GSG Posted September 7, 2017 Share Posted September 7, 2017 The Best Christmas Movie of All Time Is Being Turned Into a Must-Have Children's Book 1 Quote Link to comment
Hans Gruber Posted September 13, 2017 Share Posted September 13, 2017 On 9/7/2017 at 5:32 PM, GSG5545 said: The Best Christmas Movie of All Time Is Being Turned Into a Must-Have Children's Book Hopefully the books ends better for me ... 2 Quote Link to comment
knapplc Posted December 14, 2017 Share Posted December 14, 2017 On 7/26/2017 at 8:06 AM, Enhance said: Someone else said recently they associated Band of Brothers with Christmas/the holidays, too. We're just finishing Band of Brothers again. I always associate it with Winter/Christmas because of the Bastogne episodes. This time we're watching it and there's no snow on the ground. Quote Link to comment
VectorVictor Posted December 14, 2017 Share Posted December 14, 2017 Devil's advocate here...just because a movie takes place during Christmas, it doesn't make it a 'Christmas' movie, per se. Case-in-point: Iron Man 3. Like Die Hard, it takes place during the holidays, deals with a single man taking on terrorists hell bent on destruction, and the main protagonist's inner trauma/demons. Both movies have improbable events, lots of explosions and action, and an arc of redemption. Both movies have help from African-American secondary characters, deal with interpersonal relationships with female characters that have soured, and both movies find comedy relief in younger characters that help the protagonist in their own small, yet special way. Yet, no one considers classifying Iron Man 3 as a 'Christmas movie'. So if Iron Man 3 isn't a 'Christmas movie', what makes Die Hard different? 1 Quote Link to comment
teachercd Posted December 14, 2017 Share Posted December 14, 2017 Lethal Weapon is a Christmas movie too! Quote Link to comment
Landlord Posted December 14, 2017 Share Posted December 14, 2017 4 hours ago, VectorVictor said: Yet, no one considers classifying Iron Man 3 as a 'Christmas movie'. So if Iron Man 3 isn't a 'Christmas movie', what makes Die Hard different? I do. Quote Link to comment
Cdog923 Posted December 14, 2017 Share Posted December 14, 2017 4 hours ago, VectorVictor said: Devil's advocate here...just because a movie takes place during Christmas, it doesn't make it a 'Christmas' movie, per se. Case-in-point: Iron Man 3. Like Die Hard, it takes place during the holidays, deals with a single man taking on terrorists hell bent on destruction, and the main protagonist's inner trauma/demons. Both movies have improbable events, lots of explosions and action, and an arc of redemption. Both movies have help from African-American secondary characters, deal with interpersonal relationships with female characters that have soured, and both movies find comedy relief in younger characters that help the protagonist in their own small, yet special way. Yet, no one considers classifying Iron Man 3 as a 'Christmas movie'. So if Iron Man 3 isn't a 'Christmas movie', what makes Die Hard different? 3 minutes ago, Landlord said: I do. 4 hours ago, teachercd said: Lethal Weapon is a Christmas movie too! Shane Black writes all of his movies to take place at Christmas. Quote Link to comment
Landlord Posted December 14, 2017 Share Posted December 14, 2017 Kiss Kiss Bang Bang is criminally underrated. 1 Quote Link to comment
billdozer15 Posted December 26, 2017 Share Posted December 26, 2017 On 7/26/2017 at 7:46 AM, Comfortably Numb said: Not sure what definition of a "Christmas" movie is being used. Probably a couple different ones if there is a debate going on. IIRC, Die Hard was originally released for the Christmas viewing season and the movie is set at Christmas time. That is why McClain was visiting his wife...the Christmas party at her work. I would say it is a Christmas movie. But other than that it isn't real Christmassy. Actually, it was released in July. They completely missed the opportunity to capitalize on the Christmas season. However, I still consider it a Christmas movie. Just because it is different then all of the other "traditional" Christmas movies, doesn't mean it isn't. Quote Link to comment
teachercd Posted December 26, 2017 Share Posted December 26, 2017 I want the gray sweatshirt... "Now I have a machine gun...HO HO HO" Quote Link to comment
hskerholic Posted December 27, 2017 Author Share Posted December 27, 2017 2 hours ago, teachercd said: I want the gray sweatshirt... "Now I have a machine gun...HO HO HO" https://www.amazon.com/Machine-HO-HO-HO-T-Shirt-Pop-Threads/dp/B01N45FR8X Quote Link to comment
teachercd Posted December 27, 2017 Share Posted December 27, 2017 7 minutes ago, hskerholic said: https://www.amazon.com/Machine-HO-HO-HO-T-Shirt-Pop-Threads/dp/B01N45FR8X Awesome! Quote Link to comment
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