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Post by fangirl1975 on Feb 23, 2017 21:28:54 GMT
What movies do you traditionally watch at Christmastime? I watch It's A Wonderful Life, The Alistair Sim and George C. Scott adaptations of A Christmas Carol, and White Christmas.
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Post by naterdawg on Feb 24, 2017 0:07:11 GMT
A Christmas Story, of course! But I also watch The Bishop's Wife, the ones you mentioned, and Polar Express. Polar Express weaves a kind of weird spell, and that's what I like about it. The ending always gets me "right there."
"Though I've grown old, the bell still rings for me...as it does for all those who truly BELIEVE." Sob!
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Post by Wesley Crusher on Feb 24, 2017 0:23:56 GMT
Top 8 - Christmas Films (ranked in order)
10 It Happened on Fifth Avenue (1947) 09 It's a Wonderful Life (1946) 09 Miracle on 34th Street (1947) 09 Christmas Vacation (1989) 09 A Christmas Carol (1938) 08 How the Grinch Stole Christmas (2000) 08 The Shop Around the Corner (1940) 08 The Bishop's Wife (1947)
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Post by Tunaman09 on Feb 24, 2017 0:25:56 GMT
Some of my favourites,
- National Lampoons Christmas Vacation - Scrooged - Bad Santa - Planes, Trains & Automobiles (I know not a Christmas movie but I grew up thinking it was) - Home Alone - Jingle All The Way - Arthur Christmas - Santa With Muscles - Kristin's Christmas Past
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Post by naterdawg on Feb 24, 2017 3:00:16 GMT
Ugh to the following:
Christmas Vacation (A little Chevy Chase goes a LONG way) A Christmas Carol (1938) - changes the story too much! How the Grinch Stole Christmas (bombastic, utterly UNCHARMING Jim Carrey vehicle) Scrooged (totally unfunny farce that resorts to slapstick and smacking people with toasters for laffs) Bad Santa (the less said about this travesty, the better) Home Alone (slapstick comedy is supposedly about CHRISTMAS?!) Jingle All the Way (lame comedy when Arnold Swarzenegger's box office shine was definitely diminishing) Santa with Muscles (what the hell? Is this really one of your FAVORITES?) Kristin's Christmas Past (who the fuck is Kristin, and why should we care?)
Given the plethora of quality Christmas movies, I can't see how anyone would disregard stuff like Miracle on 34th Street in deference to Bad Santa or "Santa with Muscles." I just am unable to wrap my mind around any of it. Christmas is supposed to be an uplifting time of year, a sentimental time, even. Is it a time of Jingle All the Way and Scrooged?!
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Post by Tunaman09 on Feb 24, 2017 3:35:00 GMT
To be honest I do like the sentimental Christmas Movies as well and these were the first ones that popped into my head, if I put more time into thinking i'm sure I would have changed the bottom few to other choices, also I do like both versions of 'Miracle on 34th Street' and some of the other more relaxed Christmas Movies too, infact there are very few Christmas Movies I end up not liking in some way.
Also while Christmas is a soft warm time of the year there is definitely a place for slap-stick hi-jinx, they also have more heart than might first seem to be the case, even if it's not always front and centre.
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Post by naterdawg on Feb 25, 2017 19:43:48 GMT
Slapstick for Christmas? Not for me!
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Post by scabab on Feb 25, 2017 23:49:22 GMT
Elf Home Alone Die Hard
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Post by Deleted on Mar 2, 2017 16:45:46 GMT
I try to watch at least one of each of these categories each year:
A classic (It's a Wonderful Life, Miracle on 34th St, etc.)
A comedy (Home Alone, Jingle all the Way, etc.)
An incidental Christmas movie (Die Hard, Houseguest, etc)
And one mushy Hallmark Christmas movie with the wife....
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Post by coldenhaulfield on Mar 4, 2017 4:39:21 GMT
Batman Returns, A Christmas Story, Rocky IV, Home Alone, It's a Wonderful Life, Gremlins
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Post by Cooper, the Golden Retriever on Mar 6, 2017 23:22:32 GMT
To be honest I do like the sentimental Christmas Movies as well and these were the first ones that popped into my head, if I put more time into thinking i'm sure I would have changed the bottom few to other choices, also I do like both versions of 'Miracle on 34th Street' and some of the other more relaxed Christmas Movies too, infact there are very few Christmas Movies I end up not liking in some way. Also while Christmas is a soft warm time of the year there is definitely a place for slap-stick hi-jinx, they also have more heart than might first seem to be the case, even if it's not always front and centre. I've gotten into watching Hallmark Christmas Movies... I enjoy more recent.ly Jim Carrey's Christmas CaROL.
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Post by Deleted on Mar 7, 2017 5:14:09 GMT
Don't Open Til Christmas, Christmas Evil, Black Christmas, some of the Silent Night, Deadly Night movies, Bad Santa...sure there are more
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Post by naterdawg on Mar 7, 2017 5:27:12 GMT
Don't Open Til Christmas, Christmas Evil, Black Christmas, some of the Silent Night, Deadly Night movies, Bad Santa...sure there are more Those are Christmas movies? More like horror flicks!
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Post by Deleted on Mar 7, 2017 5:49:33 GMT
Oh I don't know about that one. Those are Christmas themed and they get me in the holiday cheer..mood. Oh Bad Santa is most definitely NOT a horror flick!
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Post by pippinmaniac on Mar 20, 2017 3:10:38 GMT
The Bishop's Wife A Christmas Story A Christmas Carol (George C. Scott version) Christmas in Connecticut (1945) Christmas Vacation Home Alone Miracle on 34th Street (1947)
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Post by Cooper, the Golden Retriever on Mar 23, 2017 0:37:38 GMT
Jim Carrey in A Christmas Carol.
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Post by filmfan95 on Mar 23, 2017 2:52:47 GMT
THE GRINCH (both versions) MIRACLE ON 34TH STREET (original) ANNIE (1999 version) (Hey, it counts! It takes place at Christmas time! Great excuse for me to watch my favorite musical. If Christmas not being important to the plot disqualifies it as a Christmas movie, than IT'S A WONDERFUL LIFE is also not a Christmas movie.) CHARLIE BROWN'S CHRISTMAS HOME ALONE HOME ALONE 2 BATMAN RETURNS A CHRISTMAS CAROL/SCROOGE (George C. Scott, Alastair Simm, Reginald Owen, Jim Carrey, Seymour Hicks, Bill Murray, and Muppet versions. My favorite is the one with George C. Scott, if you're wondering.) RUDOLPH THE RED NOSED REINDEER THE SANTA CLAUSE JINGLE ALL THE WAY A BOYFRIEND FOR CHRISTMAS CHRISTMAS VACATION
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Post by Utpe on Mar 26, 2017 17:27:14 GMT
I absolutely must watch A Christmas Story (1983), Christmas Vacation (1989), and Home Alone (1990). It's a tradition at this point.
I also watch Gremlins (1984) and Die Hard (1988). They are Christmas movies, or at least have a seasonal theme to them. I think a lot of people believe otherwise.
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Post by Captain Spencer on Apr 4, 2017 2:10:54 GMT
Why, Black Christmas of course! But for a gentler and nicer Christmas movie, I enjoy watching An American Christmas Carol, with Henry Winkler.
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Post by mikef6 on Jun 22, 2017 14:54:00 GMT
I grew sick and tired of the regular Christmas fare long, long ago. I prefer alternative, sometimes dark or tangential, holiday watching. A couple of my titles have come up earlier in this thread. Congratulations to those who listed them.
Cash on Demand (1961) / Quentin Lawrence A Christmas Story (1983) / Bob Clark Die Hard (1988) / John McTiernan Rare Exports (2010) / Jalmari Helander A Christmas Carol (2010) / "Doctor Who" Christmas Special Last Christmas (2014) / "Doctor Who" Christmas Special
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