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movie review - The Christmas Chronicles: Part Two

the journal of Michael Werneburg

twenty-seven years and one million words

Kokubunji, 2020.11.27

Proving once again that there can't be a good movie without a sequel, this is the unnecessary follow-up to the endearing Netflix Christmas Special featuring Kurt Russell as Santa Claus. This one features a somewhat ginned-up conflict with one of Santa's elves, who becomes evil out of jealousy. It features the same kids as the last outing, and both Russell and Goldie Hawn return as the Clauses. But the magic's largely gone, buried under the contrived plot.

Not recommended.

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Capitalist production, therefore, only develops the techniques and the degree of combination of the social process of production by simultaneously undermining the original sources of all wealth – the soil and the worker.

—Karl Marx