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'Tis the season to be watching... (Movies you tend to watch/revisit at Christmas.)

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  • LeonardPineLeonardPine The Bar on the Beach
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    Already watched OHMSS

    Next will be;

    Christmas Vacation
    A Christmas story
    Elf
    It's A Wonderful Life

    And not forgetting Blackadder's Christmas Carol which I've seen more time than is healthy, but it's still funny!
  • Creasy47Creasy47 In Cuba with Natalya.Moderator
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    I'll have to find time for Die Hard and OHMSS this Christmas, as usual.
  • patbpatb
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    Our local cinema has a Christmas season this weekend:
    Die Hard
    Muppet Christmas Carol
    Home Alone
    It's a Wonderful Life

    Pretty good choices IMHO
  • LudovicoLudovico
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    Is there a 'Tis the reason to be reading?
  • j_w_pepperj_w_pepper Born on the bayou. I can still hear my old hound dog barkin'.
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    We started our Christmas season this year by watching LETHAL WEAPON (the first one).
  • bondjamesbondjames You were expecting someone else?
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    I must add To Catch A Thief to my earlier list. I viewed it last year during the festive season and had a great time with it (it doesn't hurt that it's one of my favourite films). I think I may revisit this year, along with Charade (another of my all time faves).
  • FoxRoxFoxRox
    edited December 2017 Posts: 12,269
    On Her Majesty’s Secret Service
    It’s a Wonderful Life
    Eyes Wide Shut
    Die Hard
    Batman Returns
    Scrooge (1970)
    A Charlie Brown Christmas
    Frosty the Snowman
    Rudolph the Red-Nosed Reindeer
    Santa Claus Is Coming To Town
    The Year Without a Santa Claus
    The Nightmare Before Christmas
  • LudovicoLudovico
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    Oh Eyes Wide Shut I need to find time to watch it again. Not easy being the dad of a young child.
  • FoxRoxFoxRox
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    Ludovico wrote: »
    Oh Eyes Wide Shut I need to find time to watch it again. Not easy being the dad of a young child.

    I got to watch the first 45 minutes last night, but got too tired to finish. I will do so today. It’s one of the most disturbing but fascinating films I’ve seen. Definitely a favorite of mine, and one of many masterpieces from Stanley Kubrick.
  • Mathis1Mathis1
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    OHMSS definitely, i tend to watch films that i remember from TV in my younger days, so pretty well all over the place.
    Dance of the Vampires
    The Italian Job
    Oliver
    Funeral in Berlin
    Willy Wonka and the Chocolate Factory
    Porridge
    Where Eagles Dare
    Dirty Rotten Scoundrels
    Some Like it Hot
  • LudovicoLudovico
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    @FoxRox EWS is a great underrated movie.
  • LeonardPineLeonardPine The Bar on the Beach
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    Blimey, I've just watched OHMSS again after only watching it last week...

    That flamethrower bit just rocks!
  • DarthDimiDarthDimi Behind you!Moderator
    edited December 2017 Posts: 23,547
    Planes, Trains and Automobiles
  • chrisisallchrisisall Brosnan Defender Of The Realm
    edited December 2017 Posts: 17,691
    Master_Dahark wrote: »
    Batman Returns, never miss a year!

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    That's my #1 Christmas pick this year.
    Die Hard & Gremlins as watching with my Son home from college will allows follow.
    OHMSS if I can work it in...
  • Some_Kind_Of_HeroSome_Kind_Of_Hero
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    Die Hard, Batman Returns, and OHMSS are all Christmas regulars for me.

    Gremlins too sometimes, and after seeing it for the first time this year, I might have to make Eyes Wide Shut an off n' on Christmas semi-tradition too.
  • Fire_and_Ice_ReturnsFire_and_Ice_Returns I am trying to get away from this mountan!
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    My watchlist for this year...
    Christmas Vacation I may watch the whole series including Vegas Vacation
    OHMSS
    Die Hard
    Rear Window, Foreign Correspondent when I was younger Hitchcock films often played at Christmas, I will watch a selection of the Master's films this year.
  • ToTheRightToTheRight
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    OHMSS
    MIRACLE ON 34TH STREET
    SCROOGE (1970)
    A CHRISTMAS CAROL (1984)
    WHITE CHRISTMAS
    DIE HARD
    DIE HARD 2
    HOLIDAY AFFAIR
    COVER UP (1949)
    I, THE JURY (1953)
    LADY IN THE LAKE
    THE CHRISTMAS CARD (2006)
    THE CHRISTMAS GIFT (1986)

    Ones still on my to-do list for this year:

    AN AMERICAN CHRISTMAS CAROL (1979)
    IT'S A WONDERFUL LIFE
    A CHRISTMAS CAROL (1938)
    HOLIDAY INN
  • Fire_and_Ice_ReturnsFire_and_Ice_Returns I am trying to get away from this mountan!
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    ToTheRight wrote: »
    OHMSS
    MIRACLE ON 34TH STREET
    SCROOGE (1970)
    A CHRISTMAS CAROL (1984)
    WHITE CHRISTMAS
    DIE HARD
    DIE HARD 2
    HOLIDAY AFFAIR
    COVER UP (1949)
    I, THE JURY (1953)
    LADY IN THE LAKE
    THE CHRISTMAS CARD (2006)
    THE CHRISTMAS GIFT (1986)

    Ones still on my to-do list for this year:

    AN AMERICAN CHRISTMAS CAROL (1979)
    IT'S A WONDERFUL LIFE
    A CHRISTMAS CAROL (1938)
    HOLIDAY INN

    Lady in the Lake a Marlowe I have not seen for a long time, the film where we see only from Marlowe's point of view?
    I was just watching scenes of A Wonderful Life on YouTube, Jimmy Stewart is brilliant.
  • ToTheRightToTheRight
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    Fire_and_Ice_Returns wrote: »
    ToTheRight wrote: »
    OHMSS
    MIRACLE ON 34TH STREET
    SCROOGE (1970)
    A CHRISTMAS CAROL (1984)
    WHITE CHRISTMAS
    DIE HARD
    DIE HARD 2
    HOLIDAY AFFAIR
    COVER UP (1949)
    I, THE JURY (1953)
    LADY IN THE LAKE
    THE CHRISTMAS CARD (2006)
    THE CHRISTMAS GIFT (1986)

    Ones still on my to-do list for this year:

    AN AMERICAN CHRISTMAS CAROL (1979)
    IT'S A WONDERFUL LIFE
    A CHRISTMAS CAROL (1938)
    HOLIDAY INN

    Lady in the Lake a Marlowe I have not seen for a long time, the film where we see only from Marlowe's point of view?
    I was just watching scenes of A Wonderful Life on YouTube, Jimmy Stewart is brilliant.

    I love LADY IN THE LAKE, but not nearly as much as some of the other Marlowe films.
    WONDERFUL LIFE is great. One I like to watch a couple times per Christmas season.
  • LeonardPineLeonardPine The Bar on the Beach
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    OHMSS. I've been itching to watch it again for a while but waited as it's even better at this time of year!

    Die Hard is another one due a rewatch.

    A Christmas Story has become my 'watch every year Christmas film.' I just love it's humour and nostalgia.
  • Agent_99Agent_99 enjoys a spirited ride as much as the next girl
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    Casablanca seems to turn up at Christmas so often it's become a Christmas film for me.

    This year I'll be watching Penny Serenade with my mum, as I recently picked it up on DVD and neither of us has seen it (we're both big Cary Grant fans), and probably a few Christmas episodes of TV series, like The Thin Blue Line.
  • Mathis1Mathis1
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    OHMSS without a doubt, and I think I will be watching it on Christmas Day this year (the missus is working!)
    PORRIDGE the big screen version of Ronnie Barkers TV comedy, think it's the winter setting!!
    OLIVER, nostalgia, family always watched this when we were young.
    THE ITALIAN JOB, a favourite of mine, love it!
    DANCE OF THE VAMPIRES, a late night watch, with a few whiskeys!
    Other Bonds I hope to view are MOONRAKER and LICENCE TO KILL!

  • Slazenger7Slazenger7 Gothenburg, Sweden
    edited December 2019 Posts: 1,334
    My favorite christmas movie is Trading Places with Dan Aykroyd and Eddie Murphy. I tend to watch it every year and it always gets me in the mood.
  • LeonardPineLeonardPine The Bar on the Beach
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    Mathis1 wrote: »
    OHMSS without a doubt, and I think I will be watching it on Christmas Day this year (the missus is working!)
    PORRIDGE the big screen version of Ronnie Barkers TV comedy, think it's the winter setting!!
    OLIVER, nostalgia, family always watched this when we were young.
    THE ITALIAN JOB, a favourite of mine, love it!
    DANCE OF THE VAMPIRES, a late night watch, with a few whiskeys!
    Other Bonds I hope to view are MOONRAKER and LICENCE TO KILL!

    Is that the Roman Polanski Dance of the Vampires @Mathis1 ?

    I saw that many years ago and absolutely loved it.

    I remember it being very funny. With snowy locations and the music, it was very christmassy!

    I must try and give it a rewatch.
  • DarthDimiDarthDimi Behind you!Moderator
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    Usually, and for now particular reason, I feel gravitated toward the LOTR series around Christmas. Not a lot of Christmas to be had in Middle-Earth (nor in my house) but since everyone else seems so taken with the second most retarded holiday of them all (the first being New Year), I prefer to lock myself up inside the house. I guess a four-hour movie a day helps to fill in the blanks in my daytime activities. ;-)
  • Mathis1Mathis1
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    LeonardPine wrote: »
    Mathis1 wrote: »
    OHMSS without a doubt, and I think I will be watching it on Christmas Day this year (the missus is working!)
    PORRIDGE the big screen version of Ronnie Barkers TV comedy, think it's the winter setting!!
    OLIVER, nostalgia, family always watched this when we were young.
    THE ITALIAN JOB, a favourite of mine, love it!
    DANCE OF THE VAMPIRES, a late night watch, with a few whiskeys!
    Other Bonds I hope to view are MOONRAKER and LICENCE TO KILL!

    Is that the Roman Polanski Dance of the Vampires @Mathis1 ?

    I saw that many years ago and absolutely loved it.

    I remember it being very funny. With snowy locations and the music, it was very christmassy!

    I must try and give it a rewatch.

    It is indeed. Alternative title is The Fearless vampire Killers.
    Wouldn't be classed as a Polanski classic, but am very fond of it. Great atmosphere, music, and cast. Sharon Tate is in it and great Irish actor Jack Macgowan! Always view it at Christmas as I remember watching it on TV late one time. Bought the dvd a couple of years ago. Great fun.
  • LeonardPineLeonardPine The Bar on the Beach
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    Mathis1 wrote: »
    LeonardPine wrote: »
    Mathis1 wrote: »
    OHMSS without a doubt, and I think I will be watching it on Christmas Day this year (the missus is working!)
    PORRIDGE the big screen version of Ronnie Barkers TV comedy, think it's the winter setting!!
    OLIVER, nostalgia, family always watched this when we were young.
    THE ITALIAN JOB, a favourite of mine, love it!
    DANCE OF THE VAMPIRES, a late night watch, with a few whiskeys!
    Other Bonds I hope to view are MOONRAKER and LICENCE TO KILL!

    Is that the Roman Polanski Dance of the Vampires @Mathis1 ?

    I saw that many years ago and absolutely loved it.

    I remember it being very funny. With snowy locations and the music, it was very christmassy!

    I must try and give it a rewatch.

    It is indeed. Alternative title is The Fearless vampire Killers.
    Wouldn't be classed as a Polanski classic, but am very fond of it. Great atmosphere, music, and cast. Sharon Tate is in it and great Irish actor Jack Macgowan! Always view it at Christmas as I remember watching it on TV late one time. Bought the dvd a couple of years ago. Great fun.

    I will definitely get the DVD. Hopefully before Christmas!
  • LudovicoLudovico
    Posts: 14,830
    DarthDimi wrote: »
    Usually, and for now particular reason, I feel gravitated toward the LOTR series around Christmas. Not a lot of Christmas to be had in Middle-Earth (nor in my house) but since everyone else seems so taken with the second most retarded holiday of them all (the first being New Year), I prefer to lock myself up inside the house. I guess a four-hour movie a day helps to fill in the blanks in my daytime activities. ;-)

    I do feel like watching LOTR around Christmas myself. Especially Fellowship.
  • Mathis1Mathis1
    Posts: 6,814
    Mathis1 wrote: »
    OHMSS without a doubt, and I think I will be watching it on Christmas Day this year (the missus is working!)
    PORRIDGE the big screen version of Ronnie Barkers TV comedy, think it's the winter setting!!
    OLIVER, nostalgia, family always watched this when we were young.
    THE ITALIAN JOB, a favourite of mine, love it!
    DANCE OF THE VAMPIRES, a late night watch, with a few whiskeys!
    Other Bonds I hope to view are MOONRAKER and LICENCE TO KILL!

    Gosh, how did I forget!!...
    WHERE EAGLES DARE.
    Every Christmas. Another must! Great film
  • Fire_and_Ice_ReturnsFire_and_Ice_Returns I am trying to get away from this mountan!
    edited December 2019 Posts: 23,347
    The Great Escape was an annual watch back when there were only a few TV channels. Its been a few years since I caught up with the Cooler King, adding that to my watchlist.
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