Christmas Movies

That very interesting as I was only thinking the same thing but I would even extend it to non Christmas movies. Am starting to get bored with old favourites. There are a bunch of my all times that I find I can no longer sit through. I just get a bit bored as I know the material inside out.

The last few days I've watched Red One (fine, probably won't watch again), A Muppet Christmas Carol ( always a winner),Klaus ( a gem of a film) and a 2007 film called Holiday in Handcuffs that with the actress who played Sabrina and AC Slater form Saved by the Bell. I'll just leave the plot here because even for a cheesy formulaic Christmas film its a bit bananas.

"To avoid feeling like the family's black sheep, a struggling artist working as a waitress kidnaps one of her good-looking customers to bring home and meet her parents at Christmas."

I listen to the score from that film a couple of times a year, its gorgeous!

I think everyone pretty much phases out for the first half of Home Alone. The family is obnoxious and unlikeable. As soon as the violence kicks in, everyone is on board and enjoying….. Right up until John Candy turns up. At which stage everyone goes "Oh, I forgot he was in this" and immediately stops what they are doing and pay full attention and remember how much they miss John Candy 'cos he is just… just the best. (That's not a tear in my eye…. Just, y'know, dust or something. Shutup)

I don't think I have seen all of HA 2 in one go, ever.

I tend NOT to stick to the same rotation. I haven't watched Willy Wonka from start to finish in over a decade. Every 3 or 4 years I do Die Hard. Haven't done Elf in a few and was about to this year. Scrooged every 3 years or so

I would imagine there is definitely an angle of "Familiarity breeds contempt" with rewatching. Especially with films which revolve around competition like "Deck The Halls" etc. May be funny initially but repeated viewings make you dislike the characters more and more.

Looking forward to the new Wallace & Gromit but that Red One just looks….. AWFUL and I do appreciate some dedicated Boardsies taking a bullet for the team and reporting (almost universally) that it's "Fine. No more. No less"

Things I had forgotten from Die Hard that raised an eyebrow, John carrying his gun on the plane and lighting up in the airport. Holly urging her heavily pregnant assistant to join the office party and have a drink. Holly hiring an illegal hispanic maid. I also mistakenly remembered John saying yipee-kai-ay Mother F-er several times, he only says it once.

Alan Rickman?

Ye are right of course, Irons was the brother.

There has not been a Christmas movie of note released in a long time IMO. 'Love Actually' is the last one I saw that was any good, cheesy yes, but not bad. There is only so many times one can watch the oldies.

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I also watched Fed Claus last night, its one of my favourite. My daughter also watched it for the first time and really enjoyed it too!

Aah, yes. Now I recall the Xmas tree. Thanks. 🎄

I caught a little bit of the 1950s Scrooge this morning. Allistair Simm is far and away the best Ebenezer.