This is a discussion a friend of mine and I had every year so far... I love The Muppet Christmas Carol! Michael Caine makes the perfect Scrooge the story works as a whole and even Michael Bay will change his greedy mind when the ghosts of Waldorf and Stadler (Marley and Marley) appear to him! Put it on your wishlist Doc ;)
I love Kermode's face at the end when Jim Carrey expresses his love for 3D, it's a face that says "I used to love the art of film-making, but now it's gone to shit".
for me Un Conte De Noel, I love it stars Deneuve and always great to watch Mathieu Amalric to name a few, very dark and very funny otherwise its got to A wonderful Life, although if you want heartwarming, and why not for Christmas has to be Harvey for me.
Best are definitely those that just happen to be at Christmas time - Gremlins, Die Hard etc and the worst are all of those with Santa Claus as a main character, especially that one with Dudley Moore who should have known much better. There should be more films just happening to be at Christmas, Rambo 5 - The Christmas Day Somali Pirate Masacre.
I have a sweet spot for the two first "Home Alone" movies because I was a kid when they came out. Worst one, dunno, any hollywoodesque movie about Santa Claus or anything like that...
The worst Xmas movie is without a doubt 'Santa Claus Conquers the Martians.' My personal favourite is Home Alone - a fine blend of family entertainment and over-the-top violence.
Well, Scrooge might know a hawk from a handsaw but apart from that there might be some similarities to the dane ;) I got your point...the impression one gets from the Scrooge out of Dickens' novel may vary. I for myself like the "Cainesian Scrooge" very much. The acting is shakespearean but thats just the thing mr.micklewhite does best. Since Disney owns the Muppets now...maybe they'll do a muppetversion of Hamlet including Michael Caine in the future.
The Great Escape - Well it must be a Christmas movie because it is on every Christmas. Seriously anyone who schedules a war film during the Festive season should be taken out and severely dealt with! 'Miracle on 48th Street' and 'It's A Wonderful Life' are my real joint tops.
Ha Ha... we Jews don't have the worst Christmas movie because we don't have to celebrate it. On the other hand, we've got our own Adam Sandler to produce the worst Hanukkah movies ever ;-)
Best: Love Actually (2003) As the last 5 weeks build up to Christmas, so do 10 love stories that collide with each other. Beautifully told, funny, and heart-warming. Worst: Elf (2003) A human is raised as an Elf. Supposed to be a comedy, I laughed more watching The Final Destination (2009), no lies.
BEST: It's a wonderful Life WORST: A Christmas Story, yes that's right. I'm the only American in the world that finds it to be an uncomfortable, poorly acted, poorly written, unpleasant, extremely overrated unfunny film.
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Muppet Christmas Carol every time! One of Caine's finest performances. Who would have thought it would be opposite Kermit.
Got to be National Lampoon's Christmas Vacation. It's just so nails how stressful it is to have all the family round at Christmas.
I loved Ernest saves Christmas when I was a kid, haven't seen it in like 15-20 years though.
Fav: National Lampoons Christmas Vacation / Scrooged
This is a discussion a friend of mine and I had every year so far...
I love The Muppet Christmas Carol! Michael Caine makes the perfect Scrooge the story works as a whole and even Michael Bay will change his greedy mind when the ghosts of Waldorf and Stadler (Marley and Marley) appear to him! Put it on your wishlist Doc ;)
Hate Xmas , but have to watch Xmas Vacation every year.
I love Kermode's face at the end when Jim Carrey expresses his love for 3D, it's a face that says "I used to love the art of film-making, but now it's gone to shit".
trains, planes and automobiles is a thanksgiving movie.
couldn't agree more
Best "Whistle Down the Wind" the children sing a carol when they go to visit "Jesus" in the barn.
Batman Returns, infact I always try for a Burton christmas
The grinch would have to be my favourite christmas movie. i can't think what's my worst christmas movie.
"PERFORMANCE you saying theres somthing wrong with my gear" LOL
MUPPETS CHRISTMAS CAROL!!
and groundhog day... i know it's not set a christmas, but by-god i'm british and i like to think it is!
BATMAN RETURNS.
Scrooged, Batman Returns, Die Hard, Gremlins, nightmare before xmas
Lethal Weapon
i can't remember if this was set around christmas time, but ang lee's 'ice storm' is a brillint movie.
Rare exports: A christmas tale
Silent Night, Deadly Night... nuff said.
Santas Slay, you cannot beat a demonic santa claus played by former WWF wrestler going round masacring townsfolk!
INSIDE.
The recent French horror film.
Call me a traditionalist: a tossup between A Christmas Story and It's a Wonderful Life. Love Die Hard and The Family Stone too.
Black Christmas (1974)
How do u get Saw from Home Alone?
cant remember if Edward Scissorhands takes place around Christmas if so that. If not home alone 2 for sure.
for me Un Conte De Noel, I love it stars Deneuve and always great to watch Mathieu Amalric to name a few, very dark and very funny otherwise its got to A wonderful Life, although if you want heartwarming, and why not for Christmas has to be Harvey for me.
bad santa !:)
Home Alone 2.
Jack Dee...played by Mark
Best are definitely those that just happen to be at Christmas time - Gremlins, Die Hard etc and the worst are all of those with Santa Claus as a main character, especially that one with Dudley Moore who should have known much better. There should be more films just happening to be at Christmas, Rambo 5 - The Christmas Day Somali Pirate Masacre.
GREMLINS!
There are no bad xmas movies. Its impossible.
Remake Home Alone into a violent slasher pic.
Bad Santa is a great
I have a sweet spot for the two first "Home Alone" movies because I was a kid when they came out. Worst one, dunno, any hollywoodesque movie about Santa Claus or anything like that...
Best Christmas movie: Love Actually; Best version of A Christmas Carol: Muppets! Closely followed by Scrooged.
The worst Xmas movie is without a doubt 'Santa Claus Conquers the Martians.'
My personal favourite is Home Alone - a fine blend of family entertainment and over-the-top violence.
no one saying Gremlins?
Well, Scrooge might know a hawk from a handsaw but apart from that there might be some similarities to the dane ;)
I got your point...the impression one gets from the Scrooge out of Dickens' novel may vary. I for myself like the "Cainesian Scrooge" very much. The acting is shakespearean but thats just the thing mr.micklewhite does best.
Since Disney owns the Muppets now...maybe they'll do a muppetversion of Hamlet including Michael Caine in the future.
Best Christmas movie: It's A Wonderful Life.
Worst Christmas movie: Home Alones 3 & 4.
I fucking hate Christmas
Jingle All the Way is an enjoyable christmas movie, Schwarzenegger seems to be on good form in a comedy role. Fred Claus is probably the worst.
The Great Escape - Well it must be a Christmas movie because it is on every Christmas. Seriously anyone who schedules a war film during the Festive season should be taken out and severely dealt with! 'Miracle on 48th Street' and 'It's A Wonderful Life' are my real joint tops.
Worst Christmas movie ever is definitely Jack Frost.
Caine makes the perfect Scrooge because he plays the part as if it were Hamlet.
i would love it if mark would review rare exports its now a firm christmas favourite of mine :))) ...and the grinch is the worst xms movie ever made
Who gives a f*** about Christmas Carol.
Modern Warfare 2 is what it's all about right now. 1.23m in 24hrs!
I wanna see you make a video about that.
home alone 2 is the best xmas film ever
xmas at the cranks is the worst xmas film ever
I hope this is a joke.
Ha Ha... we Jews don't have the worst Christmas movie because we don't have to celebrate it. On the other hand, we've got our own Adam Sandler to produce the worst Hanukkah movies ever ;-)
Best: Love Actually (2003)
As the last 5 weeks build up to Christmas, so do 10 love stories that collide with each other. Beautifully told, funny, and heart-warming.
Worst: Elf (2003)
A human is raised as an Elf. Supposed to be a comedy, I laughed more watching The Final Destination (2009), no lies.
Sex is OVERRATED, Drugs is underrated and Health is way too fucking OVERRATED.
oh dear kermode, skip the comedy and stick to the film reviews.
I always liked National Lampoons Christmas vacation until i watched it last year.
Its really quite shit.
BEST:
It's a wonderful Life
WORST:
A Christmas Story, yes that's right. I'm the only American in the world that finds it to be an uncomfortable, poorly acted, poorly written, unpleasant, extremely overrated unfunny film.