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The Muppet’s Christmas Carol: It’s got Michael Caine doing a perfect Scrooge, great original music numbers, a character that’s almost always left out of other versions (Fezziwig), it was the last thing Jim Hansen did on this planet, and it’s narrated by Gonzo and Rizzo. What’s not to like?
Hasta good morning Dan. Holiday movies. That one Jody Foster directed I liked except they coulda knocked out 20 minutes or so.
RAWMUSLGLUTES: A Very Andrew Sullivan Christmas
oh. Andrew “Sugar Plums” Sullivan writes for The Atlantic and is obsessed with Governor Palin’s afterbirth and The Atlantic has become something of a joke cause of it I think. What else is a good Christmas movie is Beetle Juice I think. Winona Ryder is always festive. She’s gonna be in JJ’s Star Trek. That would be one reason to go see that I think. There might be others.
I thought Fezziwig was a beer.
You know, “The Santa Clause” was a pretty good newer one.
I like to watch “Meet me in St. Louis” although it’s not really a Christmas one, but it’s got Judy singing that Christmas song. It’s holiday-ish.
A Christmas Story hands down. You will shoot your eye out.
The blog hates my links, but you really want to go with Black Christmas. The little ones will watch that over and over and over.
Best holiday movie ever? Gremlins. Well, maybe not by a landslide, since National Lampoon’s would come in at a close second.
Saw III.
What say yousguys we just skip right to the insults? Nothing like a nice flamewar on a Monday.
Who are we insulting?
Anyone watch 24 last night?
Q- is Jack going to be a pussy this year, or should I tune in?
Scrooged is a great movie. I never tire of Bill Murray.
Whomever. Didn’t you read Dan’s directive?
Scrooged is a great movie. I never tire of Bill Murray.
Yes, that’s a good one. Fucker.
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Scrooged
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The Nativity Story – cinematic release about two years ago. surprisingly “good”.
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Davey and Goliath’s Snowboard Christmas
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Bad Santa
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The Log in the Fireplace video
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Kingpin.
Teen Wolf Too
Bill and Ted’s Bogus Journey
8 Legged Freaks, the extended version
Darkman III Die Darkman Die
“They were all out of It’s A Wonderful Life, so we grabbed Terminator 2 (Widescreen Edition) instead.”
Anyone watch 24 last night?
Looks like it will be a good season. However, was last night’s episode supposed to be simply a prequel and the actual ‘season’ happens months later, or was it the start of the actual season? The reason I ask is that the show happens in ‘real time’ and I wonder how they’re going to get around the 10 hour flight from Africa to Washington D.C.. Are we going to watch Jack sleeping or watching movies on his way to Washington?
I always watch the first “Lethal Weapon” because the hooker that falls at the beginning of the movie has a nice rack.
Last night was a “stand-alone” movie to bridge the gap between S6 and S7, IIRC.
No Christmas lineup is complete without Scalzi’s list.
Notice how the next door neighbor trendoids in National Lampoon’s Christmas Vacation are mainstream now? Nothing weird about chugging bottled water anymore.
A – one of the lines from the upcoming series is Jack holding a gun to a guy-who-we-thought-was-dead’s chin and telling him how he’s going to kill him so bad that this time, he’ll stay dead, plus all kinds of scenes with Jack kicking ass and getting his ass kicked.
I can testify that getting your ass kicked is not for pansies. So, I’m tempted to give 24 another chance.
Anything by Rankin/Bass that you can watch with the kiddies (or your elderly, senile grandparents).
Rudolph the red-nosed Reindeer, Frosty the Snowman, The Year Without a Santa Claus, Santa Claus is Coming to Town, The Little Drummer Boy, etc.
Honorable Mention: The Muppet Christmas Special
Also-Rans: How The Grinch Stole Christmas (the original, animated version), and, although I thoroughly despise Chevy Chase, National Lampoon’s Christmas Vacation.
Campy Nostalgia: A Very Brady Christmas, even though Eve Plumb pussied out and they put in that goofy blonde to replace her.
Most of those are great, Bill, but The Little Drummer Boy always creeped me the fuck out. I don’t know why — Uncanny Valley stuff, maybe.
A – one of the lines from the upcoming series is Jack holding a gun to a guy-who-we-thought-was-dead’s chin and telling him how he’s going to kill him so bad that this time, he’ll stay dead, plus all kinds of scenes with Jack kicking ass and getting his ass kicked.
I’ll be in my bunk.
A Christmas Carol, the George C. Scott as Scrooge edition.
I really like the unintentional Christmas movies – like Gremlins and Die Hard. “Ho Ho Ho – Now I have a Machine Gun.”
As for the intentional Christmas movies – Love, Actually is really good, and I still like Elf‘s good-natured goofiness.
If you haven’t seen Polar Express it’s worth a look, and of course Christmas Story is the perennial favorite.
Any list of actually good Christmas flicks has to include Christmas in Connecticut and White Christmas, if my wife has anything to say about it.
Which she does, pretty much all the time.
‘nother vote for Polar Express, of course, plus fractional votes for the various animated classics like Rudolph and Santa Claus is Coming to Town and Frosty the Snowman, which I tell my kids is how things were done before computers were invented. The old, animated Grinch is a must-have. Thurl Ravenscroft has no equal.
That’s a fib, but for all practical purposes, computer-aided animation was not even a pipe dream yet.
No one has mentioned, “Emmet Otter’s Jug-band Christmas,” which is an older effort from Jim Henson that my whole family likes (which is saying a lot, as we have very divergent tastes). I watch that one every year, along with the Alistair Sim and George C. Scott versions of Scrooge. The Patrick Stuart version of Scrooge is also pretty good, as is the muppet version also mentioned earlier.
I can not believe noone has mentioned the timeless classic Lephrecaun 4: In Space.
Want to mention that I avoided “Santa Claus” for a long time, then won it at a company function a couple years back and found that it was… pretty good. I don’t like a lot of the modern Disney live-action stuff; it’s too lowest-common-denominator and Tim Allen is a big “meh” but really, SC1 and 2 were much better than expected. Haven’t seen 3 yet, but Martin Short is a huge automatic turn-off for me these days.
Sorry, should have written The Santa Clause in case that wasn’t clear.
The best holiday flicks might could expand to music, like Daniel Pinkham’s “Christmas Cantata” for instance. On the other hand, the parts of any movie with Liv Tyler in them, provided you mute the volume and concentrate on watching Liv Tyler is pretty Christmas-y, I think.
Holy shit. Burl Ives is DEAD?
I hope no one mentions the “star Wars Holiday Special”.
Independance Day
Men in Black
Alien vs Predator.
(These are also my favorite SciFi movies, Historical Romances, Comedies, Feel Good movies, Blockbusters, Distaster movies and movies. I have limited tastes.)
“Collateral” was a good xmas flick. Cruise playing the Pedro Negro role very well and all. Casting Jamie Foxx as Rudolph was a stretch, but he did a passable job.
While You Were Sleeping is a feel-gooder. I also second Love Actually. I have to be careful letting the kids watch that one, though. Last year some TV station managed to cut it without ruining it, which was an impressive feat.
You can make an endurance test out of Santa Claus Conquers the Martians. See who can keep watching the longest without chewing off their leg to escape.
Unless it’s the MST3k version. Which, really, is cheating.
“Die Hard” was a Christmas movie, wasn’t it?
But, if you can put your hands on it, “You Can’t Take it With You” is a good one that feels Christmas-y.
The Bastogne episode of “Band of Brothers” Disc set. (Disc 3, hour 2, I think).
Only $40 at Costco (non blu-ray version).
“I really like the unintentional Christmas movies – like Gremlins and Die Hard. ‘Ho Ho Ho – Now I have a Machine Gun.'”
Trading Places
A Fish Called Wanda.
OK, it wasn’t about Christmas, but I got it for Christmas.
Actually, a Christmas Carol is my favorite Christmas movie about Christmas. I didn’t shoot my eye out, or burn down the garage or …. Which is surely proof there is a merciful God watching over me. Or mom was wrong about everything. I’m going with #1.
what about the “BlackAdder Christmas Special” – a very good reverse scrooge.
Good one Denise.
There is a Thanksgiving movie called Pieces of April, which is really charming. Stars Katie Holmes pre-freaky-Tom. It’s an indie film and had a great cast. Planes, Trains and Automobiles is also good for Thanksgiving laughs.
Christmas Story is the stand-by around here. Though we tend to follow it with the entire Firefly series. Geeks.
I’ve never made it through one episode of 24. The last time I liked Kiefer was in The Lost Boys…
John Denver’s Christmas album is my favorite.
Dan Said Holiday flicks and you people keep naming Christmas movies. How about AdamSandlers 8crazy nights? the worlds first animated Hannukah musical about basketball. Take that you anti-semites. That’s right.
P.S. you’re all worse than Hitler.
Yes, but only the uncut edition..
[Rinshot! Thud!! Sound of body being dragged off-stage.]
Yes, that’s a good one. Fucker.
I prefer Mr. Fucker!
Whatever gets my relatives to go home early.
Bah! Humbug!
Might I suggest “Zardoz” or “The Forbidden Zone”?
Rusty, my MIL likes to play Polyester every Christmas. That always makes me wanna go home. You could give it a try.
Holiday Inn. Crosby and Astaire.
I’ve got to go with A Charlie Brown Christmas.
For tunes, I’ll go with the Gary Hoey “Ho-Ho-Hoey” series of CDs.
Excellent stuff, buttmunches.
We are pretty traditional. “Christmas Story” of course, we both like “A Christmas Carol” movies but I prefer the 1938 one with Reginald Owen as Scrooge while my wife prefers the Alastair Sim 1951 one. The 1947 “Miracle on 34th Street” rounds out the usual fare.
Guilty pleasure, “Home Alone 2: Lost in New York”
It’s A Wonderful Life, White Christmas, and Christmas wouldn’t be complete without 24 hours of A Christmas Story.