The Grand Budapest Hotel (2014)

Directed by Wes Anderson

This was essentially a return for Wes Anderson to the Life Aquatic style ensemble piece.  Like Life Aquatic, it's a bit all over the place with various plot threads until it ends up at a something that draws this age of adventure to a close.  Comparisons will naturally be drawn to the ensemble style of Grand Hotel (1932), the train miniatures (and similar hotel antics) of The Lady Vanishes (1938), and the uniforms from the Prisoner of Zenda (1937).  However, you may be surprised to learn it's all supposed to be based on the real life of author Stefan Zweig.

Scrooged (1988)

Directed by Richard Donner

Clearly the idea behind this movie was an attempt to give the big budget effects laden Ghostbusters treatment to the classic A Christmas Carol story.  The problem is, it just doesn't work at all.  The Christmas ghosts are all more scary than funny and Murray's feeble jokes fall flat making his role as a jerk TV executive particularly unlikable.