Your Christmas Movies! Whatcha' Watchin' this Christmas season?

[Demdike@Cult Labs]

A Christmas Story (1983)

If there's one word that sums up Bob Clark's film about Ralphie and his desire to get a Red Ryder Carbine Action 200-shot Range Model air rifle for Christmas, it's quirky.

Quirky and excellent with it.

Footnote - This is set in 1940. A time when people were tougher than they are now. So to those reading this. Please don't ask for a Red Ryder Carbine Action 200-shot Range Model air rifle for Christmas will you because we know damn well "You'll shoot your eye out" then spend the rest of the holiday whining about it on TikTok and Twitter.

[Justin101]

Aaah! "Fra-GEE-leh!" It must be Italian!

[Nuno_Miranda]

I have a 9-year old who can now comfortably read subtitles (English speaking kids don't know how lucky they are, movie-wise) so a plethora of movies is now available. She already cried a river with E.T., which would be prime Christmas movie-material, so I'm considering trying It's A Wonderful Life. My own Christmas tradition is Die Hard, but she's still maybe a little too young for that. I'm going through the classics with her, so something not necessariuly Christmas-y will be chosen -- possibly Indy Jones and Last Crusade (she loved Raiders), or Legend.

AAAAGH, so many movies, so many choices!

[MrBarlow]

Originally Posted by Justin101

Aaah! "Fra-GEE-leh!" It must be Italian!

Deck the harrs with boughs of horry, fa ra ra ra ra, ra ra ra ra. Tis the season to be jorry, fa ra ra ra ra, ra ra ra ra.

[Justin101]

Originally Posted by MrBarlow

Deck the harrs with boughs of horry, fa ra ra ra ra, ra ra ra ra. Tis the season to be jorry, fa ra ra ra ra, ra ra ra ra.

I love how the mum screams when they chop the head off the duck and they all burst into laughter!

Is my all time favourite Christmas movie.

[MrBarlow]

Originally Posted by Justin101

I love how the mum screams when they chop the head off the duck and they all burst into laughter!

Is my all time favourite Christmas movie.

The stocking leg lamp in the window, nobody can hate this film.

[Demdike@Cult Labs]

Originally Posted by Nuno_Miranda

I have a 9-year old who can now comfortably read subtitles (English speaking kids don't know how lucky they are, movie-wise) so a plethora of movies is now available. She already cried a river with E.T., which would be prime Christmas movie-material, so I'm considering trying It's A Wonderful Life. My own Christmas tradition is Die Hard, but she's still maybe a little too young for that. I'm going through the classics with her, so something not necessariuly Christmas-y will be chosen -- possibly Indy Jones and Last Crusade (she loved Raiders), or Legend.

AAAAGH, so many movies, so many choices!

Perhaps try what i've just watched - Gremlins.

[Demdike@Cult Labs]

Gremlins (1984)

I've not seen Gremlins on dvd for years so i'm not sure what made me buy the Blu-ray set of it, and it's 1990 sequel, a couple of weeks ago but i'm glad i did.

I loved the film. It's so brilliantly anarchic. Director Joe Dante (A protege of Roger Corman and mate of Steven Spielberg) absolutely trashes the idyllic view of small town America portrayed in films such as It's A Wonderful Life (1946) (which incidentally plays during the first third of Gremlins) by allowing the Gremlins to go freaking mental.

More violent than you might expect, Gremlins straddles the thin line between fantasy and all out horror.

As far as the Blu-ray goes it looks great, vibrant and colourful with an excellent 5:1 True HD sound mix which really puts you into scenes. From the twinkling of charms in the Chinatown antique store to the all out chaos that ensues in the bar and movie theater, it's terrific. I also noticed how much the fictional town of Kingston Falls looked exactly like the fictional town of Hill Valley. Oh and Steven Spielberg's tiny cameo too.

[iank]

It's the Christmas movie to me.

[Demdike@Cult Labs]

Originally Posted by iank

It's the Christmas movie to me.

Good call!!

Can't deny how much i enjoyed it tonight.