movies

 Partner A and I have not had any luck attempting to watch Christmas movies this year. The first 15 minutes or so of Jingle Bell Heist were so bad we gave up. Anna and the Apocalypse was also bad, but at least it was in an intentional sort of way I guess? Not my genre in any case. The Apartment wasn't really a Christmas movie (despite having the most epic office Christmas party I've ever seen) and the romantic interest was so uncompelling that it was hard to muster any interest in the plot. (Plenty of casual 1960s racism though!) True to its name, White Christmas only had white characters so the racism was systemic rather than overt (though the sadness over the end of minstrel shows... well). It was generally meh but slightly more interesting because I'm never sure with old movies what was supposed to be gay coded and what wasn't. Was everyone supposed to be straight and what appears in 2025 to be a queer storyline misleading because dancing men usually look gay now? Or did the audience at the time also read between the lines?