Best Christmas Movie?

im changing my rankings

1) a christmas story
2) it's a wonderful life
3) christmas vacation

Trapper Gus wrote:

Travis of the Cosmos wrote:

Star Wars was famously an allegory for the Vietnam war. I’ll leave it to the masses to decide if the US was the rebellion or empire

Totally missed that - will need to watch again.

Easier to make a connection with Storm Troopers. No need to watch again.

Other Teams Pursuing That wrote:someone told me that i should watch the godfather as it's a christmas movie. that can't be true, right? either way i am not sure i've sat down and watched the whole thing so i do plan on doing that soon

The Godfather is not a Christmas movie.

But, you should watch it. And Godfather II. Take or leave III.

Travis of the Cosmos wrote:

Other Teams Pursuing That wrote:someone told me that i should watch the godfather as it's a christmas movie. that can't be true, right? either way i am not sure i've sat down and watched the whole thing so i do plan on doing that soon

Any rules around what is an isnt a Christmas movie have been entirely perverted. It doesn’t mean anything anymore. Star Wars is a Christmas movie now fuck you. So is lord of the rings. And Apollo 13? You best believe that is a christmas movie too

Fuck off

Maverick saved xmas. Without him or his team we would not have xmas this year.

Nordic wrote:

Travis of the Cosmos wrote:

Any rules around what is an isnt a Christmas movie have been entirely perverted. It doesn’t mean anything anymore. Star Wars is a Christmas movie now fuck you. So is lord of the rings. And Apollo 13? You best believe that is a christmas movie too

Fuck off

Maverick saved xmas. Without him or his team we would not have xmas this year.

wide range of movies where the hero saves the world.

Just watched Miracle on 34th Street & Scrooge back to back. The originals, not the shitty remakes.

Heat Miser wrote:Just watched Miracle on 34th Street & Scrooge back to back. The originals, not the shitty remakes.

The original Miracle on 34th Street is "tits" as people would say when I was in High School. Ms Wood is about 7 years old in that and supposedly had a photographic memory so she knew her lines perfectly from day one of shooting.

Not sure what you mean by the original "Scrooge". The musical with Albert Finney?

Heat Miser wrote:Just watched Miracle on 34th Street & Scrooge back to back. The originals, not the shitty remakes.

What do you consider the original Scrooge? They're all remakes.

Trapper Gus wrote:

Heat Miser wrote:Just watched Miracle on 34th Street & Scrooge back to back. The originals, not the shitty remakes.

The original Miracle on 34th Street is "tits" as people would say when I was in High School. Ms Wood is about 7 years old in that and supposedly had a photographic memory so she knew her lines perfectly from day one of shooting.

Not sure what you mean by the original "Scrooge". The musical with Albert Finney?

Probably the one made in the 50’s and not the Muppet one with Michael Caine as Scrooge.

NigelUno wrote:

Trapper Gus wrote:

The original Miracle on 34th Street is "tits" as people would say when I was in High School.  Ms Wood is about 7 years old in that and supposedly had a photographic memory so she knew her lines perfectly from day one of shooting.

Not sure what you mean by the original "Scrooge".  The musical with Albert Finney?

Probably the one made in the 50’s and not the Muppet one with Michael Caine as Scrooge.

There have been a ton of versions, this might be the earliest - The 1938 adaptation of A Christmas Carol movie starred Reginald Owen and was one of the first feature-length productions of the story to hit the silver screen.

However, since Heat said "Scrooge" and not "A Christmas Carol" I'm unsure what he meant, as there have been a number of movies which used "Scrooge" or a variation on that as their title.

Trapper Gus wrote:

NigelUno wrote:

Probably the one made in the 50’s and not the Muppet one with Michael Caine as Scrooge.

There have been a ton of versions, this might be the earliest - The 1938 adaptation of A Christmas Carol movie starred Reginald Owen and was one of the first feature-length productions of the story to hit the silver screen.

However, since Heat said "Scrooge" and not "A Christmas Carol" I'm unsure what he meant, as there have been a number of movies which used "Scrooge" or a variation on that as their title.

The oldest film titled Scrooge is from 1913, and that is a remake of 1908's A Christmas Carol.  

I'd assume there were stage productions before those, but I'll leave it to Greenway to speak from personal experience on that.

MiamiSpartan wrote:

Trapper Gus wrote:

There have been a ton of versions, this might be the earliest - The 1938 adaptation of A Christmas Carol movie starred Reginald Owen and was one of the first feature-length productions of the story to hit the silver screen.

However, since Heat said "Scrooge" and not "A Christmas Carol" I'm unsure what he meant, as there have been a number of movies which used "Scrooge" or a variation on that as their title.

The oldest film titled Scrooge is from 1913, and that is a remake of 1908's A Christmas Carol.  

I'd assume there were stage productions before those, but I'll leave it to Greenway to speak from personal experience on that.

I like "Scrooge", the Albert Finney musical, for some of its attention to detail of what would have been life in London at the time Dickens wrote it.

The Muppet version is known for Michael Caine playing Scrooge completely straight, which holds it together with all the silliness of the puppets. Also, according to a WEB review, the DVD & movie version cut a critial scene that is in the old VHS & early DVD Extended versions, which emotionally ties it all together, FWIW. My kids and I love the Muppet version.

What animated Christmas TV show is the best?

Rudolph, Frosty, Grinch, the Kris Kringle one....?

Trapper Gus wrote:

MiamiSpartan wrote:

The oldest film titled Scrooge is from 1913, and that is a remake of 1908's A Christmas Carol.  

I'd assume there were stage productions before those, but I'll leave it to Greenway to speak from personal experience on that.

I like "Scrooge", the Albert Finney musical, for some of its attention to detail of what would have been life in London at the time Dickens wrote it.

The Muppet version is known for Michael Caine playing Scrooge completely straight, which holds it together with all the silliness of the puppets. Also, according to a WEB review, the DVD & movie version cut a critial scene that is in the old VHS & early DVD Extended versions, which emotionally ties it all together, FWIW. My kids and I love the Muppet version.

I'm partial to the George C Scott version, probably because that was on Network TV in prime time every year when I was a kid. I also like Scott in general.

Also a shout to the one with Obi Wan as Marley simply for that reason.

And WKRP in Cincinnati wins my award for best Christmas Carol spoof.

NigelUno wrote:What animated Christmas TV show is the best?

Rudolph, Frosty, Grinch, the Kris Kringle one....?

The original Grinch, 100%.

MiamiSpartan wrote:

NigelUno wrote:What animated Christmas TV show is the best?

Rudolph, Frosty, Grinch, the Kris Kringle one....?

The original Grinch, 100%.

Most of those were long past my kid days.

Mr. McGoo's Christmas Carol was always my personal fav.

Trapper Gus wrote:

NigelUno wrote:

Trapper Gus wrote:

The original Miracle on 34th Street is "tits" as people would say when I was in High School.  Ms Wood is about 7 years old in that and supposedly had a photographic memory so she knew her lines perfectly from day one of shooting.

Not sure what you mean by the original "Scrooge".  The musical with Albert Finney?

Probably the one made in the 50’s and not the Muppet one with Michael Caine as Scrooge.

There have been a ton of versions, this might be the earliest - The 1938 adaptation of A Christmas Carol movie starred Reginald Owen and was one of the first feature-length productions of the story to hit the silver screen.

However, since Heat said "Scrooge" and not "A Christmas Carol" I'm unsure what he meant, as there have been a number of movies which used "Scrooge" or a variation on that as their title.

1935. Seymour Hicks as Scrooge. Last night I watched the 2007 colorized version.

Did anyone watch Spirtied?

That's going to be a new tradition. I dug it

NigelUno wrote:What animated Christmas TV show is the best?

Rudolph, Frosty, Grinch, the Kris Kringle one....?

I am guessing Heat Miser is going with The Year Without a Santa Claus.

For me. a tie between the original Rudolph and the original Grinch.

MSU addict wrote:

NigelUno wrote:What animated Christmas TV show is the best?

Rudolph, Frosty, Grinch, the Kris Kringle one....?

I am guessing Heat Miser is going with The Year Without a Santa Claus.

For me. a tie between the original Rudolph and the original Grinch.

Yep. Year Without a Santa Claus. Santa Claus is Comin' to Town. Grinch. Rudolph.

Second tier is Little Drummer Boy, Rudolph's Shiny New Year. Frosty. Charlie Brown.

Garfield Christmas