Top 5 Xmas Films
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Obviously. A seasonal Bond film, there aren't many are there! It's at Xmas. Loads of snow. The angels of death aren't on coke, that's a drawback. And it makes you feel a bit queasy at time. Still, loads of references to Queen and Country - they should put it on before the Queen's Speech. With TWINE after.
Holiday Inn
Fred Astaire and Bing Crosby. Haven't seen it much, has White Christmas, has to be better than the film of that name.
Dr Zhivago
Chocalate box Russian Revolution, Lara's Theme snow and daffodils. Marred only by those English accents, like the Highgate and Hampstead lot have been taken over by the Crouch End brigade.
Some Like it Hot
Brilliantly unseasonal, but hits the spot late at night.
Trading Places
Dan Akroyd's in a Santa suit at one point. That's got to count, right?
Obviously. A seasonal Bond film, there aren't many are there! It's at Xmas. Loads of snow. The angels of death aren't on coke, that's a drawback. And it makes you feel a bit queasy at time. Still, loads of references to Queen and Country - they should put it on before the Queen's Speech. With TWINE after.
Holiday Inn
Fred Astaire and Bing Crosby. Haven't seen it much, has White Christmas, has to be better than the film of that name.
Dr Zhivago
Chocalate box Russian Revolution, Lara's Theme snow and daffodils. Marred only by those English accents, like the Highgate and Hampstead lot have been taken over by the Crouch End brigade.
Some Like it Hot
Brilliantly unseasonal, but hits the spot late at night.
Trading Places
Dan Akroyd's in a Santa suit at one point. That's got to count, right?
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Roger Moore 1927-2017
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Young Sherlock Holmes (a sentimental favorite)- Snowy London streets, and Dickens-esque ambiance make for a fun Christmas Carol type ride without the annoying Tiny Tim.
It's A Wonderful Life - I don't know why, but I never grow tired of this movie..."Merry Christmas, movie house!"
1942 - Highly obnoxious WW2 Christmas-time antics! A perfect double-feature with NP's Trading Places
The Empire Strikes Back - lots of snow!
Batman Returns
Batman, Catwoman and Penguin engage in all sorts of holiday hijinks: assault, property destruction, S&M, child kidnapping. You know, good, clean family holiday fun.
National Lampoon's Christmas Vacation
Christmas with the Griswolds and their well-meaning but embarrassing relatives. Randy Quaid is particularly memorable.
The Shining
Lots of snow and a crazier than usual Jack Nicholson
Bad Santa
Billy Bob Thornton as a washed up, drunken department store Santa, complete with beligerent elf.
A Christmas Story
Gene Shepard's ode to the Chrismases of his youth is one of the few "traditional" Christmas movies I can stomach. All little Ralphie Parker wants for Christmas is a genuine Red Ryder BB gun. You'll shoot your eye out kid.
Jingle All The Way
A pretty poor movie actually, but it is fun to see the linguistically challenged Arnold Schwarzenneger try to pronounce the word "Turbo-Man". The best he can manage is "Tear-bo-men".
I enjoy these two myself. I'll have to add:
Die Hard and The Santa Clause
It encompasses all that is Christmas...young love, new love, bitter love, unrequited love....and the ever hopeful love.
Can't go wrong with Love in all it's forms, but as a die hard romantic....you've got to believe in the "happy ever after" love....:x
2. A Christmas Carol - The one starring Alistair Sim, and co-starring a very young Patrick MacNee. The best adaptation of them all.
3. A tie - Holiday Inn and White Christmas - Nearly the same film in a lot of ways, but trading Fred Astaire for Danny Kaye (or vice versa?). I love 'em both. Great holiday entertainment.
4. It's A Wonderful Life - Capra's crown jewel.
5. This one nominated by Loeff Jr and Loeff III - How The Grinch Stole Christmas, the Ron Howard film starring Jim Carrey.
"I am not an entrant in the Shakespeare Stakes." - Ian Fleming
"Screw 'em." - Daniel Craig, The Best James Bond EverTM
Holiday Inn is another classic.
White Christmas is my wife's personal favourite and I enjoy it too.
It's a Wonderful Life...I'll give you the moon
and Home Alone. AHHHHHHHH!
Other good ones include Love Actually as mentioned above, National Lampoon's Christmas Holiday, A Christmas Story, Joyeux Noel (haven't seen it?...it's a must) Muppet's Christmas Carol and the Holiday.
A Christmas Story
The Texas Chainsaw Massacre
Taxi Driver
Straw Dogs
Nothing says the holidays like mayhem.
Die Hard
Lethal Weapon
OHMSS
Miracle on 34th Street
2) Elf - I dont normally like Will Farrell but he hits the spot perectly with this bit of nonsense.
3) Miracle on 34th Street - whats not love?
4) A Christmas Carol - any tradtional version, though the Muppets did a splendid job.
5) Chitty Chitty Bang Bang - no words can express how much I love this.
.... and I could go on.Its my favourite movie season
1)It's a Wonderful Life (1946)- one of the most beautiful and purely pleasurable films ever made. It truly is a Christmas masterpiece; although should I mention that it's got quite a dangerous message? :v {:)
2)OHMSS (1969)- I never really thought of this as a Christmas film until now.
3)Lethal Weapon (1987)- One of the absolute greatest action films ever made, I truly adore this film. Violence, torture, rape and family. What more can you ask for?
4)Die Hard (1988)- the greatest action film ever made, this has always been one of my very favourite Christmas films
5)Bad Santa (2003)- Billy Bob Thornton as an anti-Santa, in the role he was destined to play.
Great topic NP. {[]
I don't think we in Britain have heard of this American classic. Intriguing. Also, 2) You guys won't know that George Cole, who played the young Scrooge, went on to play the spiv in the St Trinians films and Arthur Daley in the 1980s sitcom Minder. It's a wasted opportunity not to have him play Scrooge in his older years too, so that the flashback would be genuinely of his younger days rathe than a different actor!
Rape in Lethal Weapon 2? I don't remember that.
So far I haven't had time to squeeze em in but I must concur with one fan's suggestion a while back that Thunderball and OHMSS make a fine and logical double bill, esp as Connery and young Lazenby sequue into each other quite well and both are grounded more in Fleming's world. Sun sea and sand give way to snow and ice, just right.
Roger Moore 1927-2017
2. A Christmas Story
3. Nation Lampoon's Christmas Vacation
4. Batman Returns
Can't think of another that deserves to be on my top five.
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1. Scrooge (Best version of A Christmas Carol EVA!!!)
2. It's A Wonderful Life
3. A Christmas Story
4. Elf
5. National Lampoon's Christmas Vacation
2. Alive - lots of snow
3. 30 Days of Night - lots of snow
4. The Lion the Witch and the Wardrobe - lots of snow
5. Velvet Goldmine - lots of snow (oh all right, coccaine)
I was just with a family that watched Die Hard on Christmas Eve as a Christmas movie and moviefone has it on their top 25 Christmas movies list...I had no clue it was such a popular Christmas movie choice for so many people.
The Nightmare Before Xmas
Tim Burton and Henry Selick's wonderful fairy-tale. It's also Danny Elfman's best score.
Lethal Weapon
Nothing says Merry Xmas like kicking Gary Busey's face in on your mate's front lawn.
Merry Christmas Mr Lawrence
Moving war film with Tom Conti, David Bowie and 'Beat' Takeshi.
Bad Santa
Wickedly funny comedy with Billy Bob Thornton as an alcoholic department store Santa.
Trading Places
Dan Akroyd used to be funny.
And The Pink Panther; Niven being charming in the snow, glam locations and a fondu set. Terrific slapstick finale.
Roger Moore 1927-2017