My favorite Christmas movies/TV shows:
National Lampoon's Christmas Vacation: "You know that metal plate in my head? I had to have it replaced, cause every time Catherine revved up the microwave I'd piss my pants and forget who I was for a half hour or so."
Rudolph the Red Nosed Reindeer: The Island of Misfit Toys used to choke me up as a child. :cry: And Burl Ives rocks, even though none of you snot-nosed little shits know who the fuck he is these days. Still the best of the Rankin/Bass productions*, and yeah I went there. Fuck the Heat Mizer.
A Christmas Story: Department store Santa putting the boot to Ralphie's face still makes me laugh my ass off.
The two HBO would always show back to back in the late '70s/early 1980's--
Rich Little's A Christmas Carol: Playing all the roles himself, although most of you Millennial mutts wouldn't know half of them anyway. But where else are you going to see Richard Nixon as Jacob Marley, weighed down by reels of audio tape? :lol:
YouTube has it chopped up in parts, but here's Part 1, complete with Generation CdM/Ed Anger's HBO commercials and intro: http://youtu.be/Ksw0dqLICQQ
Emmet Otter's Jug Band Christmas: Proof that even The Gift of the Magi could be done by Muppets, with a cool, folksy original Paul Williams soundtrack and delightful set work. You anime tards get off your cartoon asses, and watch what real artists can do.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zeG499fHctw
Prep & Landing: Christmas in the militarized post-9/11, special operators/Seal Team Six world, and a reference to Elf cunnilingus that everybody missed.
My all-time fave:
The Christmas That Almost Wasn't: Behind on his rent, Santa Claus is facing foreclosure at the North Pole by his landlord, Minsky Moment, and has to take a shitty entry-level, service industry job as a department store Santa (seasonal temp, no less) to get the money; Minsky wants to foreclose anyway since he hates Christmas and wants it destroyed, as it turns out his letter to Santa as a child was lost in the mail, which would never have happened if postal delivery was 100% privatized. Soundtrack by the incomparable Glenn Yarborough, it's on Netflix.
*Their Little Drummer Boy gets an honorable mention, even though they don't show it anymore on network TV to placate the godless liberal heathens.
What are yours? Somebody speak up for Scrooged.
BoJack Horseman's Christmas Special was pretty good.
The Passion of the Christ.
Scrooged.
I also like Scrooged.
Die Hard and Home Alone
A Christmas Carol. Alastair Sim version. I've watched it every Christmas since I was 6 or 7
They are not christmas theme but here Tele-Quebec has something they call Cine-Cadeau where they show kids movies for the vacations. My favorites are the Asterix cartoon movies.
Quote from: Grey Fox on December 23, 2014, 04:02:18 PM
They are not christmas theme but here Tele-Quebec has something they call Cine-Cadeau where they show kids movies for the vacations. My favorites are the Asterix cartoon movies.
Quebec shows movies about a pagan Gaul? Sounds about right. :(
The animated version of "How the Grinch Stole Christmas" if only for the narration.
Most of the British ones are long gone along with their comedic stars.
I know virtually ever show now seems to have a Xmas special, but with fragmented viewing habits, there doesn't seem to be any stand out, big ticket show that 'everyone' will talk about afterwards. I guess that was just a feature of the 'golden age of television'.
Maybe some channel should show 'The Great Escape' for a fair few years, for some reason that was standard British Xmas entertainment.
Bad Santa
We always end up watching a Royle Family Christmas special.
Concur.
I don't like how they back away from the abyss in the end. :(
The monologue on Seattle PD was worth it.
I just can't take A Chistmas Story anymore. TBS can just shove it.
Episode 3, Red Nosed Reindeer, Sword Art Online Season 1
Ernest Saves Christmas.
Quote from: Tonitrus on December 23, 2014, 07:19:51 PM
Ernest Saves Christmas.
Joke or serious?
I liked it ok, but almost entirely because of the old guy who played Santa. One of the best movie Santas ever.
The Ref. Denis Leary covered in cat pee, Kevin Spacey, and Judy Davis put together a madcap adult version of Home Alone, where the robber is actually focused on just getting the fuck out of Whiteytown, Connecticut.
Elf.
Scrooged.
A Christmas Carol by David Leane. The definitive version.
Bill Murray in Scrooged is a favorite. I also like many of the smaller LMN and Lifetime type movies that come out.
There are several Santa Clause movies with Tim Allen and Elizabeth Mitchell that I like.
Quote from: HVC on December 23, 2014, 03:54:30 PM
A Christmas Carol. Alastair Sim version. I've watched it every Christmas since I was 6 or 7
:yes:
My favourite version.
Quote from: Scipio on December 23, 2014, 09:47:30 PM
The Ref. Denis Leary covered in cat pee, Kevin Spacey, and Judy Davis put together a madcap adult version of Home Alone, where the robber is actually focused on just getting the fuck out of Whiteytown, Connecticut.
:lol: I forgot that was a Christmas film. It counts and is awesome.
QuoteA Christmas Carol by David Leane. The definitive version.
I liked the made-for-TV version with George C. Scott back in the 1980s, I thought that was a decent production, considering it was for television.
Quote from: CountDeMoney on December 23, 2014, 10:19:41 PM
Quote from: Scipio on December 23, 2014, 09:47:30 PM
The Ref. Denis Leary covered in cat pee, Kevin Spacey, and Judy Davis put together a madcap adult version of Home Alone, where the robber is actually focused on just getting the fuck out of Whiteytown, Connecticut.
:lol: I forgot that was a Christmas film. It counts and is awesome.
QuoteA Christmas Carol by David Leane. The definitive version.
I liked the made-for-TV version with George C. Scott back in the 1980s, I thought that was a decent production, considering it was for television.
What do you think of the Patrick Stewart version?
Quote from: Scipio on December 23, 2014, 09:47:30 PM
The Ref. Denis Leary covered in cat pee, Kevin Spacey, and Judy Davis put together a madcap adult version of Home Alone, where the robber is actually focused on just getting the fuck out of Whiteytown, Connecticut.
I fully agree, this movie is a gold mine of quotes. Connecticut is indeed the fifth ring of hell. :lmfao:
"Lady, your husband ain't dead. He's hiding!"
"Caroline, the day you see anything through to the end, I'll stick my own dick in my ear."
Quote from: dps on December 23, 2014, 10:25:14 PM
What do you think of the Patrick Stewart version?
I know it's out there, but I haven't caught it. May see it tomorrow sometime.
Definitely Rudolph the Red Nosed Reindeer.
I watched Arnold Schwarzenegger's "Jingle All the Way" on CBC a couple of nights ago. It sucked.
Quote from: dps on December 23, 2014, 09:44:50 PM
Quote from: Tonitrus on December 23, 2014, 07:19:51 PM
Ernest Saves Christmas.
Joke or serious?
I liked it ok, but almost entirely because of the old guy who played Santa. One of the best movie Santas ever.
Partially serious. When it came out, I was a mild Ernest fan (one of those, wouldn't-admit-it-if-asked kinda fans, as most probably were), and thought the teenage girl was HOTT as balls (keep in mind, I was 12 when it came out :P ).
I own three Ernest movies, but only on DVD.
I also own the show. -_-
The Nightmare Before Christmas.
Surprised noone mentioned my favourite Christmas movie/play, Lion in Winter.
Also, Showgirls is set during Christmas, so it counts.
Cool Hand Luke.
Movies that happen to be set during Christmas: Rocky IV, The Ref, A Midnight Clear, Die Hard, Eastern Promises, In Bruges, Kiss Kiss Bang Bang, and Trading Places. In terms of more legitimate Christmas movies, I'm a big fan of The Bishop's Wife, the original Miracle on 34th Street, Scrooged, and Love Actually.
Quote from: Ed Anger on December 23, 2014, 06:33:06 PM
I just can't take A Chistmas Story anymore. TBS can just shove it.
:yes: :hug:
Quote from: Caliga on December 24, 2014, 07:43:58 AM
Quote from: Ed Anger on December 23, 2014, 06:33:06 PM
I just can't take A Chistmas Story anymore. TBS can just shove it.
:yes: :hug:
I've never really "gotten" that movie. It's not a bad movie, but I've never understood why people think it's great. I think I may be in exactly the wrong age group--just a bit too young to be personally nostalgic about all the 50s trappings of the movie, but old enough to not have grown up seeing it on TV every Christmas.
I shot my eye out.
The Catalan regional channel has a thing for running the Mr Bean Christmas special every fucking year. I used to love it, but it's got really stale now.
Nightmare Before Christmas is one of my favorite films ever, but it tends to get played around Halloween. A personal favorite is The Muppet Christmas Carol :blush:
Oh, I forgot to mention, I really like Black Christmas.
SHE HAS THE RIGHT TO CHOOSE, DAVE BOWMAN.
Quote from: dps on December 24, 2014, 05:42:32 PM
I've never really "gotten" that movie. It's not a bad movie, but I've never understood why people think it's great. I think I may be in exactly the wrong age group--just a bit too young to be personally nostalgic about all the 50s trappings of the movie, but old enough to not have grown up seeing it on TV every Christmas.
Agree, I don't get it either. I don't think it's very funny and the kid in it annoys the shit out of me. For some reason I do like the dad though.
Scrooged
League of Gentleman Xmas special
Elf
I stayed up and watched "March of the Wooden Soldiers", originally known as "Babes In Toyland", with my Mom; it used to be on every Christmas when I was little. Wonderful little Christmas movie with Laurel and Hardy in Toyland, populated with all the famous children's nursery rhyme characters. Some compelling bayonet skirmish action in the big fight at the end, as toy soldiers repel an invasion of Bogeymen from Toyland.
It's on Hulu for interested mutts.
I remember it well.
Quote from: Tonitrus on December 23, 2014, 11:49:37 PM
Quote from: dps on December 23, 2014, 09:44:50 PM
Quote from: Tonitrus on December 23, 2014, 07:19:51 PM
Ernest Saves Christmas.
Joke or serious?
I liked it ok, but almost entirely because of the old guy who played Santa. One of the best movie Santas ever.
Partially serious. When it came out, I was a mild Ernest fan (one of those, wouldn't-admit-it-if-asked kinda fans, as most probably were), and thought the teenage girl was HOTT as balls (keep in mind, I was 12 when it came out :P ).
I remember Ernest commercials Jim Varney would do for Toyota dealerships before he started doing movies; used to see them a lot for Tyson's Toyota down in northern Virginia back in the early '80s. They were pretty damned good as far as commercials went.
"See, Vern, what you got here is a bad catastrophic converter."
Quote from: dps on December 24, 2014, 05:42:32 PM
Quote from: Caliga on December 24, 2014, 07:43:58 AM
Quote from: Ed Anger on December 23, 2014, 06:33:06 PM
I just can't take A Chistmas Story anymore. TBS can just shove it.
:yes: :hug:
I've never really "gotten" that movie. It's not a bad movie, but I've never understood why people think it's great. I think I may be in exactly the wrong age group--just a bit too young to be personally nostalgic about all the 50s trappings of the movie, but old enough to not have grown up seeing it on TV every Christmas.
It's a funny you unAmerican sods. The chinks singing the Christmas carols is hilarious. :mad:
Watched Scrooged :lol: :wub:
Watching 'Chitty Chitty Bang Bang'. :bowler:
Die Hard
Good call, didn't think of that one earlier
Lethal Weapon
Trading Places
Quote from: Caliga on December 24, 2014, 09:19:44 PM
Quote from: dps on December 24, 2014, 05:42:32 PM
I've never really "gotten" that movie. It's not a bad movie, but I've never understood why people think it's great. I think I may be in exactly the wrong age group--just a bit too young to be personally nostalgic about all the 50s trappings of the movie, but old enough to not have grown up seeing it on TV every Christmas.
Agree, I don't get it either. I don't think it's very funny and the kid in it annoys the shit out of me. For some reason I do like the dad though.
Love the movie and it never gets old. The kids finally sat through the entire thing this year, as they did with Christmas Vacation, which is probably my favorite Christmas movie.