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I was just wondering what everyone's favorite Christmas theme movie is?
Classic or funny? Old or new?
My absolute favorite is: A CHRISTMAS CAROL with Alistair Sim. That movie is as close to perfection as possible. I even read somewhere that the granddaughter of Dickens consulted with the director, so it is as accurate as possible. I think I have most of the most famous lines memorized.
A very close second in movie faves would be: It's a Wonderful Life with Jimmy Stewart.
So what about you all? What is your favorite one?
Classic or funny? Old or new?
My absolute favorite is: A CHRISTMAS CAROL with Alistair Sim. That movie is as close to perfection as possible. I even read somewhere that the granddaughter of Dickens consulted with the director, so it is as accurate as possible. I think I have most of the most famous lines memorized.
A very close second in movie faves would be: It's a Wonderful Life with Jimmy Stewart.
So what about you all? What is your favorite one?
Hands down, mine has to be National Lampoons Christmas Vacation because it looks like what our Xmas is with a large extended family.
Second place would be a tie between A Christmas Story, Scrooged, (fa-ra-ra-ra-ra, ra ra ra ra!) and Wonderful Life
I saw the first "Home Alone" movie again this year. Although the movie is broadcasted every year on t.v. I always watch. Together with the musical movie "Annie" those are the two movies that remind me most of Christmas.
Normally I would never rent any of these movies, but with Christmas I make an exception.
Normally I would never rent any of these movies, but with Christmas I make an exception.
QUOTE(hayleyanne @ Dec 25 2005, 08:38 PM)
I was just wondering what everyone's favorite Christmas theme movie is?
Classic or funny? Old or new?
My absolute favorite is: A CHRISTMAS CAROL with Alistair Sim. That movie is as close to perfection as possible. I even read somewhere that the granddaughter of Dickens consulted with the director, so it is as accurate as possible. I think I have most of the most famous lines memorized.
A very close second in movie faves would be: It's a Wonderful Life with Jimmy Stewart.
So what about you all? What is your favorite one?
Classic or funny? Old or new?
My absolute favorite is: A CHRISTMAS CAROL with Alistair Sim. That movie is as close to perfection as possible. I even read somewhere that the granddaughter of Dickens consulted with the director, so it is as accurate as possible. I think I have most of the most famous lines memorized.
A very close second in movie faves would be: It's a Wonderful Life with Jimmy Stewart.
So what about you all? What is your favorite one?
A Christmas Story would be first. A close second is Home Alone.
I like the original "Miracle on 34th Street" also.
"Miracle on 34th Street" for me.
I like the original and the remake.
I like the original and the remake.
Merry Christmas Charlie Brown! No contest.
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I would have to say that my favorite Christmas theme movies are the Santa Clause and Santa Clause 2 with Tim Allen.
It's A Wonderful Life is the favorite, but there are parts to others that I still find interesting. A Christmas Story in a single dose is good for the various adult feelings filtered through a kid's perspective. Elves with attitudes are always a hoot (The Santa Clause) and the variations on the Christmas ghosts. Scrooged has the best effects, but the old B&W A Christmas Carol has the scarriest. The TV pilot for the Waltons sparks up from memory, The Homecoming I think it was called, where the father brings writing tablets to the son who wants to be a writer.
Think that's the best theme for tear-jerking, a son/daughter wants something very much, there's a haplessness about the situation, and then the family love comes through. Close second is Gift of the Magi, not sure if it has ever seen the cinema, and of course the idea that friends and family are the most important things in life.
Merry Christmas, Charlie Brown! seems to be big this year for some reason. I'm not all that crazy about it. The music is okay but the dance scene irritates me. Snoopy on guitar saves it a little.
Oh, another sure-fire plot is Christmas in wartime, where the enemies take a night off from fighting. Think that comes from WW I. Picking up a hitch-hiking GI with some magic in it works, maybe the GI turns out to be a spirit.
Caught one a few days back, The Christmas Box, that worked to jerk a tear. When a child touches an older person's hardened heart, that's always a thing of beauty, especially as we get on through the decades. Oh yeah, that's part of A Christmas Carol, isn't it. The Christmas Box reverses who gets to die, and it has a popular notion of angels, although not supported in dogma. But then, neither is Santa Clause.
Miracle on 34th Street is very good, the original, for its take on material concerns versus our beliefs in anything. Other attempts don't seem to get it as well. Maybe its the actors, director, time setting or pacing. It just works the best.
I'm a sucker for Christmas stories, or any really that raises those sappy emotions we keep tucked away most of the time. Sap needs to rise, eh?
Think that's the best theme for tear-jerking, a son/daughter wants something very much, there's a haplessness about the situation, and then the family love comes through. Close second is Gift of the Magi, not sure if it has ever seen the cinema, and of course the idea that friends and family are the most important things in life.
Merry Christmas, Charlie Brown! seems to be big this year for some reason. I'm not all that crazy about it. The music is okay but the dance scene irritates me. Snoopy on guitar saves it a little.
Oh, another sure-fire plot is Christmas in wartime, where the enemies take a night off from fighting. Think that comes from WW I. Picking up a hitch-hiking GI with some magic in it works, maybe the GI turns out to be a spirit.
Caught one a few days back, The Christmas Box, that worked to jerk a tear. When a child touches an older person's hardened heart, that's always a thing of beauty, especially as we get on through the decades. Oh yeah, that's part of A Christmas Carol, isn't it. The Christmas Box reverses who gets to die, and it has a popular notion of angels, although not supported in dogma. But then, neither is Santa Clause.
Miracle on 34th Street is very good, the original, for its take on material concerns versus our beliefs in anything. Other attempts don't seem to get it as well. Maybe its the actors, director, time setting or pacing. It just works the best.
I'm a sucker for Christmas stories, or any really that raises those sappy emotions we keep tucked away most of the time. Sap needs to rise, eh?
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