Best Christmas Movie - Boardsies Decide

circadian

TheValeyard wrote: »

Deck the halls with Hans Gruber bloods, la, la, la, la, la, laaaa

Do a line with Ellis on the table, tra la la la la

Rikand

Trigger wrote: »

Missed the whole bloody thing wth! Gremlins gets 3rd place because Rikand needs to write a big long word.. boooo

If you're not first, you're last

quickbeam

Tell me how wrote: »

Open it, give it until 22:00 and call it.
Be surprised if 15 has not been reached by then anyway.

some awful weirdos lurk these halls overnight.

Okay, I can make it until 10pm, so we'll do this (as compensation for me not thanking your vote, though it had been counted )

Rikand

Trigger wrote: »

Missed the whole bloody thing wth! Gremlins gets 3rd place because Rikand needs to write a big long word.. boooo

Besides, it's all the people who voted against christmas that let gremlins win

quickbeam

GRAND FINAL



It's A Wonderful Life (1946)






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Die Hard (1988)

Voting closes 10pm sharp. Reasons required.

pc7

It’s A Wonderful Life, made in 1946 and still amazing! Jimmy Steward does it all every emotion, it has such a lovely message to it and anytime I hear a bell it reminds me of Clarence. Do the right thing boardsies

circadian

quickbeam wrote: »

Okay, I can make it until 10pm, so we'll do this (as compensation for me not thanking your vote, though it had been counted )

Is this real life?
Is this just fantasy?
Hans Gruuuber,
Falling fantastically,

Open your eyes,
Look the skies and seeeeeeeeee!

Die Hard is a staple in my household, so much so that even my wife has adopted it. Its simply fantastic. Hats, catch lines, guns and explosions. Can't wait until the kids are old enough for it.

Pretzill

It's a Wonderful life gets my vote (I may be a voice in the wilderness) it is the essential Christmas movie but I'd watch Die Hard anytime of the year.

Trigger

Die hard, the ultimate Christmas movie, nothing like sitting down on Christmas day with a belly full of grub and watching John McClane and his Christmas hat jump through windows.

My first vote of the comp, so if you dont want to include it, it's all good. Only fair

TheValeyard

Die Hard


Bruce Willis, Alan Rickman

German terrorists.

Great one lines, happy ending, bad guys loose in the end.

It's got explosions, Christmas trees, santa hats and machines.

Spook_ie

It's a wonderful life, it's got that Christmas feel good factor and Diehard is just a movie set at Xmas time, it could just as easily be set at any time.

Necro

Die Hard because it's the best.

Endlessly quotable

Action

terrorists

Willis in a wife beater for the ladies

Alan Rickman with a brilliant performance as Hans Gruber

It's gotta be Die Hard

Also Starring LeVar Burton

Die Hard

Was there ever any doubt this would make the final. It's up against some stiff competition, but for pure re-watchability and quotability it has to be my choice for winner!!!

Mam of 4

It's A Wonderful Life .

Old movie , story still relevant today , we all need a touch of reality at times , even if it is in b/w , and for the last time , because Die Hard is not a Christmas movie

(I'm expecting DH to win easily though dammit)

Toto Wolfcastle

Die Hard. Hans Gruber falling out the window gives me all the Christmas feels.

Is a wonderful life
Because it's got that lovely message, it's a real Christmas movie.
Did hard is not!

Ted_YNWA

Die Hard.

Great script, great actors.

Great performance for Alan Rickman as Hans.

Ho Ho Ho, now I have a machine gun ..

Yippee-kayeee.

ArnoldJRimmer

Two very worthy candidates in the final

But it has to be Die Hard. So many quotable scenes, one of the greatest ever movie villains in Alan Rickman, and every 1980's film cliche in the book

IAWL has a lot going for it too, given the uplifting ending, some people forget just how dark it is.

But Die Hard it is

tonytiger81

It's a wonderful life - it's a movie you watch once a year to remind you how your actions affect others. Die Hard can be watched any time of the year.

Die Hard 2019

It's a Wonderful Life because "Uncle Billy: Uncle Billy: They did it, they did it, George, they voted Potter down,"

Necro

Die Hard 2019 wrote: »

It's a Wonderful Life because "Uncle Billy: Uncle Billy: They did it, they did it, George, they voted Potter down,"

Hippykitten

Die Hard because I’ve watched it LOTS of times!

Monokne

Die Hard for all the reasons already listed.

Clarabel

Is a wonderful life
because I am being paid to vote againt Die Hard

Clarabel

i mean cause Is a wonderful life
is a wonderful Christmas movie

Hercule Poirot

I love both of these films and watch them both every Christmas but for me it has to be It's a Wonderful Life

Die Hard is the ultimate action film and a Christmas classic with an excellent combination of violence and humour

But for me It's A Wonderful Life IS Christmas and everything it entails

Siobh73

Voting for Its a Wonderful Life. It's got snow, kids, charity, hugs and love is all around

Monokne

Clarabel wrote: »

Is a wonderful life
because I am being paid to vote againt Die Hard

I'll double it.

DIE HARD.

tusk

The Santa Clause surely is one of the best Christmas movies?

1percent

Die hard!
Because it is a more believable movie than George NOT going to prison in the end of IAWL! Just because the town had a whip around does my mean the money has not been embezzled, Potter will still get the bank AND the whip around money, and the official guy losses his job for gross misconduct for turning a blind eye.

Ps. spoiler alert!

Tell me how

Die Hard

There was nothing in this movie that when you watch it again and again, you want to fast forward through. Every scene has something.
And, Willis was made for the role. Or the role was made for him, Or whatever, it was just a perfect storm.

sKeith

die hard, best xmas film ever.

angel eyes 2012

Die Hard because of Bruce Willis.

Can't believe Elf and Bad Santa didn't get through.

Hercule Poirot

1percent wrote: »

Die hard!
Because it is a more believable movie than George NOT going to prison in the end of IAWL! Just because the town had a whip around does my mean the money has not been embezzled, Potter will still get the bank AND the whip around money, and the official guy losses his job for gross misconduct for turning a blind eye.

Ps. spoiler alert!

It wasn't embezzled you silly moo - Potter was given it by mistake, everyone knows Potter had it! If anyone's going to prison it's Potter and he will shortly end up as the filling in a sex sandwich between two men called Mandy - it was another deleted scene, in case anyone is wondering

Monokne

Die Hard

Rikand

Die hard

because it's not a christmas movie. It's an action movie that takes place at christmas

Zaph

Die Hard, it embraces all we hold dear about Christmas. You have the triumph of good over evil as Hans Gruber plummets 30 storeys to his demise. You have redemption when Al Powell blows away Karl as he makes one final attempt to kill John McClane. There's the office Christmas party with the resident dick (sorry Ellis, that's you) and inappropriate sexual encounters. But most of all, it's a family film as John is reunited with Holly (the most Christmassy of names I should point out). If ever a film was designed to be the ultimate feelgood Christmas film, it's Die Hard.

Tell me how

Rikand wrote: »

Die hard

because it's not a christmas movie. It's an action movie that takes place at christmas

Class is in session Rikand.

Zaph wrote: »

Die Hard, it embraces all we hold dear about Christmas. You have the triumph of good over evil as Hans Gruber plummets 30 storeys to his demise. You have redemption when Al Powell blows away Karl as he makes one final attempt to kill John McClane. There's the office Christmas party with the resident dick (sorry Ellis, that's you) and inappropriate sexual encounters. But most of all, it's a family film as John is reunited with Holly (the most Christmassy of names I should point out). If ever a film was designed to be the ultimate feelgood Christmas film, it's Die Hard.

Kolido

Die hard gets my vote

I said to myself before this started, only one movie would beat DH, that was Home Alone. I'm going to stick by my word. I could watch this movie any time of year, never gets old. Many joke wether its a xmas movie or not, there is no arguement that its excellent and a worthy winner.

khalessi

pc7 wrote: »

It’s A Wonderful Life, made in 1946 and still amazing! Jimmy Steward does it all every emotion, it has such a lovely message to it and anytime I hear a bell it reminds me of Clarence. Do the right thing boardsies

What he said

Its a Wonderful Life as it is an uplifting beautiful emotional movie with a wonderful cast and Clarence


Every time a bell rings
another angel gets their wings

Rikand

If die hard does deserve to win the christmas movie competition, its definitely down to this guy.

Sure he even leaves a little bit of snow on that desk!

appledrop

It has to be it's a wonderful life because it is the classic film movie.Still makes me cry every Christmas. It's not one you watch at any other time of the year.

Die Hard on other hand has Christmas references but I've watched it at various times during the year as it's a classic action film.

Yester

Die Hard because it taught me how to make fists with my toes.

TheValeyard

Yester wrote: »

Die Hard because it taught me how to make fists with my toes.

I'd like to hear more about your toe fist punching.

Declan A Walsh

Die Hard: for the over the top character played by Bruce Willis, for the wonderful portrayal of a mad baddie by Alan Rickman, for the humour and, most of all, for the action.

Tell me how

Think that's it.

I missed loads today. All my picks are gone and THIS is what we're left with!!!!! What the hell!!!!!!! Ok I vote die hard because this is all gone to ****e anyway so the best Christmas movie might as well be NOT a Christmas movie. Yipee Kai yay muthaf*****s. I do like me some Bruce Willis.

But seriously.. what the hell people?!?!

quickbeam

Voting closed. Please stand by .....

quickbeam

And the Official Boardsies Best Christmas Film is ........





Die Hard (1988)



















(I shoulda spent the hour prepping some gifs but I never thought until now :P)





Final score 20-12.

Necro

quickbeam wrote: »

And the Official Boardsies Best Christmas Film is ........





Die Hard (1988)









Final score 20-12.