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Post by James Fabiano on Dec 6, 2023 13:32:40 GMT -5
Got the music, may as well add this as well.
So far the highlight would be the Square Pegs (two-part) Christmas special. I think the series in general has been fun thus far and it's very 80s, always a plus. Patty (not just the fat girl's friend) and Ladonna bonding over Ella Fitzgerald was heartwarming.
Also checked out some Phelous fodder: Cricket on a Hearth (I have the complete Rankin-Bass DVD set)and Magic Gift of the Snowman. Just for s*its and giggles.
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Post by Ben Wyatt on Dec 6, 2023 13:48:30 GMT -5
I watched 'Genie' last weekend and while it wasn't anything spectacular, it was perfectly watchable for what it was.
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Post by James Fabiano on Dec 6, 2023 19:54:53 GMT -5
I watched 'Genie' last weekend and while it wasn't anything spectacular, it was perfectly watchable for what it was. Ah, so she doesn't swear and fall down enough times to ruin it? |
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Post by Clash, Never a Meter Maid on Dec 6, 2023 20:23:53 GMT -5
My usual go-tos are Die Hard, Rise Of The Guardians, Wonderful Life, Jingle All The Way, Batman Returns, Lethal Weapon, Nightmare Before Christmas, Elf and a Christmas Story. Jingle Jangle and Violent Night are my recent additions.
The Pinky and the Brain Christmas special will mess you *up*. Amazing voice acting from Maurice LaMarche and Rob Paulsen.
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Post by J. Hova on Dec 6, 2023 21:04:48 GMT -5
Christmas Vacation, Christmas Story, and my all time favorite Christmas movie, Scrooged.
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Post by legendkiller1985 on Dec 6, 2023 21:42:13 GMT -5
Movie wise this year watched Elf on Thanksgiving Night, going to see Scrooged on a $5 movie night. TV wise watched Community christmas episodes, Santa Clause is coming to town, and Mr. Bean's Christmas. When it gets closer to will throw on the stand bys of Christmas Story, Wonderful Life and Bottom Christmas episode.
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Post by Limity (BLM) on Dec 7, 2023 3:09:39 GMT -5
Christmas Vacation, Christmas Story, and my all time favorite Christmas movie, Scrooged. Hooray, someone mentioned Scrooged! I also do Scrooged and Christmas Vacation. Although in the psst couple years a new addition to my lineup is the Trailer Park Boys Christmas Special. It's a prequel set in the late 90s, and being in Canada in December, it takes me right back to growing up in Northern Michigan at the time. |
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Post by Timeless Hayterade on Dec 7, 2023 3:40:13 GMT -5
My movies for the holiday season:
Bad Santa
Silent Night, Deadly Night
Silent Night (2012)
Violent Night
Krampus
Die Hard
Die Hard 2
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Post by Bobeddy on Dec 7, 2023 9:04:18 GMT -5
Christmas Vacation, Christmas Story, and my all time favorite Christmas movie, Scrooged. I know A Christmas Story seems to be a massive deal in the US but it hasn't really made much of a footprint here in Ireland or the UK. I'd never seen it so I decided to give it a watch on Prime. It's got plenty of fun scenes and good gags throughout and the performances from Ralphie and his dad are especially strong. There's definitely a cosiness to it and the moment towards the end where the dad says there's still one more present is incredibly sweet. While I'm still confused that it's got enough of a following to air for 24 hours, I can certainly see why people like the film. |
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Post by Clash, Never a Meter Maid on Dec 7, 2023 9:06:31 GMT -5
Christmas Vacation, Christmas Story, and my all time favorite Christmas movie, Scrooged. Forgot Scrooged, that one’s also GOATed. |
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Post by Bobeddy on Dec 7, 2023 9:07:54 GMT -5
I also watched Anna and the Apocalypse, a 2018 Scottish high-school zombie musical Christmas movie. Which is a real strange mashup of genres that is actually executed pretty well.
It's a fun movie that you're not meant to take too seriously. The highlight is Paul Kaye as the asshole headmaster who when he gets to sing just GOES for it by hamming it up and chomping on the scenery. Y'know those characters you run into in Dead Rising that have just gone totally bonkers? He's basically doing that while singing about how much he loves that the world is burning.
Such a bizarre idea for a movie!
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Post by James Fabiano on Dec 11, 2023 11:45:27 GMT -5
For the first time since I actually saw it in theaters, I'm watching PRANCER.
Man, Sam Elliott is a jerk, and HE is the one the little girl wants to stay with, not her aunt!
Also, "...I want Skeletor, the Slime Pit, a skateboard..."
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Post by James Fabiano on Dec 13, 2023 18:03:52 GMT -5
There's a Hallmark movie premiering starring Meghan Ory. I must bite.
Hallmark movies = why I avoid Golden Girls fan sites this time of year.
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Post by Hit Girl on Dec 13, 2023 18:11:04 GMT -5
I watched a Halllmark Christmas movie where a career woman goes back to her rural hometown after years away and meets her childhood friend who is now a hunky guy and falls in love with him.
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Post by BlackoutCreature on Dec 13, 2023 20:44:24 GMT -5
I watched a Halllmark Christmas movie where a career woman goes back to her rural hometown after years away and meets her childhood friend who is now a hunky guy and falls in love with him. I always wanted someone to make a pseudo-sequel January movie where the woman realizes the mistake she made dumping her nice, successful and dependable city boyfriend for her barely literate hayseed ex and goes back to the city to try to win him back only to discover that, even though he's incredibly depressed, lives in his sweatpants and has a diet of Ben & Jerry's ice cream, won't take her back because he just can't trust her anymore. On-topic, I usually try to re-watch the Christmas episode of Stroker & Hoop every year. Hidden gem of an Christmas special. |
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Post by James Fabiano on Dec 13, 2023 21:52:17 GMT -5
The Holderness Family has some funny Hallmark parodies on their channel.
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Post by thechase on Dec 14, 2023 1:31:18 GMT -5
Hey Arnold's Christmas Special. If anything convinces you to root for Helga as the best endgame in 90s animation, it's that.
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Post by schma on Dec 14, 2023 3:45:36 GMT -5
I remember a few years ago CBC or some other channel was showing it's a wonderful life and I had never seen it. Never watch this movie with commercial breaks. So bleak and depressing for so long. I barely made it through. Not sure how it would go if I was able to aatch uninterrupted. Likely much better.
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Post by Andee9001 on Dec 14, 2023 5:04:23 GMT -5
Probably watch the same movies we watch every year. Love Actually, Home Alone 1 and 2 and possibly Last Christmas and Die Hard.
Home Alone 2 is very much my guilty pleasure Christmas film. Tim Curry adds an extra * to any film automatically.
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Post by pinja on Dec 14, 2023 8:06:35 GMT -5
The Muppet Christmas Carol,
Home Alone,
Scrooged,
Jingle All The Way,
Little Lord Fauntleroy,
Gremlins,
Miracle on 34th Street,
Christmas Every Day,
The Long Kiss Goodnight,
Tokyo Godfathers.
I won't make them all, but a good chunk.
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