Chin Diesel
Power of Love
- Joined
- Aug 24, 2011
- Messages
- 33,334
- Reaction Score
- 103,870
Office Christmas Party
Office Christmas Party
My favorite Christmas movies…….I'm an old man, so my favorites are the classics.
White Christmas
Holiday Inn
It's a wonderful life
Miracle on 34th Street
Although it's technically not a Christmas movie ala DIE Hard,
Going My Way's climatic scene takes place on Christmas eve, so I call it one.
"You closed Walter Davis?"
Just watched that 3 years ago for the first time and make sure I watch it every year. Not sure i even saw the first one but adding Mel Gibson and Jon Lithgow as the grandparents and then throwing in John Cena- lot of funny moments. Especially with the kids in the movie.Daddy's Home 2, saw it for the first time this year and I recommend.
The second one really launched Mark Few's career, playing Snow Miser. Credit to someone else here for noticing...The Year Without a Santa Clause
Santa Clause Is Comin' to Town
My take? Other than the Miser Bros songs, the rest of the hour is a D-The second one really launched Mark Few's career, playing Snow Miser. Credit to someone else here for noticing...
It's not my favorite but deserves mention. I know that I'm crazy as many including my wife have offered that opinion of me.Surprised "Bad Santa" was not mentioned more often. That's my clear number one. The exact right balance between dark humor/meanness/venality and spiritual redemption.
But my wife hates that movie, so maybe I'm the crazy one.
Surprised "Bad Santa" was not mentioned more often. That's my clear number one. The exact right balance between dark humor/meanness/venality and spiritual redemption.
But my wife hates that movie, so maybe I'm the crazy one.
I've enjoyed Bad Santa pretty much every year, but much more as a straight up raunchy comedy than a "Christmas" movie as my particular criteria for that is a film that puts me in a Christmasy mood - something Bad Santa distinctly does not do. I actually feel more naug.hty than nice each time I watch the thing, lol. I'm happy that Brett Kelly ended up a normal guy as I think many child actors could've been traumatized for life by the Thurman Merman role.It's not my favorite but deserves mention. I know that I'm crazy as many including my wife have offered that opinion of me.
Nice article, thanksI've enjoyed Bad Santa pretty much every year, but much more as a straight up raunchy comedy than a "Christmas" movie as my particular criteria for that is a film that puts me in a Christmasy mood - something Bad Santa distinctly does not do. I actually feel more naug.hty than nice each time I watch the thing, lol. I'm happy that Brett Kelly ended up a normal guy as I think many child actors could've been traumatized for life by the Thurman Merman role.
Anyway, here's a pretty great article on a lot of backstory stuff regarding making Bad Santa. Including the fact that the first actor the Coen brothers wanted to play Santa was James Gandolfini. And that Thornton was legitimately wasted for several of his drunken scenes. Now that's Method Acting.
(wth, "naugh.ty" is a verboten word here?)