Miracle on 34th St. (Revisited)
The Cine-Files
Steve Morris & John Rocha
4.8 • 1.5K Ratings
🗓️ 25 December 2020
⏱️ 90 minutes
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Summary
Steve & John are feeling a bit nostalgic this year and decided to take a sentimental journey to a true classic. Miracle on 34th St. is a perfect Christmas movie, it's battle between spirit and cynicism realized perfectly in the performances of Maureen O'Hara and young Natalie Wood.
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| 0:00.0 | Hello Cinephiles and happy holidays and welcome to the world of New York City and Macy's for Miracle |
| 0:06.4 | on 34th Street. |
| 0:07.6 | Yeah, we're doing these intros a new in 2024 these four episodes that were re-releasing our Christmas |
| 0:17.1 | episodes here on the cenophiles and this is one that I had not seen I don't |
| 0:21.8 | think until we did the episode one of those ones that I always |
| 0:26.6 | kind of had in my blind spot and I knew I had to watch it at some point and then |
| 0:31.0 | finally did for the for this episode I'm so glad I did and it still |
| 0:35.4 | remains one of my favorite ones to put on and enjoy in the background when I'm |
| 0:39.6 | hanging out doing Christmas stuff during the Christmas season great performances by Natalie Wood, |
| 0:44.0 | Moreno Herra, and the gentleman who plays Chris Kengo, |
| 0:47.0 | I can't think of his name offhand, |
| 0:48.0 | but great stuff all the way down. |
| 0:50.0 | And please do not watch the color version |
| 0:52.0 | and plea, colorized version, and please do not watch the color version and please do not watch the remake. |
| 0:55.8 | This is the one to enjoy. |
| 0:57.3 | 100% and I think what's so interesting is Maureen O'Hara's just totally business-like and trying to educate her kid of don't believe |
| 1:08.0 | in this stuff. Life is hard, life is tough, be cynical, be rational, and the draw of just the fun of belief in Christmas |
| 1:16.3 | and the belief in Santa Claus and the overcoming of that that you don't have to do that. There is another path that you can walk. |
| 1:34.0 | Well, and it's really deal, and it's so funny these movies that deal with ideas of faith, |
| 1:38.8 | and this one certainly does. And I, as the atheist, I still love them. |
| 1:43.0 | And the final trial scene and the way it works is so much fun, |
| 1:49.0 | even though I can totally remember us talking about it. |
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