Best Christmas Movie - Boardsies Decide

Guill · 10-12-2019 11:03pm

I would just like to take this bitter opportunity to make my annual statement that DIE HARD IS NOT A CHRISTMAS MOVIE!

Great thread, Thanks.

quickbeam · 10-12-2019 11:03pm

Ah Necro, never short of a gif!! Ta mate!

quickbeam · 10-12-2019 11:04pm

All films, how many nominations they got, and where the finished in the competition:

Film Nominations Last Round in Comp
A Christmas Carol (1938) 1 Round 1
The Wizard of Oz (1939) WC Round 1
Holiday Inn (1942) WC Round 1
Meet Me In St. Louis (1944) 4 Round 2
Christmas in Connecticut (1945) WC Round 1
It's A Wonderful Life (1946) 6 Finalist
Miracle on 34th Street (1947) 1 Round 2
It Happened on 5th Avenue (1947) WC Round 1
The Bishop's Wife (1947) 1 Round 1
Scrooge (1951) 1 Round 2
White Christmas (1954) WC Round 1
The Apartment (1960) 1 Round 1
The Great Escape (1963) 1 Round 1
Mary Poppins (1964) WC Round 1
Willy Wonka & the Chocolate Factory (1971) 4 Quarter Final
Black Christmas (1974) 1 Round 2
Trading Places (1983) 2 Round 2
Gremlins (1984) 10 3rd Place
Santa Claus: The Movie (1985) 2 Round 3
Planes, Trains and Automobiles (1987) WC Round 1
Lethal Weapon (1987) 2 Round 3
Die Hard (1988) 12 Winner
Scrooged (1988) 8 Round 2
National Lampoon's Christmas Vacation (1989) 6 Quarter Final
Die Hard 2 (1990) 4 Round 2
Home Alone (1990) 15 4th Place
Edward Scissorhands (1990) WC Round 1
Hook (1991) 1 Round 2
The Muppet Christmas Carol (1992) 11 Round 3
Home Alone 2: Lost in New York (1992) 2 Round 2
Batman Returns (1992) 1 Round 1
The Nightmare Before Christmas (1993) 6 Round 3
Miracle on 34th Street (1994) 6 Round 3
The Santa Clause (1994) 8 Round 3
Trapped in Paradise (1994) WC Round 1
While You Were Sleeping (1995) 1 Round 2
Jingle all the Way (1996) 4 Round 2
The Preacher's Wife (1996) 1 Round 1
Jack Frost (1998) 1 Round 1
The Family Man (2000) WC Round 1
How the Grinch Stole Christmas (2000) WC Round 2
Serendipity (2001) WC Round 1
Harry Potter and the Philosopher's Stone (2001) 1 Round 3
Elf (2003) 7 Quarter Final
Love Actually (2003) 7 Round 3
Bad Santa (2003) 6 Quarter Final
Christmas with the Kranks (2004) 1 Round 1
The Polar Express (2004) 3 Round 2
Joyeux No(2005) WC Round 1
The Family Stone (2005) WC Round 1
Just Friends (2005) WC Round 1
Assault on Precinct 13 (2005) 1 Round 2
The Holiday (2006) 2 Round 2
Fred Claus (2007) 1 Round 1
Four Christmases (2008) WC Round 1
In Bruges (2008) 1 Round 1
Nativity! (2009) WC Round 1
A Christmas Carol (2009) WC Round 1
Rare Exports: A Christmas Tale (2010) 1 Round 1
Arthur Christmas (2011) 2 Round 2
Iron Man 3 (2013) 1 Round 1
The Man Who Invented Christmas (2017) WC Round 1
The Grinch (2018) WC Round 1
Last Christmas (2019) WC Round 1

Necro · 10-12-2019 11:06pm

Great fun, even if the winner was (somewhat) a foregone conclusion.

Proving definitively, once and for all that Die Hard is in fact - A Christmas Movie.

Thanks QB for running it

Ted_YNWA · 10-12-2019 11:06pm

Zaph · 10-12-2019 11:09pm

I think we can all agree that we got the right result and Die Hard is indeed the greatest Christmas movie of all time.

Thanks for a brilliantly run game quickbeam, it was really good fun.

quickbeam · 10-12-2019 11:12pm

Was actually very predictable. It nearly went exactly per the number of nominations.

The only Wild Card that went in to the second round was How the Grinch Stole Christmas (beating A Christmas Carol (1938)).

3 of the 4 top nomianted films got in to the semis (A Muppet Christmas Carol falling in Round 3, and then its conqueror, National Lampoon falling in Round 4 to It's A Wonderful Life, which was "only" seeded 11).

And of course, top nominated film, Home Alone ending up fourth but second highest nominated film, Die Hard, ended up winning.

10-12-2019 11:12pm

Thanks QB! That was great.

Love Actually and Elf are still my winners!

BabysCoffee · 10-12-2019 11:15pm

The Holiday is one of my faves.....

Along with The Family Stone

quickbeam · 10-12-2019 11:16pm

I can't remember how to make a table sortable, so here's all the nominations in descending order:

Film Nominations Last Round in Comp
Home Alone (1990) 15 4th Place
Die Hard (1988) 12 Winner
The Muppet Christmas Carol (1992) 11 Round 3
Gremlins (1984) 10 3rd Place
Scrooged (1988) 8 Round 2
The Santa Clause (1994) 8 Round 3
Elf (2003) 7 Quarter Final
Love Actually (2003) 7 Round 3
It's A Wonderful Life (1946) 6 Finalist
National Lampoon's Christmas Vacation (1989) 6 Quarter Final
The Nightmare Before Christmas (1993) 6 Round 3
Miracle on 34th Street (1994) 6 Round 3
Bad Santa (2003) 6 Quarter Final
Meet Me In St. Louis (1944) 4 Round 2
Willy Wonka & the Chocolate Factory (1971) 4 Quarter Final
Die Hard 2 (1990) 4 Round 2
Jingle all the Way (1996) 4 Round 2
The Polar Express (2004) 3 Round 2
Trading Places (1983) 2 Round 2
Santa Claus: The Movie (1985) 2 Round 3
Lethal Weapon (1987) 2 Round 3
Home Alone 2: Lost in New York (1992) 2 Round 2
The Holiday (2006) 2 Round 2
Arthur Christmas (2011) 2 Round 2
A Christmas Carol (1938) 1 Round 1
Miracle on 34th Street (1947) 1 Round 2
The Bishop's Wife (1947) 1 Round 1
Scrooge (1951) 1 Round 2
The Apartment (1960) 1 Round 1
The Great Escape (1963) 1 Round 1
Black Christmas (1974) 1 Round 2
Hook (1991) 1 Round 2
Batman Returns (1992) 1 Round 1
While You Were Sleeping (1995) 1 Round 2
The Preacher's Wife (1996) 1 Round 1
Jack Frost (1998) 1 Round 1
Harry Potter and the Philosopher's Stone (2001) 1 Round 3
Christmas with the Kranks (2004) 1 Round 1
Assault on Precinct 13 (2005) 1 Round 2
Fred Claus (2007) 1 Round 1
In Bruges (2008) 1 Round 1
Rare Exports: A Christmas Tale (2010) 1 Round 1
Iron Man 3 (2013) 1 Round 1

Mam of 4 · 10-12-2019 11:19pm

Thank you Quickbeam, that was one he'll of a reveal , fair play to you !
(Even though the wrong film won

)

quickbeam · 10-12-2019 11:23pm

Thanks to everyone who voted, especially to our three top voters.

Also Starring LeVar Burton - 60/64 votes
Necro - 52/64 votes
ArnoldJRimmer - 34/64 votes

We had 57 individual voters.

Also Starring LeVar Burton · 10-12-2019 11:25pm

Happy with that result. The right film walked away with the trophy anyway.

Cheers for all the work you put in quickbeam.

TheValeyard · 10-12-2019 11:26pm

Thanks QB

Good fun, sorry I missed a portion of it!!

Told ya all Die Hard would win

Could you also please forward the results to Baggly, just to annoy him.

quickbeam · 10-12-2019 11:33pm

I do like gathering data. You may have noticed.

If I give 1 point to films getting to Round 1; 2 points to films getting to Round 2, etc, and average out the points earned by each of the nominations, I can see that the one who's film nominations went furthest .... with a massive score of 4.8 is.............

TheValeyard

TheValeyard · 10-12-2019 11:39pm

quickbeam wrote: »

I do like gathering data. You may have noticed.

If I give 1 point to films getting to Round 1; 2 points to films getting to Round 2, etc, and average out the points earned by each of the nominations, I can see that the one who's film nominations went furthest .... with a massive score of 4.8 is.............

TheValeyard

Awesome

Whoop whoop whoop whoop whoop

((insert Dr. Zoidberg gif here))

Pretzill · 10-12-2019 11:43pm

Thanks QB eventhough we all knew Die Hard would win it - it was fun getting there!

Monokne · 11-12-2019 12:03am

Yippeekiyay, motherf*cker

Spook_ie · 11-12-2019 12:24am

Absolute travesty, Die Hard is shown at times of the year when it's NOT Christmas Ergo it isn't a Xmas movie

FFS it wasn't even premiered near Christmas, it was in July 1988 and wasn't even released on DVD until March 1989 in Ireland

IT IS NOT A CHRISTMAS MOVIE

Other than that, great thread, congrats to those that voted the right way and to QB for hosting it.

Monokne · 11-12-2019 12:36am

Spook_ie wrote: »

Absolute travesty, Die Hard is shown at times of the year when it's NOT Christmas Ergo it isn't a Xmas movie

FFS it wasn't even premiered near Christmas, it was in July 1988 and wasn't even released on DVD until March 1989 in Ireland

IT IS NOT A CHRISTMAS MOVIE

Other than that, great thread, congrats to those that voted the right way and to QB for hosting it.

A solid 6 years before DVD's even existed no less!

tusk · 11-12-2019 1:26am

Great Work QB. Fair play for all the effort and energy pumped into this. They are not easy!

11-12-2019 1:33am

Ya big shout out to Qb it was great work and ive a few films added to the list.

I would also like to say happy christmas all.

Except to ye die hard voters, ye can all take a jump :pac:

#notbitter

Spook_ie · 11-12-2019 2:35am

Monokne wrote: »

A solid 6 years before DVD's even existed no less!

I refer the accusation to the following internet sources

https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/DVD

TheValeyard · 11-12-2019 8:00am

Monokne wrote: »

A solid 6 years before DVD's even existed no less!

It's a Christmas miracle!!!!!!!

Kolido · 11-12-2019 8:48am

Awesome game QB, really enjoyed it. A worthy enough winner.

Ficheall · 11-12-2019 8:49am

Aw man, I thought the third round wouldn't start until today

No surprise DH one, but Jesus you lot made some terrible ****ing decisions along the way.

Green&Red · 11-12-2019 10:11am

quickbeam wrote: »

Thanks to everyone who voted, especially to our three top voters.

Also Starring LeVar Burton - 60/64 votes
Necro - 52/64 votes
ArnoldJRimmer - 34/64 votes

We had 57 individual voters.

Good work QB, now if a few of them could head over to the greatest sporting moment voting please

Also Starring LeVar Burton · 11-12-2019 12:29pm

Green&Red wrote: »

Good work QB, now if a few of them could head over to the greatest sporting moment voting please

Don't have the slightest interest in sports unfortunately, unless there's a lot of Ultimate Dodgeball moments in the mix, which I sadly doubt is the case.

11-12-2019 12:46pm

Well done QB and to all who voted a most worthy winner

Mehaffey1 · 11-12-2019 2:06pm

A worthy winner is right.

Thanks QB.

Might just head over to that sporting moments thread too.

Dr Bob · 11-12-2019 2:29pm

Next year I'll actually keep an eye out for this and nominate a Christmas Story

Well the right film won anyway.

Zaph · 11-12-2019 3:40pm

Dr Bob wrote: »

Next year I'll actually keep an eye out for this and nominate a Christmas Story
Well the right film won anyway.

Saw that film mentioned a few times last Christmas, so my wife and I decided to watch it. Turned it off after 10 minutes it was so bad. Neither of us could understand how it has such iconic status in the States.

Ficheall · 11-12-2019 4:26pm

Zaph wrote: »

Turned it off after 10 minutes it was so bad.

Would probably have made it to the semifinals so.

Green&Red · 11-12-2019 4:26pm

Ficheall wrote: »

Would probably have made it to the semifinals so.

It was about Christmas though so probably not

Green&Red · 11-12-2019 11:33pm

Not just two of the best soccer players around but they know their christmas films

quickbeam · 13-12-2019 10:01pm

While You Were Sleeping on tonight, RTE2, 9.30pm. Watch it, record it. Get to see it! :P

appledrop · 22-12-2019 10:33pm

Well well well watching boardies greatest Christmas Movie of all times.... Die Hard.

It's actually a lot more Christmassy then you think so it is a deserving winner!

Rikand · 24-12-2019 6:34pm

Greatest Christmas movie of all time on right now on channel 4

Home alone

Necro · 24-12-2019 6:46pm

Also just finished on RTE!

We really need some new, decent Christmas movies to spice things up even a little

Rikand · 25-12-2019 6:53pm

Second greatest christmas movie of all time on channel4+1 right now

Home alone 2

dominatinMC · 25-12-2019 9:50pm

Rikand wrote: »

Second greatest christmas movie of all time on channel4+1 right now

Home alone 2

Not a patch on the original to be fair. Also RTE has been a shambles so far today, feck all decent Christmas movies on!

S.G.M. · 25-12-2019 10:15pm

Did ye do 'The best Christmas song' yet?

Electric Nitwit · 26-12-2019 12:00am

Necro wrote: »

Also just finished on RTE!

We really need some new, decent Christmas movies to spice things up even a little

If you have netflix and haven't seen Klaus yet, stick it on. It's brilliant

Rikand · 26-12-2019 12:32am

S.G.M. wrote: »

Did ye do 'The best Christmas song' yet?

I was going to but then I realised that fairytale of New York would probably win it and I cant abide that song so I didnt

Die Hard 2019 · 27-12-2019 1:07am

Rikand wrote: »

I was going to but then I realised that fairytale of New York would probably win it and I cant abide that song so I didnt

It's a good song it's just over played,

JP Liz V1 · 07-12-2020 7:06pm

I knew it be Die Hard but I would have voted Elf or Home Alone

ShaneU · 08-12-2020 11:17pm

I've never seen It's A Wonderful Life, any use? :pac:

Also Starring LeVar Burton · 08-12-2020 11:21pm

ShaneU wrote: »

I've never seen It's A Wonderful Life, any use? :pac:

Yeah, its actually great.

Best Christmas Movie - Boardsies Decide

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