Best Christmas Movie - Boardsies Decide

Die Hard 2 because when I die I'll come back as John McClane.

honeybear

Die Hard ... can’t explain it as he wouldn’t be my usual type but, I fancy John/Bruce in this movie

ArnoldJRimmer

Die Hard 2, same formula as the first, and works nearly as well (Alan Rickman was irreplaceable)

pc7

Die Hard2, some great scenes in this one

sKeith

die hard 2, one of the greatest xmas movies ever.
shows the mayhem that happens at airports over the holidays

quickbeam

And Die Hard 2 too gets in to Round 2.

Hercule Poirot

Die Hard 2 - an airport taken over by terrorists, what's not to love?

skipper_G

Die Hard 2 because just when you think the same damn **** couldn't happen to the same guy twice, it does. And because of the gunfights and senseless violence. Exactly what Christmas is all about

quickbeam

That's all 32 matches. 32 films now in the second round.

Thanks to everyone who voted. That's 40 individual voters, with special thanks to Also Starring LeVar Burton for voting in 28 out of 32 of them!!!

Hopefully well get through Round 2 and Round 3 tomorrow.

quickbeam

Just for interest, I had a list of films to use as wildcards. I ended up picking what I thought were the most popular. I could have got it wrong. These were films that I had on the list that went unused:

The Bells of St. Mary's (1945)
We're No Angels (1955)
Silent Night, Deadly Night (1984)
Hostile Hostages (1994)
Surviving Christmas (2004)
Black Christmas (2006)
Deck the Halls (2006)
A Christmas Tale (2008)
The Night Before (2015)
Krampus (2015)
The Christmas Chronicles (2018)

khalessi

quickbeam wrote: »

Just for interest, I had a list of films to use as wildcards. I ended up picking what I thought were the most popular. I could have got it wrong. These were films that I had on the list that went unused:

The Bells of St. Mary's (1945)
We're No Angels (1955)
Silent Night, Deadly Night (1984)
Hostile Hostages (1994)
Surviving Christmas (2004)
Black Christmas (2006)
Deck the Halls (2006)
A Christmas Tale (2008)
The Night Before (2015)
Krampus (2015)
The Christmas Chronicles (2018)

Love these two bolded ones the best out of these

quickbeam

Here are the films in to Round 2:

Meet Me In St. Louis (1944)
It's A Wonderful Life (1946)
Miracle on 34th Street (1947)
Scrooge (1951)
Willy Wonka & the Chocolate Factory (1971)
Black Christmas (1974)
Trading Places (1983)
Gremlins (1984)
Santa Claus: The Movie (1985)
Lethal Weapon (1987)
Die Hard (1988)
Scrooged (1988)
National Lampoon's Christmas Vacation (1989)
Die Hard 2 (1990)
Home Alone (1990)
Hook (1991)
The Muppet Christmas Carol (1992)
Home Alone 2: Lost in New York (1992)
The Nightmare Before Christmas (1993)
Miracle on 34th Street (1994)
The Santa Clause (1994)
While You Were Sleeping (1995)
Jingle all the Way (1996)
How the Grinch Stole Christmas (2000)
Harry Potter and the Philosopher's Stone (2001)
Elf (2003)
Love Actually (2003)
Bad Santa (2003)
The Polar Express (2004)
Assault on Precinct 13 (2005)
The Holiday (2006)
Arthur Christmas (2011)

Also Starring LeVar Burton

quickbeam wrote: »

That's all 32 matches. 32 films now in the second round.

Thanks to everyone who voted. That's 40 individual voters, with special thanks to Also Starring LeVar Burton for voting in 28 out of 32 of them!!!

Hopefully well get through Round 2 and Round 3 tomorrow.

Its not like I've been constantly refreshing the page most of the day or anything...

Seriously though, fair play for the organisation and getting the bouts up so quickly!

Well done QB that was some great show running.

quickbeam

31/32 of those in the next round were nominated. One was a wild card that beat a nominated film. So voting pretty consistent with nominations.

Declan A Walsh

I missed a load of rounds! Well done to the OP and all the vigilant contributors so far. I would describe the selection as a mixture of the good, the bad and the ugly!

quickbeam

BTW, there's still time to night - put on While You Were Sleeping and you'll be able to judge it better tomorrow!! :P

Declan A Walsh

quickbeam wrote: »

BTW, there's still time to night - put on While You Were Sleeping and you'll be able to judge it better tomorrow!! :P

It's a nice light-hearted romantic comedy.

honeybear

Love WYWS!

quickbeam

quickbeam wrote: »

BTW, there's still time to night - put on While You Were Sleeping and you'll be able to judge it better tomorrow!! :P

I love it and I think I will watch it tonight.

quickbeam

I know what it's up against in Round 2, so I need all the fans watching it, or getting new fans converted :P

Pretzill

Thanks Quickbeam - that was a lot of work!!

Mam of 4

Great work QB , thank you !

Also Starring LeVar Burton

Just as an FYI, I highly recommend Christmas Inheritance on Netflix. Wasn't eligible for this tournament as it's a Netflix Original and never got a cinema release, but its an absolute delight.

TheValeyard

quickbeam wrote: »

Here are the films in to Round 2:

Meet Me In St. Louis (1944)
It's A Wonderful Life (1946)
Miracle on 34th Street (1947)
Scrooge (1951)
Willy Wonka & the Chocolate Factory (1971)
Black Christmas (1974)
Trading Places (1983)
Gremlins (1984)
Santa Claus: The Movie (1985)
Lethal Weapon (1987)
Die Hard (1988)
Scrooged (1988)
National Lampoon's Christmas Vacation (1989)
Die Hard 2 (1990)
Home Alone (1990)
Hook (1991)
The Muppet Christmas Carol (1992)
Home Alone 2: Lost in New York (1992)
The Nightmare Before Christmas (1993)
Miracle on 34th Street (1994)
The Santa Clause (1994)
While You Were Sleeping (1995)
Jingle all the Way (1996)
How the Grinch Stole Christmas (2000)
Harry Potter and the Philosopher's Stone (2001)
Elf (2003)
Love Actually (2003)
Bad Santa (2003)
The Polar Express (2004)
Assault on Precinct 13 (2005)
The Holiday (2006)
Arthur Christmas (2011)

This is a really good list. Fully approve of it. Couple of odd choices, but mostly good.

All my pics made it through round 1

Deja Boo

Deleted User wrote: »

All my pics made it through round 1

you sheeped!

tusk

Great work QB. Fair play

Just finished watching while you were sleeping. I do love that movie! How is it almost 25 years old though?

Rikand

My 4 choices through to round 2.

Just noticed that all 4 of them were made within 4 years lol

quickbeam

Let's kick things off with, Round 2, Match 1

The Santa Clause (1994)





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Hook (1991)

The Santa Claus for me. Just a lovely, simple festive film.

Green&Red

The Santa clause is fantastic

Guill

The Santa Claus. I was too old to appreciate them when they came around first but my kids love them now.

Kolido

I vote The Santa clause

Can't actually remember if I ever saw Hook, but the santa clause would bring out the christmas feeling more for me

quickbeam

Forgot to say, we're maintaining the first to 6 for Round 2.

Also Starring LeVar Burton

Hook, better film and one of my noms

The Santa Claus
Lovely Xmas movie

Declan A Walsh

Round 2, Match 1: The Santa Clause vs Hook: I will have to plump for Hook as it has Robin Williams and Dustin Hoffman, two of my favourite actors. It is an entertaining light-hearted action film. The Santa Clause is enjoyable too as it happens.

Ficheall

Hook!

Dustin Hoffman, Robin Williams, Julia Roberts, Bob Hoskins, Maggie Smith, Phil Collins, Gwyneth Paltrow, Glenn Close, Carrie Fisher, George Lucas... I mean come on...

Green&Red

Ficheall wrote: »

Hook!

Dustin Hoffman, Robin Williams, Julia Roberts, Bob Hoskins, Maggie Smith, Phil Collins, Gwyneth Paltrow, Glenn Close, Carrie Fisher, George Lucas... I mean come on...

Danny Devito and Arnie are in Twins, doesn’t make it the greatest Christmas film of all time

ZV Yoda

Twins is good fun, but it has to be The Santa Clause for a new take on the Santa story.

Ficheall

Green&Red wrote: »

Danny Devito and Arnie are in Twins, doesn’t make it the greatest Christmas film of all time

And having "Santa Claus" in the title, doesn't mean a film is great, or even any good at all.

Declan A Walsh

ZV Yoda wrote: »

Twins is good fun, but it has to be The Santa Clause for a new take on the Santa story.

Twins is not the other film! Hook is! I think the other poster was a making a point that the sheer presence of noteworthy actors does not ip so facto make it a good movie!

Ficheall

Declan A Walsh wrote: »

I think the other poster was a making a point that the sheer presence of noteworthy actos does not ip so facto make it a good movie!

Doesn't hurt though. Tim Allen's only performance of note was voice acting for Buzz Lightyear.

Green&Red

Declan A Walsh wrote: »

Twins is not the other film! Hook is! I think the other poster was a making a point that the sheer presence of noteworthy actors does not ip so facto make it a good movie!

If only this was a competition for the greatest movie of all time


And Twins is f**king awesome

quickbeam

The Santa Clause sleighs in to to Round 3.

quickbeam

Round 2, Match 2

Trading Places (1983)





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Willy Wonka & the Chocolate Factory (1971)

Also Starring LeVar Burton

Willy Wonka for me as Wonka is what Santa should be. Less creepy somehow.

Ficheall

I'd like to nominate this film, which is sure to be a hit with those posters who seem to share Lauren Graham's obsession.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ajecXB0cIQY