Sunday, January 10, 2021

12 Days: Henry Golding in Last Christmas


'Last Christmas I gave you my heart 
But the very next day you gave it away'


It's appropriate that Last Christmas would be my last 12 Days post celebrating the Christmas holiday season.  Appropriate not just because of it's title, but because I actually put together last January, almost one year to the day.  I'd seen the flick in the theatre early in January, and wanted to include the beautiful Henry Golding in the 12 Days series.  


Given it was January however, I decided to leave until this past Christmas, but only recently discovered it my draft folder.  Instead of waiting until Christmas 2021, I decided to go in and so some edits, and make it the Swan Song for this years series.

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There were so many things about Last Christmas to complain about, it really wasn't that great a flick.  The reviews weren't great.  For some reason, I especially disliked Emma Thompson in this flick, maybe because I love her so much.  Her scenes in Love Actually, a Christmas movie I do pull it often, (although not this year) were a highlight in the film, but in Last Christmas, she was more a caricature  for comic relief. 


One critic called it the worst movie, that you'll end up watching every Christmas.  I don't see many pulling this flick out yearly, but there were a few things about it I enjoyed.  Although an avid movie watcher, I have to cop to being surprised by the movie's twist.  Although the clues were all there, it's surprise packed a mini, but still vivid emotional twist.   I also couldn't help but love Emilia Clarke's character Kate, and even her corny singing at the end did tug at my Christmas heart strings.


The beautiful Henry Golding as Tom was the highlight.  Like so many of you, I've been thirsting after the talented actor since seeing him in Crazy Rich Asian.  It shouldn't be a big deal, yet it sadly is one, and is still incredibly rare to see an Asian actor as the romantic lead in a film, especially Christmas one. Golding more than demonstrates what a colossal mistake that was.  He certainly left his mark on me, and many others, even in a so-so movie from last Christmas. 

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