Christmas Movies

Andrew93

Watched Lovehard over the weekend on Netflix. Really enjoyable from start to finish.

tscul32

https://www.boards.ie/discussion/comment/118167598#Comment_118167598

Watched that on Saturday night.like you, I enjoyed it but it's not a movie I'd seek out in the future.

Poor Caroline Quentin though, she's only 5 years older than Liz Hurley but still played her mum.

Posy

Liz Hurley looks amazing though, at least 10 years younger than her age!

Spoiler Warning

I thought it was a bit of a cop out that he left and never contacted his children again because the mother had an affair, thus absolving him of all those absent years. Like, he still could have picked up a phone!

tscul32

https://www.boards.ie/discussion/comment/118170933#Comment_118170933

Agree, thought that was kind of brushed off, that would have been my main issue.

Loughc

Watched Love Hard on Netflix. It’s sweet, charming and predictable. A step above a hallmark movie but below a Hollywood movie.

some absolute stunning Christmas visuals and good Christmas tunes too. A nice watch but can’t ever seeing myself rewatching it.

polydactyl

I never watched the Princess switch files before but had an unexpected day at home today so put one on….then the other….now one left…..awful stuff but enjoyable obviously

tscul32

I watched the third princess one at the weekend. Harmless Christmassy stuff with lots of snow.

Posy

I finally got around to watching Last Christmas tonight. Really enjoyed it! I had heard mixed reviews, so my expectations were low. 😁 Nice, sweet film.

TRS30

Started to watch 'Surviving Christmas' with Ben Affleck last night. Got sucked in because the opening is so Christmas. Went down hill fast and then fell asleep. Assume I didn't miss much??

Loughc

https://www.boards.ie/discussion/comment/118209184#Comment_118209184

Genuinely one of the worst Christmas movies I’ve ever seen.

DvB

https://www.boards.ie/discussion/comment/118208949#Comment_118208949

To be fair we said something similar after watching the second time. Though to be fair I wouldn't be as positive towards it as you sound... though it wouldn't be the first film to grow on me over time.

Posy

I think Klaus is the most recent Christmas film I've seen that I'd want to watch every Christmas.

I did enjoy Last Christmas, but can't see myself watching it year after year, like Elf or Fred Claus or Die Hard. 😁

TRS30

https://www.boards.ie/discussion/comment/118213210#Comment_118213210

Good to know I didn't miss anything.

OUTDOORLASS

Watched the kind of redo of Home Alone 1.....Home Sweet Home on Disney the other night. we were not impressed. Fab visuals but

other than that....bad ! Maybe it was us.....

DvB

https://www.boards.ie/discussion/comment/118214117#Comment_118214117

Agree re: Klaus, we have it on our must watch list now too. Elf was a little tired for us this year, might give it a rest next year so we dont get too sick of it and ruin it completely.

leahyl

Watched The Christmas Chronicles: Part 2 last night and it was very enjoyable - watched the first one last year. Thought it was so well done and then saw that the director is Chris Columbus, so that explains why I liked it!

DvB

A boy called Christmas available on sky cinema from today, have been looking forward to seeing that one as our kids loved the books.

Saw an advert for 'Last train to Christmas' on sky also, starring Micheal Sheen, looks interesting. Available from Dec. 18th.

TRS30

https://www.boards.ie/discussion/comment/118225651#Comment_118225651

Same here, hopefully going to watch it Sunday when we are back. Looks good in the trailers so fingers crossed.

SCOOP 64

White Christmas about to start on Film 4

SCOOP 64

Jack frost RTE1 now

TRS30

https://www.boards.ie/discussion/comment/118225717#Comment_118225717

Watched it last night as sister got Now TV so could steam it.

Very good, the kids loved it.

flazio

Something I noticed on Disney+, For years now we've been moaning that whenever a channel puts on The Muppet Christmas Carol that it leaves out Belle's musical piece The Love is Gone. Well it seems Disney+ have met us halfway. It's not back in the film itself unfortunately but it is available in extras as a deleted scene. So next time you throw it on, you can come out, play the scene and go back in. Oh and I've bumped the Klaus thread on the main Films forum so feel free to pop in a review over there and keep it in peoples minds. I'd love for more to see this potential classic.

Loughc

https://www.boards.ie/discussion/comment/118236056#Comment_118236056

So on Belles musical number I only learned this fact last night. Disney have lose the original negative for that scene.

So because of that they can’t upscale it to HD or 4K. The only copy they have of that scene is the original VHS release of the movie. If they were to leave it in the movie the video quality would massively drop off so they refuse to put it back in even tho it’s a massive character point for Scrooge.

flazio

https://www.boards.ie/discussion/comment/118236770#Comment_118236770

Actually it looks like they found a version that is 4K upscalable

https://www.cinemablend.com/news/2560641/the-muppet-christmas-carols-restored-deleted-scene-is-truly-a-holiday-miracle

Loughc

https://www.boards.ie/discussion/comment/118236886#Comment_118236886

almost a year old and still not on Disney plus. Maybe next year for the 30th anniversary.

Smell the glove

Watched Klause last night. I was impressed , I thought it was a bit all over the place at the start but got very good as it went on. Definitely the best Christmas film I've seen since Disney's a Christmas Carol about 12 years ago.

Jude13

I agree its a brilliant movie, best new classic Christmas movie since die hard.

DvB

https://www.boards.ie/discussion/comment/118243394#Comment_118243394

Jude13

I got one!!

Loughc

https://youtu.be/o1hhiACv1vc

Christmas documentary on Apple TV looks good!