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Christmas Movies

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  • #152
    Toto Wolfcastle
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    Elf is 15 years old today. Anyone else feeling old right now?


  • #153
    [Deleted User]
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    Toto Wolfcastle wrote: »
    Elf is 15 years old today. Anyone else feeling old right now?

    :o whaaaat? I'm feeling ancient. Thanks!!


  • #154
    Loughc
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    Toto Wolfcastle wrote: »
    Elf is 15 years old today. Anyone else feeling old right now?

    Yep very old. Wow if you told me it was 10 years old I’d still be as stunned.


  • #155
    Posy
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    Toto Wolfcastle wrote: »
    Elf is 15 years old today. Anyone else feeling old right now?
    Ah crap. :(


  • #156
    Here we go
    Registered Users Posts: 286 ✭✭Here we go


    Home alone
    It's a wonderful life
    Miracle on 34th
    The Santa clause
    Die hard


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  • #157
    CrowdedHouse
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    It's a Wonderful Life

    A Christmas Carol (Patrick Stewart version)

    Die Hard

    The Christmas Choir (Hallmark, happened across it last year I think and enjoyed it, based on a true story)

    Seven Worlds will Collide



  • #158
    Deja Boo
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    CrowdedHouse wrote: »
    It's a Wonderful Life

    A Christmas Carol (Patrick Stewart version)

    Die Hard

    The Christmas Choir (Hallmark, happened across it last year I think and enjoyed it, based on a true story)

    I am :eek: running out of youtube Christmas movies (with 48 days before Christmas even :oneed to pace myself)...
    I shall have to look for The Christmas Choir :D not seen that one yet.


  • #159
    Loughc
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    Have anyone seen the Hallmark Christmas Movie, "The Christmas Train"?

    I normally don't do Hallmark movies but this one came highly recommended on a podcast I listen too and apparently it's an adaption of a book and the book is meant to be even better!


  • #160
    Toto Wolfcastle
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    Loughc wrote: »
    Have anyone seen the Hallmark Christmas Movie, "The Christmas Train"?

    I normally don't do Hallmark movies but this one came highly recommended on a podcast I listen too and apparently it's an adaption of a book and the book is meant to be even better!

    Yes! The ending was mad! I was ranting about it for ages at home. :D But I enjoyed it and the cast is excellent. It was on Christmas 24 a couple of weeks ago so no doubt it will be repeated.


  • #161
    Toto Wolfcastle
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    Oh and because the cast is so good it’s easy to forget that it’s Hallmark, but don’t worry, at one point they clearly use a toy train instead of an actual train.


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  • #162
    Franz Von Peppercorn
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    Loughc wrote: »
    I still haven't watched it, the storyline is too bleak for me.

    You probably have to watch until the end.

    It’s the best Christmas movie for me. Followed by any number of adaptions of A Christmas Carol.

    I don’t really see action movies set at Christmas as being about Christmas. And home alone is thanksgiving.


  • #163
    Loughc
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    Toto Wolfcastle wrote: »
    Oh and because the cast is so good it’s easy to forget that it’s Hallmark, but don’t worry, at one point they clearly use a toy train instead of an actual train.

    Excellent, cant wait for that :)


  • #164
    FunLover18
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    The Muppets Christmas Carol
    It's a Wonderful Life
    Die Hard
    Kiss Kiss Bang Bang
    While You Were Sleeping


  • #165
    DvB
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    Toto Wolfcastle wrote: »
    at one point they clearly use a toy train instead of an actual train.

    Please tell me thats a joke!?:D:D:D
    "I will honour Christmas in my heart, and try to keep it all the year" - Charles Dickens




  • #166
    Toto Wolfcastle
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 25,005 ✭✭✭✭Toto Wolfcastle


    DvB wrote: »
    Please tell me thats a joke!?:D:D:D

    There's a scene where the camera is looking down at the train surrounded by snow and I had to rewind it and call my husband in to show him how fake the train was. :D


  • #167
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    Toto Wolfcastle wrote: »
    There's a scene where the camera is looking down at the train surrounded by snow and I had to rewind it and call my husband in to show him how fake the train was. :D

    Hahaha I'm gonna try to watch this today! :D


  • #168
    DvB
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    Toto Wolfcastle wrote: »
    There's a scene where the camera is looking down at the train surrounded by snow and I had to rewind it and call my husband in to show him how fake the train was. :D

    I have to see this. Will search for it online tonight...
    "I will honour Christmas in my heart, and try to keep it all the year" - Charles Dickens




  • #169
    otnomart
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    Can I throw some foreign movies in the mix ?

    Joyeux Noel - about the Christmas Truce in WW1 https://www.imdb.com/title/tt0424205/

    A Christmas Tale - French family drama - https://www.imdb.com/title/tt0993789/


  • #170
    Jude13
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    ^^ We will defo give them a look, the OH being a francophone will love them. Cheers


  • #171
    Autosport
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    Myself and True Christmas and Christmas 24 have become best friends :D I’ve only watched it for 2 days straight so far and I adore Hallmark movies as I love their endings :):D A lot of famous actors have gotten in on the Christmas movies bug ;)


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  • #172
    CheerLouth
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    Trailer for "A Christmas Prince: Royal Wedding" :D

    https://youtu.be/Y6U-eMDmMoc

    I shouldn't be as excited as I am about this lol :D


  • #173
    Posy
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    CheerLouth wrote: »
    Trailer for "A Christmas Prince: Royal Wedding" :D

    I shouldn't be as excited as I am about this lol :D
    What a cliched, schmaltzy looking film.
    Squeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeee can't wait!


  • #174
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    Remember last year Netflix tweeted about the first part of that film saying.. "to the 53 people who've watched a Christmas prince every day for the past 18 days: Who hurt you?" Bahaha I thought that was hilarious!! Although I think they got some flack for it.


  • #175
    weetiepie
    Registered Users Posts: 191 ✭✭weetiepie


    Elf
    A christmas carol 2009
    The nativity story 2006
    Love actually
    The snowman

    Has anyone seen the man who invented christmas? Is it any good?.missed it last year in cinema, so decided to hold off until this year to watch it.


  • #176
    Posy
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    I just scrolled past it on Netflix, and wondered if it's any good. Great minds!

    Can't wait to get watching cheesy Netflix movies. :D


  • #177
    OUTDOORLASS
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    Only used Netflix today for the first time...watched Christmas Inheritance...
    Is there a way to look options for Christmas films only....I saw where it asked what Genre you wanted.......but could.nt see
    an option for Christmas Films... TIA


  • #178
    freida
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    OUTDOORLASS wrote: »
    Only used Netflix today for the first time...watched Christmas Inheritance...
    Is there a way to look options for Christmas films only....I saw where it asked what Genre you wanted.......but could.nt see
    an option for Christmas Films... TIA

    You can just use the search function and type in Christmas. Any related films will come up


  • #179
    joebloggs123
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    What are the best movies for toddlers? Our one tends to like animated films and looking to put on a few that will get them all excited for Christmas


  • #180
    otnomart
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    joebloggs123 wrote: »
    What are the best movies for toddlers? Our one tends to like animated films and looking to put on a few that will get them all excited for Christmas


    I love: Pluto’s Christmas Tree (1952)
    It's only 7 minutes
    https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pluto%27s_Christmas_Tree


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  • #181
    funnights74
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    Brought my 10 year old to see the new version of The Grinch today, she loved it, a bit more child friendly than the Jim Carey version, not so much leaping around and hysterics, great fun all the same.


  • #182
    Jude13
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    I watched office Christmas party with Jason Bateman and Jennifer Aniston over the weekend, two hours I can never get back. It's terrible.


  • #183
    Loughc
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    Jude13 wrote: »
    I watched office Christmas party with Jason Bateman and Jennifer Aniston over the weekend, two hours I can never get back. It's terrible.

    I watched it a few months ago... I didn't hate it... but would I watch it again probably not....


  • #184
    DvB
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    Watched the muppets christmas carol yesterday, had forgotten how good it was!!

    Agree with the comments about 'office christmas party' in the posts above, not totally garbage but not great at all either.
    "I will honour Christmas in my heart, and try to keep it all the year" - Charles Dickens




  • #185
    Loughc
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    DvB wrote: »
    Watched the muppets christmas carol yesterday, had forgotten how good it was!!

    The soundtrack is unreal for it. I can't wait to throw it on soon!


  • #186
    DvB
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    Loughc wrote: »
    The soundtrack is unreal for it. I can't wait to throw it on soon!

    I love the muppets anyway but had always just stuck on 'scrooged' or 'A christmas carol' for that particular story, for some reason had completely bypassed it for years, its genuinely a great addition to the christmas movie collection that I'll not leave out again, the kids had never seen it (to my shame) and loved it as well.
    "I will honour Christmas in my heart, and try to keep it all the year" - Charles Dickens




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  • #187
    OUTDOORLASS
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    Just came back in and This Morning with Philip and Holly was on the telly. Kurt Russell was being interviewed...he plays Santa
    in the Netflix Christmas Movie which comes out tomorrow !!! Looks very promising.......


  • #188
    Toto Wolfcastle
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    Guys. The Princess Switch on Netflix. It has it all.

    Vanessa Hudgens playing two characters.
    Terrible English accents.
    A nosey butler.
    Made up countries that end in -avia.
    A cheesy start, middle and end.
    Characters who fall in love in two days.

    AND

    They watch A Christmas Prince on Netflix in it. Netflixception!


  • #189
    kitten_k
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    It’s on my list to watch


  • #190
    Franz Von Peppercorn
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    Toto Wolfcastle wrote: »
    Guys. The Princess Switch on Netflix. It has it all.

    Vanessa Hudgens playing two characters.
    Terrible English accents.
    A nosey butler.
    Made up countries that end in -avia.
    A cheesy start, middle and end.
    Characters who fall in love in two days.

    AND

    They watch A Christmas Prince on Netflix in it. Netflixception!

    Terrible movie. But great too.


  • #191
    Skid X
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    I see Willy Wonka and the Chocolate Factory (the original) is on ITV3 at 3pm tomorrow,


    it doesn't get very many airings anymore on the normal channels.


    Haven't seen it in a while.


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  • #192
    Posy
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    Toto Wolfcastle wrote: »
    Guys. The Princess Switch on Netflix. It has it all.

    Vanessa Hudgens playing two characters.
    Terrible English accents.
    A nosey butler.
    Made up countries that end in -avia.
    A cheesy start, middle and end.
    Characters who fall in love in two days.

    AND

    They watch A Christmas Prince on Netflix in it. Netflixception!
    I watched it last weekend, loved it!! Like, it was obvious where it was leading after about 3 minutes, but still. Christmas overload! :D
    Once there is a crap tonne of Christmas, snow and festivities I am sorted.


  • #193
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    Toto Wolfcastle wrote: »
    Guys. The Princess Switch on Netflix. It has it all.

    Vanessa Hudgens playing two characters.
    Terrible English accents.
    A nosey butler.
    Made up countries that end in -avia.
    A cheesy start, middle and end.
    Characters who fall in love in two days.

    AND

    They watch A Christmas Prince on Netflix in it. Netflixception!

    Cringiest ending I've ever seen (and that's saying a lot). While I was watching I was thinking it would be OK to let my niece's watch but then in the orphanage or whatever it was the old lady says they can't afford presents for under the tree. Then I thought ah that's OK you could play that off but then she went on to say they hold back a bit of money to fill the stockings. So that ruined that.

    A truly terrible movie but of course I still quite enjoyed it. (Maybe especially when yer man had his top off) :D


  • #194
    Posy
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    Toto Wolfcastle wrote: »
    They watch A Christmas Prince on Netflix in it. Netflixception!
    The sequel to which is out next week, hooray!! :D


  • #195
    ChewChew
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    OUTDOORLASS wrote: »
    Just came back in and This Morning with Philip and Holly was on the telly. Kurt Russell was being interviewed...he plays Santa
    in the Netflix Christmas Movie which comes out tomorrow !!! Looks very promising.......

    Watched it this morning!! Omg it's actually fab. I really enjoyed it!!


  • #196
    Ghekko
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    ChewChew wrote: »
    Watched it this morning!! Omg it's actually fab. I really enjoyed it!!

    Is there any reference to non believing in it? Wouldn't mind watching it but have a 7 year old and don't want any doubt creeping in.

    We watch national Lampoons Christmas vacation every year. Still makes me laugh.


  • #197
    ChewChew
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    Ghekko wrote: »
    Is there any reference to non believing in it? Wouldn't mind watching it but have a 7 year old and don't want any doubt creeping in.

    We watch national Lampoons Christmas vacation every year. Still makes me laugh.

    There is, briefly at the start. But it is brief.


  • #198
    Toto Wolfcastle
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    There's a made-for-tv Christmas film called Christmas On The Bayou on RTE 1 at 3.45. I've never seen it but I'd imagine that it follows the same formula as the rest of them!


  • #199
    iguana
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    ChewChew wrote: »
    There is, briefly at the start. But it is brief.

    Is that the scene where the big brother says, "You actually don't know, do you? There is NO........................ way Santa ever watches your videos." Or is there more?


  • #200
    iguana
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    Ghekko wrote: »
    Is there any reference to non believing in it? Wouldn't mind watching it but have a 7 year old and don't want any doubt creeping in.

    This is soooooo annoying. It's why we've never watched Elf. I check Christmas movies on Common Sense Media and the parent reviews always mention if the possibility that Santa isn't real is mentioned. I'm especially annoyed about Mickey's Once Upon a Christmas. It's a collection of really great Christmas cartoons except for the Goofy one which is aaaaaalllllllllllll about Goofy's son Max not believing in Santa. It's very frustrating.


  • #201
    ChewChew
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    iguana wrote: »
    Is that the scene where the big brother says, "You actually don't know, do you? There is NO........................ way Santa ever watches your videos." Or is there more?
    Yes, that's the bit


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