Films on tv at christmas same every year

How Soon Is Now

Was just thinking there of some that are shown pretty much every year infact its not Christmas unless RTE shows Charlie and the chocolate factory *The old one* Mary Poppins Jurassic Park or Harry Potter

Cookie_Monster

and titanic

and bbc2 showing Ben Hur or Spartacus or one of them based back in the day

How Soon Is Now

Oh jesus ya i forgot about Titanic hahaha

On a side note whats the bets Sky one will show about 20 episoes back to back of the Simpsons ?

BluesBerry

Dont forget the Wizard of oz

Wazdakka

KISS saves Christmas

How Soon Is Now

Another RTE fav Sound of music :rolleyes: jesus wonder why Irish all get pissed lol

mikom

angerfist2009 wrote: »

Was just thinking there of some that are shown pretty much every year infact its not Christmas unless RTE shows Charlie and the chocolate factory *The old one*

*The old one* , you say that like it's a bad thing.
Have you seen the pigs abortion that is the Tim Burton version.

Victor_M

Superman, Raiders of the lost ark, Chitty Chitty Bang Bang, Where eagles dare.

How Soon Is Now

mikom wrote: »

*The old one* , you say that like it's a bad thing.
Have you seen the pigs abortion that is the Tim Burton version.

lol i actually like the old one i would watch it if it was on this year its a classic film reminds me when i was a kid at christmas to

BluesBerry

mikom wrote: »

*The old one* , you say that like it's a bad thing.
Have you seen the pigs abortion that is the Tim Burton version.

The old one Willy wonka and the chocolate is incredibly disturbing out dated and weird:(

The new one is much better:D

How Soon Is Now

Muppets Christmas Carol have seen that a few times around this time of year.

One thing i miss is the den on christmas eve when i was a kid that made the day for me lol

fizzynicenice

All good points, but don't forget everybody who needs thier annual dose of Die Hard 1...

"Why the fuck didn't you stop 'em, John? 'Cause then you'd be dead, too, asshole"

or

"nine million terrorists in the world and I gotta kill one with feet smaller than my sister"

and who could forget...

"Asshole? I'm not the one who just got butt-fucked on national TV, Dwayne!"

Pompey Magnus

How has no-one mentioned Home Alone yet???

Sleepy

It ain't Christmas without Oliver! and It's a Wonderful Life.

How Soon Is Now

Wonder what blockbuster RTE will get this year haha

something thats at least 3 or 4 years old

Gladiator was shown a fair bit as well actually.

Cookie_Monster

I assume toy story will also make a xmas early-afternoon appearance to keep the kids happy

Pompey Magnus

Can't forget The Great Escape also.

Larianne

BluesBerry wrote: »

The old one Willy wonka and the chocolate is incredibly disturbing out dated and weird:(

The new one is much better:D

The old one is fab!! Charlie's teacher comes out with priceless quotes:

Mr. Turkentine: Of course you don't know. You don't know because only I know. If you knew and I didn't know, then you'd be teaching me instead of me teaching you - and for a student to be teaching his teacher is presumptuous and rude. Do I make myself clear?


I checked the Christmas edition of the RTE guide and I'm pretty sure that Willy Wonka and The Chocolate Factory isn't on this year!! :mad: Shockin'.

How Soon Is Now

Auld Father Ted Christmas special does wonders

bullets

For some reason I always thought the following were always on
around Christmas time.

Indiana Jones, Superman, Supergirl , the 10 Commandments, Ben Hur,
Jason and the Argonauts, Sinbad.

~B

Mike 1972

Im reliably informed that Polish TV's equivalent of Willy Wonka/The Sound of Music/etc is "Home alone"

IRockUrSocks

Just got back from the Americas and I must say, SKY and NTL can shove their boxes up their arse! Britain and Ireland have useless TV. I want to buy an American cable set. All the Universal, Warner Brothers, HBO movie channels, excellent and ESPN is 100% better than SKYSPORTS. I tell you, the Americans really love their TV.

Rented Mule

BluesBerry wrote: »

The old one Willy wonka and the chocolate is incredibly disturbing out dated and weird:(

The new one is much better:D

Gene Wilder is GOD !!

dr.bollocko

Moved from AH.

bladespin

It's a wonderful life, wouldn't be Christmas without it!

robdig

saw an ad last night nd it sed rte are showing blades of glory happy feat once brokeback mountain the commitments and.............. cant remember the rest!!!

Mossy Monk

angerfist2009 wrote: »

Wonder what blockbuster RTE will get this year haha

something thats at least 3 or 4 years old

Don't they usually show the same film as BBC One on Christmas Day.

TarfHead

AFAIK. the Great Escape is not on TV this year (excluding SKY Movies). Nor Ben Hur, though Spartacus is on RTE. I assume it's the original, and not the remake with Goran (er) Visnijc (sp?)

I nursed a hangover last year from the couch watching Laurence of Arabis, for the first time. I think Chitty Chitty has not been on for a few years. From my childhood I remember Hans Brinker and the Silver Skates being a Christmas perennial.

TarfHead

Mossy Monk wrote: »

Don't they usually show the same film as BBC One on Christmas Day.

RTE 1 14:00 The Incredibles
BBC 1 15:10 The Incredibles

RTE also showing Harry Potter Order of the Phoenix & Devil wears Prada. BBC aren't (on Christmas Day, anyway).

Elmo

Titanic and Mary Poppins :rolleyes:

Rjd2

The Wizard Of Oz and Catleblanca will surely be on somewhere.

Richard Dower

Mr. Wonka will no doubt be on Tg4, utterly watchable movie though...no doubt the BBC has some Potter flick on.

andrew90

Far and Away on Tv3 on Christmas Day, what a classic !

Richard Dower

andrew90 wrote: »

Far and Away on Tv3 on Christmas Day, what a classic !

Worst Oirish accent....EVER :mad:

Larianne

Richard Dower wrote: »

Worst Oirish accent....EVER :mad:

That's what makes it funny though.

Richard Dower

Larianne wrote: »

That's what makes it funny though.

It's just cringey!....Larianna is a beautiful name btw

Mossy Monk

andrew90 wrote: »

Far and Away on Tv3 on Christmas Day, what a classic !

Santa needs to bring me a new sarcasm detector because you just broke mine.

Lollymcd

Does anyone in their early 30's rememer a movie called "The Night they Saved Christmas" I seem to remember watching it as a child during Christmas but can't find it in HMV etc despite every other Christmas movie ever made being available!

recessionpatch

how do u forget that

recessionpatch

yeah why bother with tv liecense if thats all that u get

Lollymcd

recessionpatch wrote: »

how do u forget that

But why can't I get it on DVD? even..... V I D E O!!!

They had such a cool reason for why Christmas Eve night seemed so long and how santa was able to get around the world in one night. Precious!

recessionpatch

superman is cool though

TheCandystripes

they should show more straight to dvd films. like the ones that people on boards wouldnt like but give you a good feeling like the generic film of the high school dweeb who comes of age

amdublin

A whole afternoon of Gone With the Wind ftw

Crow71

Dont forget "The Santa Clause" with Tim Allen

McChubbin

Feck the TV guide.
I'll be watching The Evil Dead on Christmas Eve.