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Forkboy Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Tue Dec-25-07 03:04 AM
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So, what holiday movies did you watch?
I watched two Christmas classics earlier tonight. :evilgrin:





How about you? :)
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Drunken Irishman Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Tue Dec-25-07 03:07 AM
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1. Christmas Vacation, A Christmas Story, A Very Brady Christmas...and a lot more.
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Forkboy Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Tue Dec-25-07 03:14 AM
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4. A Very Brady Christmas?
:rofl:

My sympathies. :)
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Drunken Irishman Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Tue Dec-25-07 03:18 AM
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8. I know, it's corny, but tradition.
Edited on Tue Dec-25-07 03:21 AM by Drunken Irishman
My mom and I watch it, make cracks at the badness of the film and laugh at the very end when Mrs. Brady sings O Come All Ye Faithful.
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Forkboy Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Tue Dec-25-07 03:30 AM
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13. Traditions are fun like that.
And bad movies are always fun to watch. Laughter is the best! :toast:
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Forkboy Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Tue Dec-25-07 03:30 AM
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14. ...
Edited on Tue Dec-25-07 03:30 AM by Forkboy
double posting is fun too, apparently. :)
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Heidi Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Tue Dec-25-07 03:07 AM
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2. Well, I _began_ watching "Once Upon A Time In America,"
but I was quickly bored to sleep. :boring:
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Forkboy Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Tue Dec-25-07 03:16 AM
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5. Yeah, it's a good movie overall but slow as molasses.
It took me a few tries before I got through it all. I did end up liking it, but I can see where you're coming from, trust me. :)
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Heidi Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Tue Dec-25-07 03:17 AM
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7. Glad I'm not the only one.
I'll give it another chance. Maybe it's not the kind of film ya should when you're already sleepy?
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Breeze54 Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Tue Dec-25-07 03:14 AM
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3. I rented 2 sci-fi's and a thriller but haven't watched them yet.
We're saving them for tomorrow... um... I mean today! ;)
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Forkboy Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Tue Dec-25-07 03:16 AM
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6. I loves me some sci-fi!
Hope you enjoy your choices and have a great day! :toast:
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Breeze54 Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Tue Dec-25-07 03:29 AM
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12. I hope they're good....'AeonFlux', 'The Core' & 'That Beautiful Somewhere'
Edited on Tue Dec-25-07 03:31 AM by Breeze54
:shrug:

I have no idea (never saw them) but I know they'll be better than the drivel on network TV!!
My son also has two movies for us to watch but I don't know the names of them.

I'm sure I'll fall asleep through either the first or second anyway! :P

I do that on movies I really like too! :P
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Forkboy Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Tue Dec-25-07 03:32 AM
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15. Haven't seen any of those, but I did like the Aeon Flux cartoon when it was on.
Good luck with your son's choices. ;)
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FloridaJudy Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Tue Dec-25-07 09:49 PM
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47. "The Core" is so bad that it's good.
It's "Plan Nine" with decent production values. There's a hysterically funny review of it at the Bad Movie Physics website: http://www.intuitor.com/moviephysics/. I recommend reading it before watching the movie: I laughed my fool head off.
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Starbucks Anarchist Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Tue Dec-25-07 03:20 AM
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9. The Apartment.
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Forkboy Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Tue Dec-25-07 03:34 AM
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16. Ooo...good one.
Great cast in that one. Jack Lemon was an early favorite of mine growing up.
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Starbucks Anarchist Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Tue Dec-25-07 03:39 AM
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19. One of my favorites.
I was either going to watch either that or Boogie Nights. :rofl:
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Forkboy Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Tue Dec-25-07 03:48 AM
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23. Because nothing says Christmas like Dirk Diggler!
:D
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elshiva Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Tue Dec-25-07 03:25 AM
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10. "Santa Claus vs. the Martians"
We own the DVD and it's a tradition.

Our new tradition is going to be "The Hoboken Chicken Emergency" for Thanksgiving.
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Forkboy Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Tue Dec-25-07 03:36 AM
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17. That one is truly one the classic camp movies of all time.
I haven't seen it in years now, but I remember it well, both the actual movie and Mystery Science Theater 3000's version of it, both of which are hilarious.
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elshiva Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Tue Dec-25-07 03:40 AM
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20. Pia Zadora as a Martian girl is great.
The music, the sets, the acting are all classic.

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Forkboy Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Tue Dec-25-07 03:49 AM
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24. THAT'S who I was trying to remember!
Pia Zadora!!!
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CatWoman Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Tue Dec-25-07 07:12 PM
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36. bwahahahahaha
thanks for reminding me -- gotta watch that later tonite :)

I LOVE all things MST3K!!!
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bridgit Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Tue Dec-25-07 03:27 AM
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11. just watched: Scrooged...
i like that movie :)
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Forkboy Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Tue Dec-25-07 03:38 AM
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18. Yeah, that was a good one.
Bill Murray is always cool. Just watched The Life Aquatic again the other night...he's not as blatantly funny as he used to be, but he's more mature and subtle in his comedy and acting now, which I like.
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bridgit Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Tue Dec-25-07 03:41 AM
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22. Scrooged took me a while to understand how funny it is...
:rofl:
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FloridaJudy Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Tue Dec-25-07 09:38 PM
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46. Just finished watching it with my son.
It holds up. We both did Chinese take out and played with his pet chicken. That's not a euphemism for something kinky: he actually has a pet chicken. Her name is Camilla. As he explained, "Most people have cats or dogs, but I get free eggs".
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Inchworm Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Tue Dec-25-07 03:41 AM
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21. You're a bad bannana with a .. greasy black peeeel!
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=MPBS7dVrE1U

Weeeeeeee!

I also liked the Jim Carry vesion.

:hi:
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Forkboy Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Tue Dec-25-07 03:53 AM
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25. That NEVER gets old.
I'll take that over Rudolph any day! Though I always rooted for the Grinch. I also root for the monsters in all the monster movies. There's something wrong with me. :)

I love his dog Max!



:hi:
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yellowdogintexas Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Tue Dec-25-07 01:37 PM
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26. "A Christmas Story", "It's A Wonderful LIfe" , "Miracle on 34th Street" (original version),
"Pocketful of Miracles", "We're No Angels" (Original version), "Santa Claus 3", and currently we have the definitive Scrooge, George C Scott, in "A Christmas Carol" playing in our DVD. We may get round to "Muppet Christmas Carol" or one of the "Home Alone" movies, possible even "Nightmare Before Christmas"

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BrotherBuzz Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Tue Dec-25-07 01:57 PM
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27. I saw It's A Wonderful LIfe and got thinking when you said original version
I saw it a million times on TV in my youth but don't remember it being color, even with a color television, I remember it being B&W, so I Googled it to find out what the straight dope is. It was filmed in B&W in 1946, and colorized in 1989. Last night, I watched a colorized version (a non original version)and feel somewhat cheated.



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GenDem Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Tue Dec-25-07 08:36 PM
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41. I watched it last night in it's original B & W format.
I do love that stupid movie. I know all the dialog by heart and still I cry like a fucking baby at the end.
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Dulcinea Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Wed Dec-26-07 01:55 PM
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59. Same here.
No matter how many times I see it, I have tears in my eyes when George Bailey opens the book from Clarence that says "No man is a failure who has friends." Every time. Yeah, I know. :blush:
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Fox Mulder Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Tue Dec-25-07 02:05 PM
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28. A Christmas Story, Bad Santa, National Lampoons Christmas Vacation...
among others.
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ikojo Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Tue Dec-25-07 09:12 PM
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42. I LOVE Bad Santa!!!!
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av8rdave Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Wed Dec-26-07 02:38 PM
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63. Me too...that's a must see
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fortyfeetunder Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Tue Dec-25-07 02:36 PM
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29. I hate Christmas movies
They make me :cry:
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Forkboy Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Tue Dec-25-07 06:05 PM
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33. That's one of the reasons I like to see the different tastes of people on Christmas.
Some love the sentimental stuff. Some, like me, like the oddball stuff. I find it interesting to see people have such different takes on the holiday.
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CBHagman Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Tue Dec-25-07 02:39 PM
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30. "Christmas in Connecticut."
Everything is hunky-dunky.

http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0037595/
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hellbound-liberal Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Tue Dec-25-07 09:17 PM
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43. Loved that movie! Watched it twice. I want a farm in Connecticut too!
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Faygo Kid Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Tue Dec-25-07 02:51 PM
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31. A Christmas Carol (George C. Scott), A Red Green Christmas
And later, Christmas in Connecticut. Like the previous poster, everything is hunky dunky.
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Forkboy Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Tue Dec-25-07 06:01 PM
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32. Red Green is so funny!
Edited on Tue Dec-25-07 06:02 PM by Forkboy
One of the most under rated shows ever. I used to have a bunch of episodes on tape, but it finally munched. :(

As for A Christmas Carol, anything with George C. Scott is worth watching. :thumbsup:
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Hayabusa Donating Member (561 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Tue Dec-25-07 06:24 PM
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34. My list
Jingle All The Way
It's a Wonderful Life
A Christmas Story
Elf
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Forkboy Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Wed Dec-26-07 01:44 PM
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52. I still haven't seen Elf.
I've heard nothing but good things about it, so I need to check it out.

Welcome to DU!!! :toast:
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Orsino Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Tue Dec-25-07 06:37 PM
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35. The Princess Bride
My wife, SIL and I have it memorized. My MIL, who'd never seen it, seemed to dig it.
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Forkboy Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Wed Dec-26-07 01:45 PM
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53. "Have fun storming the castle!"
What a great movie that is. :)
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sarge43 Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Tue Dec-25-07 08:14 PM
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37. The Usual Suspects and Conan the Barbarian n/t
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Forkboy Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Wed Dec-26-07 01:46 PM
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54. oooo....two good ones.
The Usual Suspects is excellent, and even though the second Conan sucked major quantities of ass the first one was a lot closer to the old Robert E. Howard books and a lot of fun.
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sarge43 Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Wed Dec-26-07 02:29 PM
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61. Yeah, both in the best holiday spirit. Conan II was a bowser, but #1
was right on the money and can't beat that music.
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OllieLotte Donating Member (495 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Tue Dec-25-07 08:28 PM
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38. Love Actually and It's a Wonderful Life. n/t
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terrya Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Tue Dec-25-07 08:29 PM
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39. "The Lion in Winter"
It's a holiday tradition with me. :-)
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salin Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Tue Dec-25-07 09:21 PM
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44. With Peter O'Toole and Katherine Hepburn?
Great movie. Guessing there is a back-story as to how this became a Christmas classic for you - as I don't remember a direct connection to Christmas (though it has been a long time since I have seen the movie.)
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CBHagman Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Wed Dec-26-07 10:01 AM
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51. "The Lion in Winter" takes place at Christmas court.
As he gathers his dysfunctional family together for the holidays, King Henry II (Peter O'Toole) quips, "What shall we hang, the holly or each other?" Like The Ref, Holiday, While You Were Sleeping, and The Man Who Came to Dinner, it's a must-see for those of us who have issues with the holidays...
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sarge43 Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Wed Dec-26-07 02:35 PM
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62. I've always loved one reviewer's critique:
When no one got what they wanted for Christmas.
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no name no slogan Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Tue Dec-25-07 08:30 PM
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40. "Flags of Our Fathers"
I've never seen it before and got it as a gift. Not at all what I expected but an excellent film.
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Patsy Stone Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Tue Dec-25-07 09:25 PM
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45. Emmet Otter's Jug Band Christmas
Edited on Tue Dec-25-07 09:26 PM by Patsy Stone
and part of It's a Wonderful Life.

Also Godfather I & II and Moonstruck.
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Forkboy Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Wed Dec-26-07 01:48 PM
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56. LOL
My old friends and I used to smoke bongs to Emmet Otter's Jug Band Christmas. It didn't even matter if it was July. :D
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Patsy Stone Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Wed Dec-26-07 08:11 PM
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64. :)
The DVD has bloopers, which are hysterical. Frank Oz had me crying. And I used a pipe.
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CrownPrinceBandar Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Tue Dec-25-07 10:37 PM
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48. Logan's Run
RENEW!
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Forkboy Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Wed Dec-26-07 01:50 PM
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57. Interesting choice.
Curious about the remake supposedly in the works. I remember when I saw the original the first time I didn't even get most of the implications (I was 9 I think). I learned to appreciate it a lot more over the years. Good flick.
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GalleryGod Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Wed Dec-26-07 07:14 AM
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49. Love Actually
:loveya: :loveya: :loveya: :loveya:
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hippywife Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Wed Dec-26-07 07:45 AM
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50. Elf. n/t
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NewJeffCT Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Wed Dec-26-07 01:47 PM
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55. I saw I Am Legend over the weekend
good movie, but a bit weird.
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mopinko Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Wed Dec-26-07 01:55 PM
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58. here's a pair- it's a wonderful life and sweeney todd.
watched wonderful life with kiddo christmas eve, and went to see sweeney todd christmas day.
i can't believe that as many times as i have seen wonderful life, i STILL cry. i hate to cry. i hate to cry in front of people. but still, from the minute he finds those rose petals, till the end of the damn thing, i just leak.
sweeney todd was awesome, and the perfect christmas movie for my twisted family.
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tigereye Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Wed Dec-26-07 02:01 PM
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60. well, all the kid shows on tv like Charlie Brown and Rudolf
Muppet Christmas Carol
Holiday Inn
Harry Potter Goblet of Fire - for some reason HP moveies always seem kind of CHristmassy to me
The Grinch (orignal one)

and we still have White Christmas and The Bishops Wife to see, if we can find them...


oh, and we usually watch the Nutcracker, too.



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Fire Walk With Me Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Wed Dec-26-07 08:31 PM
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65. The last couple of weeks: The Bucket List, Juno, Lars and the Real Girl, Diving Bell and Butterfly,
Funny Girl, The Golden Compass, Persepolis, No Country for Old Men, Grace is Gone, Transformers.

All of which I would highly recommend except for Golden Compass, which was pretty good, and Transformers, which was offensive in places and fairly forgettable overall.
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