Jasonic's Favorites: Elf
Hello, and good evening, Internet! This has and always will be my favorite Christmas movie and it means way more to me after playing Buddy the Elf in a production of Elf Jr.: The Musical in 2019! Released in 2003, Elf is one of those recent Christmas movies that people continue to watch every year -- myself included. It was a critical and commerical success and has become a modern classic in the Christmas variety, continuing to charm people on a yearly Yuletide basis. It is one of those original movies that has never banked on the franchise route for good reason though it has since been adapted into Elf: The Musical -- and its Jr. version -- and an animated adaptation of said musical known as Elf: Buddy's Musical Christmas. I, personally, am in the camp that's glad they never milked it to have a sequel and have simply adapted it into other forms, which allows this movie to continue to have a strong legacy in the name of Christmas movies. As a Christmas movie, I have alway...