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Post by thomasallencummins on Dec 1, 2008 13:22:19 GMT -5
Okay. You knew this was coming after the other holiday selections.
My favorite Christmas movie used to be Rudolph but because of repeated viewings and a more critical eye than what I had when I was 9 years old, Rudolph has become more of a tradition than a real joy.
I enjoy How the Grinch Stole Christmas and to a lesser extent The Grinch. Scrooged, Elf, The Polar Express, A Charlie Brown Christmas, Jingle All The Way, The Santa Clause (not the sequels), Christmas with the Kranks is growing on me. I'm sure there are more that I'm forgetting however only one film stands alone as my most favorite of all time.. National Lampoon's Christmas Vacation. ;D
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Post by ram on Dec 6, 2008 1:07:39 GMT -5
Sorry, but I never saw any of the Vacation movies. I thought Chevy Chase stopped being funny once he left SNL. (I'll grant that Caddyshack was the exception, but I don't think Chevy was the one who made that movie funny anyway.) Haven't seen any of those other ones you mentioned either. Guess I'm not too big on Christmas movies, huh? Elf - nope, not a Will Ferrell fan in general. The Polar Express - I'm sorry, but the CGI looked either too dumb or too creepy to me. The various Grinch incarnations - I never got what the big deal was with this character...maybe it hits too close to home? Who knows. The Santa Clause - "meh" best sums up my attitude towards it. Scrooged - I like Bill Murray, but to me this just seemed way too obvious of an attempt to revive his flagging career at the time, so I didn't bother to see it. Jingle All The Way - actually, this seemed like a pretty funny movie when I first saw the ads for it. I just never got around to seeing it. Might still try to catch it on TV. Okay, my favorite would have to be A Muppet Christmas Carol, the 1992 film with Michael Caine as Scrooge. To me, it's the most "magical" version of the Dickens story: it just seems to evoke the spirit of the season better than the other versions. That and I think Henson's Muppets can express some things better than human actors can - though Caine hams it up well as grumpy ol' Ebenezer. Shockingly, I still don't have the movie on DVD, but I hope to rectify that soon. In TV land, A Charlie Brown Christmas rules, of course.
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Post by thomasallencummins on Dec 11, 2008 12:06:23 GMT -5
Looks like you don't have much to choose from on the Christmas movie list, ram. :-) I've only seen a few small parts of "A Muppet Christmas Carol". I like the Muppets. I used to sit and watch the Muppet Show when I was a kid, however I haven't connected with any of the Muppet movies for some reason.
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Post by ram on Dec 18, 2008 3:25:59 GMT -5
Well, I have a whole bunch of favorite films that simply take place around Christmas. For example: Eyes Wide Shut. Seriously. I watched it again just last week. And hey, it does show Tom and Nicole doing Christmas shopping for their kid. Cast Away is another one. All right, so Christmas is well forgotten by the time we're deep into Tom Hanks's marooned adventure, but the first part of the film has a lot to do with the holiday season. And if you really want to stretch things, I could mention The Empire Strikes Back. Because as a kid seeing that film for the first time, the snows of Hoth dominated the beginning. And I naturally associated snow with this time of year. So I tend to think of TESB as a Christmas movie. "Obi-Wan never told you what happened to Santa." "He told me enough. He told me you killed him." "No, Luke... I am Santa." "Nooooooooooooooo!"
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Post by dANdeLION on Dec 18, 2009 14:37:13 GMT -5
It';s A Wonderful Life, Christmas Story, and the original Grinch are my favorites. Polar Express, on the other hand, is an evil work spewed out from the bile ducts of Hell.
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Post by thomasallencummins on Dec 18, 2009 17:29:15 GMT -5
It';s A Wonderful Life, Christmas Story, and the original Grinch are my favorites. Polar Express, on the other hand, is an evil work spewed out from the bile ducts of Hell. Dooooooooooood
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Post by dANdeLION on Dec 18, 2009 23:35:36 GMT -5
It';s A Wonderful Life, Christmas Story, and the original Grinch are my favorites. Polar Express, on the other hand, is an evil work spewed out from the bile ducts of Hell. Dooooooooooood Oh, sorry. What I meant to say was " Polar Express, on the other hand, is an evil masterwork equal to something spewed out from the bile ducts of Hell. They act like they're human, but the soulless eyes of these rubber doppelgangers betray a hunger for a life they'll never know. Meanwhile, the viewer shakily watches from the safety of his own house, wondering why Warner Brothers didn't hire living actors to portray the characters, or at the very least, opt to make a Christmas with the Clumps film instead."
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Post by thomasallencummins on Dec 21, 2009 10:10:18 GMT -5
Oh, sorry. What I meant to say was " Polar Express, on the other hand, is an evil masterwork equal to something spewed out from the bile ducts of Hell. They act like they're human, but the soulless eyes of these rubber doppelgangers betray a hunger for a life they'll never know. Meanwhile, the viewer shakily watches from the safety of his own house, wondering why Warner Brothers didn't hire living actors to portray the characters, or at the very least, opt to make a Christmas with the Clumps film instead." Double Dooooooooooooooood!
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Post by cleburne on Dec 22, 2009 10:53:01 GMT -5
Okay, my favorite would have to be A Muppet Christmas Carol, the 1992 film with Michael Caine as Scrooge. To me, it's the most "magical" version of the Dickens story: it just seems to evoke the spirit of the season better than the other versions. That and I think Henson's Muppets can express some things better than human actors can - though Caine hams it up well as grumpy ol' Ebenezer. Shockingly, I still don't have the movie on DVD, but I hope to rectify that soon. I am a fan of this movie also ,love the Muppets ;D always good for a laugh. That was the only one that stood out to me as agood xmas movie unless you want to count in the "Home Alone " series which always is based around christmas time.
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Post by ram on Dec 24, 2009 19:33:37 GMT -5
I had been meaning to get A Muppet Christmas Carol on DVD before Christmas but I got stuck at work today that didn't allow me enough time to go to shopping. Guess I can pick it up Boxing Day but the feeling just isn't the same, know what I mean?
Anyway, maybe I'll watch some other movie tonight.
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Post by buzzelbee on Jan 22, 2010 10:23:28 GMT -5
Got three..."Its A Wonderful Life" ,"Miracle on 43rd Street", "A Christmas Story".
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Post by thomasallencummins on Jan 25, 2010 9:01:01 GMT -5
Got three..."Its A Wonderful Life" ,"Miracle on 43rd Street", "A Christmas Story". All three make my list. As I've said many times It's A Wonderful Life strikes me as a lengthy Twilight Zone episode so I'm pre programed to like it. :-)
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