even I have
yet to figure out completely. I love it
with a passion so intense, it actively prevents me from writing about it in any
coherent manner. There are only a very
small handful of films I love this much.
A Christmas Story is in rarefied company,
believe you me.
