Puppy Star Christmas (2018)
The latest of Disney's soulless cash-grab movies about talking dogs. This one stars the puppies of two dogs from a previous movie (I don't care which and neither should you), who sneak into Santa's workshop because he didn't respond to their "list of demands." (Seriously, that's what they call their letters to Santa.) Unbeknownst to them, that's because the villains from a previous movie have teamed up with Mexican dog gangsters (SERIOUSLY) to take over Santa's operation and turn it for-profit. Also, there's a live show they're putting on that doesn't provide anything but padding.
Three reasons in particular I want to see this riffed:
-The puppies are horrible. Not only do they mess things up starting by eating the family Christmas feast (intelligent dogs are the norm in this movie so there's no excuse), but their motives are completely selfish until it's convenient for them not to be and they don't actually do anything to resolve the main conflict!
-Oh, but how IS the main conflict resolved?! Ted, the sole human bad guy, is convinced to switch sides when Santa shows him the incident which caused him to hate Christmas in his naughty/nice records. One Christmas Eve when Ted was an orphan asleep in bed, the matron, in an act of child-hating villainy to rival Mrs. Mavilda, steals all their presents and leaves lumps of coal in their place. But if it's in Santa's records, that means Santa knew about it! SO WHY DIDN'T HE DO ANYTHING ABOUT IT?! This woman screwed with your operation, Kringle! It would've only taken a moment for you to fly down there and confront her, or just personally give gifts the the orphans she robbed and explain the situation to them!
-Psy's in this movie. Just....Psy. Every scene he's in will make you wonder why he's not being led off the set by kind people.
Bobsheaux review here.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=kl6qG6CL_gM