Comments | yiming: Favourite xmas movie?

yiming

Favourite xmas movie?

Dec 14, 2008 20:55

So being so close to that time of year again, I thought I'd ask a question to everyone.
What is your favourite Christmas themed movie?

Here's mine:

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minima_de_malis December 15 2008, 03:42:28 UTC

Oh great, now I'm going to have freaky nightmares of Bill Murray and his giant disembodied hand...

yiming December 15 2008, 04:29:26 UTC

hahaha.... ^_~

cutiepig December 15 2008, 04:50:00 UTC

Hands down - Love Actually. One of my favoritest movies ever!

There are also a couple standards in my family. A Christmas Story (I know, not original) and National Lampoon's Christmas vacation. We always watch these around the Christmas season.

I also have to mention my childhood favorite - The Christmas Toy. This was a fantastic little musical by Jim Henson, but not with the regular cast (as in Kermit, Fozzie, Miss Piggy). The concept is almost identical to that of Toy Story (though it was released about 10 years prior). It's about a playroom full of toys that secretly come to live when no one is around. It's coming up to the Christmas season and the current favorite toy discovers that his human will be receiving a new favorite Christmas toy. It's also a bit grim in that if the toys are seen out of place they become frozen forever (ie. die).

I hadn't seen it for years and years, but a couple years back through a request on LJ someone sent me the link to the video to download. One of the best anonymous Christmas presents ever!

cutiepig December 15 2008, 04:52:10 UTC

Ooh.. I found a wikipedia link to The Christmas Toy. It lists some similarities to Toy Story (can you say RIP OFF?).

There are similarities to the plot of this film and to Disney/Pixar's computer-animated feature film Toy Story, released in 1995. These similarities include (but are not exclusive to ( ... )

yiming December 16 2008, 00:15:23 UTC

I really liked Love Actually as well. I only watched it this year 0_0 and Ioved that one too.
The christmas Toy. I havn't heard of this one though. WIll have to took into that. I wonder if there's a way that we can find it still.

ryander December 15 2008, 05:21:45 UTC

I would most definitely go with National Lampoon's Christmas Vacation. Hands down by far one of the best Christmas movies EVER!

Although, the sicko part of me is also a fan of Bad Santa. So wrong, yet so funny!

I agree with Karen that Love, Actually is an awesome movie! I'm a huge Bill Nighy fan so yeah...I want that song of his.

cutiepig December 15 2008, 14:19:46 UTC

Hahaha.. Bad Santa! I saw that for the first time last year. It's great.

I have the song and can send it to you. ;)

yiming December 16 2008, 00:18:44 UTC

You know what? I've never seen this National Lampoon's Christmas Vacation. But I think I've seen the cover when it was on the aisles of Jumbo Video on VHS. Does it have a guy in a santa suit looking like he's getting electicuted by xmas lights or something?

cutiepig December 16 2008, 15:44:48 UTC

Yep, that's the one. It's totally worth seeing.

lazyjai December 15 2008, 05:41:36 UTC

None. I just hate christmas.

cutiepig December 16 2008, 15:47:20 UTC

Why would you comment just to be negative? How about just not saying anything?

kilikbai December 15 2008, 08:58:51 UTC

Home Alone 2: Lost in New York

I remember back in elementary actually buying the book from this book club program my school held every year.

yiming December 16 2008, 00:17:24 UTC

Ah book club program. I remember those too when I was in elementary as well.
I also now know how much younger you are to me based on your movie choice.
Man, I'm an old fart! >_