Author Topic: Best Christmas movies? (Read 4860 times)

The Sceneman · « **on:** December 16, 2015, 06:57:48 PM »

I'm getting into the xmas spirit and I've decided to watch only xmas movies in the run up to the 25th. Any suggestions?

What I've got so far:

Die Hard
Home Alone 1 & 2
Scrooged
Bad Santa
Jingle All the Way

mormapope · « **Reply #1 on:** December 16, 2015, 07:02:08 PM »

Trade out Jingle All The Way with Lethal Weapon.

The Sceneman · « **Reply #2 on:** December 16, 2015, 07:10:20 PM »

Quote from: The Walrus on December 16, 2015, 07:01:12 PM

The old Miracle on 34th Street with that chick who died this year and Fred Mertz.

probably isn't low brow enough tbh

Lethal Weapon is an xmas movie?

mormapope · « **Reply #3 on:** December 16, 2015, 07:28:37 PM »

It takes place during Christmas.

EDIT: Correction, it happens before Christmas but I think there lights and ornaments in different places.

Mupepe · « **Reply #4 on:** December 16, 2015, 07:29:53 PM »

National lampoons Christmas vacation

The Sceneman · « **Reply #5 on:** December 16, 2015, 07:35:48 PM »

Chevy Chase

mormapope · « **Reply #6 on:** December 16, 2015, 07:43:32 PM »

The Jingle All the Way VHS tape my family got at a Blockbuster would cut to a toothpaste commercial towards the end of the movie, there would be a black screen for five or ten seconds, and then the movie would continue.

The Sceneman · « **Reply #7 on:** December 16, 2015, 07:48:24 PM »

Quote from: mormapope on December 16, 2015, 07:43:32 PM

The Jingle All the Way VHS tape my family got at a Blockbuster would cut to a toothpaste commercial towards the end of the movie, there would be a black screen for five or ten seconds, and then the movie would continue.

fuckin Blockbuster mayne

Yeti · « **Reply #8 on:** December 16, 2015, 07:51:18 PM »

mormapope · « **Reply #9 on:** December 16, 2015, 07:52:31 PM »

The final straw was when my family would be accused of stealing DVDs when we would rent them. An employee then told us that other employees have been stealing stock and that we shouldn't take the accusations seriously.

The same day the employee told us that, I got home with my rented game, Syphon Filter: Omega Strain, and the disc wasn't in the box.

Yeti · « **Reply #10 on:** December 16, 2015, 07:54:47 PM »

Yeti · « **Reply #11 on:** December 16, 2015, 07:56:42 PM »

Mr. Gundam · « **Reply #12 on:** December 16, 2015, 08:03:24 PM »

Die Hard
Elf
Miracle on 34th Street (both versions)
Christmas Story
Love Actually
Christmas Vacation
Scrooged

Jingle All the Way must be a generational thing. Never seen it.

Yeti · « **Reply #13 on:** December 16, 2015, 08:05:00 PM »

spoiler (click to show/hide)

0:00:03 - Toy Tinkers
0:07:10 - Rescue Dog
0:13:33 - Donald's Snow Fight
0:20:22 - Corn Chips
0:26:42 - Bearly Asleep
0:33:16 - Cold Storage
0:39:33 - Hockey Homicide
0:46:49 - Dumb Bell Of The Yukon
0:53:00 - Polar Trappers
1:00:44 - Squatter's Rights
1:07:28 - The Hockey Champ
1:14:40 - Donald's Penguin
1:21:58 - Lend A Paw
1:29:44 - Chip An' Dale
1:35:59 - Mickey Plays Santa Claus

[close]

Yeti · « **Reply #14 on:** December 16, 2015, 08:17:05 PM »

https://vimeo.com/58193245

team filler · « **Reply #15 on:** December 16, 2015, 08:25:23 PM »

jingle all the way and disney christmas carol special thing

Olivia Wilde Homo · « **Reply #16 on:** December 16, 2015, 08:46:18 PM »

Bad Santa is a Christmas classic.

ToxicAdam · « **Reply #17 on:** December 16, 2015, 10:29:09 PM »

Only three more days until an instant holiday classic.

benjipwns · « **Reply #18 on:** December 16, 2015, 11:04:01 PM »

Joe Molotov · « **Reply #19 on:** December 17, 2015, 11:57:44 AM »

Christmas is For Real and Not Dead: 90 Minutes in Santa's Workshop

Brehvolution · « **Reply #20 on:** December 17, 2015, 12:16:33 PM »

A Christmas Story

The xmas SNL special:

Mr. Gundam · « **Reply #21 on:** December 17, 2015, 01:44:58 PM »

Quote from: The Walrus on December 17, 2015, 01:41:09 PM

Elf is terrible. I don't understand why people still watch that one.

I don't understand Jingle All the Way. People like different things.

TakingBackSunday · « **Reply #22 on:** December 17, 2015, 01:47:31 PM »

- Various versions of A Christmas Carol (Patrick Stewart, George C Scott, Allastair Sim, Muppets)
- Its a Wonderful Life
- Charlie Brown Christmas
- Christmas Vacation

Tasty · « **Reply #23 on:** December 17, 2015, 03:03:06 PM »

The Muppet Christmas Carol is the best version. It is known.

Mandark · « **Reply #24 on:** December 17, 2015, 03:38:27 PM »

Trading Places

Mr. Gundam · « **Reply #25 on:** December 17, 2015, 03:40:28 PM »

Quote from: The Walrus on December 17, 2015, 02:10:38 PM

Quote from: Mr. Gundam on December 17, 2015, 01:44:58 PM
Quote from: The Walrus on December 17, 2015, 01:41:09 PM
Elf is terrible. I don't understand why people still watch that one.

I don't understand Jingle All the Way. People like different things.

You said earlier you've never seen it.

I've seen both. Don't be a Federman.

Nah, I'm good.

Stoney Mason · « **Reply #26 on:** December 17, 2015, 03:44:44 PM »

Somehow never watched A Christmas Story. I missed the whole rise of that movie into the phenomenon it became.

Mr. Gundam · « **Reply #27 on:** December 17, 2015, 03:51:13 PM »

Quote from: Stoney Mason on December 17, 2015, 03:44:44 PM

Somehow never watched A Christmas Story. I missed the whole rise of that movie into the phenomenon it became.

My family used to watch A Christmas Story every year because my grandpa hated it. We all liked it, but I think we liked that it was an inside joke more than anything. This was right after it came out on video in the 80s. It was kinda strange when it became an institution that was shown 24 hours straight.

Tasty · « **Reply #28 on:** December 17, 2015, 03:58:44 PM »

It was a loooooong path to that movie blowing up. IIRC it bombed at release and was relatively unknown through the 90s.

My grandparents had the VHS so that's how I caught onto it, but it was game over once TBS decided to do their marathon (circa 2004 I think?) Edit- 1997, wow, didn't think it was that early. Maybe I didn't get TBS as a young kid.

It's a nice movie, I enjoy watching it every year.

Edit-

Quote

As of 2009, the film had been shown 250 times on the Turner family of networks.

And at least 72 more times since that year.

Tasty · « **Reply #29 on:** December 17, 2015, 04:01:20 PM »

Quote from: The Walrus on December 17, 2015, 04:00:07 PM

The dad from A Christmas Story looks almost exactly like my grandfather did when he was in his 40s.

Haha! I thought mine did too, that's amazing. Kinda spoke like him too.

Steve Contra · « **Reply #30 on:** December 17, 2015, 07:41:58 PM »

We always watch Conan the Barbarian on Christmas, so that.

Christmas Story is garbage.

Olivia Wilde Homo · « **Reply #31 on:** December 17, 2015, 10:38:28 PM »

I can't stand A Christmas Story.

Elf is also garbage. Fuck Will Ferrell.

ToxicAdam · « **Reply #32 on:** December 17, 2015, 10:54:07 PM »

Quote from: Mr. Gundam on December 17, 2015, 03:51:13 PM

This was right after it came out on video in the 80s. It was kinda strange when it became an institution that was shown 24 hours straight.

Yea, we loved it too when it was just a movie you "discovered" on the video store racks and not shoved down your throat every holiday season.

Yeti · « **Reply #33 on:** December 18, 2015, 12:04:50 AM »

Joe Molotov · « **Reply #34 on:** December 18, 2015, 12:09:54 AM »

The only Christmas movies I still watch as an adult are the various versions of A Christmas Carol. My favorite is the 1951 Alastair Sim one, but it's pretty hard to mess up. I'll watch ones with The Muppets, Captain Picard, and General Patton too.

I have a vast array of Christmas specials on my media drive, though. A Wish For Wings That Work, Will Vinton's Claymation Christmas Celebration, A Garfield Christmas, The Best Christmas Pageant Ever, He-Man and She-Ra Christmas Special, A Charlie Brown Christmas, Rambo Christmas, Ghostbuster Christmas, Mario Christmas, Pac-Man Christmas, Sonic Christmas, Pikachu Christmas, I'll watch all that shit.

benjipwns · « **Reply #35 on:** December 18, 2015, 12:16:15 AM »

Quote from: Joe Molotov on December 18, 2015, 12:09:54 AM

I'll watch ones with The Muppets, Captain Picard, and General Patton too.

Joe Molotov · « **Reply #36 on:** December 18, 2015, 12:19:31 AM »

I'd watch that if it was just Patrick Stewart yelling in an elevator for 90 minutes.

benjipwns · « **Reply #37 on:** December 18, 2015, 12:25:12 AM »

Samson Manhug · « **Reply #38 on:** December 18, 2015, 12:35:49 AM »

I couldn't even watch that whole trailer. Christmas movies aren't very good.

Positive Touch · « **Reply #39 on:** December 18, 2015, 08:33:34 AM »

bad Santa directors cut (NOT the extended edition) is worth tracking down. best version of the movie by far. it's a damn shame that's it's not on any streaming services.

Cerveza mas fina · « **Reply #40 on:** December 18, 2015, 08:53:25 AM »

I like cheesy low budget christmas movies

mormapope · « **Reply #41 on:** December 18, 2015, 08:58:11 AM »

Quote from: Premium Lager on December 18, 2015, 08:53:25 AM

I like cheesy low budget christmas movies

Merry Christmas and may Jesus be with you.

brob · « **Reply #42 on:** December 18, 2015, 10:33:40 AM »

Who is excited for the digital restoration of Three Nuts for Cinderella?

it's me

I'm a Puppy! · « **Reply #43 on:** December 18, 2015, 12:33:52 PM »

The Muppets Christmas Carol
Die hard
Patrick Stewart's Christmas Carol
Die hard
Elf
Die hard
Die hard
Die hard

demi · « **Reply #44 on:** December 18, 2015, 12:51:50 PM »

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ernest_Saves_Christmas

you know what i mean vern

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