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Post by trubble on Dec 2, 2011 10:38:47 GMT
Elf. (sheer silly)
Nightmare Before Christmas. (Best christmassy scene ever when Jack enters ChristmasTown. Best line: 'Why, he hasn't got claws at all!)
Scrooged. (Best version of Dickens' A Christmas Carol. Ever.)
What not to watch: White Christmas. (Lyrics include: I'll wash my hair with snow...)
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Post by Alpha Hooligan on Dec 2, 2011 17:02:30 GMT
I've specially downloaded "it's a wonderfull life" to watch on Christmas Eve.  I have the rest of my crimbob films on DVD, all the classics... Zulu Ben-Hur Man Who Would Be King Indiana Jones Trilogy Sinbad Trilogy Spartacus Jason and the Argonauts Journey to the Center of the Earth etc Will be looking out for some religous ones as well... Greatest Story Ever Told King of Kings The 10 Commandments Jesus of Nazereth ...kind of thing. I looooooooove crimbo, I really do.  AH |
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Post by everso on Dec 3, 2011 9:03:33 GMT
I've specially downloaded " it's a wonderfull life" to watch on Christmas Eve. I have the rest of my crimbob films on DVD, all the classics... Zulu Ben-Hur Man Who Would Be King Indiana Jones Trilogy Sinbad Trilogy Spartacus Jason and the Argonauts Journey to the Center of the Earth etc Will be looking out for some religous ones as well... Greatest Story Ever Told King of Kings The 10 Commandments Jesus of Nazereth ...kind of thing. I looooooooove crimbo, I really do. #bubblesmiley# AH It's a Wonderful Life - ahhhh. Do you wipe a manly tear away at the end like Mr. E. does? Yes, your choice of films is spot on. |
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Post by everso on Dec 3, 2011 9:04:28 GMT
I'd add "Meet Me In St. Louis" with Judy Garland. That scene where she sings 'Have Yourself A Merry Little Christmas' always gets me.
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Post by trubble on Dec 3, 2011 15:21:24 GMT
Ah yes. That's my little sister's favourite christmas film. Along with Superman. She'd get on great with Alph. I mean, what's christmassy about Ben-Hur?
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Post by Alpha Hooligan on Dec 3, 2011 16:01:15 GMT
Ah yes. That's my little sister's favourite christmas film. Along with Superman. She'd get on great with Alph. I mean, what's christmassy about Ben-Hur? The same thing thats christmassy about Zulu, Sinbad, Jason and the Argonauts etc...the fact that they always show them over christmas...you big div.  AH |
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Post by Alpha Hooligan on Dec 3, 2011 16:03:43 GMT
It's a Wonderful Life - ahhhh. Do you wipe a manly tear away at the end like Mr. E. does? Yes, your choice of films is spot on. I never shed tears, yet strangely enough I usually get something in my eye that causes some dampness during emotional moments in certain films...purely coincidence. ;D AH |
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Post by bonbonlarue on Dec 3, 2011 18:20:17 GMT
Definitely this one in our house..  |
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Post by Alpha Hooligan on Dec 3, 2011 19:43:19 GMT
I never shed tears, yet strangely enough I usually get something in my eye that causes some dampness during emotional moments in certain films...purely coincidence. ;D AH Actually, thats a lie, I cried like a fucking baby when the "Galactica" made it's assault on the Cylon main base, took a horrible pounding and then made her last jump...watching her super structure buckle and twist while bits of her outer hull were tearing off was deeply upsetting. It was obvious that she was finished and would never fight or jump again.  "she was a good ship" AH |
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Post by everso on Dec 3, 2011 19:45:55 GMT
Gercha! Yer big Jessie!
(That's what I say to Mr. E. too)
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Post by Alpha Hooligan on Dec 3, 2011 19:50:39 GMT
Gercha! Yer big Jessie! (That's what I say to Mr. E. too) 3:55 into the vid I posted, you'd have to have a heart of stone not to bawl your eyes out...  AH |
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Post by aubrey on Dec 3, 2011 19:51:05 GMT
I get dampness at hidden plot revelations (IE - you know it's important the second time and all subsequent times of seeing) in certain films, like Quatermass and the Pit, where he explains that Hobbs' Lane (or is it End?) used to be Hob's Lane, or when someone points out that the "Bomb" is under the ancient bones.
And at bits in The Third Man, North by Northwest, and the end of What's Opera, Doc? ("What did ya expect in an opera - a happy ending?") As well as all the usual ones.
I'm going to try to get a watching of Watchmen this year - last year but one we had the two most recent Batman films, and last year it was the whole of Lord of the Rings (over three days) so Watchmen isn't so weird.
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Post by everso on Dec 3, 2011 19:54:45 GMT
Gercha to the pair of yer!
(Mr. E. reckons I have a heart of stone, mostly)
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Post by Alpha Hooligan on Dec 3, 2011 20:02:42 GMT
Watchmen is boss...it was a groundbreaking, seminal graphic novel, the film was an incredibly faithfull reproduction. Briiliant film IMO, like most though, the proper directors cut is leagues ahead of the theatrical version. (my sig-line is a watchmen quote BTW). AH |
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Post by Alpha Hooligan on Dec 3, 2011 20:08:13 GMT
Gercha to the pair of yer! (Mr. E. reckons I have a heart of stone, mostly) Mrs E arriving at work...  AH |
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Post by trubble on Dec 19, 2011 15:14:39 GMT
Disney's A Christmas Carol is not terrible. In fact parts of it are actually very good!
It stays utterly faithful to the book. Marley's Ghost was particularly brilliant. My daughter assures me it was much better in 3D. The horses are also superb, even scary. My nephew explained to me that it's not scary at all, well, only if you're eight or something. He's 10.
There's a bit too much Jim Carrey and a bit of a waste of Gary Oldman, but other than that it should be watched and is best enjoyed with an Irish Coffee & a nephew.
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Post by bonbonlarue on Dec 19, 2011 15:37:37 GMT
I wached Fred Claus last evening..... [but I have been quite poorly...] |
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Post by trubble on Dec 19, 2011 16:56:26 GMT
A couple of us, feeling not unpoorly, and perhaps verging on a little sorry for ourselves, and perhaps resorting to a stiff drink to forget the day, accidentally watched this absolute gem of a crap film.
In fact, it may be the worst film ever made.
An evil gun slingling midget (sic) terrorises a midget town (called Tiny Town), starring an all-midget (sic) cast. If you are not already condemning this film to the bargain basement of hell then I presume you are doing as I did for the fist 10 minutes: staring mouth agog. And then shrieking with laughter, not necessarily for the right reasons.
I don't advise anyone to watch it. Truly I don't.
Except if you've had a few spliffs.
It's the miniature horses that started me off.
- about 5mins in, the cowboys round up a calf. A fcuking calf!
- 7.15-7.35 ish; horse riding skillz fail
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Post by Alpha Hooligan on Dec 19, 2011 17:54:03 GMT
That looks wrong on so many levels, you are a sick sick puppy, Trubb...will you marry me?  AH |
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Post by bonbonlarue on Dec 19, 2011 18:39:03 GMT
I rarely sit and watch a fillum......I put the TV on for QI and such...and and it sits in the background.. ......but I have taken up that nice Mr Murdoch's offer of 2 months movies for £10.....being as the chances of a Christmas date are remote .... |
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