Even though this movie takes place in the 40s, it could have taken place when I was a kid or even today. Ralphie wants a BB gun even though his mom thinks its a bad idea. Well, kids are always wanting stupid gifts. Kids still act the same way they did a long time ago (when they are not buried in their smartphones). There are still bullies, fighting, and daring your friends to do stupid things. Ralphie is engrossed in listening to his Little Orphan Annie show and even buys a secret decoder ring to be part of her club. Guess what movie just came out in the theaters? Annie!
While in school, the teacher makes them do theme writing, and the theme is "what I want for Christmas". I find this ironic because I had to do lots of theme writing on this movie. So he's doing classwork and I'm doing classwork at the same time. He writes about his BB gun and all its features. The teacher marks it as C+. Notice that there are no red marks anywhere on the paper, meaning there are no mistakes, nothing to justify such a low grade. Maybe the teacher simply didn't like the paper. Sometimes the teacher bases the grade on her opinion rather than actually grading it. Sometimes teachers are just bitches. Fuck you Mrs. Haines.
One thing I really like about this movie is that there's no magic in it. Every Christmas movie we're forced to watch as kids has to have magic in it. The gift he wanted the whole time was given to him by his dad, who, by up to this point hadn't appeared to be the most caring person. He was a stereotypical hardass yet kind of stupid dad we see on too many comedies. It wasn't Santa Claus who gave him his gift, it was his dad. Even though he couldn't afford a new furnace, he still managed to get his kid the gift he wanted the most. I like the dad and his obsession with his precious sexy leg lamp. Where did that even come from. I have to rate this movie pretty high because I was forced to watch it every year and I don't hate it. So I will rate it a 7/10.
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