guillavoie | 1,208 Events Team · Posted December 9, 2020 Share Posted December 9, 2020 27 minutes ago, Tabonga said: It has been filmed a lot but Gift of the Magi is great - especially if you have not read the O. Henry short story. Also a very good short film to show children. Pretty much any version will do as long as it is set back when. I love the 1952 version in O. Henry's Full House (it is the last story of the five), though the best adaptation in the lot is probably 'The Last Leaf'. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tabonga | 2,315 Posted December 9, 2020 Author Share Posted December 9, 2020 1 minute ago, guillavoie said: I love the 1952 version in O. Henry's Full House (it is the last story of the five), though the best adaptation in the lot is probably 'The Last Leaf'. This is kind of funny - I used to work with a lot of Vietnamese who were recent immgrants and most of them had read the story in Vietnamese when they went to high school. I like the story so much that I don't have a strong preference for any version (and I have seen a lot of them). I like just about everything that O. Henry wrote but my favorite is The Ransom of Red Chief. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
guillavoie | 1,208 Events Team · Posted December 9, 2020 Share Posted December 9, 2020 6 minutes ago, Tabonga said: This is kind of funny - I used to work with a lot of Vietnamese who were recent immgrants and most of them had read the story in Vietnamese when they went to high school. I like the story so much that I don't have a strong preference for any version (and I have seen a lot of them). I like just about everything that O. Henry wrote but my favorite is The Ransom of Red Chief. Man, a version with Harry Dean Stanton, I have to watch that later today! It is indeed a very good and funny short story from O. Henry, the master of the short story! Also, that's interesting to know that Vietnamese have/had to read some O. Henry in school. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tabonga | 2,315 Posted December 9, 2020 Author Share Posted December 9, 2020 7 minutes ago, guillavoie said: Also, that's interesting to know that Vietnamese have/had to read some O. Henry in school. I suspect that it is because it such a universal theme. I have a very good Muslim friend who I shared the story with and he had his children read it after he did. I learned a lot of interesting things from them (the Vietnamese). Some of them told me about not understanding what pizza was from their English teachers - who were also Vietnamese and didn't really understand it themselves. I used to really enjoy helping them with their papers - I would correct their grammar and suggest ways to better organize their writing etc. I also helped most of them study for their citizenship tests - which they took very seriously indeed. Most of them worked with me for 4 years and it was really gratifying to see their language skills improve over that time period. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Hammerfestus | 3,832 Posted December 9, 2020 Share Posted December 9, 2020 Home Alone Gremlins charlie brown Not a movie but every year we watch all the Futurama XMas episodes. 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tabonga | 2,315 Posted December 10, 2020 Author Share Posted December 10, 2020 47 minutes ago, Hammerfestus said: Not a movie but every year we watch all the Futurama XMas episodes. 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Astor Reinhardt | 199 Posted December 11, 2020 Share Posted December 11, 2020 Home Alone 2 (I like the original but 2 just beats the original because of the toy store!) Jingle All The Way The Santa Clause An All Dogs Christmas Carol Die Hard And as a few others have said...any Christmas specials of old TV shows/cartoons. I don't watch a lot of Christmas movies honestly. I'm more into Halloween then Christmas but if I happen across one of these movies playing, I'll watch it. I do love Home Alone 2 though lol. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
themisfit138 | 523 Posted December 11, 2020 Share Posted December 11, 2020 This is just a list of movies that take place around Christmas. Rocky Rocky IV First Blood Lethal Weapon On Her Majesty’s Secret Service Invasion USA Die Hard Trading Places I am sure there are plenty more. That is just what I can think of at the moment. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Reed Rothchild | 9,511 Editorials Team · Posted December 12, 2020 Share Posted December 12, 2020 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
acromite53 | 337 Posted December 12, 2020 Share Posted December 12, 2020 We always watch: White Christmas Its a Wonderful Life Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SpoonMan Abrams X | 697 Posted December 12, 2020 Share Posted December 12, 2020 Oddly relelvant lol Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
captmorgandrinker | 1,649 Administrator · Posted December 12, 2020 Share Posted December 12, 2020 I always liked the Sesame Street holiday special. Oscar getting thrown out of the ice rink and through all the stairs is a classic! Generally pop in Die Hard or Die Hard 2 when wrapping gifts, and then I'll catch Christmas Story a couple times during the 24 hour runs on TBS/TNT. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Estil | 1,264 Posted December 12, 2020 Share Posted December 12, 2020 (edited) My wife loves Christmas Carol/Scrooge based movies; the Alstair Sim one is her favorite, with this one being a close second... Scrooge's Log. Stardate 41843.2. We're on route to the cemetery where my dearly departed Number One will be buried... Edited December 12, 2020 by Estil Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ninja Warriors | 86 Posted December 12, 2020 Share Posted December 12, 2020 Not much of a movie guy, but I love me some Christmas specials. Claymation Christmas feat. The California Raisins Mickey’s Christmas Carol Garfield’s Christmas Special Mickey’s Twice Upon a Christmas (prefer over the 1st special) Nester (Rankin Bass) 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ninja Warriors | 86 Posted December 12, 2020 Share Posted December 12, 2020 On 12/9/2020 at 4:34 PM, Tabonga said: Mr. Magoo's Christmas Carol gets an honorable mention from me! Magoo is also a favorite of mine. Great music!! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Estil | 1,264 Posted December 13, 2020 Share Posted December 13, 2020 My wife's favorite Christmas special is by far Rudolph...which somehow was made in the year 1164! In any event I can't get over how much noseist bigotry Rudolph got Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
AstralSoul | 502 Posted December 13, 2020 Share Posted December 13, 2020 (edited) Home Alone Home Alone 2 The Santa Clause Christmas Vacation Christmas Story Elf How the Grinch Stole Christmas (Jim Carrey) Nightmare Before Christmas Not really movies but Christmas shorts: How the Grinch Stole Christmas (animated) Mickey's Christmas Carol Charlie Brown's Christmas Garfield's Christmas Muppet's Christmas Carol Edited December 13, 2020 by AstralSoul Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Estil | 1,264 Posted December 13, 2020 Share Posted December 13, 2020 My personal favorite version of Christmas Carol/Scrooge is the Disney one...I mean who better to star as Scrooge than, well, Scrooge McDuck! (Fun fact: This was the last time for the original voice actor of Donald Duck). A couple of things that make this one stand out is how cute the excuse is he gives for not giving money to the poor (If ya give money to the poor, well then they won't be poor anymore...and you collectors for the poor would be out of jobs!). And boy did Bob Cratchet (Mickey) get screwed on this one...while in the original Dickens version and most of the other versions Bob gets 2 1/2 shillings (or half a crown or 1/8 a pound sterling) a day and gets a full day off for Christmas with pay (though Scrooge clearly hates the idea of "a days wages for no work"...hey there's no law even now that makes any employer give a paid day off for Christmas! )...poor Mickey only get two shillings a day and only 1/2 a day off for Christmas...without pay! And they don't f-around with Mr. McD's possible future either! It shows him not just about to fall into his grave, but also into hell!! Pretty hardcore for a Christmas special and/or Disney cartoon if you ask me! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tabonga | 2,315 Posted December 13, 2020 Author Share Posted December 13, 2020 (edited) On 12/11/2020 at 10:26 PM, Ninja Warriors said: Magoo is also a favorite of mine. Great music!! Heh - I had a can of iced tea the other day that was razzleberry flavor. God bless us every one!!! Edited December 13, 2020 by Tabonga Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JamesRobot | 5,788 Events Team · Posted December 14, 2020 Share Posted December 14, 2020 Going for Scrooged tonight. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
doner24 | 1,195 Moderator · Posted December 16, 2020 Share Posted December 16, 2020 On 12/9/2020 at 2:45 PM, guillavoie said: I absolutely love The Shop Around the Corner, and like I said, this year I plan on watching The Bishop's Wife for the first time, I should have a good time with this one! Some I watched last year for the first time that pleased me a lot : It Happened on Fifth Avenue (1947) and Christmas in Connecticut (1945). Just watched It Happened on 5th Avenue, delightful film! 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Foochie776 | 1,051 Posted December 16, 2020 Share Posted December 16, 2020 Christmas Vacation, is it even a question?? 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
guillavoie | 1,208 Events Team · Posted December 16, 2020 Share Posted December 16, 2020 14 minutes ago, doner24 said: Just watched It Happened on 5th Avenue, delightful film! I'm glad you enjoyed it man! The production as a whole is not first class, but everything works fine together. No big name actors, but the overall performance is solid from everyone. The story is excellent, I love comedies with a lot of 'faux-semblants'. You know, the rich father that accepts to play along for his daughter and has to let the homeless guy run his mansion in his face, lol. And what do these masks and role playing are for? The search of love, of truth, and how Christmas can reveal the humanity in everyone, whatever their class. We need a little faith in these values, at least once a year! 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JamesRobot | 5,788 Events Team · Posted December 16, 2020 Share Posted December 16, 2020 Tonight's movie 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SilverspoonGaming | 332 Posted December 16, 2020 Share Posted December 16, 2020 Days of Thunder 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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