What's Your Favourite...

[Just-Legal]

... Christmas/Seasonal movie?

Mine *has* to be Muppet Christmas Carol! Its one of the few Xmas movies I can watch again and again and again... Fun for kids, grown ups and born again kids

 

[Guest]

"A Christmas Carol" with Alistair Sim. It's a ritual, watch it every year and laugh and cry and feel good to be alive.

Perdita

 

[ABSTRUSE]

"A Christmas Carol" with Alistair Sim. It's a ritual, watch it every year and laugh and cry and feel good to be alive.

Perdita

I'm with you, but I love every version of this story.

 

[CharleyH]

"A Christmas Carol" with Alistair Sim. It's a ritual, watch it every year and laugh and cry and feel good to be alive.

Perdita

Same here. That and It's a Wonderful Life.

Also those little clay puppet tv shorts. LOL - I can't get enough of the story of Santa - STILL! LOL

 

[Evil Alpaca]

"Scrooge" with Albert Finney.

 

[Guest]

I do love all the other 'Carols', including the Muppets and Mr. Magoo. I like seeing how the Christmas Pasts, Presents and Futures are imagined by others. But A. Sim is the authentic Scrooge for me. When he dances with glee at being alive gets me every fucking time. And I like that Tiny Tim has crooked teeth .

Perdita

 

[cloudy]

My favorite is still the old cartoon version of "How the Grinch Stole Christmas." I feel deprived if I miss seeing it, and will actively look to see when it's on. That, and the Charlie Brown special (does anyone else notice how strange those kids dance?).

 

[Guest]

(does anyone else notice how strange those kids dance?).

LOL, yes. I think the punk pogo evolved from them. P.

 

[carsonshepherd]

"A Christmas Story" of course. Just look at my av.

"You'll shoot your eye out!"

(But the original Grinch is way cool, too.)

 

[ABSTRUSE]

I loved the guy who did Marley in the George C. Scott version when his chin drops after he unwraps it.

I'm off to sing "SNOW" with Rosemary Clooney now...snowwwww, I want to wash my hair in snow.....

 

[cloudy]

LOL, yes. I think the punk pogo evolved from them. P.

PMSL!!!

I think you're right.

On a side note, you know how you never actually "hear" what the grown-ups are saying in those Charlie Brown shows? A friend of mine and I, years and years ago, started making that noise at each other every time we heard someone in authority start droning on about something that was completely boring us. It's a sure way to relieve boredom.

 

[Quiet_Cool]

Movie? No particular movie, but I do look forward to seeing the Mr. Hankey episode of South Park.

That count?

Q_C

 

[minsue]

Christmas Story, hands down.

The Ref comes in second.

 

[ABSTRUSE]

Christmas Story, hands down.

The Ref comes in second.

I like the wizard of Oz....I like the tinman.

 

[Liar]

Bad Santa

Actually, nothing beats A Christmas Carol.

But not the most known 1951 make, but the -71 animated one with Alastair Sim's voice as Ebeneezer. I love that one.

#L

 

[Guest]

Min, "The Ref" is a great Christmas movie, I adore Leary; gawd and the mother-in-law! Hur hur!

Liar, I loved "Bad Santa" too, what a trip (as we boomers used to say ).

Perdita

 

[Quiet_Cool]

Min, "The Ref" is a great Christmas movie, I adore Leary; gawd and the mother-in-law! Hur hur!

Liar, I loved "Bad Santa" too, what a trip (as we boomers used to say ).

Perdita

True, "Bad Santa" was fairly impressive. Is "The nightmare Before Christmas" technically a Christmas movie?

Q_C

 

[matriarch]

"A Christmas Carol" with Alistair Sim. It's a ritual, watch it every year and laugh and cry and feel good to be alive.

Perdita

Oh P, I haven't seen that one for years. Now I'm going to sulk because I doubt its on a dvd anywhere.

Internet. Search the internet Mat.

I only got my dvd player when I moved house, had to watch on my pc before that, but now I'm trying to get up a collection of classic movies, and that has to be amongst them.

Along with all the St. Trinians (Alistair Sim).

I might have to have a word with Santa.

Back to the theme..........I guess 'Wonderful Life' has to be in there somewhere. No matter how many times I watch it, I still damn well cry at the end.

 

[LadyJeanne]

I have a soft spot for the Grinch and It's a Wonderful Life too, but Christmas Story wins hands down. Wait, I like Rudolph a lot too. Gotta love the little red nose.

 

[Guest]

Mat., of course it's on DVD, presumably, or especially, in England. Duh. P.

 

[Goldie Munro]

Min, "The Ref" is a great Christmas movie, I adore Leary; gawd and the mother-in-law! Hur hur!

Liar, I loved "Bad Santa" too, what a trip (as we boomers used to say ).

Perdita

My favourite Christmas movie has to be 'It's A Wonderful Life' always brings a tear to my eye!

 

[Just-Legal]

Along with all the St. Trinians (Alistair Sim).

Okay not Xmas but my GOD I love St Trinians!! Those films are great!

 

[matriarch]

Mat., of course it's on DVD, presumably, or especially, in England. Duh. P.

Well, I would expect it to be, but I'll have to search it out. Those of us who live in the English rural equivalent of the Oz outback, or Yankee backwoods............know what I mean ??

 

[Liar]

Is "The nightmare Before Christmas" technically a Christmas movie?

Could be a Haloween movie... but I don't care. Definitely a worthy movie.

What’s this? What’s this? There’s something very wrong.
What’s this? There’s people singing songs.
What’s this? The streets are lined with little creatures,
Everybody seems so happy
Have I possibly gone daffy?

 

[matriarch]

Okay not Xmas but my GOD I love St Trinians!! Those films are great!

Indeed.

I really must get the set on dvd, they would have been great to sit and giggle through today while nursing this cold, instead of grumbling through the streets doing christmas shopping.

But theyhave to be the early, B&W ones. The later one in colour just didn't work.

Alistair Sim as the headmistress, Joyce Grenfell (I adore that woman's work), Terry Thomas, Irene Handl, and for the life of me, I cannot remember the name, of the spiv.....later 'Arfur' on TV. Help !!!! Menopausal memory syndrome. Gone blank. I only have to hear 'his' music and I giggle. (remembered, George Cole. )

Oooops, sorry J-L, hijack over. Back to the Christmas movies.

Mat