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Scrooge a Christmas Carol with the music by Richard Addinsel
also love the Home Alone I and II
Grems ain't so bad
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Dec 3, 2016 - 7:32 AM
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Scotty Boy
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Wow, Adam B., how incredibly generous and kind of you to offer such an awesome gift. Okay, I'm in too.
My favorite Christmas movie, one that gets played every year without fail, is "National Lampoon's Christmas Vacation." It is (arguably) Chevy Chase's best movie. Every element of it works so well, and it is just so funny.
A close second is "A Christmas Story." It's the equal to "Christmas Vacation" in laughs, and it reminds me of what Christmas (and life in general) was like for me growing up. Overall, I actually think it's a better movie than the Chevy Chase movie, but I rank it just below because I used to be a manager for Suncoast Motion Picture Company, and we used to play it in the store to death every holiday season. Between that and the endless TBS showings every year, I have just been over exposed to it, so it has lost some of its charm.
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This is a very generous offer!!!
My favorite Christmas movie is also Christmas Vacation. Reason: Almost 30 years later it still makes me laugh nonstop. That's pretty rare!
Fingers crossed...
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I'm going to have to say "A Christmas Story". It's the only one.
I just asked for suggestions a few days ago in an Non-Film Score Discussion thread for mroe Christmas movies:
http://www.filmscoremonthly.com/board/posts.cfm?pageID=2&forumID=7&threadID=85189&archive=0
I love to catch "Bad Santa" when possible each year, but it's really more of a movie using Christmas and not a Christmas-themed film.
ACS is chuck full of humor and fun. I know many scnes by heart, a number of quotes (hell, I just used the "Drink ... more .. Ovaltine" line in a caption contest at another forum I post at; no prize, just a fun contest), and it reflects true life still in some ways, for me or people I have known:
Who doesn't love a Christmas tree? NAZI's, that's who.
Who doesn't smile seeing a young kids open a presant and being all happy.
Who here hasn't at least once in their life known somebody who patrols the air conditioning?
Or learned that sometimes bullies have to be smacked around a little; then you learn they're just whimps with big mouths.
Encountered a mall Santa who wasn't that thrilled.
Or found themsleves on a holiday, like Christmas, with no food because they either forgot or a palce closed early? Hell, I had this happen to me on Thanksgiving (more places shut down completely this year than previously).
The score, the stock music, it's a special time captured by the film that has gone bye-bye.
"Ohhh ... fffuuudddgggeee..."
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...which Christmas themed movie or TV special has been your favorite throughout the years...
It's a Wonderful Life and Die Hard were favorites for years.
But since 2004 The Polar Express has become a yearly tradition.
I'm watching our 7 year old struggle with the idea that Santa might not be real so this movie is becoming important in his development of faith and belief.
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Very nice idea Adam. Not a real christmas movie, but i like "Reindeer games" by John Frankenheimer. The way Ben Affleck renounces on all the money from the robbery , throws it in the letter boxes and you see him in the cercle of his family....thats the real meaning of christmas.
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Agreed. What a wonderful offer!
While not a Christmas special in the traditional sense, The Little Drummer Boy has always been one of my favorite Rankin-Bass specials and I always try to watch it at least once a year during this time of year, as I do with King of Kings.
Also, the Richard Williams animated adaptation of A Christmas Carol (which has Alastair Sim and Michael Hordern reprising their roles as Scrooge and Marley respectively) has quickly become one of my favorite Christmas movies in just a few short years.
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My special Christmas film is "Die Hard 2". Because it´s a very entertainment movie and the score of Mr. Michael Kamen is a masterpiece!!!!
Thanks
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It's a Wonderful Life, The Polar Express, Home Alone and Christmas Vacation are the movies we watch every year, although I'm not sure which one I would pick if I was limited to watching only one. Thanks for your generous offer.
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) ))) 
