- Hey, guy, welcome back to the present, unless of course you're
watching this in the future, in which case, welcome to the past. So Christmas is in 329 days. What better time to make a video about it? I'm sorry. I racked my brain trying to
come up with a different topic for this. I saw a lot of you guys
asking me to make a video about the Hype House show on Netflix, so I turned it on and then blacked out
after about four seconds and woke up in my
bathtub covered in sweat. I thought about doing one about
Elmo's beef with that rock, but that would have
been like a minute long. I thought about coming on here and admitting that I don't care what clothes the green M&M is wearing, I still want to have sex with it. But then I thought about it some more, and I realized that a lot
of people had to reschedule Christmas activities this year, because there was this
mysterious virus going around. I don't know if you've heard of it. So if you're anything like me, you had to do all that stuff
in the middle of January, sort of a Christmas 2.0, if you will. So think of that is what this video is, a second chance at Christmas, which I would like to copyright because that's a great
title for a Hallmark movie. Nevermind, I just Googled it. Apparently there's like four of those. Anyway, the movies I'm going
to be talking about today are called "No Sleep 'Til
Christmas" and "Holly's Holiday". The two things these films have in common is that the plots are ridiculous, and they're also not
really Christmas movies, in spite of how they're marketed. They just take place in December. But I digress. Let's start with "No
Sleep 'Til Christmas". The movie made me so
angry that by the end, Amanda and I were practically
screaming at our television. Without spoiling too much, because I want you to
discover the madness as I did. One of the main characters
gets completely fucked over, despite doing nothing wrong. And then, the movie ends. And then, to make it even worse, the reviews are mostly positive. People love it. This person watched it three times. This person liked it,
but then watched it again and didn't like it, which is kind of a weird
way to judge a movie, but go off, sis. Another thing real quick, when we first started watching this, I saw in the opening credits that two people had the same last name so I assumed, oh, that
must be her brother. And I continued to think
that they were siblings until a little too far into the movie. They're married, so probably
not brother and sister. Hey, speaking of getting married, this movie is about Lizzie, whose wedding is coming
up in about six weeks, which means it's time to start planning. Look, I'm no wedding expert. I've only been married once, but that is too late to start planning. Oh, shit, babe. Our weddings tomorrow, should
we start inviting people? And even though Lizzie is
an expert event planner. - We're supposed to be one of Chicago's leading event planning companies? - I know.
- She has no ideas for the wedding and she is
so stressed out about it, she can't sleep. She's tried everything, reading books, throwing books on the
ground, counting sheep. - 1000 sheep. - [Drew] But even after this
hilarious insomnia montage, nothing's working. It's important to point out, her fiance, Josh is extremely
loving and supportive. He stays up with her, he
takes her to a sleep clinic, he sends her flowers at work. Really, he's an all around great guy who's got his shit
together and loves Lizzie, which is why it's confusing when the movie seemingly
introduces another love interest. Unlike Josh, Billy is a lazy, unambitious alcoholic who is currently burning a
turkey, stepping on a pie, and getting dumped. - I don't think this is working. (Billy groaning)
- This guy sucks. Sure wouldn't make any
sense if the main character ended up choosing him over Josh. I wonder if she will. Side note, have you ever
noticed how often in movies someone burns a turkey on Thanksgiving? No offense to anyone
who's done that before. But to me, this seems
practically impossible unless you accidentally set
the oven to like 900 degrees. It takes so long to cook one that usually by the
time it's halfway done, I'm finished with all the other sides. Everyone is starving, and now pretty much only
waiting on the turkey, so we're essentially
huddled around the oven hoping if we stare at it hard enough, the top will turn brown. How do people burn turkeys? I don't get it. Anyway, we learn that this
guy can't sleep either, so I guess that similarity will eventually become the cornerstone of their relationship. - Yeah, man, you just need
to learn how to sleep. - If I don't get any sleep,
it's going to ruin everything. (Lizzy screaming) - [Drew] Not even super mega baseball can knock this guy out. So he goes for a run while
she goes for a drive, which is an unbelievably
dangerous thing to do while sleep deprived, especially when the
goal is to fall asleep. (body thudding) I mean, that seemed inevitable. Hey, wait a minute. That's not Billy. Unfortunately, they both
survive the accident so she had to take him to the hospital where they bicker in the parking
lot before falling asleep. - Did I just sleep? - I can't believe I actually slept. This is life changing. Now she has ideas for the wedding, and he's able to dodge this glass. (glass clattering)
- What the? - [Drew] But sure enough,
nighttime rolls around and they can't fall asleep,
and they need each other. How romantic? Isn't the right word. Bizarre. I was going to say bizarre. So she meets back up with him,
and this is where the movie starts abusing the hell out
of the slept together joke. - In the car, the night we-
- Slept together? - But not like that. So he becomes something of
a sleep prostitute for her, in that she pays him money to, you know. - Will you please try
to sleep with me again? - But not like that. - And even if it works now, what happens after you're married? Are you just going to keep
sleeping with this other guy? - [Drew] No, sir. It's not like that. So every night she sneaks out, meets up with the guy she hit with her car so they can sleep in the
same hotel bed together. That's right, in addition
to paying him money, she's also spending
hundreds of dollars a night on a hotel room. In typical rom-com fashion, you see them act progressively
flirtier with each other. Only in this movie, it's weird as fuck because she's literally engaged. And we're supposed to be rooting for this? How about figure something else out? - Are you sure this isn't
getting out of hand? - What are you talking about? We're just sleeping together. - Oh my God. - No. It's not like that. Then there's the boner scene. (Lizzie screaming) (Billy screaming) (Lizzie screaming) (Billy screaming)
And this one. - Can you sit on Uncle Billy's lap? - Please don't do that. Please don't sit on his
lap for several minutes. You might wondering where
her fiance is in all of this. At least she told him about it, right? No, it's a secret. He's just working at the hospital, saving up money for their wedding. Sometimes he works overnight,
which is great for Lizzie because she doesn't have
to come up with a lie. And you can see how this movie doesn't really work as a typical rom-com because as they continue
to go through the motions, I'm just wincing the whole time. I'm waiting for, at the
very least, Josh to fuck up in some major way that warrants this
monumental backstabbing. But as far as I can tell, the only flaw he has is that
his mom is kind of overbearing. So I don't know, talk about it. Also, a lot of it is her fault. She overslept one day
and ended up in jail. She's distracted because
she's thinking about Billy. - Oh, yeah. - This woman is a villain. Why is she the main character? Another example, while her
trusting fiance sits at home, working on their wedding playlist, she goes out to her
bachelorette party and decides, hey, we're all drunk,
let's go to Billy's bar. Are they going to do a
romantic karaoke duet now? Yes. (Lizzie and Billy singing) Of course they are. ♪ I've built my dreams around you. ♪ They're falling in love. Just fucking tell Josh already so you can quit wasting his time. Oh, you're jealous that
Billy's back with his ex now. You don't get to be. As the saying goes, you can't have your cake
and cheat on your fiance. - So who's responsible
for this new Billy then? Do you someone or? - He's sleeping with someone,
but he's not seeing her. - Okay, well, it sounds really bad when you put it like that. - I feel much better
about sleeping with you now that you're seeing somebody else. - But not like that. As you can imagine, when
Josh finally finds out, he is pissed. - Billy makes me sleep.
- What? - [Drew] But he's so willing
to understand what's going on that he offers to bring
them to a sleep clinic, to prove that they can fall
asleep next to each other, and they're not actually just
making sweet, sweet hotel love every night. - Lazy slob? - I know. I know. I'm sorry for all of this. - Yeah, definitely apologize to him, not the guy you're marrying in four days. - Turn the lights, turn
the lights down low. I can feel you breathing slow. - I think that should prove
that you're not fucking. Just sing flirtily to each other while he watches from the other room. - Well, they're asleep. - Merry Christmas. - Oh, I guess it is a Christmas movie. He even got her a Christmas gift, a pillow with a photo of them. Josh is going to love having
that right on the bed. Oh boy, everyone's in
town for the wedding. That's a whole lot of people whose time would have been severely wasted were things to take an unexpected turn. - Honor and protect him as
long as you both shall live. - Lizzie - Okay, now she can fall
asleep in front of her fiance, as long as it's at her
wedding while standing up. - What do you mean you
haven't been sleeping well? I thought you've been sleeping fine. - Josh. Please, not now. - Not now, Josh. We wouldn't want you
to make a scene, Josh. - I guess the honest answers is no. - I hate you so much. - I really wish I'd left you in jail. - That's more like it. So she goes out and steals
the just married car and uses it to try to find Billy, who's now aimlessly
jogging through Chicago. (car screeching) (Billy groaning) (uplifting music) Aw, a happy ending. No. - I'm so horrible. - You know, maybe if he'd cheated on her or lied to her over and
over again, or you know, did the things that she did to him, then maybe we wouldn't be so resentful towards the two main characters. I don't know, just a thought. Doesn't matter. I'm clearly taking this too seriously. As a wise woman once
said, it only a movie. He said it. He said the thing. I remember that from the last video. UP next is another Marvista
classic, "Holly's Holiday'. Believe it or not, the most uncomfortable part of this movie is not even that it's about
mannequins coming to life and getting humans to
fall in love with them. But rather, this weird incel behavior that's both encouraged and rewarded by one of the male leads, but
I'm getting ahead of myself. This is the first line of the movie, and I think it sets the tone for everything we're about to see. - There's only a few
more weeks till Christmas and there's still no snow. Sad.
- Sad. Always have your characters say
the emotion they're feeling. That's effective dialogue. Much like in the last movie,
a large portion of the plot is based around the main
characters having to do something that should have been
taken care of months ago. Holly's a graphic designer,
and she and her team have to work up until Christmas Eve to finish an ad campaign that's supposed to go live on Christmas. I will not stand for this plot device. First of all, that design
would have been done in like September. Second of all, why is the ad campaigns
starting on Christmas? Is that when everyone does
their holiday shopping, the day they're supposed
to already have the gifts? Shut up, Hollywood. You don't know shit about the real world. - I guess I shouldn't complain. I mean, I kind of have the perfect life. The only thing I don't have is him. - Everyone in this movie
is so horny for mannequins. Have you ever looked at a mannequin and thought, oh, if only I could date you. (romantic music) The things I would do
to that hunk of plastic. - Come to Oeuvre with me tonight and you'll see a whole room full of walking, talking mannequins. - Great. - If you're looking to meet
him, tonight's your chance. - Don't worry, you'll meet
guys like this tonight at Club Oeuvre. - Oeuvre.
- What's Oeuvre. - New York's hottest club is-
- Oeuvre. - So Holly and her coworker, Milo are working on this ad campaign, and he's really pushing for something different from the norm. - Showing love in all the traditional places.
- Unexpected places. All right. The love that I know, it's flawed. - Instead of two people kissing in front of a Christmas tree, what if they were screaming at each other at a Macaroni Grill? That's real love, Holly. That's what sells diamonds. And like I'm all for out of
the box thinking, but no. Just take a picture of a ring and go home. - We're selling them these
unattainable, unrealistic lies. - Yeah, that's what a
marketing department does. Really, this dialogue is
just here to plant the seeds that while you're out
there chasing perfection, there's a perfectly good
guy standing right here. - And I think that if you look hard enough that you can find the
sweetness and the beauty. - Sure, maybe my body has
a few too many orifices for your liking, but that's
not always a bad thing. - Hey. - You look really great. - Thanks.
- Thank. Later when he surprises her at the club, this is how he announces his presence. (upbeat hip hop music) - What? - The rest of the time
where they interact, it's so awkward. - Say Oeuvre. (camera clicking) - Weirdly pivotal scene
in the movie, by the way. You'll see why later. Then, this happens when they walk home. (Milo laughing) - Oh. (Holly laughing) - Yeah.
- I should go. - Yeah, okay. (Drew stuttering) Excuse me, do I go around? - I, yeah, no. I should- - I wish I could do that to you. - What?
- Nothing. - [Drew] The next day she
trips over some carolers, falls on her face, and wakes up to a real
life Prince Charming. And just like the season four
runner-up of American Idol, his name is Bo. - I'm Bo, - And he's the perfect guy, handsome, charitable, causes
scenes in restaurants, tall. He even has an awesome apartment. - If you're gay, you can just tell me. It's fine. We can be friends. - I'm not gay. And I'd rather not just be friends. - Could not have said
that in a creepier way. - Would you look at that. Our lips fit perfectly together. - Seems like you're missing a
lot of red flags here, Holly. Maybe the guy who only wears v-necks isn't as bad as I thought. Like, come on, is he
trying to look like shaggy? So Milo is clearly being set up as the guy who's really the one for her. He may not have perfect face, but they're still meant for each other. She just, you know,
hasn't figured it out yet. - You know what, don't worry about it. You probably wouldn't
have liked the art show that much anyway. - Actually, I'm not sure
if you know what I like. - I think I know what you like. - Yeah, I think I know you
better than you know you, Holly. We've been working together
for a couple months now and you've only been you your entire life. - She just seems pretty
wrapped up in a guy that she just met. She's not texting me
back in a timely fashion. Well, maybe I'm just a little
too complicated for you. - Is he right about Bo having
some underlying baggage? Yeah, but that's just because
he's a mannequin come to life. Lucky guess, Milo. - You're blind to the fact
that something better, dare I say perfect, you know, it could be standing right in front of. - It seems like any woman who
doesn't want to date this guy is really missing out. - What? - Can I have a bagel? - Uh, yeah. - Anyway, Bo's cracks start to show, and not the one crack
I'd actually like to see. He's a little too neat, and he keeps giving
toasts for some reason, and he brought his parents to
her house without telling her, and he dresses like Jake from State Farm. He even actively sabotages her career by canceling a photo shoot last minute. Really, he doesn't have
any redeeming qualities other than being
conventionally attractive. It's kind of weird that she even puts up with his
strange bullshit for so long. But I guess that's the point
that we overrate hotness as a society where we live. - Your hands, they're freezing. Let me warm them up. - Now, you may remember earlier when I said that mannequins come to life, I did mean to use the
plural version of that word because there's another one. Yeah, Bo's ex-girlfriend gets
into the mix, and she's crazy. She knocked over a Christmas
tree on top of that poor woman. (somber piano music) This is a disaster. At least Holly still has
Milo to psychoanalyze her. - The real you is so much more
interesting than you think. You're just so wrapped up in
what everybody else thinks, you don't notice. - He gets to come out of
this situation as the hero in kind of a hilarious way. - Think you can make something work? - I always do, don't I? - He's like, don't worry, I know the two mannequins
screwed up the shoot, but I'll pull something together. I'll fix it. And then, Holly and Deena are blown away by what he's able to accomplish. - He sent over mock-ups from the shoot. Check that out. - Oh, that Milo's a miracle worker. - Wow. He photoshopped the name
of the diamond company on top of the picture. That must have taken him
not that long, probably, which we know it didn't because only like 20 minutes has passed. - Kind of amazing, actually. - So Holly goes ahead
and breaks things off with the human sex doll. - Do you know how many
times I've stubbed my toe on my couch since you moved it? - Now, Milo has a chance. - Go kiss her, Milo. Come on. - I like to kiss. (uplifting music)
- Milo! - Again? (soft piano music) I kissed you in your sleep. - Where am I? - In the hospital. You fell on your way to
work a couple of days ago and you whacked your head on the sidewalk. - A couple days ago? - Wait, what? So none of that actually happened?
- Yeah. - I would just like to point out that she goes into a coma here,
20 minutes into the movie, then a bunch of dream bullshit happens and she wakes up 56 minutes later. That's basically the whole movie. Side note, is it like a rule that if you get knocked unconscious, you have to get knocked unconscious again, in whatever dream you're having
in order to be sent back? It's a good thing she's so clumsy, otherwise she might've been
stuck in there forever. - You are more than welcome
to stay again tonight, Mr. Maddux. - Mr. Maddux? - Yes, dear. - You stayed with me? - Yes, of course I did, sweetheart. - All right. - I told them that we were married so they would let me stay. - Aw, while she was sleeping, he got to role-play as her husband. Is that not weird?
- Yeah. - All right, but are you
ready for this, guys? You ready for the big reveal? They have worked the entire movie towards coming up with the
photo for this ad campaign. And finally, after deleting what they
did while she was asleep, Holly finds the perfect one. (enchanting music) - What? - What picture is this? - Oh, it was our hands. That's us. - The accidental photo from earlier that he made his desktop background. So let me get this straight. They're just coworkers. They've known each other
for a couple months. They're not boyfriend and girlfriend. They don't date. He accidentally took a photo
of them touching hands. She found out that he made
that his desktop background, and she's not like that's kind of creepy. Instead, she just makes
out with his forehead. Whatever, that's not even the best part. Look what she does to it. (amorous music) Look at the fucking ring. It looks so bad. And then, the movie just kinda ends. There are zero more words spoken. I don't know what they'd
even be saying here. That's Brandi and that's Bo. They're my friends from my dream. Bo came to life and fell in love with me, but I broke up with him to be with you. I guess they're back together now. Hey, where are you going? The end. I'd like to point out that the only reason we watched this movie was because we had watched the trailer. But if you've seen the trailer,
then you've seen the movie, 'cause they basically spoil
everything that happens, even the stupid ring. So that's what I've been up to, just watching Christmas movies. Oh my God, tomorrow is February. Hey, let's hear a word
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guarantee on this channel is that whatever you think I'm
going to make a video about, I probably won't. I guess that makes me different? I guess that makes me
not like the other guys. You know, sometimes girls don't realize that the perfect guy's
right in front of them the whole time. Be sure to tune in next week for a video where I do the reverse
of "Holly's Holiday", which is to say that I
will get broken up with and then turn into a mannequin, so, bye.
