Comments on: Trading Places: A Christmas Classic Worth Celebrating

By: parfivesin2

parfivesin2 — Mon, 23 Dec 2013 04:18:46 +0000

Trading Places is a comedic classic…full of double entendre. Beautifully written screenplay.

By: Jonathan Cares

Jonathan Cares — Mon, 23 Dec 2013 00:12:19 +0000

Plus… You get to see Jamie Lee Curtis’ FANTASTIC boobs… it doens’t GET any better!!!!!

By: Linda Leaver

Linda Leaver — Sun, 22 Dec 2013 22:36:25 +0000

MUPPET CHRISTMAS CAROL.

That is all.

By: epileptikitty

epileptikitty — Sun, 22 Dec 2013 22:08:25 +0000

“Rare Exports” if you are a very bad person. Highly recommended, along with the two short films.

By: WingedWalnut

WingedWalnut — Sun, 22 Dec 2013 21:58:53 +0000

Jamie Lee Curtis’s untethered breasts. Twice. Proof that there really IS a god.

By: lordkipper

lordkipper — Sun, 22 Dec 2013 20:26:39 +0000

Thank you! My family has watched this movie every single Christmas for the last 20 years. I just wouldn’t be Christmas with out it.

By: Spocko

Spocko — Sun, 22 Dec 2013 20:11:09 +0000

THANK YOU! I agree. I LOVE this movie. The part that I like to point out to people is an exchange between Dan Aykroyd and Eddie Murphy when Aykroyd wants to physically hit the Duke Brothers and Murphy suggests that "If you really want to hurt rich people, you take their money."

This is an important concept that I point out to activists. And if you can not only take their money, but get money in the process (like in the movie) you have REALLY won.
Lots of talk about income inequality these days (thank you Occupy for bringing that issue up!)

I don't like talk of violence because the rich will protect themselves and have an excuse to crack heads in the process, but step to raise their taxes, remove their loopholes, fine them for breaking the few laws they haven't brought yet are all good things. They have been "distributing the wealth" UP for decades. Time to take it back, especially when they do crap like what Wall Street (and the Dukes did.)

By: Varnish Yourboard

Varnish Yourboard — Sun, 22 Dec 2013 19:41:53 +0000

This isn’t a “great christmas movies” list, people! (or sock puppets, you never know these days). It’s a case to be made for Trading Places to be added to all those other lists. And I agree, it’s a classic!

By: Reno Berkeley

Reno Berkeley — Sun, 22 Dec 2013 18:13:02 +0000

I can’t believe you left off “Christmas Vacation.” That and “A Christmas Story” are two of my favorites.

By: Hugh Gass

Hugh Gass — Sun, 22 Dec 2013 17:58:23 +0000

where is Christmas Vacation on this list? That’s a classic