Movies recommended for Kaneland peers
If you enjoy “Happy Gilmore,” then you’d like “Elf”…
The popular comical film “Happy Gilmore” starring Adam Sandler features a childlike character (Sandler) who is a determined, yet completely untalented, hockey player. He’s consistent towards reaching his dream as a professional hockey player until his grandmother is in need of money. Gilmore realizes he needs to help her however he can so he later takes on the sport of golf, and eventually wins money for his grandmother while finally finding a place to fit in. Just like Sandler, actor Will Ferrell plays Buddy the Elf in “Elf.” Raised as an elf and living a carefree life, Buddy doesn’t seem very alert to the realistic world around him. When the news is broken to Buddy that he’s not a real elf though, he decides to journey back to New York City, in an attempt to find his place in search of his real family.
If you enjoy “The Chronicles of Narnia; The Lion, the Witch and the Wardrobe,” then you’d like “The Polar Express”…
In “The Chronicles of Narnia; The Lion, the Witch and the Wardrobe,” four siblings are sent from London to a country estate to ensure their safety during World War II. Lucy, one of the siblings, finds a giant wardrobe while playing hide and seek one day. Lucy finds that the wardrobe takes her to a different universe called Narnia. The land is taken over by an evil witch who cursed Narnia so that it would always be winter, but never Christmas.
“The Chronicles of Narnia” relates to “The Polar Express” as the films take people along a journey with the actors and characters throughout an unfamiliar universe.
In “The Polar Express,” Billy’s family slaughters him with the fact that everything about Christmas is just a myth, which results in him having a hard time continuing to believe in Santa.
Just like “The Chronicles of Narnia” though, Billy’s Christmas spirit soon changes when a mysterious train comes and picks him up on Christmas Eve. Billy discovers the truth behind the Christmas holiday when he travels to the North Pole and meets Santa.