What is your favorite CONTEMPORARY Christmas movie?...

[ARCHIVED THREAD] - What is your favorite CONTEMPORARY Christmas movie?...

Posted: 11/22/2005 10:37:08 AM EDT

NOTE: For purposes of the poll, please post your OTHER answers below in the thread. If any OTHER films get mentioned as much as/more than the ones above I will post something to that effect in this initial post.

Yes, I realize it isn't even quite Thanksgiving yet... but if the retailers can start their marketing blitz this early, I figure I can do likewise with my Christmas movie thread(s).

This is the "Contemporary Christmas Movie" thread - I also have a "Classic Christmas Movie" thread HERE.

For the purposes of this thread, please limit yourself to movies released during or after 1960. (Earlier films go in the other thread.)

Posted: 11/22/2005 10:38:21 AM EDT

[#1]

Badder Santa and A Christmas Story.

"I'm an eating, drinking, shitting, fucking Santa Claus."

"Prove it."

Posted: 11/22/2005 10:59:05 AM EDT

[#2]

Die Hard...

Posted: 11/22/2005 11:34:11 AM EDT

[#3]

Lethal weapon

Mike

Posted: 11/22/2005 2:30:03 PM EDT

[#4]

Christmas Story

"you'll shoot your eye out"

Posted: 11/22/2005 6:56:45 PM EDT

[#5]

A Christmas Carol (1984) with Patton

Posted: 11/22/2005 6:58:41 PM EDT

[#6]

Does Bad Santa count?

Posted: 11/22/2005 7:22:17 PM EDT

[#7]

Quoted:
Die Hard...

+1

Posted: 11/23/2005 4:03:06 PM EDT

[#8]

Quoted:
Badder Santa and A Christmas Story.

"I'm an eating, drinking, shitting, fucking Santa Claus."

"Prove it."

+1 Brings a tear to my eye........... Heh

Posted: 11/24/2005 6:32:34 AM EDT

[#9]

A Christmas Story is the only good one as far as I'm concerned.

Haven't seen Elf and plan not to.

Badder Santa was shameful... or shameless. Hardly a Christmas movie. Might as well lump "Reindeer Games" in there with that one.

What are the other options? Christmas with the Kranks (or the other Tim Allen Christmas trash... The Santa Claus). Or how about Surviving Christmas... another Ben Affleck Christmas gem.

Or spin back in time a little further and go with Santa Claus with Dudley Moore. There are so many great choices.

Haven't seen Polar Express... could that be a possible choice?

Posted: 11/24/2005 6:53:38 AM EDT

[#10]

Posted: 11/24/2005 9:39:06 AM EDT

[#11]

I'm kinda partial to "Nightmare Before Christmas" myself.

"Gremlins" qualifies as a Christmas movie also if "Die Hard" does.....

Posted: 11/24/2005 11:22:47 AM EDT

[#12]

The Ice Harvest.
Pretty good Christmas comedy about strippers, hot, unfaithful wives and dysfunctional families.

Posted: 11/24/2005 9:57:55 PM EDT

[#13]

A Christmas Story, hands down.

I just watched The Polar Express and it was quite a pleasant surprise, well exceeding my meager expectations. I wouldn't be surprised if it becomes the next Cult Christmas Classic. The newly released IMAX 3D version is supposed to be just spectacular.

Posted: 11/25/2005 9:59:37 AM EDT

[#14]

Scrooged with Bill Murray has to be my favorite

Posted: 11/25/2005 10:49:01 AM EDT

[#15]

I have a few movies I watch religiously during Christmas with my sister.

Ralphie and A Christmas Story (You'll shoot your eye out!!!!!)

Better Off Dead w/John Cussack (You know, CHRIST-MAS!)

The original Grinch cartoon (because he's a mean one)

And Christmas Vacation. ( Gotta love Schnottz)

They are a must watch list.

A new recent addition is a Bloom County knock off with Opus called

"A Wish For Wings That Work."

I'll be starting that list tonight.

Posted: 11/25/2005 10:56:05 AM EDT

[#16]

My only Christmas movies are Die Hard, Die Hard 2, Gremlins and The Nightmare Before Christmas (which also doubles as a Halloween movie).

Posted: 11/25/2005 10:38:50 PM EDT

[#17]

Scrooged, and Christmas vacation. I usually stick with the classics for the rest of them.

Posted: 11/26/2005 2:22:36 AM EDT

[#18]

Quoted:
Die Hard...

Yes! I don't care what anyone says, Die Hard IS a Christmas movie!

But "A Christmas Story" is still a bit better, since it's admittedly a lot more Christmas-relevant.

Posted: 11/28/2005 6:17:08 AM EDT

[#19]

Quoted:
... Haven't seen Elf and plan not to...

I didn't expect to like it at all but did. Very much. I suspect you might, too.

Posted: 11/28/2005 6:25:46 AM EDT

[#20]

Santa Clause

Posted: 11/29/2005 1:50:39 PM EDT

[#21]

Okay, who the fuck voted for Elf?

I thought A christmas story was older then that.

-Steve

Posted: 11/29/2005 3:11:31 PM EDT

[#22]

Quoted:
I'm kinda partial to "Nightmare Before Christmas" myself.

+1

Posted: 11/30/2005 5:27:30 AM EDT

[#23]

A Christmas Story (1983)

National Lampoon's Christmas Vacation (1989)

Damn tough deciding between those two.

Posted: 11/30/2005 6:36:52 AM EDT

[#24]

Quoted:
National Lampoon's Christmas Vacation (1989)

"If that cat had nine lives Clark, he just used 'em all."

My neighbor down the street does all-out decorations on his house every year, including a mailbox with "Clark Griswold" painted on it.

Posted: 11/30/2005 7:06:10 AM EDT

[#25]

Quoted:
Quoted:
National Lampoon's Christmas Vacation (1989)

"If that cat had nine lives Clark, he just used 'em all."

My neighbor down the street does all-out decorations on his house every year, including a mailbox with "Clark Griswold" painted on it.

... we're gonna have the hap-, hap-, happiest Christmas since Bing Crosby tap-danced with Danny ****ing Kaye!

One of my favorite rants, ever.

Posted: 12/1/2005 10:57:16 AM EDT

[#26]

Quoted:
Scrooged with Bill Murray has to be my favorite

+1

Though "Bad Santa" is a very close 2nd

Posted: 12/5/2005 7:42:59 AM EDT

[#27]

Only 20 shopping days left 'til Christmas! (In other words, BTT for the new week.

)

Posted: 12/13/2005 9:00:33 AM EDT

[#28]

"The Ref". Funniest Christmas movie ever made.

Posted: 12/18/2005 6:01:45 AM EDT

[#29]

Elf was HILARIOUS.

But I had to go with a christmas story, I grew up with it

Posted: 12/18/2005 6:03:27 AM EDT

[#30]

Passion of the Christ!............................Whoops scratch that, not Christmas and besides I hated the movie.

Posted: 12/18/2005 6:11:09 AM EDT

[#31]

Quoted:
"The Ref". Funniest Christmas movie ever made.

Was thinking I was the only one who loved that movie..

Best damn Christmas movie ever!

Posted: 12/18/2005 10:24:07 AM EDT

[#32]

Die Hard, of course.

No fans of Home Alone? (came out when I was 10, but I still think it's funny....even though Macaulay Culkin grew up into an asshat who hung out with MJ)