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Grey Pilgrim : 11/18/2020 3:29 pm
1. Planes Trains and Automobiles

2. ???
Die Hard  
figgy2989 : 11/18/2020 3:32 pm : link
Just to piss off the BBI brethren who don't think that is a Christmas movie!
Silence, Number 2!  
FranknWeezer : 11/18/2020 3:36 pm : link
(There is no Number 2)

Dell Griffith and Neil Page all the way.
Home for the Holidays  
Greg from LI : 11/18/2020 3:36 pm : link
It's not very good though
RE: Die Hard  
Greg from LI : 11/18/2020 3:37 pm : link
In comment 15050307 figgy2989 said:
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Just to piss off the BBI brethren who don't think that is a Christmas movie!


It's not a Christmas movie. It's a movie that's set during Christmas. Christmas is inconsequential to the plot.
Dutch  
Cap'n Bluebeard : 11/18/2020 3:37 pm : link
Isn't Dutch a Thanksgiving movie? I remember loving it as a kid, but probably haven't seen it in over 20 years
Yes!  
Greg from LI : 11/18/2020 3:40 pm : link
Can't believe I forgot about Dutch, it's one of my wife's favorite comedies.
This  
Giantophile : 11/18/2020 3:47 pm : link
may be an odd choice but Addams Family Values is an underrated gem with a great Thanksgiving scene.
Hannah and her Sisters!  
Grey Pilgrim : 11/18/2020 3:48 pm : link
Almost forgot!

:thumbsup:
Does Beautiful Girls  
pjcas18 : 11/18/2020 3:49 pm : link
count?

RE: RE: Die Hard  
Eli Wilson : 11/18/2020 3:51 pm : link
In comment 15050320 Greg from LI said:
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In comment 15050307 figgy2989 said:


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Just to piss off the BBI brethren who don't think that is a Christmas movie!



It's not a Christmas movie. It's a movie that's set during Christmas. Christmas is inconsequential to the plot.


You can say the same about a lot of Christmas movies - White Christmas, for example. It could have happened at any point in the winter and been no different other than the song at the end.
Agreed  
UConn4523 : 11/18/2020 3:53 pm : link
not a Christmas movie. Might as well include any movie that even utters the word "Christmas" if you are going to count Die Hard.
Addams Family Values  
gapofstrahan : 11/18/2020 4:00 pm : link
RIP Raul Julia
Christmas  
pjcas18 : 11/18/2020 4:01 pm : link
is integral to Die Hard because that's why McClane was going to California and attending a Christmas Party.

Of course they could have made up a different reason for him to go there, but also the Grinch could have stolen a random Saturday, but he didn't, he stole Christmas. You can make any Christmas movie not a Christmas movie if you try hard enough.

Plus Now I have a machine gun, ho ho ho doesn't work if it's not really Christmas time.

If Die Hard is a Christmas movie, then why isn't Lethal Weapon?  
Greg from LI : 11/18/2020 4:04 pm : link
It's set during Christmas too, but no one ever calls it a Christmas movie.


Note the Christmas trees in the truck behind Riggs


Santa hat on the vendor


Murtaugh's house decorated for Christmas


Michael Hunsacker about to swig some egg nog before getting iced by Mr. Joshua.
March of the Wooden Soldiers  
Bubba : 11/18/2020 4:06 pm : link
of course!!
I don't care if Die Hard  
pjcas18 : 11/18/2020 4:16 pm : link
is a Christmas movie or not, or if Lethal Weapon is.

If people want to call it one go ahead, makes no difference to me or on the contrary if people are offended people consider them Christmas movies then don't consider them Christmas movies.

My point was Christmas is more than a coincidence with Die Hard. It's wrong to say it just so happens to be Christmas season during the movie and it's irrelevant to the plot (like it might be with Lethal Weapon). With Die Hard Christmas IS IMO part of the plot, the dialog, the wardrobes, etc..

But people can consider it (and other movies like Lethal Weapon) Christmas movies or not and I'm fine with it.

Certainly not a hill I care to die on.
RE: Hannah and her Sisters!  
Jim from Katonah : 11/18/2020 4:21 pm : link
In comment 15050352 Grey Pilgrim said:
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Almost forgot!

:thumbsup:


Great choice. That might be my favorite movie of all time, in any category. “I’m walking on air ... walking ... on air.”
The Ice Harvest is another one  
Greg from LI : 11/18/2020 4:21 pm : link
It's Christmas, and there are Christmas decorations and scenes all over the movie, but it's a neo-noir heist movie. Christmas is a setting, that's all.

Very underrated movie, too, btw
There is only one in my view...  
LBH15 : 11/18/2020 4:24 pm : link
RE: There is only one in my view...  
Jim from Katonah : 11/18/2020 4:28 pm : link
In comment 15050411 LBH15 said:
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Just watched that last night with my youngest. “I got a rock.”
Whoops...copied the wrong pic  
LBH15 : 11/18/2020 4:29 pm : link




But still a good double-feature!
RE: RE: Die Hard  
djm : 11/18/2020 4:30 pm : link
In comment 15050320 Greg from LI said:
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In comment 15050307 figgy2989 said:


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Just to piss off the BBI brethren who don't think that is a Christmas movie!



It's not a Christmas movie. It's a movie that's set during Christmas. Christmas is inconsequential to the plot.


Yet if it was played on the TV at a house party over the holidays, including XMAS, it would fit like a glove. Same with Lethal Weapon.



The Ice Storm  
Jim from Katonah : 11/18/2020 4:32 pm : link
Gloomy but nails the feeling of being a college kid home for the holidays, and heading into NYC looking for trouble.
Wasn't Scent of A Woman  
HMunster : 11/18/2020 4:38 pm : link
A Thanksgiving movie? Or was it Christmas?

For some reason I have it in my head that it took place over Thanksgiving.
RE: Wasn't Scent of A Woman  
Grey Pilgrim : 11/18/2020 4:43 pm : link
In comment 15050432 HMunster said:
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A Thanksgiving movie? Or was it Christmas?

For some reason I have it in my head that it took place over Thanksgiving.


Good one!

From imdb...

Storyline
Frank is a retired Lt. Col. in the US Army. He's blind and impossible to get along with. Charlie is at school and is looking forward to going to university; to help pay for a trip home for Christmas, he agrees to look after Frank over Thanksgiving. Frank's niece says this will be easy money, but she didn't reckon on Frank spending his Thanksgiving in New York.
RE: RE: Die Hard  
SoZKillA : 11/18/2020 4:49 pm : link
In comment 15050320 Greg from LI said:
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In comment 15050307 figgy2989 said:


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Just to piss off the BBI brethren who don't think that is a Christmas movie!



It's not a Christmas movie. It's a movie that's set during Christmas. Christmas is inconsequential to the plot.


"inconsequential to the plot"

Are you kidding me lol? It's set on Christmas Eve, the lead characters end game is being able to spend Christmas with his family, Hans knows the building will be understaffed because its Christmas. There's the plot.

Many other things that help...

Christmas In Hollis plays, Let it Snow plays, Ho Ho HO now I have a machine gun... can only say that at Christmas. Christmas affects the story, same with Lethal Weapon AND Gremlins.
If Lethal Weapon is a Christmas movie,  
MOOPS : 11/18/2020 4:50 pm : link
so is The French Connection.
Here is Santa Popeye trying to deliver a Christmas package to someone who has apparently had a bad experience with a shopping mall Santa.

.  
SoZKillA : 11/18/2020 4:51 pm : link
What's Cookin is a good Thanksgiving movie.
One movie that isn't really a Thanksgiving movie....  
MOOPS : 11/18/2020 5:06 pm : link
but has the feel of one is Dan In Real Life.
It has the extended families gathering at the grandparents house in the fall for their annual get-together weekend. Big family meals, football on the lawn, family walks on the beach. Just has the feel of Thanksgiving.
RE: Home for the Holidays  
Matt M. : 11/18/2020 5:09 pm : link
In comment 15050318 Greg from LI said:
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It's not very good though
My wife loves that one. Drives me nuts.
Thanksgiving movies at my house:  
rnargi : 11/18/2020 5:15 pm : link
Original Miracle on 34TH Street, Mary Poppins, Planes, Trains, and Automobiles. For music, its Alice's Restaurant
Tower Heist...  
Mike in St. Louis : 11/18/2020 5:15 pm : link
a crappy Eddie Murphy movie from a few years back...

and at least part of The Ice Storm is set at Thanksgiving...
Slim pickings on Thanksgiving Movies  
ghost718 : 11/18/2020 5:20 pm : link
How about films that go with the season

The Thing
Jeremiah Johnson
The Shining
Rocky
Death Hunt w/ Lee Marvin and Bronson
First Blood


King Kong  
jhibb : 11/18/2020 7:37 pm : link
Son of Kong
Mighty Joe Young

Those are the movies I grew up associating with Thanksgiving. I miss that tradition.
RE: March of the Wooden Soldiers  
ChathamMark : 11/18/2020 7:45 pm : link
In comment 15050385 Bubba said:
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of course!!


+1, since I was a kid, and I'm 62 now!
RE: RE: March of the Wooden Soldiers  
rnargi : 11/18/2020 7:56 pm : link
In comment 15050628 ChathamMark said:
[quote] In comment 15050385 Bubba said:


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of course!!



+1, since I was a kid, and I'm 62 now! [/quote

+2....ughh...I forgot, thats a definite
RE: Dutch  
mattlawson : 11/18/2020 9:26 pm : link
In comment 15050321 Cap'n Bluebeard said:
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Isn't Dutch a Thanksgiving movie? I remember loving it as a kid, but probably haven't seen it in over 20 years



Great movie. Underrated
The Big Chill  
US1 Giants : 11/18/2020 9:37 pm : link
.
One more for Babes in Toyland...  
BamaBlue : 11/18/2020 9:51 pm : link
or March of the Wooden Soldiers! Can't beat their great special effects... the bomb throwing mouse in the blimp, or this cat

The bomb throwing mouse...  
BamaBlue : 11/18/2020 9:58 pm : link
Planes, trains  
redwhiteandbigblue : 11/18/2020 10:04 pm : link
And automobiles. Hilarious.
My favorite  
eli4life : 11/19/2020 2:51 am : link
A Christmas story
Pieces of April  
Saquads26 : 11/19/2020 2:56 am : link
The best
RE: If Die Hard is a Christmas movie, then why isn't Lethal Weapon?  
chopperhatch : 11/19/2020 3:04 am : link
In comment 15050381 Greg from LI said:
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It's set during Christmas too, but no one ever calls it a Christmas movie.


Note the Christmas trees in the truck behind Riggs


Santa hat on the vendor


Murtaugh's house decorated for Christmas


Michael Hunsacker about to swig some egg nog before getting iced by Mr. Joshua.


Never seen this point made before and its EXCELLENT
RE: March of the Wooden Soldiers  
section125 : 11/19/2020 3:54 am : link
In comment 15050385 Bubba said:
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of course!!


Thank you!
Debbie does Dallas  
Sec 103 : 11/19/2020 6:48 am : link
Deep Throat?
Jus' sayin'
RE: RE: Wasn't Scent of A Woman  
HMunster : 11/19/2020 8:53 am : link
In comment 15050439 Grey Pilgrim said:
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In comment 15050432 HMunster said:


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A Thanksgiving movie? Or was it Christmas?

For some reason I have it in my head that it took place over Thanksgiving.



Good one!

From imdb...

Storyline
Frank is a retired Lt. Col. in the US Army. He's blind and impossible to get along with. Charlie is at school and is looking forward to going to university; to help pay for a trip home for Christmas, he agrees to look after Frank over Thanksgiving. Frank's niece says this will be easy money, but she didn't reckon on Frank spending his Thanksgiving in New York.


Sweet!

Or should I say...

Hooah!
RE: RE: RE: Wasn't Scent of A Woman  
Grey Pilgrim : 11/19/2020 9:17 am : link
In comment 15051166 HMunster said:
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In comment 15050439 Grey Pilgrim said:


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In comment 15050432 HMunster said:


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A Thanksgiving movie? Or was it Christmas?

For some reason I have it in my head that it took place over Thanksgiving.



Good one!

From imdb...

Storyline
Frank is a retired Lt. Col. in the US Army. He's blind and impossible to get along with. Charlie is at school and is looking forward to going to university; to help pay for a trip home for Christmas, he agrees to look after Frank over Thanksgiving. Frank's niece says this will be easy money, but she didn't reckon on Frank spending his Thanksgiving in New York.



Sweet!

Or should I say...

Hooah!


lol

Good flick!
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GP : 11/19/2020 9:18 am : link
1) Thankskilling. It's awful, kind of in a good way.

2) If you opine that Die Hard is a Christmas movie, you're simply wrong ... and, you probably pronounce 'Reese's Pieces' as "ree-sees pee-sees".
It's a Wonderful Life.  
Beezer : 11/19/2020 10:45 am : link
It's a movie about being thankful, and ends up at the holidays. None better in the genre.

Scrooged - also about being thankful/appreciative. A Bill Murray classic!

Yes, sappy as hell, but fun - Love, Actually. (Is it dusty in here??)
Beez....  
BamaBlue : 11/19/2020 10:56 am : link
Good choices, but you're poking the wrong holiday!
I Think It's Time For The Die Hard  
HMunster : 11/19/2020 12:42 pm : link
Christmas Trailer!

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4Wi28Vsi_ZU
RE: March of the Wooden Soldiers  
Saquads26 : 11/19/2020 2:26 pm : link
In comment 15050385 Bubba said:
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of course!!


It used to air every year, was a family tradition. Gonna have to buy it on DVD!
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