Re: Christmas Movies
Posted: Tue February 20, 2018 4:01 pm
I finally watched It's a Wonderful Life this year.
please stop harassing himtheplatypus wrote:Okay and what did you think
I can see why it's a classic. It holds up extremely well and the last half hour or so is especially good. It would have been bored watching as a kid but I definitely enjoyed ittheplatypus wrote:Okay and what did you think
Steve Albini wrote:Whenever there's active promotion on the part of somebody else, whenever I see somebody all dolled up for a fancy photograph and someone's handing out flyers or whenever there's active promotion for something like that, as an imposition on my day, I hate all those people and I want them to fail. I have a visceral reaction to advertising and promotion. There's just something about salesmanship that grates on me on a very base level and I react very negatively towards it. I want those people to suffer and I want their enterprises to fail.
HA2 is verboten because of the cameo halfway through.tragabigzanda wrote:We’re saving Home Alone and Elf until we’re closer to the big day. Tonight my wife put on Home Alone 2 and it’s fuckin trash.
What are you favorite holiday movies?
Steve Albini wrote:Whenever there's active promotion on the part of somebody else, whenever I see somebody all dolled up for a fancy photograph and someone's handing out flyers or whenever there's active promotion for something like that, as an imposition on my day, I hate all those people and I want them to fail. I have a visceral reaction to advertising and promotion. There's just something about salesmanship that grates on me on a very base level and I react very negatively towards it. I want those people to suffer and I want their enterprises to fail.
Regardless of how you feel about Bad Santa (If you watch it) - Don't bother with the sequel, it's absolute shit!tragabigzanda wrote:I love Planes Trains, but don’t associate it with Xmas for some reason... I’ll add it to this season’s list.
Never seen Bad Santa so I’ll try that one too
Steve Albini wrote:Whenever there's active promotion on the part of somebody else, whenever I see somebody all dolled up for a fancy photograph and someone's handing out flyers or whenever there's active promotion for something like that, as an imposition on my day, I hate all those people and I want them to fail. I have a visceral reaction to advertising and promotion. There's just something about salesmanship that grates on me on a very base level and I react very negatively towards it. I want those people to suffer and I want their enterprises to fail.
Steve Albini wrote:Whenever there's active promotion on the part of somebody else, whenever I see somebody all dolled up for a fancy photograph and someone's handing out flyers or whenever there's active promotion for something like that, as an imposition on my day, I hate all those people and I want them to fail. I have a visceral reaction to advertising and promotion. There's just something about salesmanship that grates on me on a very base level and I react very negatively towards it. I want those people to suffer and I want their enterprises to fail.
It was in the "Unpopular Movie Opinions" thread (twice, actually--in 2014 and again last year). So carry on with this one.Simple Torture wrote:It's possible we've had this thread before, because I am sure I've posted my hot take about thinking Christmas Vacation isn't good on the board before.
It center on Thanksgiving, but the holiday feel can stretch the rest of the year, too.tragabigzanda wrote:I love Planes Trains, but don’t associate it with Xmas for some reason... I’ll add it to this season’s list.
http://forums.theskyiscrape.com/viewtop ... mas+moviesSimple Torture wrote:It's possible we've had this thread before, because I am sure I've posted my hot take about thinking Christmas Vacation isn't good on the board before.
E.H. Ruddock wrote:Merged with the Christmas movie thread and modified the title