QUICK EASY RULES:
31 Feel-Good Films

Six Countries
Belgium: Ernest & Celestine (2012)
Canada: Humanist Vampire Seeking Consenting Suicidal Person (2023)
Brazil: s Ha (2012)
: Man on the Moon (1999)
Japan: Sonic the Hedgehog (2020)
UK: Pride and Prejudice (2005)

Eight Decades
2020s: Sonic the Hedgehog 3, Humanist Vampire Seeking Consenting Suicidal Person, Sonic the Hedgehog 2, Sonic the Hedgehog
2010s: Klaus, Little Italy, I, Tonya, Swiss Army Man, Focus, Tangerine, Ernest & Celestine, The Pirates! In an Adventure with Scientists!, Crazy, Stupid, Love.
2000s: Forgetting Sarah Marshall, The Holiday, Zathura: A Space Adventure, Pride & Prejudice, The Notebook, How to Lose a Guy in 10 Days
1990s: Man on the Moon, Girl, Interrupted, The Muppet Christmas Carol
1980s: Ferris Bueller's Day Off
1970s: Paper Moon
1960s: Dr. Strangelove or: How I Learned to Stop Worrying and Love the Bomb, Charade, The Apartment
1950s: Roman Holiday
1940s: It's a Wonderful Life
1930s: It Happened One Night
1920s: Sherlock Jr.

ALL of the films from a comedy trilogy: Sonic The Hedgehog Trilogy

One Audrey Hepburn film: Roman Holiday, Charade

One film by Frank Capra: It's a Wonderful Life, It Happened One Night

Three Christmas films: Klaus, It's a Wonderful Life, The Muppet Christmas Carol, The Holiday, Tangerine, The Apartment

One film set on an island: Swiss Army Man, Forgetting Sarah Marshall

Three films with the actors smiling in the poster: Almost all of them, really

Two Animated films (No Big Studios): Ernest & Celestine, The Muppet Christmas Carol, Klaus, The Pirates! In an Adventure with Scientists!

Two films about animals: Ernest & Celestine, Sonic the Hedgehog

One Satirical/Parody film: Dr. Strangelove or: How I Learned to Stop Worrying and Love the Bomb, The Pirates! In an Adventure with Scientists!

Two films from your birth year: Pride & Prejudice, Zathura: A Space Adventure

Two films about going on vacation: Roman Holiday, The Holiday

One Musical: The Muppet Christmas Carol

One film under 90 minutes: Ernest & Celestine, The Muppet Christmas Carol, Sherlock Jr., Tangerine, The Pirates! In an Adventure with Scientists!

One of your Top 4s: Klaus

Three films watched with family/friends: It Happened One Night, The Muppet Christmas Carol, Zathura: A Space Adventure, It's a Wonderful Life, Klaus

What is Laxember?
I'd refer to it as Hooptober's long lost brother.
Here's how I came up with it. Hooptober challenges us to watch 31 horror movies in October and that kind of left me all stressed out after completing it the past few years. I thought it would be nice to have that tension released and so, came the birth of Laxember.

- Laxember challenges you to watch 31 feel good films in December, sort of as a recovery from the scares of Hooptober.
- I will review every single one of my Laxember movies and tag them "laxemberone" and I encourage all of you to me and do the same!
- If you are ing me in this adventure, drop the link to your list in the comments so that we can all share the joy of this year end!

Relaxers on board:
Leah | alex | BenJarmin21

That's all for the rules. Happy relaxing!

Thoughts:
- I have officially completed the Laxember 1 challenge as of 02/01/2025 (21/02/2025)
- Notably more enjoyable than Hooptober but naturally since I chose the rules myself and the whole point of this was to have a good time
- Unfortunately, I did not manage to complete this on time but shush it's my challenge
- Bunch of bangers here actually and more 15/15s than i expected
- Let's take a look at some stats to see if I had a better or worse time overall

Unforeseen Banger (5)
- Dr. Strangelove or: How I Learned to Stop Worrying and Love the Bomb
- The Pirates! In an Adventure with Scientists!
- Forgetting Sarah Marshall
- Ferris Bueller's Day Off
- The Apartment

Pleasantly Surprised (2)
- It Happened One Night
- Crazy, Stupid, Love

Expected (12)
- The Muppet Christmas Carol
- Sonic the Hedgehog 1
- Sonic the Hedgehog 2
- Tangerine
- Humanist Vampire Seeking Consenting Suicidal Person
- Klaus
- I, Tonya
- Swiss Army Man
- Zathura: A Space Adventure
- The Notebook
- How to Lose a Guy in 10 Days
- It's a Wonderful Life

Slightly Disappointed (11)
- Ernest & Celestine
- Paper Moon
- Roman Holiday
- Focus
- The Holiday
- Pride & Prejudice
- Man on the Moon
- Girl, Interrupted
- Charade
- Sherlock Jr.
- Sonic the Hedgehog 3

Absolute Bummer (1)
- Little Italy

Overall:
Slightly surprised at how many 4.5 and 5 stars I've given out but hey i had one hell of a time
Average Rating = 11.46/15
Average Stars = 4 ⭐