Thread title says it all. Less than two weeks away. What’s on the schedule.
Christmas Movies
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Christmas Story ( of course ), Christmas Vacation, It's a wonderful life, Emmit Otter's Jug band Christmas ( even if I gotta buy it)
I’ll list the not as well known ones that I really like:
- The Family Man
-Just Friends
-The Night Before
Started watching the new Prime one what a joy with Michelle Pfiefer and it was pretty good half way through. Tried to watch the Will Ferrell and Ryan Reynolds Spirited and made it 5 mins in
- The Family Man
-Just Friends
-The Night Before
Started watching the new Prime one what a joy with Michelle Pfiefer and it was pretty good half way through. Tried to watch the Will Ferrell and Ryan Reynolds Spirited and made it 5 mins in
A Christmas Story
The Muppet Christmas Carol. Because Michael Caine is by far the best Scrooge.
Christmas Vacation
Bad Santa
The Muppet Christmas Carol. Because Michael Caine is by far the best Scrooge.
Christmas Vacation
Bad Santa
Christmas Vacation to see cousin Eddy empty the ******* and Billy Bob Thornton's Bad Santa films. Nothing else.
We will watch "The Thin Man" yet again. Nick: "I'm a hero. I was shot twice in the 'Tribune." Nora: "I read you were shot five times in the tabloids." Nick: "It's not true. He didn't come anywhere close to my tabloids."
Definitely Christmas Vacation, Elf and Home Alone. Probably Jingle All The Way and A Christmas Story.
I prefer the oldies:
White Christmas (my favorite)
Christmas In Connecticut (really underrated)
Miracle on 34th Street (1947 version)
It's A Wonderful Life (has lost some of it's luster with me over the years)
White Christmas (my favorite)
Christmas In Connecticut (really underrated)
Miracle on 34th Street (1947 version)
It's A Wonderful Life (has lost some of it's luster with me over the years)
Christmas In Connecticut is a great movie. Funny as hell too after all these years. Plus I've always thought Barbara Stanwyck was hot. I'd also add The Bishop's Wife and The Shop Around the Corner to the oldies.
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A Christmas Carol(Alistair Sim only)
Christmas Vacation
The Family Man
It’s a Wonderful Life
A Christmas Story
Christmas Vacation
The Family Man
It’s a Wonderful Life
A Christmas Story
Interesting, because I feel the same about It’s a Wonderful Life. I still watch it this time of year, but not with as much enthusiasm as I used to.
I feel the opposite about Home Alone. I enjoy it more now than I used to. Weird.
I think IAWL has been so overplayed over the years when it was open to the public. It’s also gotten really dark to me I’ve the years.
I hate to change the subject of my own thread but I'd be remiss if I didn't include some of my favorite Christmas TV episodes:
Twilight Zone- The Night of the Meek
Andy Griffith- Christmas Story
Mary Tyler Moore Show- Christmas and the Hard Luck Kid
Frasier- Miracle on Third or Fourth Street
That '70s Show- The Best Christmas Ever
Many others but these stick out for me. Seinfeld had a good one too.
Twilight Zone- The Night of the Meek
Andy Griffith- Christmas Story
Mary Tyler Moore Show- Christmas and the Hard Luck Kid
Frasier- Miracle on Third or Fourth Street
That '70s Show- The Best Christmas Ever
Many others but these stick out for me. Seinfeld had a good one too.
The Office Christmas episode where Michael picks up the Benihana's waitresses and can't tell them apart. He marks his date with a marker, kills me every time I watch it
The Grinch (2000) is quite possibly the most overrated Christmas movie out there. Jim Carrey gives a solid performance.. but thats all this movie has going for it. Its gross looking from start to finish. Carrey looks like a sewer rat, and the Who's just dont translate from cartoon to film. Half of the movie is filmed in this weird cock-eyed angle. Honestly has a look and feel like it was one of those televised plays (like what Bill Murray was trying to put on in Scrooged)..
Idk, movie was always weird to me.
Idk, movie was always weird to me.
If you want to see Ralphie's mom's boobs, they are shown in Slapshot.
I watched it last night either for the first time or the first time in a very long time and I couldn’t agree more. I felt like I was getting motion sickness. It felt like Ron Howard was trying to channel Tim Burton or was trying to shoot it like Natural Born Killers. Also felt like I was watching it in “soap opera” mode. Not good.
Perverted and voyeuristic take Glenn. Appreciate the heads up though.
I watched it last night too. I like it only because of Carrey's antics.
Allister Sim's portrayal of Scrooge is one of the best. I also like Michael Cain's version in the Muppets Christmas Carol. He keeps it serious while the Muppets add comic relief. A great combo for me.
Ha I wonder if we all happened to watch the same one, on whatever channel that was. I just turned it on and left it. But yeah you called it exactly. Just a weirdly **** movie with rat people.
Watching Fred Claus this morning. That might be the opposite, wildly underrated. Vince Vaughn is plays the perfect schmuck in the beginning and then turns on the charm. Paul Giamatti plays a great Santa Claus.
"Show me your papers? What is this the 1950s??"
Never understood the whole Die Hard not being a Christmas movie thing yet it's something that persists every year. I think it's just said out of habit now. Granted, it was released in July but studios have a history of odd release schedules. The two Rob Zombie Halloween movies were released around August and It's a Wonderful Life in early January, after the holidays.
It's supposed to be around 68 degrees in Louisville on Christmas Day. Does that mean it's not Christmas here?
It's supposed to be around 68 degrees in Louisville on Christmas Day. Does that mean it's not Christmas here?