The Stories That Stay with Us: Movies to Watch This Christmas

BreakPoint ^ | 2 Dec 03 | Chuck Colson

[najida]

I watch it over and over and over again.

It is a hard movie not to love....

"It must be Italian...LOOK- Fra gee lee!"

[najida]

AH! I just posted that!

And the boy sticking his tongue to the frozen flag pole.

[presidio9]

A CHRISTMAS STORY.....IMO The ALLTIME greatest funniest Christmas movie!!!

A Red Ryder Christmas

[HungarianGypsy]

I also recommend Signs, not least because the affirmation of faith is the kind so many people need most--An answer to the "Why does God allow bad things to happen" conundrum.
We've had this rented from Netflix for over a month. Guess we really should give this one a look tonight.

[No Blue States]

"amazing that these movies have crossed generations."

yes, especially considering the lack of decent special effects compared to this day, a good story goes a long way.

[Airborne Longhorn]

...and why not White Christmas?

[commish]

My annual Christmas movie list :

It's A Wonderful Life

A Christmas Carol (W Alastair Sim)

A Christmas Story

White Christmas

SCROOGED! :)

[Arthur McGowan]

SIGNS was clever and cute, but by locating the "answer" to the question, "Why do bad things happen to good people?" in the present life, it really does not communicate a Christian message.

[commish]

Must be a major award!

[AbsoluteJustice]

Thanks for the link. AWESOME PICS!!!
Can't wait for it to be played for 24 hours on Christmas Eve. I have my Rum and Egg Nog waiting. Oh and of course slippers.

[Mr. Silverback]

Guess we really should give this one a look tonight.

Do so. You will love it. Any number of scenes in that movie (like the one where the two brothers "chase" the intruders around the outside of the house, or the one where the girl at the pharmacy confesses to Mel Gibson) are worth the price of admission all by themselves, but the last reel is priceless.

[dfwgator]

"Oh fffffff-udge." (

[carton253]

I highly recommend To Kill A Mockingbird. Have seen it numerous times and is on my top five list.

[Dante3]

At Christmas my daughter loves to watch original "Miracle on 34th Street" with Maureen O'Hara. (She did not care for the remake)

[presidio9]

My annual Christmas movie list : I like your list, but you are missing "Miracle on 34th St." & "How the Grinch Stole Christmas." Can't have Christmas withouth them.

[AnAmericanMother]

Y'all beat me to it. Sim is absolutely the best Scrooge there ever was. His original state is convincing and scary (a problem with a lot of Scrooges who seem to be playing it for laughs), his conversion is a believable and gradual process, his fear and heartbreak are real, his happiness at the end heartwarming.

Before.

After.

[BibChr]

The 1951 "A Christmas Carol" with the great Alistair Sim as Scrooge.

No contest. It is The Definitive Version.

I wish they could re-do the sound, though. Too much of it sounds as if it had been recorded in a highschool gym shower.

Dan

[Politicalmom]

We like the musical Scrooge, A Christmas Carol with George C. Scott, The Christmas List, all the classic cartoons, (I'm Mister Heat Miser.....)and a great one for kids is The Little Troll Prince.

[Jim Cane]

The Quiet Man

Santa Clause VS The Martians

Zardoz

RAN

[Chummy]

Ooops! Mea culpa!

I forgot that surly old Son of a Lou Grant. He was a horrible Santa Claus, utterly grouchy and devoid of any good will and Christmas Spirit.

And I say this without any regard for his mean-spirited, utterly grouchy, ultraliberal real self.

Thanks for reminding me!